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This article covers breaking news and events in July 2006.

Daily events

Saturday 1st July 2006

• Helsinki / Finland : Finland takes over the EU Council Presidency from Austria for six months . In consultation with the two countries, discussions on the immigration problem and the EU constitution will continue.
• Prague / Czech Republic : Life partnerships of homosexual couples are now allowed in the republic .
• Strasbourg / France : The European Court of Human Rights classifies the forced use of emetics as torture and declares this to be inadmissible.

Sunday July 2, 2006

• Hamburg / Germany : When a seaplane crashes four occupants die, the pilot and another tourist can be rescued. The pilot succumbs to his injuries the next day. The cause of the accident is unknown.

Monday 3rd July 2006

• Valencia / Spain : According to radio reports, at least 41 people die in a metro accident in the city.

Tuesday 4th July 2006

• Cape Canaveral / United States : The Space Shuttle Discovery will start on the STS-121 mission at 6.37 p.m. Coordinated Universal Time for the International Space Station .

Wednesday 5th July 2006

• Skopje / Macedonia : The opposition alliance “For a better Macedonia” wins the parliamentary elections. Only a little more than half of those entitled to vote exercise their right to vote and bring about the end of the government under Vlado Bučkovski from the Social Democratic League of Macedonia .

Thursday July 6, 2006

• Sikkim / India , Tibet / China : At an altitude of 4545  m , the closure of the Nathu La mountain pass in the Himalayas , which was part of the traditional Silk Road , is lifted. The importance of the border opening between the Indian state of Sikkim and the Chinese autonomous region of Tibet is underlined by a long red carpet. Around 44 years after their border war, the act manifests the will for reconciliation between the two most populous states in the world.

Friday 7th July 2006

• Warsaw / Poland : Polish Prime Minister Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz resigns. It clears the way to the top of government for Jaroslaw Kaczynski , the twin brother of President Lech Kaczynski .

Saturday 8th July 2006

• London / United Kingdom , New York / United States : Concerns about growing geopolitical risks are pushing the oil price to new record levels. A barrel (barrel with 159 liters) of the US type WTI climbs up to 75.78 US dollars .
• London / United Kingdom : The French Amélie Mauresmo wins the women's singles tournament of the Wimbledon Championships in tennis against Justine Henin from Belgium .

Sunday 9th July 2006

Kick-off for the 2006 World Cup final

• Berlin / Germany : Italy wins the 2006 World Cup final 6: 4 on penalties against France and is thus world champion for the fourth time.
• London / United Kingdom : Defending champion Roger Federer from Switzerland wins the men's singles tournament of the Wimbledon Championships by beating Rafael Nadal from Spain in four sets. It is Federer's fourth tournament victory in the last four years.
• Siberia / Russia : Almost 140 people were killed in the crash landing of a Russian passenger plane in Siberia on Sunday. Among the dead are many children who were on their way to a vacation at Lake Baikal.

Tuesday July 11, 2006

• Germany : The national coach of the men's national soccer team Jürgen Klinsmann rejects a contract extension with the DFB for private reasons.

Wednesday July 12, 2006

Joachim Löw

• Brussels / Belgium : The EU Commission imposed a fine of 280.5 million euros on Microsoft - as a result of the intransigence with regard to the Windows operating system .
• Frankfurt am Main / Germany : The former assistant coach Joachim Loew is national coach of the national football team of men .
• Lebanon : After the kidnapping of two soldiers engaged Israel in southern Lebanon one.
• Panama City / Panama : Panama is the last country in North and Central America to declare the New World screwworm fly extinct. The penetration of the fly into the body can have life-threatening consequences for humans . It is still native to South America .

Friday July 14, 2006

• Rome / Italy : The highest sports court announces the verdict in the football scandal. The clubs Juventus Turin , Lazio Rome and Fiorentina are downgraded to the second division, Turin denied the last two championship titles. AC Milan remains in Serie A , but will not be allowed to participate in the Champions League next season .
• Sofia / Bulgaria : The discovery of a large Roman amphitheater is published in Sofia .

