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This article covers breaking news and events in February 2012.
Daily events
Wednesday February 1, 2012
- Brussels / Belgium : The European Commission bans the merger of the Deutsche Börse in Frankfurt am Main with the New York Stock Exchange in New York City .
- Ostheim / Germany : Bionade GmbH is completely sold to the Radeberger Group .
- Port Said / Egypt : At least 73 people are killed and over 1,000 others are injured in violent clashes after a first division game between the football clubs Al-Masry and Al-Ahly .
Thursday February 2, 2012
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- Athens / Greece : Government suspends 63,500 unduly paid pensions.
- Lae / Papua New Guinea : The ferry Rabaul Queen of the Star Ships shipping company with 350 passengers on board sinks on the journey to Kimbe on the island of New Britain .
- Menlo Park / United States : The company Facebook Inc. applies for listing on the stock exchange.
- Phnom Penh / Cambodia : The former head of the Tuol Sleng torture center of the Khmer Rouge , Kaing Guek Eav , is sentenced to life imprisonment in an appeal process before the Khmer Rouge tribunal .
- Washington, DC / United States : The United States Army announces the closure of the barracks in Bamberg and Schweinfurt by 2015.
Friday 3rd February 2012
- Budapest / Hungary : The airline Malév ceases operations due to the impending bankruptcy.
- The Hague / Netherlands : Due to state immunity , the International Court of Justice decides that Germany cannot be sentenced to individual compensation payments to Nazi war victims before foreign courts . The Italian - Greek lawsuit against Germany for compensation for German war crimes between 1943 and 1945 thus fails .
- Munich / Germany : Start of the three-day security conference .
Saturday 4th February 2012
- Berlin / Germany : The actor Morgan Freeman is awarded the Golden Camera for his life's work .
- Europe : A cold spell freezes at least 250 people over several weeks.
Sunday 5th February 2012
- Helsinki / Finland : The conservative Sauli Niinistö wins the runoff election for the presidency against the Green Pekka Haavisto with 66% of the votes cast .
- Indianapolis / United States : The New York Giants win the Super Bowl XLVI with 21:17 against the New England Patriots . It is her fourth Super Bowl win and her 8th championship title overall.
Monday February 6, 2012
- Bucharest / Romania : Prime Minister Emil Boc announces the resignation of his government after protests against the austerity policy.
- Lausanne / Switzerland : The International Sports Court banned the Spaniard Alberto Contador for doping for two years. His victory at the Tour de France 2010 and the Giro d'Italia 2011 will be revoked retroactively .
- London / United Kingdom : The Diamond Jubilee of Queen . Elizabeth II is celebrated in silence, a larger celebration is planned for the summer.
Tuesday February 7, 2012
- Malé / Maldives : After popular protests and a mutiny by the police, Mohamed Nasheed resigns as president. The current Vice President Mohammed Waheed Hassan is acting as his successor .
- Samaná / Dominican Republic : At least 51 people are killed in a boat accident between Hispaniola and Puerto Rico .
Wednesday February 8, 2012
- Antarctica : Russian scientists announce the successful drilling of the ice-covered Lake Vostok .
- Prague / Czech Republic : The Senate approves an amendment to the constitution, according to which the president will in future be directly elected by the people. The successor to the previous president Václav Klaus must be elected by the end of the year.
Thursday February 9, 2012
- Berlin / Germany : The 62nd Berlin International Film Festival will be celebrated with the historical film Farewell, My Queen! by the director Benoît Jacquot .
- Bucharest / Romania : The former head of the foreign intelligence service, Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu , is elected Prime Minister .
- Lausanne / Switzerland : The Court of Arbitration for Sport says the former German professional cyclist Jan Ullrich because of doping guilty. Third place in the 2005 Tour de France and victory in the 2006 Tour de Suisse were retroactively revoked.
Friday February 10, 2012
- Amsterdam / Netherlands : A photo by Spanish photographer Samuel Aranda , showing a veiled Muslim woman and a relative injured during a demonstration in Yemen, is named Press Photo of the Year .
Sunday February 12, 2012
- Duisburg / Germany : The Lord Mayor, Adolf Sauerland , who was criticized in connection with the Love Parade accident , is voted out in a referendum.
- Libreville / Gabon : Zambia wins the final of the African Cup of Nations with 8: 7 on penalties against Ivory Coast and thus secures its first title.
- London / United Kingdom : Presentation of the British Academy Film Awards .
- Los Angeles / United States : In the 54th ceremony of the Grammy Awards intersects the British singer Adele down with six obtained rates most successful.
Monday February 13, 2012
- Islamabad / Pakistan : The Constitutional Court is bringing charges against Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani in connection with money laundering proceedings against President Asif Ali Zardari .
- Kourou / French Guiana : The European launch vehicle Vega takes off successfully on its maiden flight.
Thursday February 16, 2012
- Ciudad de Comayagua / Honduras : At least 377 people are killed in a fire in a prison.
- Luxembourg / Luxembourg : The European Court of Justice ruled that the operators of social networks cannot be obliged to search the data of their users through filters for copyright infringements .
