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This article covers breaking news and events in December 2011.
Daily events
Thursday December 1, 2011
- Bishkek / Kyrgyzstan : One month after the presidential election , Almasbek Atambayev was sworn in as President, succeeding Rosa Otunbajewa .
Friday 2nd December 2011
- Kiev / Ukraine : Draw for the 2012 European Football Championship
Saturday 3rd December 2011
- Berlin / Germany : The feature film Melancholia by Lars von Trier is the European Film Prize awarded.
- Berlin / Germany : The demolition of the Deutschlandhalle begins when the hall ceiling is blown up .
- Caracas / Venezuela : Start of the two-day founding summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) with 33 member states.
- Santos / Brazil : Beginning of the 20th women's handball world championship
Sunday 4th December 2011
- Koblenz / Germany : About 45,000 residents are temporarily evacuated due to the demolition or defusing of a 1.8 ton British air mine , a US aircraft bomb and a smoke acid tank from the Second World War , which is the largest evacuation in the history of the Federal Republic.
- Ljubljana / Slovenia : In the parliamentary elections , the list Zoran Janković - Positive Slovenia received 28.5% of the votes cast, followed by the Democratic Party with 26.2%.
- Moscow / Russia : In the parliamentary elections , the ruling party United Russia won by President Dmitri Medvedev with 49.5% of the votes cast, the Communist Party won 19.15%, the Just Russia party 13.17% and the Liberal Democratic Party 11, 66%. After the election results were announced, protests against the government broke out in several cities .
- Zagreb / Croatia : The previous opposition Kukuriku coalition won the parliamentary elections with 40.0% of the votes cast, while the ruling party Democratic Union won 23.5%.
Monday 5th December 2011
- Bern / Switzerland : Hansjörg Walter becomes the new president of the National Council elected and a new Senate president is Hans Altherr .
- Bonn / Germany : Start of the International Afghanistan Conference in the World Conference Center Bonn .
- The Hague / Netherlands : The International Court of Justice ruled that Greece violated the 1995 agreement in the dispute over the name of Macedonia by vetoing Macedonia 's accession to NATO .
- Paris / France : The OECD publishes a study on the development of income, according to which income inequality in Germany has risen considerably more than in most other industrialized nations over the past two decades.
- Stockholm / Sweden : The Right Livelihood Award , also known as the “Alternative Nobel Prize”, is presented to the US midwife Ina May Gaskin , the Chadian human rights activist Jacqueline Moudeina and the Spanish farm aid organization GRAIN .
- Washington, DC / United States : NASA announces the discovery of the most Earth-like extrasolar planet yet, Kepler-22b , with the help of the Kepler space telescope .
Tuesday December 6, 2011
- Brussels / Belgium : One and a half years after the parliamentary elections, King Albert II swore in the new Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo and his cabinet.
- Wallgau / Germany : The biathlete Magdalena Neuner announces her retirement from competitive sport at the end of the 2011/2012 season .
Wednesday December 7th 2011
- Berlin / Germany : Gerhard Schindler officially takes over the office of Federal Intelligence Service President from Ernst Uhrlau .
- Bregenz / Austria : In a special session of the Vorarlberger Landtag , Markus Wallner is elected Governor of Vorarlberg and Karlheinz Rüdisser becomes the new governor .
- Chicago / United States : The former governor of Illinois , Rod Blagojevich , is sentenced in prison for corruption to 14 years.
- Paris / France : The organization Reporters Without Borders presents this year's awards for human rights and press freedom to the Syrian cartoonist Ali Ferzat and the weekly newspaper Weekly Eleven News from Myanmar .
- Vienna / Austria : with 112 to 39 votes of the changes National Council came into effect from 1 January 2012 the text of the national anthem of home are of great sons in the home of great sons and daughters changed.
Friday 9th December 2011
- Brussels / Belgium : At the summit of the heads of state and government of the European Union , Croatia signs the accession treaty to the European Union , while Serbia has been denied candidate status for the time being. Accession talks are to commence with Montenegro in June 2012 . The main theme of the summit was the establishment of a European fiscal union , to which the 17 euro countries and probably the other EU states with the exception of the United Kingdom want to unite .
- Calcutta / India : At least 89 people are killed in a fire in a hospital.
Saturday 10th December 2011
- Lima / Peru : Prime Minister Salomón Lerner submits his resignation to President Ollanta Humala , who then appoints the previous Interior Minister Oscar Valdés as head of government.
- Oslo / Norway and Stockholm / Sweden : This year's Nobel Prize winners receive their awards.
