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This article covers breaking news and events in January 2013.
Daily events
Tuesday January 1, 2013
- Berlin / Germany : An amendment to the Passenger Transport Act will liberalize the German long-distance bus market.
- Bern / Switzerland : Ueli Maurer takes up the post of Federal President for one year .
- Dublin / Ireland : The country takes over the EU Council Presidency for six months .
- Košice / Slovakia , Marseille / France : Both cities are European Capitals of Culture 2013 .
- New York / United States : Argentina , Australia , Luxembourg , Rwanda and South Korea are new non-permanent members in the Security Council of the United Nations .
Saturday 5th January 2013
- Ankara / Turkey : NATO begins securing the border with Syria in order to ward off possible attacks in the context of the civil war there .
Sunday 6th January 2013
- Bischofshofen / Austria : Austrian Gregor Schlierenzauer wins the last competition of the Four Hills Tournament, ahead of Norwegians Anders Jacobsen and Tom Hilde and for the second time in a row the overall ranking.
Monday 7th January 2013
- Stuttgart / Germany : Gabriele Warminski-Leitheußer resigns from the office of Minister of Education for the State of Baden-Württemberg .
- Stuttgart / Germany : Fritz Kuhn takes up his post as Lord Mayor .
- Zurich / Switzerland : The Argentine Lionel Messi has been voted World Footballer of the Year for the fourth time in a row .
Tuesday January 8, 2013
- Bonn / Germany : The German Bishops' Conference ends the collaboration with the Lower Saxony Criminological Research Institute . Both sides were working on a study on abuse in the Catholic Church in Germany .
Wednesday January 9th 2013
- Washington, DC / United States : US President Barack Obama appoints Chief of Staff Jacob Lew as Secretary of the Treasury ; Labor Minister Hilda Solis , however, announced her resignation.
Thursday January 10, 2013
- Islamabad / Pakistan : 78 people are killed in a series of attacks in the Swat Valley .
Friday 11th January 2013
- Azawad / Mali : French armed forces begin Operation Serval to support Malian units against a jihadist offensive in the south of the country.
- Zhaotong / China : 46 residents of a Yi village are killed in a landslide in the province of Yunnan .
Saturday 12th January 2013
- Buulo Mareer / Somalia : The hostage, two soldiers and 17 of the hostage-takers are killed in the failed liberation of an employee of the French foreign intelligence service DGSE who is held hostage.
- Prague / Czech Republic : In the presidential election received Miloš Zeman and Karel Schwarzenberg the most votes and go into the runoff later this month.
Sunday January 13th 2013
- Los Angeles / United States : At the 70th presentation of the Golden Globe Awards , among other things, Argo was recognized as “Best Film Drama” and the contribution Love by Austrian director Michael Haneke as “Best Foreign Language Film”. The most successful film production is Tom Hooper's musical Les Misérables with three prizes.
- St. Anton / Austria : With her victory in the Super-G , the Slovenian Tina Maze becomes the sixth female skier to have won World Cup races in all five disciplines .
Monday January 14, 2013
- Gizeh / Egypt : When a troop transport train collides with a freight train, 19 soldiers are killed and 100 others injured.
- Potsdam / Germany : The Brandenburg Prime Minister Matthias Platzeck survives a vote of confidence as a result of his involvement in the Berlin Brandenburg Airport affair .
- Vienna / Austria : Former Federal Minister of the Interior and Member of the European Parliament Ernst Strasser is sentenced to four years imprisonment for taking bribes due to his involvement in the Cash-for-Laws affair .
Tuesday 15th January 2013
- Darmstadt / Germany : The expression “ victim subscription ” is voted the unword of the year .
- Islamabad / Pakistan : The country's Supreme Court orders the arrest of incumbent Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on suspicion of corruption .
Wednesday January 16, 2013
- In Aménas / Algeria : Members of the al-Qaida group AQMI take at least 41 foreigners hostage in a gas field attack . The perpetrators call themselves "al-Muwaqiun bi-l Dam" and, according to their own statements, belong to the Katibat al-Mulathamin , one of the oldest jihadist movements in the Sahara.
- Mainz / Germany : The Rhineland-Palatinate state parliament elects the SPD politician Malu Dreyer to succeed Kurt Beck as Prime Minister.
Friday 18th January 2013
- Indianapolis / United States : The College Draft of the National Women's Soccer League 2013 is being carried out for the first time.
Saturday 19th January 2013
- Johannesburg / South Africa : Host South Africa draws in the opening game of the 29th African Cup of Nations against the selection from Cape Verde .
