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This article covers breaking news and events in February 2019.

Daily events

Friday 1st February 2019

• Abu Dhabi / United Arab Emirates : In the Zayed Sports City Stadium , the Qatar team defeated the Japanese team 3-1 in the final of the Asian Cup .
• Berlin / Germany : The Commission for Growth, Structural Change and Employment (often just called the Coal Commission) publishes its final report on the coal phase-out .
• Brussels / Belgium , Tokyo / Japan : The EU-Japan Free Trade Agreement (JEFTA) comes into force.
• Brussels / Belgium : The European Commission is launching an investigation after it was established in a meat scandal involving processed cattle with lameness in a slaughterhouse of the Elkopol company in Kalinowo in Poland that, according to EU data, around 9.5 tonnes and according to Polish data 2.7 Tons of inferior beef ended up in 14 EU member states. The affected countries are Germany, Estonia, France, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovakia, Spain, the Czech Republic and Hungary.
• Washington, DC / United States : The US government under President Donald Trump formally terminates the bilateral Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) with Russia on medium- range nuclear systems with a range of between 500 and 5500 kilometers. The USA accuses Russia of violating the treaty for a long time by producing the new land-based cruise missile 9M729 ( NATO code name : SS-C-8 Screwdriver ) for the Iskander-K carrier system that can be equipped with nuclear equipment . The termination of the contract will take effect at the end of July 2019.

Saturday 2nd February 2019

• Moscow / Russia : As a reaction to the United States, Russia also formally announces the bilateral Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF-Treaty) with the United States on medium-range nuclear systems . The contract ends at the end of July 2019.
• Munich / Germany : The Carnival Society Narrhalla awards the Karl Valentin Order to the Austrian singer Andreas Gabalier .
• Paris / France : According to police reports, around 58,600 demonstrators across the country took part in the 12th weekend of protest of the yellow vests movement against President Emmanuel Macron , including around 10,000 in Paris. Due to the numerous injuries on January 26, 2019, the demonstrators demanded that the police ban the use of rubber bullets and shock grenades .
• Tehran / Iran : On the 40th anniversary of the Islamic revolution in Iran, Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami announces the successful test of a new land-based cruise missile called Hoveizeh by the Revolutionary Guard (Pasdaran). This after the city Hoveyzeh named on the border with Iraq weapons system in memory of the first Gulf War to have a range of over 1,200 kilometers.

Sunday 3rd February 2019

NFL record player Tom Brady

• Atlanta / United States : In the 53rd Super Bowl in American football , the winning New England Patriots in the Mercedes-Benz Stadium against the Los Angeles Rams 13: 3rd 41-year-old New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady becomes the first player in NFL history to celebrate his sixth Super Bowl victory.
• Faya-Largeau / Chad : The French air force flies from N'Djamena with fighter planes of the type Mirage 2000 as part of the Barkhane operation and at the request of the government of Idriss Déby attacks on a convoy of 50 pickups with around 250 rebels from parts of the Union Resistance forces (UFR) that penetrate around 400 kilometers from Libya onto Chadian territory.
• Jerusalem / Israel : The Israeli Defense Ministry announces the further construction of a 65 kilometer long and six meter high border fence to the Gaza Strip . It is intended to supplement the existing underground and coastal barriers around the Gaza Strip and also serves to counter terrorism.
• San Salvador / El Salvador : The former mayor of the capital San Salvador, Nayib Bukele ( GANA ) is the successor of Salvador Sanchez Ceren ( FMLN ) to the President of El Salvador elected .

Monday 4th February 2019

• Berlin / Germany : In the 2018 climate protection report submitted by the federal government , Germany clearly misses the climate targets for 2020. Instead of the targeted 40 percent fewer greenhouse gases than in 1990, Germany will only achieve a reduction of around 32 percent. A reform of the EU emissions trading scheme should better support the goals, but this progress would be partially canceled out by higher traffic emissions and carbon dioxide emissions in buildings. The Climate Protection Plan 2050 adopted by the German government in 2016 provides for greenhouse gas reductions of at least 40 percent by 2020, 55 percent by 2030 and 80 to 95 percent by 2050 compared to 1990.
• Berlin / Germany : The fourth largest airline in Germany, Germania Fluggesellschaft , applies to open insolvency proceedings and ceases flight operations the following night. Around 1700 employees are affected.
• Brussels / Belgium : After their ultimatum for announcing a new presidential election in Venezuela has expired , the EU member states Denmark, Germany, Finland, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, Spain, the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom have the President of the Parliament Juan Guaidó recognized as interim President of Venezuela .
• Mogadishu / Somalia : At least 14 people are killed and another 15 injured in a car bomb attack by the Islamist al-Shabaab militia near a shopping center on Hamarweyne Market.
• Washington, DC / United States : The US Department of Defense announces the relocation of 3,750 soldiers to the US-Mexico border for 90 days as part of Operation Faithful Patriot . These are to complement the customs and border protection authority CBP and existing units and lay around 240 kilometers of barbed wire.