- Sanaa / Yemen : Around two weeks after the resignation of President Ali Abdullah Salih , a government of national unity under opposition leader Mohammed Basindawa is sworn in, which will initially rule the country until February 2012.
Sunday 11th December 2011
- Bern / Switzerland : The figure skater Sarah Meier , the ski racer Didier Cuche and the wheelchair athlete Marcel Hug are named Sportsman of the Year .
- Durban / South Africa : At the 17th UN Climate Change Conference , it is achieved for the first time that climate targets also apply to the United States and emerging countries such as China and India . So far, these three largest carbon dioxide producers had not participated in protecting the global climate.
- Ottawa / Canada : Parliament elects Fred Wah to Canada's Parliamentary Poet Laureate .
- Paris / France : The former dictator of Panama , Manuel Noriega , is extradited to his home country after more than 20 years in exile.
- Yamoussoukro / Ivory Coast : In the parliamentary elections , the ruling party Rassemblement des Républicains of President Alassane Ouattara wins with 127 seats, while the Parti Démocratique de Côte d'Ivoire becomes the largest opposition party with 77 seats.
Monday December 12, 2011
- Tunis / Tunisia : The doctor and former human rights activist Moncef Marzouki is elected president for one year by the constituent assembly .
Tuesday December 13, 2011
- Liège / Belgium : In a rampage in the old town , a man released from prison under severe conditions kills five people with an assault rifle and grenades. He then commits suicide .
Wednesday December 14, 2011
- Bern / Switzerland : After the Federal Council elections, the newly elected Federal Councilor Alain Berset will take over the Department of Home Affairs , while Didier Burkhalter will move to the Department of Foreign Affairs .
- Strasbourg / France : The Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought awarded by the European Parliament this year goes to five personalities of the Arab Spring , including posthumously to the Tunisian Mohamed Bouazizi .
Thursday December 15, 2011
- Paris / France : Former President Jacques Chirac is sentenced to a two-year suspended sentence for embezzlement and breach of trust during his time as mayor of the capital .
- Paris / France : The Venezuelan terrorist Ilich Ramírez Sánchez is sentenced to life imprisonment for four attacks in the 1980s.
- Washington, DC / United States : US President Barack Obama officially declares the end of the 2003 occupation of Iraq by the United States. The last 4,000 soldiers are expected to leave the Asian country by the end of the year.
Friday December 16, 2011
- Geneva / Switzerland : Russia , Montenegro , Samoa and Vanuatu are officially admitted to the World Trade Organization , which now includes 157 member states.
- New York , Washington, DC / United States : The United Nations and the US government are lifting most of the sanctions against Libya that were still imposed on the regime of dictator Muammar al-Gaddafi .
- New York / United States : A federal district court holds al-Qaida , the Taliban and Iran responsible for the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 .
- Shangaosen / Kazakhstan : After protests against the celebrations of the government under Nursultan Nazarbayev on the country's independence day from the Soviet Union with at least eleven deaths, the government imposed a state of emergency until January 5, 2012.
- Wiesbaden / Germany : The Society for German Language selects “ Stress Test ” as word of the year .
Saturday 17th December 2011
- Java / Indonesia : More than 200 people are killed in a shipwreck off the coast of the island.
- Cairo / Egypt : The Institut d'Égypte burns down almost completely after an arson, which damages or destroys numerous works of the institute, which has existed for over 200 years.
- Manila / Philippines : The tropical storm Washi kills more than 440 people in the south of the country.
Sunday December 18, 2011
- Baden-Baden / Germany : The biathlete Magdalena Neuner , the basketball player Dirk Nowitzki and the first men's team of the Borussia Dortmund soccer club are voted Germany's athletes of the year .
- Baghdad / Iraq : More than eight and a half years after the start of the Iraq war , the last US troops are leaving the country.
- São Paulo / Brazil : In the final of the 20th women's handball world championship , Norway beat France 32:24, securing the second title .
- Yokohama / Japan : In the final of the 8th Club World Cup in football, FC Barcelona beat FC Santos 4-0 and secured the title for the second time .
Monday 19th December 2011
- Budapest / Hungary : The Constitutional Court declares the control powers of the national media and communications authority criticized across Europe to be partially unconstitutional.
- Krasnoyarsk / Russia : The Cheremshanka International Airport burns down completely after a short circuit.
- Moscow / Russia : The MICEX and the RTS close to Moscow Exchange together, which is the largest trading center of the country is produced.