Sunday 20th January 2013
- Hanover / Germany : The state elections in Lower Saxony brought the party Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen the highest gains. It becomes the third strongest force. Most of the votes, 36%, went to the CDU with Prime Minister David McAllister , followed by the SPD with top candidate Stephan Weil , for whom 32.6% of voters vote. A red-green coalition is to be formed.
- Washington, DC / United States : Barack Obama is sworn in for his second term as President of the United States .
- Vienna / Austria : In the referendum on compulsory military service , almost 60% are in favor of maintaining Austrian compulsory military service and community service. The turnout is unexpectedly high at 50%.
Monday January 21, 2013
- Brussels / Belgium : The financial transaction tax is passed in eleven states of the European Union.
- Zagreb / Croatia : Start of the European Figure Skating Championships
Tuesday January 22, 2013
- Jerusalem / Israel : general election
- Timbuktu / Mali : The command post of the Islamist rebels, a former palace of the former Libyan ruler Muammar al-Gaddafi , is destroyed by French fighter jets .
Wednesday January 23, 2013
- Amman / Jordan : general election
- London / United Kingdom : David Cameron gives a keynote address on European policy in which he holds out the prospect of a referendum on whether the country will remain in the European Union after negotiations on radical treaty changes. He wants to take the wind out of the sails of supporters of the United Kingdom leaving the EU by voting in favor of Europe.
Thursday January 24, 2013
- Chicago / United States : The terrorist and mastermind of the terrorist attacks in Mumbai David Headley is sentenced to 35 years imprisonment for aiding and abetting the Pakistani terrorist organization Laschkar-e-Toiba .
- Washington, DC / United States : US President Barack Obama nominates former Manhattan federal attorney Mary Jo White as chairman of the board of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission .
Friday 25th January 2013
- Barquisimeto / Venezuela : 50 inmates are killed in a mutiny in Uribana prison in Lara state .
Saturday 26th January 2013
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- Prague / Czech Republic : Miloš Zeman from the Civil Rights Party wins the presidential elections .
- Santa Maria / Brazil : More than 230 people are killed in a fire in the “Kiss” disco in the Rio Grande do Sul district .
- Santiago / Chile : Start of the 1st summit between the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and the European Union .
Sunday January 27, 2013
- Sofia / Bulgaria : In the referendum on the construction of nuclear power plants, the Bulgarians reject the construction.
- Zagreb / Croatia : End of the European Figure Skating Championships
- St. Moritz / Switzerland : The 23rd Skeleton World Championships begin.
Monday January 28, 2013
- The Hague / Netherlands : Queen Beatrix announces in a televised address her abdication on April 30th in favor of her eldest son Willem-Alexander .
Tuesday January 29, 2013
- Almaty / Kazakhstan : the crash of a passenger aircraft of type Bombardier CRJ200 of SCAT Airlines en route from Astana to Moscow are 20 people dead.
- Tegucigalpa / Mexico : Twelve members of the 20-member band " El Kombo Colombia " are found dead in a well after being kidnapped.
Wednesday January 30th 2013
- Brussels / Belgium : After the aid packages for Greece, the European Union releases a billion aid package for Cyprus .
- Maputo / Mozambique : After violent storms, the Zambezi River bursts its banks, more than 70 people are killed.
Thursday January 31, 2013
- Berlin / Germany : The Bundestag resolves the legal reform of parental custody for illegitimate children.
- Bonn / Germany : The Federal Cartel Office imposes a fine of millions on eleven companies in the chocolate industry for fixing prices.
- Mexico City / Mexico : 25 people die in a detonation at the headquarters of the state oil company Petróleos Mexicanos .
See also
- Nekrolog January 2013 for deaths this month
- List of annually recurring commemorative and action days in January
- Category for commemorative days, holidays or action days in January
Web links
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Commons : January 2013 - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ History of the Federal Presidium: Federal Presidents. In: admin.ch . Retrieved February 22, 2018 .
- ^ Presidency of the Council of the European Union. (PDF) In: cvce.eu, University of Luxembourg . July 28, 2016, accessed January 30, 2017 .
- ^ Countries Elected Members of the Security Council. In: un.org . Retrieved February 25, 2018 .
- ↑ zeit.de: NATO begins patriot stationing in Turkey , accessed on January 16, 2013.
- ↑ Four Hills Tournament. In: ifosta.de, Jörg Thomas. Accessed December 31, 2016 .