Tuesday 5th February 2019

• Gothenburg / Sweden : In the final of the Champions Hockey League , Frölunda HC wins 3-1 against EHC Red Bull Munich .
• Beijing / People's Republic of China : Chinese New Year - Year of the Earth Pig (36th year in 78th cycle)

Wednesday February 6, 2019

• Brussels / Belgium : After the merger control, the European Commission prohibited the planned takeover of the rail transport division of the French group Alstom by the German group Siemens . The Commissioner responsible for competition in the European Union , Margrethe Vestager , sees competition in the markets for railway signaling systems and high-speed trains being impaired. The corrective measures offered by the parties were not sufficient to address the Commission's concerns. The planned takeover of the rolled products division of the German copper producer Aurubis based in Hamburg and the joint venture Schwermetall Halbzeugwerk in Stolberg by the Wieland Group based in Ulm was also prohibited by the merger control.
• Gennevilliers / France : In the presence of the German Federal Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen and the French counterpart Florence Parly , a letter of intent was signed between the French technology group Safran Aircraft Engines (until 2015: Snecma) and the German engine manufacturer MTU Aero Engines , based in Munich , as well with the participation of the joint venture Aerospace Embedded Solutions (AES), for the construction of new jet engines for the planned Franco-German multi- role fighter with the project name Future Combat Air System (FCAS). This fighter aircraft is scheduled to go into service from 2040.
• Kartal / Turkey : At least 14 people are killed and another 10 injured when an eight-story apartment building collapses.
• Ureña / Venezuela : The Venezuelan armed forces secured the three-lane international Tienditas road bridge, which was completed in 2016 and never opened, south of Ureña in the state of Táchira to the neighboring border town of Cúcuta in Colombia, in addition to the existing barrier with a tanker truck and two ISO containers and is monitored by soldiers . On the one hand, this is intended to prevent the foreign aid deliveries to Venezuela planned by interim president Juan Guaidó .

Thursday 7th February 2019

• Berlin / Germany : Opening of the 69th International Film Festival
• Kiev / Ukraine : The Verkhovna Rada has enshrined the country's strategic orientation towards full accession to NATO and the European Union (EU) in the Ukraine's constitution. 334 of the 385 MPs present voted in favor; 35 voted against, 16 stayed away from the vote. According to this, foreign troops may no longer be stationed in the country on the basis of international treaties ratified by parliament. In addition, a law was passed prohibiting Russian citizens from participating in the planned election observation mission of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).
• London / United Kingdom : The tourism group Thomas Cook announces that it intends to sell the airlines belonging to the company with a fleet of 103 aircraft. The German company Condor , based in Frankfurt am Main and around 4,000 employees, is affected .
• Rome / Italy : The Slovenian football official Aleksander Čeferin is confirmed as UEFA president for another four years .

Friday 8th February 2019

• Braunschweig / Germany : The second largest German sugar producer, Nordzucker, takes over a 70% majority stake in Mackay Sugar Limited (MSL) based in Mackay , the second largest sugar producer in Australia . MSL also has a 25 percent stake in Sugar Australia and New Zealand Sugar , a joint venture for sugar refining in Australia and New Zealand with Wilmar International .
• Genoa / Italy : Beginning of the demolition of the remains of the Morandi Bridge, which partially collapsed in August 2018 . A 36 meter long and 18 meter wide section of the bridge was dismantled.
• Melbourne / Australia : The Australian Federal Police AFP announces a drug discovery of 1.7 tons of methamphetamine in the United States on January 9, 2019 in cooperation with the US Department of Homeland Security and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the arrest of four Australians and two US citizens living in Australia. The 1.7 tons of methamphetamine, 25 kilograms of cocaine and 5 kilograms of heroin, with a total market value of more than 800 million euros, were discovered in two ISO containers that were to be smuggled from the port of Long Beach in California to Australia.