Saturday 15th July 2006

• Lebanon : The Hezbollah boss Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah declared Israel the war .
• Saint Petersburg / Russia : The heads of state and government of the Group of Eight and two representatives of the European Union meet for the 32nd World Economic Summit .

Monday 17th July 2006

• The Space Shuttle Discovery returns to Earth.

Tuesday July 18, 2006

• Lebanon : Foreign governments are taking their nationals out of the country. The conflict in Lebanon is widening.

Wednesday July 19, 2006

• Beirut / Lebanon : Prime Minister Fuad Siniora explains that Lebanon has had at least 320 fatalities and around 1,000 injured since the start of the military offensive by the Israeli armed forces . Around 500,000 people have fled their apartments and houses.
• Europe : A heat wave in Europe leads to the first deaths.

Thursday July 20, 2006

• Somalia : The army of Ethiopia intervenes in neighboring Somalia.

Saturday July 22, 2006

• Berlin / Germany : The consumer protection minister Horst Seehofer announces a smoking ban in public places for 2007 .
• Berlin / Germany : At the Christopher Street Day in Berlin this year around 450,000 people demonstrate for tolerance towards gays and lesbians .

Sunday 23rd July 2006

• Kyushu / Japan : Record rains cause floods and mud avalanches on the Japanese island of Kyushu . As a result, the authorities are asking around 100,000 residents to leave the region.
• Paris / France : US American Floyd Landis wins the 2006 Tour de France .

Monday July 24, 2006

• Brussels / Belgium : The European Union defines the guidelines for the promotion of stem cell research. Funding should only flow in if no embryos are killed in the studies .
• Doha / Qatar : The so-called "Doha Round" of the World Trade Organization (WHO) is considered to have failed after four years. In 2002 it set itself the goal of dismantling customs and trade barriers. Without any result, the round is suspended indefinitely.
• Vienna / Austria : For the first time since the end of the Balkan war, the leaders of meeting in the Austrian capital of Kosovo - Albanians and - Serbs , for talks on the future of Kosovo.

Tuesday July 25, 2006

• Forsmark / Sweden : In the Forsmark nuclear power plant , a core meltdown is barely prevented.
• Lebanon : Seven members of a family are killed in an air strike by Israeli forces on southern Lebanon during the night . According to official Lebanese information, 391 people have died from fire on their own territory since the start of the Israeli offensive. The non-governmental organization Human Rights Watch has made serious charges against Israel.
• Rome / Italy : An appeals court lowers the sentences for recently uncovered manipulations in the highest national professional league in football . The ACF Fiorentina , the SS Lazio from Rome and the AC Milan do not have to relegate this summer, they will still start the new season with minus points. For the original Italian soccer champions 2006 Juventus FC from Turin , two championship titles will be revoked and the club will be placed in the second highest class , where it will start with fewer minus points than the first instance .

Wednesday July 26, 2006

Course of the federal motorway 1

• Bayreuth / Germany : At the festival, Richard Wagner's opera Das Rheingold will be performed as the first part of a new production of the cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen by director Tankred Dorst .
• Berlin / Germany : The cabinet decides to introduce a central pollutant register. By means of the Internet , every German citizen should be able to track which environmental toxins are released by industrial companies.
• Brazil : The leading soybean traders in Brazil are no longer buying products for which areas in the rainforest have been cleared for cultivation after today's deadline . Soy cultures are considered to be the main cause of the displacement of the primeval forest, along with animal husbandry.
• Detroit / United States : Although the crisis-ridden automaker General Motors posted a loss of 3.2 billion dollars in the second quarter. Nevertheless, the share rose, because without the restructuring costs, the group achieved a profit of 1.2 billion dollars.
• Hagen / Germany : The motorway A 1 must be between the exit Hagen-West and Westhofener cross towards Bremen are closed due to the severe heat damage to 1 August. In a construction site area, the increased traffic volume of around 40,000 vehicles a day resulted in ruts around 15 cm deep , which significantly threatened driving safety. In this unrenovated steep section, the entire road surface will be milled out and re- asphalted .
• Lebanon : The Israeli Air Force attacks a United Nations base in southern Lebanon. The UN confirmed the death toll of four.