Friday 17th February 2012
- Berlin / Germany : Federal President Christian Wulff resigns after persistent criticism and allegations of corruption. Federal Council President Horst Seehofer temporarily takes over the official business.
- Olympia / Greece : When the Archaeological Museum Olympia is broken into , a number of ancient artifacts are stolen.
Saturday 18th February 2012
- Berlin / Germany : The feature film Caesar Must Die by the Italian brothers Paolo and Vittorio Taviani is awarded the Golden Bear at the 62nd International Film Festival.
- Munich / Germany : Vitali Klitschko defends his WBC heavyweight boxing world champion title in the Olympiahalle against Dereck Chisora in 12 rounds, clearly on points.
- Vatican City : Pope Benedict XVI. appoints 22 new cardinals in a solemn ceremony , including the Berlin Archbishop Rainer Maria Woelki and the German Jesuit Father Karl Josef Becker .
Tuesday February 21, 2012
- Sanaa / Yemen : The only candidate Abed Rabbo Mansur Hadi wins the presidential elections with 99.8% of the vote.
- Vienna / Austria : In the follow Ariel Muzicants is Oskar German president of the Jewish Community selected.
Wednesday February 22, 2012
- Afghanistan : After the Quran was burned by members of the US Army, unrest broke out across the country .
- Buenos Aires / Argentina : At least 50 people are killed and more than 600 others are injured in a train accident.
Friday February 24, 2012
- Berlin / Germany : The two-time Formula 1 world champion Sebastian Vettel receives the silver laurel leaf, the highest honor in the country for sporting achievements.
Saturday 25th February 2012
- Sanaa / Yemen : After Ali Abdullah Salih resigns due to ongoing mass protests , the former Vice President Abed Rabbo Mansur Hadi is sworn in as President.
Sunday February 26, 2012
- Dakar / Senegal : In the presidential election , incumbent Abdoulaye Wade ( Democrats ) received 34.81% of the votes cast, Macky Sall from the Alliance pour la République came in second with 26.58%. The two will meet in a runoff election on March 25th.
- Damascus / Syria : In a constitutional referendum, 89.4% of voters vote for a new constitution, which, among other things , aims to establish a multi-party system .
- Lake Placid / United States : End of the 58th Bobsleigh World Championships
- Los Angeles / United States : The silent film homage The Artist by French director Michel Hazanavicius is awarded the Oscar for "Best Film".
- Vikersund / Norway : The Slovenian ski jumper Robert Kranjec wins the ski flying world championship for the first time , while Austria is successful in the team competition .
Monday February 27, 2012
- Los Angeles / United States : Wang Shu is the first Chinese to receive the prestigious Pritzker Prize for architecture .
- Stade / Germany : The district court sentenced the so-called " masked man " to life imprisonment and subsequent preventive detention . More than 40 child sex offenses are attributed to him.
Tuesday February 28, 2012
- Paris / France : The Constitutional Council stops a law that would criminalize denial of the Armenian genocide . Such a law violates freedom of expression .
Wednesday February 29, 2012
- Tokyo / Japan : The Tokyo Sky Tree , the world's tallest television tower and the second tallest free-standing structure in the world after the Burj Khalifa , is completed.
See also
- Nekrolog February 2012 for deaths this 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 2012 - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ faz.net: EU bans merger - the lonely stock exchange (accessed on February 1, 2012).
- ↑ welt.de: Takeover by Radeberger - How Bionade alienated the rich organic customers (accessed on February 1, 2012).
- ↑ tagesschau.de: Storming the pitch in the Port Said stadium - many dead in football riots in Egypt ( memento from February 2, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on February 27, 2012)
- ↑ handelsblatt.de: Social fraud: Athens cleans up with phantom pensioners (accessed on February 2, 2012).
- ↑ https://www.goettinger-tageblatt.de/Nachrichten/Panorama/Faehre-vor-Papua-Neuguinea-gesunken
- ↑ spiegel.de: Facebook IPO: The Billion Dollar Face (accessed on February 2, 2012).
- ↑ tagesschau.sf.tv: “Butcher” of the Khmer Rouge received for life (accessed on February 27, 2012).
- ↑ rp-online.de: 7500 soldiers and families are leaving - US Army closes the Schweinfurt and Bamberg locations (accessed on February 2, 2012).
- ↑ spiegel.de: Impending bankruptcy: Hungarian airline Malev ceases operations (accessed on February 3, 2012).
- ^ Jurisdictional Immunities of the State (Germany v. Italy: Greece intervening). In: cambridge.org . Retrieved September 26, 2018 .
- ↑ Answer of the Federal Government to the minor question from the MPs Ulla Jelpke, Jan Korte, Jan van Aken, other MPs and the parliamentary group Die Linke. In: bundestag.de . March 23, 2012, accessed September 26, 2018 .
- ↑ sueddeutsche.de: Contribution to the Munich Security Conference - America's New Asia Strategy (accessed on February 4, 2012).
- ↑ 47th Award. In: goldenekamera.de . Retrieved March 22, 2018 .
- ↑ stern.de: Cold wave claims many victims - winter chaos in Europe (accessed on February 4, 2012).