Saturday 9th February 2019

• al-Baghuz Fawqani / Syria : According to their spokesman Mustafa Bali, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) supported by the United States are starting an offensive to capture the last bastion of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist militia on the border with Iraq . There are said to be between 500 and 600 fighters. At the beginning of the Battle of Baghuz, the US armed forces are providing close air support to the SDF as part of Operation Inherent Resolve .
• Rome / Italy : Up to 200,000 participants take part in a large-scale demonstration under the motto “A future for work” for a better economic policy and demand ambitious reforms and more public and private investments. Called up and organized by the trade unions Confederazione Italiana Sindacati Lavoratori (CISL) and Unione Italiana del Lavoro (UIL) , among others .

Sunday February 10, 2019

• Addis Ababa / Ethiopia : Start of the 32nd African Union (AU) summit . The Egyptian President Abd al-Fattah as-Sisi takes over the annual rotating chairmanship from Rwanda's head of state Paul Kagame .
• Bern / Switzerland : The popular initiative “Stop urban sprawl - for sustainable settlement development” , also known as the urban sprawl initiative for short , comes to the vote . The voters decide against a stronger regulation of the designation of building areas.
• Dubai / United Arab Emirates : Start of the three-day World Government Summit (WGS).
• Inzell / Germany : Last day of the speed skating single distance world championship
• London / United Kingdom : The BAFTA awards are presented in the Royal Albert Hall .
• Los Angeles / United States : In the Staples Center , the Grammy Awards awarded.
• Oberhof / Germany : Second and last day of the European Luge Championships .
• Park City / United States : Last day of the combined freestyle skiing and snowboarding world championships .

Monday February 11, 2019

• Ubari / Libya : The Libyan National Army (LNA) under General Chalifa Haftar has regained control of the important "El Sharara" oil field west of Ubari after production was stopped in early December 2018. A local, partly armed protest movement (Anger of Fezzan) called for better conditions. The oil company criticized the behavior of the local security militia, the Petroleum Facilities Guard (PFG). The National Oil Corporation (NOC) and the Akakus Oil Operations (AOO) joint venture produce 315,000 barrels per day in the oil field . The European oil companies Repsol (Spain), Total (France), OMV (Austria) and Equinor (Norway) are also involved in Akakus Oil Operations .

Tuesday February 12, 2019

• Berlin / Germany : The Federal Ministry of the Interior, for Building and Home Affairs under Horst Seehofer (CSU) bans the Neuss- based Mezopotamien Verlag of managing director Ali Kaya and the music distribution company MIR Multimedia , as both associations are part of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, which has been banned in Germany since 1993 ( PKK) apply. On March 8, 2018, there were raids on the associations that had been criticized on April 9, 2018 by the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels and the PEN Center Germany .
• Karlsruhe / Germany : The Federal Public Prosecutor at the Federal Court of Justice has arranged for the arrest of 56-year-old Anwar R. and 42-year-old Eyad A. based on arrest warrants from the investigating judge dated February 7, 2019 for committing crimes against humanity . Both Syrians are employees of the Syrian General Intelligence Service ( Idarat al-Amn al-Amm ).
• Canberra / Australia : Prime Minister Scott Morrison signs a contract with the French Naval Group for the delivery of 12 submarines. They are to be developed on the basis of the Barracuda class , but in contrast to these, they will not be nuclear powered , but will be equipped with diesel engines and be referred to as the “attack class”. With an order volume of 30 billion euros, it is the largest arms business in the country's history.
• Istanbul / Turkey : Four soldiers are killed in a crash of a Bell UH-1 military transport helicopter in the Çekmeköy district .
• Madrid / Spain : Start of trial before the Supreme Court (Tribunal Supremo) against twelve Catalan politicians in connection with the independence referendum of 2017 , among others, are accused of rebellion . Including former Vice-President of the regional government Oriol Junqueras and the former Minister for Foreign Affairs in the regional government, Raül Romeva .
• New York / United States: The Mexican drug lord Joaquín Archi Valdo "El Chapo" Guzman Loera from the Sinaloa cartel is by a district court in Brooklyn on all counts - including drug trafficking , human trafficking , weapons abuse to drug-related crime and participating in a conspiracy to money laundering - found guilty and is expected to be sentenced to life imprisonment on June 25, 2019.
• Port-au-Prince / Haiti : Protests against the economic emergency declared on February 6 and the corruption under President Jovenel Moïse lead to riots in which nine people are killed.
• Skopje / Macedonia : The renaming of the country to North Macedonia , agreed to resolve the name dispute with Greece , comes into force.
• Vienna / Austria : In the Rabenhof Theater , the best protest song of the year will be chosen for the 16th time .