Thursday July 27, 2006

• Basel / Switzerland : The professional racing team Phonak Cycling Team announces that a high dose of testosterone was found in the A sample of Tour de France winner Floyd Landis .
• Konstanz / Germany : In Konstanz, the local district court of the Federal Republic of Germany to blame for the Aircraft Accident ( Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937 ) from Ueberlingen 2002 to. The court will determine the amount of compensation later.

Friday July 28, 2006

Wal-Mart logo

• Düsseldorf / Germany : The American company Wal-Mart Stores Inc. sells its 85 retail stores in Germany to Metro AG , which wants to integrate them into its subsidiary real, - .
• Lebanon : The fighting between Israel's military and Hezbollah continues unabated. The Lebanese government estimates that up to 600 people have already been killed.

Sunday July 30, 2006

• Kinshasa / DR Congo : For the first time in decades, free elections are taking place, which are monitored neutrally by the UN .

Monday July 31, 2006

• Cologne / Germany : Suitcase bombs are brought into two regional trains that stop at the main train station. Due to the design, no explosion is triggered. The attempted attack has an Islamist motive.

See also

• Nekrolog July 2006 for deaths that month
• List of annually recurring days of remembrance and action in July
• Category for commemorative days, holidays or action days in July

Web links

Beirut in July 2006

Commons : July 2006  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

 Wikinews: Article Published July 2006  - News

Individual evidence

1. ^ Presidency of the Council of the European Union. In: cvce.eu . July 28, 2016, accessed January 30, 2017 . 
2. ↑ eiz-niedersachsen.de, Lower Saxony Ministry for Federal and European Affairs and Regional Development : The fight of homosexuals in new EU countries for acceptance continues ( Memento from February 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ The Republic of Macedonia's 2016 Parliamentary elections handbook. In: kas.de . Retrieved on May 20, 2019 (English): "The elections which took place on July 5, 2006 experienced the lowest voter turnout ever." 
4. ↑ "Silk Road" rejoins at Nathu La Pass after 44 years. In: gov.cn. June 7, 2006, accessed October 4, 2018 . 
5. ^ Draws Archive - Ladies' Singles 2006. In: wimbledon.com . Retrieved February 18, 2017 . 
6. ^ Draws Archives - Gentlemen's Singles 2006. In: wimbledon.com . Accessed February 17, 2017 . 
7. ↑ United States Senate Committee on Appropriations (Ed.): Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2010 . 1b. United States Government Printing Office , Washington, DC 2009, p. 675 .
8. ↑ St. Petersburg Summit. In: g8.utoronto.ca, University of Toronto . Retrieved April 3, 2017 . 
9. ↑ "Israel violates the principle of proportionality". In: sueddeutsche.de . May 19, 2006. Retrieved November 27, 2018 . 
10. ↑ CSD 2006. In: berlin.de . Retrieved November 27, 2018 . 
11. ↑ Bombardment wipes out family. In: spiegel.de . July 25, 2006, accessed November 27, 2018 . 
12. ↑ Juve in B a meno 17 - Milan, Fiorentina e Lazio in A. In: gazzetta.it . July 26, 2006, accessed October 23, 2019 (Italian). 
13. ↑ Sustainability Council.de : Rest for the rainforest ( Memento from October 2, 2019 in the Internet Archive )
14. ↑ Metro takes over German Wal-Mart. In: ariva.de . July 28, 2006, accessed November 27, 2018 .