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This article covers breaking news and events in February 2000.
Daily events
Tuesday February 1, 2000
- Germany , Philippines : The investment protection treaty between the two countries comes into force.
- Vaduz / Liechtenstein : The Principality ratifies the Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications in Higher Education in the European Region , with which higher education entrance qualifications and university degrees are mutually recognized in all contracting states.
Friday February 4, 2000
- Düsseldorf / Germany : After a hostile takeover that lasted for months, the Supervisory Board of Mannesmann AG approves the offer from the British mobile communications service provider Vodafone Group , which will become the world's largest mobile communications provider with the acquisition of Mannesmann. The purchase price in shares is around 190 billion euros .
- Paris / France : On the first "World Summit against cancer" believe representatives of the World Health Organization , the Union for International Cancer Control ( German International Union Against Cancer ) and other organizations ten decisions for more effective measures against cancer disease control. The participants estimate that in the near future 20 million people will develop cancer each year.
- Vienna / Austria : Federal President Thomas Klestil praises the new federal government under Federal Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel ( ÖVP ), while thousands of people protest against nationalism and racism in front of the Hofburg . For the first time, an Austrian government includes party members of the ÖVP and the FPÖ .
Saturday 5th February 2000
- Antarctica : A partial solar eclipse moves over the mainland around the South Pole .
- Berlin / Germany : The Federal Government declares the construction of the planned Transrapid - Maglev -distance between the German capital and Hamburg not to pursue. In recent months, Hartmut Mehdorn, as chairman of the board of directors of Deutsche Bahn AG, has called for a "improvement" to the state financial aid, otherwise his company could neither build nor maintain the line.
Sunday February 6, 2000
- Brühl / Germany : Nine passengers are killed in a train accident in North Rhine-Westphalia .
- Helsinki / Finland : In the runoff election for the office of President of the Republic of Finland , Tarja Halonen from the Social Democratic Party receives around 3% more votes than Esko Aho from the Center Party .
Tuesday February 8, 2000
- Athens / Greece : Konstantinos Stefanopoulos is re-elected as President.
- Berlin / Germany : Wim Wenders is awarded the Golden Camera for best director .
Wednesday February 9, 2000
- Berlin / Germany : The 50th Berlin International Film Festival opens with the film The Million Dollar Hotel by director Wim Wenders . While the main venue of the festival has moved to the musical theater on Marlene-Dietrich-Platz , the traditional Zoo Palast is now the center of the Berlinale Children's Film Festival .
Sunday February 13, 2000
- Lagos / Nigeria : Co-hosts Nigeria narrowly lose the final of the 22nd Africa Cup of Nations against Cameroon . After 120 minutes the score is 2-2, in the penalty shoot-out Cameroon has the upper hand 4-3.
Tuesday February 15, 2000
- Bamako / Mali : Mandé Sidibé becomes President.
- Brussels / Belgium : Negotiations begin with Bulgaria , Latvia , Lithuania , Malta , Romania and Slovakia to join the European Union .
Wednesday February 16, 2000
- Berlin / Germany : Wolfgang Schäuble declares his resignation as party and parliamentary group chairman in front of the CDU / CSU parliamentary group.
Thursday February 17, 2000
- Redmond / United States : Microsoft releases the Windows 2000 operating system .
Friday February 18, 2000
- Zagreb / Croatia : Stjepan Mesić becomes President.
Sunday February 20, 2000
- Berlin / Germany : The jury of the 50th Berlin International Film Festival honors the film Magnolia by director Paul Thomas Anderson as the best contribution of the festival with the Golden Bear .
- Bishkek / Kyrgyzstan : parliamentary elections
Tuesday February 22, 2000
- Hamburg / Germany : Gruner + Jahr starts an internet portal called Computer Channel . The company wants to achieve a market-defining position in online journalism with correspondents in Munich , Frankfurt am Main , London and San Francisco .