Wednesday February 13, 2019

• Brussels / Belgium : Start of the two-day meeting of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters on the topics of terminating the INF treaty , increasing defense spending and the United States' planned withdrawal of soldiers from Afghanistan ( Resolute Support ).
• Canberra / Australia : Prime Minister Scott Morrison announces that the internment camp, which was closed in October 2018 due to the prevailing conditions there, will be reopened for asylum-seeking boat people on Christmas Island .
• Warsaw / Poland : During a visit by US Vice President Mike Pence with Polish President Andrzej Duda and Defense Minister Mariusz Błaszczak is at the military part of the Warsaw Chopin Airport , a contract for the procurement of 20 multiple rocket launchers - artillery systems type M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) for $ 414 million. The HIMARS system can be equipped with six missiles with a range of up to 70 kilometers or with a short-range ballistic missile of the ATACMS type with a range of 300 kilometers.
• Washington, DC / United States : NASA stops attempts to re-establish contact with the Mars Exploration Rover . The “ Opportunity ” mission is now officially over.
• Zahedan / Iran : At least 27 people are killed and 13 others injured in a suicide attack by the alleged Sunni rebel movement Jaish ul-Adl on a bus belonging to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard (Pasdaran).
• Strasbourg / France : As part of the trialogue , the negotiator of the European Parliament Axel Voss ( CDU / EPP ) and the representative of the Romanian Council Presidency Valer-Daniel Breaz ( PSD / PES ) agree on a reform of copyright law .

Thursday February 14, 2019

Charlotte Rampling (2015)

• Berlin / Germany : At the Berlinale , British actress Charlotte Rampling is awarded an Honorary Golden Bear for her life's work.
• Pulwama / India : At least 40 people are killed in a bomb attack on the convoy of the paramilitary police force Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in the Indian part of Kashmir . The Pakistani terrorist group Jaish-e Mohammed is committed to the act.
• Skopje / North Macedonia : In a serious bus accident on the motorway near the town of Laskarci (Laskartsi) in the municipality of Opština Saraj , at least 14 passengers are killed and 30 others are injured. The Durmo Tours bus was on its way to Gostivar , hit the opposite lane and fell into a ravine.
• Sochi / Russia : At the 4th summit on the situation in Syria between Russian President Vladimir Putin , Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Iranian President Hassan Rohani , Russia called for the United States to withdraw troops quickly from Syria. Consultations on the formation of a Syrian constitutional committee and the further coordination of the Syria policy of the three states also followed.
• Stuttgart / Germany : The Koch, Neff and Volckmar group systems (COS), a book wholesale - and media logistics company, requested the Stuttgart District Court the insolvency proceedings after negotiations failed with an investor. This affects 1,900 employees in Stuttgart and in the logistics center that has been in operation in Erfurt since 2013 .
• Toulouse / France : The aircraft manufacturer Airbus announces that it will cease production of the A380 in 2021. The first flight of the four-engine wide - body aircraft took place in April 2005.
• Washington, DC / United States : William Barr is re- sworn in as Attorney General . He already held this position from November 1991 to January 1993. He succeeds Jeff Sessions , who stepped down from his position in November 2018, and replaces the previous acting director Matthew G. Whitaker .
• Vienna / Austria : With its rejection of the amendment to the Green Electricity Act , the Federal Council has for the first time in its history overturned a legislative resolution presented to it.

Friday 15th February 2019

• Bucharest / Romania : Against the former head of the anti-corruption unit of the public prosecutor (Direcția Națională Anticorupție; DNA) of the National Anti-Corruption Authority , Laura Kövesi , the newly established special department Secția de investigare a infracțiunilor din Justi (ie (PICCJ) is starting a procedure for "criminal offenses" initiated. Kövesi is considered a candidate for the European Public Prosecutor's Office . The chairman of the Committee for the Affairs of the European Union of the German Bundestag , Gunther Krichbaum (CDU), sees a “politically motivated” action against Kövesi.
• Kadoma / Zimbabwe : At least 60 people are killed when two disused shafts of an artisanal gold mine are flooded . These had been underground without a permit, said Minister for Local Government, Public Works and National Housing, July Moyo.
• Madrid / Spain : After the Spanish minority government suffered a defeat in the parliamentary vote on the budget, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez ( PSOE ) has announced early elections for April 28, 2019 .
• Moscow / Russia : The founder of the private investment company Baring Vostok Capital Partners (BVCP) in Russia, the 51-year-old major US investor Michael Calvey and five other financial managers are arrested. Investigators from the domestic secret service FSB accuse the person of embezzling around 2.5 billion rubles (the equivalent of 33 million euros) in connection with the stake in the Russian Vostochny Bank (банк Восточный) based in Blagoveshchensk . Baring Vostok is one of the largest investment funds in Russia, which, according to its own statements, has invested more than 2.8 billion dollars (2.5 billion euros) in companies in Russia and other CIS countries since 1994 .
• Munich / Germany : Beginning of the three-day 55th Munich Security Conference (MSC) in the Hotel Bayerischer Hof . On the agenda are the self-assertion of the European Union (EU), transatlantic cooperation and the possible effects of a new era of great power competition .