- ↑ handelsblatt.com: Schlierenzauer wins 61st Four Hills Tournament ( memento from January 9, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on January 16, 2013.
- ^ Stuttgarter-zeitung.de: Stuttgart - Region & Land> Baden-Württemberg Minister of Culture in Baden-Württemberg Warminski-Leitheußer resigns , accessed on January 16, 2013.
- ↑ stuttgarter-zeitung.de: The green kuk time is dawning in Stuttgart , accessed on January 16, 2013.
- ↑ kicker.de: Messi again world footballer of the year! , accessed January 16, 2013.
- ↑ faz.net: Bishops' Conference stops scientific study , accessed on January 16, 2013.
- ↑ spiegel.de: Jack Lew becomes the new US Treasury Secretary , accessed on January 16, 2013.
- ↑ spiegel.de: US Secretary of Labor Solis resigns , accessed on January 16, 2013.
- ↑ taz.de: Over 100 deaths from explosions , accessed on January 16, 2013.
- ↑ spiegel.de: France helps Mali in the fight against Islamists , accessed on January 16, 2013.
- ↑ cnn.com: 46 dead after landslide in southwest China , accessed January 12, 2013
- ↑ spiegel.de: French hostage killed while attempting to free them , accessed on January 16, 2013.
- ^ Spiegel.de: Schwarzenberg in the presidential runoff election , accessed on January 16, 2013.
- ↑ focus.de: Christoph Waltz and Michael Haneke clear away , accessed on January 16, 2013.
- ↑ sport.orf.at: Maze in the “Club of the strong women” , (accessed on January 20, 2013).
- ↑ spiegel.de: At least 19 deaths in a train accident , accessed on January 16, 2013.
- ↑ handelsblatt.com: Red-red coalition saves Platzeck's job , accessed on January 16, 2013.
- ↑ Kleine Zeitung: Four years of unconditional imprisonment for Ernst Strasser ( memento from October 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), from January 14, 2013.
- ↑ faz.net: “Victim subscription” follows “Döner murders” , accessed on January 16, 2013.
- ↑ n-tv.de: Confusion in Pakistan Ashraf in distress , accessed on January 16, 2013.
- ↑ spiegel.de: Hostage-taking in Algeria: In the violence of the one-eyed jihadist , accessed on January 17, 2013.
- ↑ spiegel.de: Malu Dreyer is the new head of government in Mainz , accessed on January 16, 2013.
- ↑ Africa Cup 2013. afrika-cup.de, accessed on November 9, 2016 .
- ^ Red-Green in Hanover, stalemate in Berlin. In: Cicero Online . January 21, 2013, accessed October 27, 2016 .
- ↑ Obama, the second. In: saechsische.de . January 21, 2013, accessed April 13, 2020 .
- ↑ zeit.de: EU ministers decide on financial transaction tax , accessed on January 23, 2012.
- ↑ Gaddafi's former palace in Mali destroyed in an air strike - Die Welt , accessed on January 22, 2013
- ^ Parliamentary elections in Jordan. In: kas.de . February 4, 2013, accessed June 22, 2017 .
- ↑ Cameron's EU speech: "I want a better deal for Great Britain" , www.spiegel.de.
- ↑ Cameron wants to renegotiate the relationship with the EU , www.zeit.de.
- ^ Times of India : David Headley sentenced to 35 years in jail by US court on January 24, 2013
- ↑ The Associated Press : Top white-collar crime prosecutor to lead SEC, January 24, 2013
- ↑ Venezuela Dozens of Dead in Prison Mutiny , accessed January 26, 2013
- ↑ Miloš Zeman is the first directly elected President of the Czech Republic ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Spiegel Online : More than 200 dead in the disco fire on January 27, 2013
- ↑ zeit.de: Referendum on nuclear power plant in Bulgaria failed (accessed on January 29, 2012)
- ↑ focus.de: Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands abdicates
- ↑ Disaster near Almaty - 20 dead in plane crash in Kazakhstan , accessed on January 29, 2013
- ↑ Muerte del combo colombia ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish), accessed January 29, 2013
- ↑ handelsblatt.de: Cyprus: Do not save the Russian tax haven! ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ faz.net:Germany gives way to Cyprus aid
- ↑ Mozambique: 70 dead from storms and floods in Mozambique ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. dated January 30, 2013
- ^ Bundestag.de:The resolutions of the Bundestag on January 31
- ^ Sueddeutsche.de : Fines for confectionery manufacturers
- ↑ Explosion en La Torre de PeMex (Spanish), accessed February 1, 2013