- ↑ zeit.de: Finland: Conservative wins Finnish presidential election (accessed on February 6, 2012).
- ↑ Giant win! In: nfl.com . Retrieved February 9, 2017 .
- ↑ https://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/rumaenien-regierungschef-emil-boc-zurueckgtret/6164752.html
- ↑ spiegel.de: Positive doping test - professional cyclist Contador banned for two years (accessed on February 27, 2012).
- ^ Spiegel.de: Vacation paradise: Police mutiny overthrows President of the Maldives (accessed on February 27, 2012).
- ↑ tvnotas.com.mx: Van 51 muertos tras naufragio de embarcacion dominicana (Spanish, accessed February 10, 2012).
- ↑ focus.de (accessed on February 27, 2012).
- ↑ zpravy.idnes.cz: Přímá volba prezidenta prošla. Lidé sami vyberou už Klausova nástupce (Czech, accessed February 8, 2012).
- ↑ Benoît Jacquot's Les Adieux à la reine opens the 62nd Berlinale. In: berlinale.de . January 4, 2012, accessed March 9, 2017 .
- ↑ faz.net: Boycott of the opposition - Ungureanu new Prime Minister of Romania (accessed on February 9, 2012).
- ↑ nzz.ch: Jan Ullrich found guilty of doping (accessed on February 27, 2012).
- ↑ spiegel.de: World Press Photo Award: Veiled Suffering - the press photo of the year (accessed on February 10, 2012).
- ↑ focus.de: Acknowledgment for the Love Parade tragedy - Duisburg votes out Mayor Adolf Sauerland (accessed on February 12, 2012).
- ↑ kicker.de: Africa Cup 2012: Ivory Coast loses the final in Libreville - 8: 7! Sunzu ecstasy Zambia (accessed February 12, 2012).
- ↑ stern.de: "The Artist": Silent film sets course for the Oscars (accessed on February 16, 2012).
- ↑ fr-online.de: Grammy Awards: Six gramophones and a death ( memento from January 19, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on February 15, 2012).
- ^ Faz.net: Pakistan: Prime Minister Gilani indicted (accessed February 27, 2012).
- ↑ faz.net: Maiden voyage of the Vega - family of Esa launchers now complete (accessed on February 27, 2012).
- ↑ faz.net: Prison Fire in Honduras - The President Sends Coffins (accessed on February 17, 2012).
- ↑ faz.net: ECJ judgment: No mandatory monitoring of social networks (accessed on February 16, 2012).
- ^ Spiegel.de: Federal President affair: Wulff resigned, Merkel is looking for candidates for consensus (accessed on February 17, 2012).
- ↑ bbc.co.uk: Thieves loot Greece's Ancient Olympia museum (English, accessed February 17, 2012).
- ↑ tagesspiegel.de: Award ceremony of the Golden Bear for "Cesare deve morire" (accessed on February 27, 2012).
- ↑ stern.de: Boxing title in heavyweight Klitschko injured - but world champion (accessed on February 19, 2012).
- ↑ stern.de: Pope appoints 22 new cardinals - among them two Germans ( Memento from February 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on February 27, 2012).
- ↑ orf.at: Yemen: 99.8 percent for Saleh's successor Hadi (accessed on February 27, 2012).
- ↑ derstandard.at: Oskar Deutsch - A coffee roaster runs the Jewish community (accessed on February 27, 2012).
- ↑ zeit.de: Afghanistan: Riots and protests against the USA in several cities (accessed on March 1, 2012).
- ↑ sueddeutsche.de: Buenos Aires: 49 dead and more than 600 injured in train accident (accessed on February 24, 2012).
- ↑ zeit.de: Motorsport: Awesome Vettel receives Silver Laurel Leaf (accessed on February 27, 2012).
- ^ Nzz.ch: A new beginning in Yemen - swearing in of the newly elected President Hadi (accessed on February 27, 2012).
- ↑ bbc.co.uk: Senegal's Abdoulaye Wade accepts election run-off (accessed March 30, 2012).
- ↑ tagesschau.de: Assad regime reports success - 90 percent are allegedly in favor of Syria's new constitution ( memento of February 29, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on March 30, 2012).
- ↑ tagesschau.de: Oscar night in Los Angeles - "The Artist" is best film of the year ( Memento from February 29, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on February 27, 2012).
- ↑ de.eurosport.yahoo.com: Ski Flying World Championships - Kranjec sails to gold, unlucky friend (accessed on February 27, 2012).
- ↑ diepresse.com: Ski flying: Austria extends World Cup gold subscription (accessed on February 27, 2012).
- ↑ spiegel.de: Best Architecture - Chinese Architect Receives Pritzker Prize 2012 (accessed on February 28, 2012).
- ↑ welt.de: The "Masked Man" - child murderer Martin N. sentenced to the maximum penalty (accessed on February 27, 2012).
- ↑ focus.de: Genocide law is unconstitutional - Constitutional Council stops France's genocide law (accessed on March 1, 2012).
- ↑ au.news.yahoo.com: Japan finishes world's tallest communications tower ( memento from March 19, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on March 3, 2012).