US President Donald Trump signed a national declaration of emergency

• Washington, DC / United States : US President Donald Trump announces an emergency regulation for the southern border of the United States on the basis of the emergency power of attorney of the "National Emergencies Act" of 1976 with the aim of curbing drug smuggling into the United States, including through gangs such as the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) and through illegal immigration. Trump is responding to the refusal of the US Congress to provide 5.7 billion US dollars for the complete construction of a steel wall along the border with Mexico . In the settlement in the budget dispute, the Trump administration can only set up border barriers for around 55 miles (88.5 kilometers) under the budget law with the approved 1.375 billion US dollars. The first construction is planned in the Rio Grande Valley in the US state of Texas . As part of the national emergency, additional funding of around US $ 600 million from the Treasury Forfeiture Fund (TFF) of the US Treasury , 2.5 billion from the US Department of Defense budget (including anti-drug funds) and US $ 3.6 billion for military construction by the US Department of Defense to build the border wall, among others, by the United States Army Corps of Engineers .
• Wildpoldsried / Germany : The German power storage manufacturer Sonnen GmbH announces the takeover by the British-Dutch energy group Royal Dutch Shell with its subsidiary Shell New Energies . Regulators have yet to approve the takeover.

Saturday February 16, 2019

• Aachen / Germany : Federal Minister of Agriculture Julia Klöckner is awarded the order against seriousness .
• Barcelona / Spain : According to police, around 200,000 are taking part in a prostest against the trials that began on February 13, 2019 before the Supreme Court (Tribunal Supremo) in Madrid against twelve Catalan politicians who are accused of rebellion in connection with the 2017 independence referendum, among other things People part. Under the motto "L'autodeterminació no es delicte" ("Self-determination is not a crime"), they are demanding the release of the 12 accused Catalan politicians.
• Paisley / United Kingdom : British Midland Regional Limited, operating under the brand name Flybmi and based at East Midlands Airport, files for bankruptcy and ceases operations with immediate effect. Flybmi recently operated a fleet of 17 regional airliners and flew to 25 cities in Europe. The company employed 376 people in the UK, Germany, Sweden and Belgium. After the insolvency of Flybmi and the insolvency of Germania Fluggesellschaft announced on February 4th, the German airport Rostock-Laage is no longer offering scheduled flights.
• Vatican City : Holy See Press Office announces the dismissal of former Archbishop of Washington Theodore Edgar McCarrick from the clergy. It has been proven that he was guilty of the following crimes during his time as a cleric: Sollizitation (sexual seduction) while taking confession and violating the Sixth Commandment with minors and adults under aggravating abuse of his power. The Congregation rejected an appeal against the decision made on January 11, 2019 at its meeting on February 13, 2019, which McCarrick announced on February 15, 2019. Pope Francis confirmed the decision of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith , which is now final; further legal remedies are not permitted.

Sunday 17th February 2019

• Abu Dhabi / United Arab Emirates : At the International Defense Exhibition (IDEX), the French state-owned industrial and armaments group Naval Group (formerly DCNS) and the state-owned Saudi arms holding Saudi Arabian Military Industries (Sami) agree to found a joint venture in Saudi Arabia for the development of modern marine systems including the construction of warships. The Naval Group will also build additional Gowind corvettes for Egypt and the United Arab Emirates.
• Åre / Sweden : Last day of the 45th Alpine World Ski Championships .
• Dortmund / Germany : The cooling tower of Block C, the chimney and the boiler house of the Gustav Knepper power plant , which was shut down on December 23, 2014 , are successfully blown up. The entire revitalization process will last until 2021.
• Jerusalem / Israel : Israel Katz takes over the Foreign Ministry from Prime Minister Netanyahu .