- Mendoza / Argentina : Soldiers of the armed forces of Argentina recovered wreckage of an airplane on the Tupungato volcano , which is very likely to be the remains of the passenger plane Star Dust , which disappeared in 1947 .
Wednesday February 23, 2000
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- Hanover / Germany : At CeBIT , Trek 2000 International presents a new technology for data storage : the USB stick .
- Los Angeles / United States : The winners of the 42nd Grammy Awards include Anne-Sophie Mutter , Thomas Quasthoff and the Berliner Philharmoniker . The Latin rock musician Carlos Santana receives eight awards.
- Maputo / Mozambique : Floods claim many hundreds of deaths.
Thursday February 24, 2000
- Cairo / Egypt : Pope John Paul II visits the al-Azhar University , which is considered to be the leading academic institution in Dār al-Islām . He sees his visit as an advertisement for more interreligious exchange.
- New York / United States : The UN Security Council approves the expansion of the peacekeeping mission in the Congo . In future, more than 5,500 blue helmet soldiers will monitor compliance with the ceasefire.
Sunday February 27, 2000
- Dushanbe / Tajikistan : parliamentary elections
- Kiel / Germany : Heide Simonis , who became the first woman to head a German state government in 1993, once again received the vote of confidence in the election in Schleswig-Holstein . Their party, the SPD , accounts for 43.1% and the following CDU for 35.2%. 6.2% opted for the Greens , coalition partners of the SPD.
See also
- Nekrolog February 2000 for deaths that month
- List of annually recurring commemorative and action days in February
- Category for commemorative days, holidays or action days in February
Web links
Commons : February 2000 - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Investment protection in bilateral trade agreements between the Federal Republic of Germany and developing and emerging countries. In: bmwi.de . March 27, 2015, accessed November 20, 2018 .
- ↑ Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications in Higher Education in the European Region. In: admin.ch . June 3, 2013, accessed February 15, 2017 (list of contracting states).
- ^ Chronicle of a takeover affair. In: manager-magazin.de . October 18, 2014, accessed December 4, 2018 .
- ^ Charter of Paris. In: cancernetwork.com, UBM plc . April 1, 2000, accessed February 4, 2018 .
- ^ Formation of a government. In: boku.ac.at . February 2000, accessed October 11, 2018 .
- ↑ Partial Solar Eclipse 2000 Feb 05. In: nasa.gov . Retrieved February 23, 2017 .
- ↑ In 53 minutes from Hamburg to Berlin. In: Abendblatt.de . March 8, 2014, accessed December 24, 2017 .
- ^ Biography of Tarja Halonen. In: britannica.com . Retrieved November 24, 2018 .
- ↑ 35th award. In: goldenekamera.de . Retrieved March 21, 2018 .
- ↑ Berlinale 2000. In: wdr.de . Retrieved March 9, 2017 .
- ↑ Cameroon defeats Nigeria on penalties and is Africa champion 2000. In: athlet.org. Retrieved September 25, 2018 .
- ↑ Who is afraid of the EU's eastward expansion? In: univie.ac.at , material from admin.ch . 20, accessed June 9, 2019 .
- ↑ Golden Bear - The Best Films from Berlin (Berlinale). In: moviepilot.de . Retrieved March 10, 2017 .
- ^ Bodies recovered from 1947 Andes crash site. In: aparchive.com . February 23, 2000, accessed July 13, 2018 .
- ↑ Trek 2000 and the thumbdrive. In: nlb.gov.sg, Singapore National Library. 2010, accessed on September 18, 2016 .
- ^ Santana Dominates Grammy Awards. In: nytimes.com . February 24, 2000, accessed October 17, 2017 .
- ↑ Together against religious extremism. In: radiovaticana.va . February 21, 2017. Retrieved February 28, 2017 .
- ↑ S / RES / 1291. In: securitycouncilreport.org . February 24, 2000, accessed September 18, 2016 .
- ^ State elections: Schleswig-Holstein. In: Wahlen-in-deutschland.de, Valentin Schröder. Retrieved November 1, 2016 .