- Trollhättan / Sweden : The automobile manufacturer Saab files for bankruptcy .
- Vaduz / Liechtenstein : The Principality joins the Schengen Agreement as the 26th member state , which means that identity checks at the borders with Austria and Switzerland are no longer required. The customs controls remain in place, however, as there is no agreement on a customs union with the European Union .
Tuesday December 20, 2011
- Kinshasa / DR Congo : Almost a month after his controversial victory in the parliamentary and presidential elections , incumbent Joseph Kabila is sworn in again as president.
- Madrid / Spain : One month after the parliamentary elections chooses the Parliament Mariano Rajoy as the new prime minister .
Wednesday December 21, 2011
- Baikonur / Kazakhstan : Launch of the Soyuz TMA-03M mission to the International Space Station .
- Fürth / Germany : Solar Millennium AG, which specializes in the planning and implementation of solar thermal power plants , files for insolvency at the local court .
Thursday December 22, 2011
- Baghdad / Iraq : Four days after the last US soldiers left , several explosive devices explode in the capital , killing more than 60 people.
- Paris / France : The National Assembly passes a law that criminalizes the denial of officially recognized genocides , including the genocide of the Armenians . As a result, there is a diplomatic crisis with Turkey .
Friday 23rd December 2011
- Damascus / Syria : At least 50 people are killed and more than 100 others are injured in two suicide attacks.
- Kiev / Ukraine : An appeals court confirms the seven-year prison sentence for former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko .
- Zagreb / Croatia : Three weeks after the Kukuriku coalition won the parliamentary elections , Zoran Milanović was elected Prime Minister .
Saturday December 24th 2011
- Damaturu / Nigeria : At least 68 people are killed in several days of fighting between security forces and supporters of the radical Islamic Boko Haram in the north of the country.
- Havana / Cuba : President Raúl Castro announces the amnesty of almost 3,000 political prisoners for "humanitarian reasons".
Sunday 25th December 2011
- Abuja / Nigeria : At least 27 people are killed in several attacks by the radical Islamic terrorist organization Boko Haram on Roman Catholic churches .
- Taloqan / Afghanistan : At least 20 people are killed and more than 50 others are injured in a suicide attack.
Monday December 26, 2011
- Brasília / Brazil : The country displaces the United Kingdom from sixth place among the economically strongest nations in the world.
- Warsaw / Poland : The Serbian tennis player Novak Đoković is voted Europe's Sportsman of the Year by the state press agency Polska Agencja Prasowa .
Tuesday December 27, 2011
- Beijing / China : The state satellite-based navigation system Beidou goes into operation.
Wednesday December 28, 2011
Thursday December 29, 2011
- Kingston / Jamaica : In the early parliamentary elections so far opposition wins People's National Party of Portia Simpson Miller with 53.32% of the votes, while the former ruling party Jamaica Labor Party under Andrew Holness reached 46.56%.
- Pyongyang / North Korea : At the end of the state mourning for the deceased ruler Kim Jong-il , his youngest son Kim Jong-un is proclaimed the new “supreme leader” of the party, the armed forces and the people.
Friday December 30th 2011
- Apia / Samoa , Fakaofo / Tokelau : The Pacific states of Samoa and Tokelau switch from the eastern to the western side of the date line by skipping the calendar day December 30, 2011.
Saturday December 31, 2011
- Cuddalore / India : Cyclone “Thane” claims at least 42 lives in the south of the country.
- Ebonyi / Nigeria : At least 52 people are killed in clashes in Ebonyi state.
See also
- December 2011 for deaths that month
- List of annually recurring commemorative and action days in December
- Category for commemorative days, holidays or days of action in December
Web links
Commons : December 2011 - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ stern.de: Kyrgyz President Atambayev takes the oath of office ( Memento of March 24, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on December 20, 2011).
- ↑ europeanfilmawards.eu: Winners 2011 (English, accessed December 4, 2011).
- ↑ morgenpost.de: Deutschlandhalle collapses after a second (accessed on December 4, 2011).
- ↑ spiegel.de: Alliance without the USA - American states demonstrate unity (accessed on December 4, 2011).
- ↑ n-tv.de: Countdown to Bomb Sunday - Koblenz will be cleared (accessed on December 4, 2011).
- ↑ zeit.de: Slovenia: Political newcomer wins election from scratch ( Memento from January 9, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed December 10, 2011).
- ↑ de.rian.ru: Observers evaluate election in Russia - Citizens protest against election results (summary) ( Accessed December 10, 2011).