Monday February 18, 2019

• Jerusalem / Israel : Former Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni announces her withdrawal from active politics. At the same time, she announced that her party Ha-Tnu'a would not run in the parliamentary elections on April 9, 2019 .
• London / United Kingdom : Seven lower house MPs of the Labor Party quit the party. The reason they cited was the dissatisfaction with the course taken by Chairman Jeremy Corbyn on the question of Brexit , its tolerance of anti-Semitism in the party and the course in economic and security policy. In the future, they will act as The Independent Group in parliament .

Tuesday 19th February 2019

• Berlin / Germany : Start of the 22nd European Police Congress in the Berlin Congress Center .
• Bremen / Germany : The Bremen consumer advice center is responsible for filing for bankruptcy with the local court . This is intended to avert the threat of social security claims from company pension schemes to a considerable extent.
• Tokyo / Japan : Car manufacturer Honda announces that it will close its plant in the British city of Swindon in 2021. It is the company's only production facility in Europe and employs 3,500 people.

Wednesday February 20, 2019

• Erfurt / Germany : The Federal Labor Court ruled that the dismissal of a head doctor employed by the Catholic Church due to his remarriage was inadmissible.
• Nordenham / Germany : Elsflether Werft, which was entrusted with the restoration of Gorch Fock and has around 115 employees, applies to the local court for bankruptcy.
• Paris / France : The major Swiss bank UBS has been sentenced by the criminal court (tribunal correctionnel) in Paris to a fine of 3.8 billion euros for aiding and abetting tax evasion . Including a claim for damages, a guilty verdict could cost more than 5 billion euros. The judgment is not yet final.
• Beijing / China : On the occasion of the upcoming 60th anniversary of the 1959 Tibet Uprising in Lhasa and the expulsion of the Dalai Lama , Tibet will be closed to visitors and tourists until April 1, 2019. In 2018, China benefited from growing revenues with around 33 million tourists in Tibet.
• Seefeld in Tirol / Austria : Opening of the 52nd Nordic World Ski Championships (until March 3rd)

Thursday February 21, 2019

• Karlsruhe / Germany : The German Federal Constitutional Court has ruled that the blanket exclusion of voting rights for those under care in all matters and those under criminal law because of incapacity to vote is unconstitutional .
• Nyon / Switzerland : Draw of the qualifying groups for the 2021 European Football Championship , which was later postponed to 2022.
• Strasbourg / France : The European Court of Human Rights rejects a lawsuit against the construction of the Ilısu Dam in Turkey and the associated flooding of the ancient city fortress of Hasankeyf by the dammed Tigris .
• Vatican City : At the invitation of Pope Francis , a total of around 140 patriarchs, cardinals, archbishops, bishops, religious superiors and people in charge will meet on the subject of "The protection of minors in the church" and thus respond to the increasing public reporting on sexual matters Abuse in the Roman Catholic Church . Reinhard Cardinal Marx from Germany took part, who admitted the failings of the church administration in the abuse scandal. Files were "destroyed or not even created".

Friday 22nd February 2019

• Berlin / Germany : The German entry for the Eurovision Song Contest will be chosen in the Adlershof studio . The duo S! Sters , consisting of Laura Kästel and Carlotta Truman , will represent Germany at the final in May 2019.
• Cúcuta / Colombia : Over 300,000 people take part in the Venezuela Aid Live , a benefit concert for the needy population of Venezuela .
• Karlsruhe / Germany : The Federal Court of Justice (BGH) has published a notice on the issue of the diesel scandal after the cancellation of the hearing on February 27, 2019 - VIII ZR 225/17 by the plaintiff on the question of the buyer's claim of a defective new vehicle for a replacement delivery in the event of a model change , according to which the illegal defeat device is to be regarded as a material defect, since there is a "risk of the vehicle being prohibited from operating" by the responsible authorities.
• Kennedy Space Center / United States : Launch of the Israeli lunar probe Beresheet with a Falcon 9 rocket from the US space company SpaceX .
• Khartoum / Sudan : After weeks of protests since December 19, 2018, with at least 31 dead, President Umar al-Bashir dissolves the government under Prime Minister Moutaz Mousa Abdallah and appoints Mohamed Tahir Ela as the new Prime Minister the next day . The governments of the states are also dissolved and a state of emergency ordered for one year.
• Paris / France : In the Salle Pleyel which finds the 44th Cesar Awards held. Best film according to the judgment of Xavier Legrand , the Best Director Award receives Jacques Audiard for The Sisters Brothers . Robert Redford receives the honorary award.
• Tehran / Iran : In the strategically important Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf , the naval forces of Iran carry out the annual major maneuver with Velayat 97 . Involved, among other things, the new frigate Sahand the Moudsch class and the new submarine Fateh , which was built in Iran and also dipped cruise missile fire can.
• West Hollywood / United States : Presentation of the Satellite Awards 2018

Saturday 23 February 2019

• Abuja / Nigeria : presidential and parliamentary elections . On February 26th, Muhammadu Buhari was confirmed in office after the votes were counted .
• Anahuac / United States : The crash of a cargo plane type Boeing 767-300 in a terrace by the city Trinity Bay are all three crew members lost their lives. The Atlas Air machine was on the way on behalf of Amazon Air and on its approach to Houston Airport .
• Caracas / Venezuela : Protests on the borders with Colombia and Brazil led to serious clashes. According to the Venezuelan non-governmental organization Foro Penal, at least two demonstrators are killed in the city of Santa Elena de Uairén near the border with Brazil . There armed "colectivos" close to the government shot at civilians. The "Colectivos" are supporters of the Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela (PSUV) of President Nicolás Maduro with connections to the General Directorate for Military Counterintelligence. Nicolas Maduro ordered the severance of diplomatic relations with Colombia. The interim president Juan Guaidó organized aid deliveries for Venezuela in neighboring Colombia. The border crossings with Brazil and Colombia were closed by the National Guard and police forces.
• Golaghat / India : At least 102 people from the Golaghat and Jorhat districts in the state of Assam , most of them women workers in a tea plantation , die from alcohol in wine and schnapps that has been adulterated with methanol . Another 150 people are being treated in hospitals. The owner of a local distillery and ten other men are arrested.
• Heerenveen / Netherlands : Start of the speed skating sprint world championship (until February 24th)
• Los Angeles / United States : At the presentation of the Golden Raspberry Awards 2019 the film is Holmes and Watson by Etan Cohen in four categories awarded, US President Donald Trump into two categories. Melissa McCarthy receives both the Negative Award for Worst Actress and the Positive Raspberry Redeemer Award .
• Santa Monica / United States : Presentation of the Independent Spirit Awards 2019

Sunday February 24, 2019

• Berlin / Germany : According to media reports, citing information from the Federal Police , more than half of all deportations in 2018 failed. Of the 57,035 planned returns, 30,921 did not materialize. In 2018, more than 27,000 foreigners intended for deportation were not handed over to the federal police by the federal states as planned. According to Federal Interior Minister Horst Seehofer (CSU), the reasons for the canceled handovers were that the people concerned were "not traceable" or "did not have the necessary travel documents".
• Chișinău / Moldova : parliamentary election
• Chittagong / Bangladesh : A Boeing 737-800 passenger aircraft operated by the state-owned Biman Bangladesh Airlines is hijacked with a pistol by a 25-year-old perpetrator on flight BG-147 to Dubai shortly after take-off from Dhaka airport . An emergency landing at Chittagong Airport follows and the kidnapper is shot by special forces of the armed forces. All 143 passengers and seven crew members were uninjured.
• Dakar / Senegal : In the presidential election President will Macky Sall confirmed in office.
• Havana / Cuba : referendum on a new constitution
• Los Angeles / United States : In Dolby Theater is the awarding of the 91th Academy Awards held
• Minsk / Belarus : Last day of the European biathlon championships
• Rust / Germany : The Stuttgart police officer Nadine Berneis is chosen as Miss Germany 2019 in Europa-Park .
• Sharm el-Sheikh / Egypt : Beginning of the two-day summit meeting of the heads of state and government of the European Union (EU) and the Arab League .

Monday, February 25, 2019

• The Hague / Netherlands : The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ruled that the United Kingdom's claim to sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean is contrary to international law and has asked the British government to hand over the archipelago to Mauritius . The atoll Diego Garcia is also located on the archipelago, which previously belonged to the British overseas territory, on which the US armed forces have maintained a naval and air force base since the late 1960s .
• Tehran / Iran : The Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Jawad Sarif , who has been in office since 2013 , announces his resignation via the US online service Instagram . "I apologize for being unable to continue my office and for all of my inadequacies during my term of office," said Sarif.