- ↑ welt.de: Political earthquake in Croatia (accessed on December 10, 2011).
- ↑ bazonline.ch: Switzerland has new council presidents (accessed on December 6, 2011).
- ↑ auswaertiges-amt.de: International Conference on Afghanistan (Accessed on 1 December 2011).
- ↑ tagesschau.de: Judgment of the International Court of Justice - Athens is defeated in the Macedonia name dispute ( Memento of December 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on December 10, 2011).
- ↑ zeit.de: OECD study: Income inequality is growing in Germany (accessed on December 5, 2011).
- ↑ tagesschau.de: Alternative Nobel Prize awarded - Prize winners from four countries honored ( Memento from January 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on December 6, 2011).
- ↑ sueddeutsche.de: Astronomy: Earth-like planet discovered (accessed on December 10, 2011).
- ↑ grenzecho.net : Di Rupo becomes Premier today ( Memento from May 23, 2019 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ welt.de: Magdalena Neuner listens to her heart (accessed on December 6, 2011).
- ↑ tagesschau.de: Schindler new BND boss - The expert from the background ( Memento from December 8, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on December 10, 2011).
- ↑ orf.at: Markus Wallner elected governor (accessed December 7, 2011).
- ↑ tagesschau.de: Sentence against Rod Blagojevich announced - Corrupt ex-governor has to go to prison for 14 years ( memento of January 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed December 7, 2011).
- ↑ presseportal.de: ROG Prize for Press Freedom 2011: Syrian cartoonist and Burmese weekly newspaper are awarded (accessed December 10, 2011).
- ↑ ots.at: National anthem now also pays tribute to Austria's great daughters "Jubelchöre" instead of "Brüderchöre" - heavy criticism from FPÖ and BZÖ (accessed on December 7, 2011).
- ↑ faz.net: European Union Croatia signs accession treaty (accessed on December 10, 2011).
- ↑ focus-fen.net: Montenegro's EU accession negotiations to kicks off in June 2012 (English, accessed December 10, 2011).
- ↑ Declaration by the Heads of State or Government of the euro area. In: europa.eu . December 9, 2011, accessed June 1, 2019 .
- ↑ nzz.ch: Devastating hospital fire in Kolkata - 89 fatalities - employees let the patients down (accessed December 11, 2011)
- ↑ de.reuters.com: Peru's Prime Minister resigns (accessed December 11, 2011).
- ↑ focus.de: Nobel Prizes awarded in Oslo and Stockholm (accessed on December 11, 2011).
- ↑ derstandard.at: Government of national unity sworn in - Nobel Peace Prize laureate Karman criticizes lack of support (accessed on December 11, 2011).
- ↑ nzz.ch: Meier and Cuche awarded - For the 27th time a representative of alpine skiing wins the athlete's choice (accessed on December 17, 2011).
- ↑ faz.net: World Climate Conference - Breakthrough in Durban (accessed December 12, 2011).
- ↑ parl.gc.ca: Appointment of a new Parliamentary Poet Laureate (English, accessed January 14, 2012).
- ↑ France delivers ex-ruler Noriega. In: tageblatt.lu . December 11, 2011, accessed May 19, 2019 .
- ^ Nzz.ch: Presidential coalition wins election in Côte d'Ivoire - Former head of state has to answer before the International Criminal Court (accessed on January 14, 2012).
- ↑ nzz.ch: Marzouki elected Tunisian head of state (accessed December 13, 2011).
- ↑ Relatives accuse the state. In: vrt.be . November 12, 2014, accessed October 1, 2018 .
- ^ Nzz.ch: Conflict-free, but not to the delight of everyone - Little castling in the Federal Council - Berset becomes Minister of the Interior, Burkhalter Minister of Foreign Affairs (accessed on December 17, 2011).
- ^ Nzz.ch: Award for a dead hero - Sakharov Prize goes to champions of the Arab Spring (accessed on October 27, 2011).
- ↑ tagesschau.de: Verdict in the corruption process - Two years probation for Chirac ( Memento from January 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on December 17, 2011).
- ↑ sueddeutsche.de: Judgment against top terrorist "Carlos" Second life sentence for the "jackal" (accessed on December 17, 2011).
- ↑ bbc.co.uk: US flag ceremony marks formal end of Iraq war role (English, accessed December 18, 2011).
- ↑ zeit.de: WTO accepts Russia by consensus ( Memento from January 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed December 18, 2011).
- ↑ zeit.de: UN sanctions against Libyan banks lifted (accessed on December 17, 2011).