Tuesday February 26, 2019

• Balakot / Pakistan : Several Mirage 2000 fighter planes of the Indian Air Force penetrate the airspace claimed by Pakistan on the demarcation line near Muzaffarabad and bomb a suspected training camp of the Jaish-e Mohammed terror group near Balakot in the Mansehra district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province . Several terrorists are said to have been killed. The Jaish-e-Mohammed had on February 14, 2019 District Pulwama in India in a bomb attack on the convoy of the paramilitary police force Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in Indian Kashmir killed at least 40 people and confirmed this attack.
• Koblenz / Germany : The trial against the Central Rhine Action Office , a supraregional coordination and organization office or a networking platform for the militant neo-Nazi Free Comrades, begins before the regional court . It is the third attempt after two previous proceedings had to be broken off for formal reasons.
• Luxembourg / Luxembourg : The European Court of Justice ruled that halāl meat , which comes from animals that have not been slaughtered , must not be labeled with the EU organic seal .
• Marl / Germany : Announcement of the Grimme Prize winners .
• Munich / Germany : The Federal Fiscal Court confirms a decision by the Frankfurt tax office to revoke the non-profit status of the Attac network, which is critical of globalization .

Wednesday February 27, 2019

• Hanoi / Vietnam : After the summit in Singapore in June 2018, there will be another meeting between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un . North Korea's nuclear disarmament is once again the central theme . The meeting is scheduled to last until February 28th.
• Cairo / Egypt : At least 25 people are killed in a train accident in the Ramses station and 50 others were injured. The Egyptian Minister of Transport, Hisham Arafat, resigned from his post on the same day.
• Badgam / India : During the aerial battles after the bombing of a terror camp near Balakot by Indian Mirage 2000 combat aircraft in Pakistan, an Indian MiG-21bis UPG "Bison" is shot down near the demarcation line and crashes. The injured pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman survived and was in custody in Pakistan for several days. A downing of a Pakistani F-16 fighter aircraft reported by India has not yet been confirmed. On the armistice line in the Kashmir conflict there is again heavy mortar fire at positions of both states. Several airports in the region are currently closed.
• Seefeld in Tirol / Austria : In the course of an extensive doping raid called "Operation Aderlass" carried out by the Federal Criminal Police Office (BK) in cooperation with the Munich customs investigation office , five participants in the Nordic World Ski Championships and in Erfurt - Rieth the sports doctor Mark Schmidt and a supervisor are arrested. A total of nine people are arrested in Austria and Germany. According to media reports, the five athletes are Max Hauke , Dominik Baldauf , Andreas Veerpalu , Karel Tammjarv and the 12-time World Cup winner Alexei Jurjewitsch Poltoranin .
• Vienna / Austria : The National Council decides to abolish Good Friday as a public holiday . Affected are the members of the Evangelical Churches AB and HB , the Old Catholic and the Evangelical Methodist Church , who had previously been off work that day.
• Zurich / Switzerland : The telecommunications company Sunrise Communications announces the planned takeover of the Swiss cable network operator UPC Switzerland from the British media group Liberty Global for 6.3 billion francs (around 5.5 billion euros).
• Kourou / French Guiana : A Soyuz rocket puts six OneWeb satellites into orbit. With this, the construction of the first large Internet constellation of 600 planned satellites begins .

Thursday February 28, 2019

• Eisenstadt / Austria : Hans Peter Doskozil takes over the office of Governor of Burgenland from Hans Niessl , at the same time the new provincial government begins its work.
• Hanoi / Vietnam : At the summit in Hanoi , US President Donald Trump and North Korean President Kim Jong-Un break off their meeting prematurely and without an agreement.
• Mogadishu / Somalia : At least 32 people are killed and 65 other people are injured in a suicide attack with a car bomb and the subsequent attacks by five terrorists from the Islamist Al-Shabaab militia on the Makka al-Mukarama hotel. Special forces of the Somali armed forces were able to secure the hotel and an adjoining restaurant from the attackers after a day.
• San Francisco / United States : The US fashion group Gap Inc. announces the planned split of the company by 2020. Thereafter, a separate company will be created with the Old Navy brand and another company with the temporary name NewCo will include the fashion labels Gap , Banana Republic , Athleta , Intermix and Hill City . In addition, around 230 of around 3,650 branches will be closed. Gap is present in around 40 countries around the world.

See also

• Nekrolog February 2019 for deaths this month
• List of annually recurring commemorative and action days in February
• Category for commemorative days, holidays or action days in February

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Commons : February 2019  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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Individual evidence

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