- ^ Nytimes.com: Ruling Against Iran in Sept. 11 Case (English, accessed December 27, 2011).
- ↑ zeit.de: Strike in Shanaosen - State of Emergency in the Kazakh Oil City (accessed December 17, 2011).
- ↑ stern.de: "Stress test" is word of the year 2011 (accessed on December 17, 2011).
- ↑ focus.de: Refugee ship sunk - over 200 people drown off Indonesia (accessed on December 18, 2011).
- ^ Sueddeutsche.de: Institut d'Égypte burned down in Cairo (accessed on December 25, 2011).
- ↑ focus.de: Philippines: Flood disaster in the Philippines claimed at least 440 lives (accessed on December 17, 2011).
- ↑ faz.net: Sportsman of the Year 2011 - Neuner, Nowitzki, Dortmund (accessed December 19, 2011).
- ↑ focus.de: Nine years after the start of the war - The last US troops leave Iraq (accessed December 19, 2011).
- ↑ spiegel.de: Mixed Zone - Norway new world champion in women's handball (accessed December 19, 2011).
- ^ Club World Championships, competitions 1999-2015 . ifosta.de. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
- ↑ zeit.de: Hungary: Orbán's controversial media law partly unconstitutional (accessed December 20, 2011).
- ↑ spiegel.de: Krasnoyarsk Russian airport burns down completely (accessed on December 19, 2011).
- ↑ handelsblatt.de: Russian stock exchange merger completed (accessed on December 22, 2011).
- ↑ handelsblatt.com: Auto industry: Saab files for bankruptcy (accessed December 19, 2011).
- ↑ orf.at: Liechtenstein seals Schengen accession (accessed on December 19, 2011).
- ↑ ler / AFP / dpa: Controversial election: Congo President Kabila sworn in. In: Spiegel Online . December 20, 2011, accessed May 14, 2020 .
- ↑ npi / dapd / dpa: Spain: Rajoy elected head of government. In: Spiegel Online . December 20, 2011, accessed May 14, 2020 .
- ↑ de.rian.ru: New ISS crew on the way into space (accessed on December 23, 2011).
- ↑ taz.de: Executive floor messes up, company is broke (accessed on December 22, 2011).
- ↑ tagesschau.de: Bombs in several quarters - More than 60 dead in the series of attacks in Baghdad ( Memento from December 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on December 22, 2011).
- ↑ nzz.ch: Genocide law causes a scandal - France and Turkey in a serious diplomatic crisis (accessed on December 22, 2011).
- ↑ stern.de: Attacks in Syria - suicide bombers kill up to 50 people ( Memento from January 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on December 23, 2011).
- ↑ zeit.de: Ukraine: Tymoshenko fails with application for appeal (accessed on December 23, 2011).
- ^ Derstandard.at: Zoran Milanovic new premier (accessed on January 31, 2011).
- ^ Reuters.com: Nigeria sect clashes kill at least 68: officials (English, accessed December 28, 2011).
- ↑ zeit.de: Amnesty: Cuba wants to pardon 2,900 prisoners (accessed on December 31, 2011).
- ↑ Islamists kill dozens in Nigeria Christmas bombs. In: reuters.com . December 25, 2011, accessed May 19, 2019 .
- ↑ mz-web.de: Afghanistan: 20 dead in suicide attack in Talokan (accessed December 25, 2011).
- ↑ focus.de: Emerging economic power - Brazil wants to overtake Germany (accessed on December 31, 2011).
- ^ Nzz.ch: Djokovic Europe's Sportsman of the Year - Djokovic before Vettel and Nowitzki (accessed on December 31, 2011).
- ↑ derstandard.at: "Compass": China's satellite navigation system goes into operation (accessed on December 27, 2011).
- ↑ spiegel.de: Controversial sugar levy France introduces cola tax (accessed on December 28, 2011).
- ↑ nzz.ch: Jamaica about to change power - opposition secures clear majority in parliamentary elections (accessed on December 31, 2011).
- ^ Abendblatt.de: North Korea: Head of State declares Kim Jong-un to be the "supreme leader" (accessed on December 31, 2011).
- ↑ berliner-zeitung.de: Samoa: Island state introduces the six-day week (accessed on December 27, 2011).
- ^ Nzz.ch: Cyclone «Thane» rages in India (accessed on December 31, 2011).
- ↑ chiemgau-online.de: More than 50 dead in a neighborhood conflict in Nigeria (accessed on January 1, 2012).