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This article covers breaking news and events in June 2003.

Daily events

Sunday June 1, 2003

The effort for the world economic summit increases every year

• Berlin / Germany : At the special party conference of the SPD, around 90% of the delegates vote for the implementation of the social reforms of Agenda 2010 .
• Evian-les-Bains / France : The leaders of the Group of Eight and the European Commission president will meet for the 29th World Economic Summit .
• Graz / Austria : FK Austria Wien wins the ÖFB Cup final 3-0 against FC Kärnten in the Arnold Schwarzenegger Stadium .
• Milan / Italy : The overall winner of the 86th edition of the wheel - stage race Giro d'Italia goes to the Italians Gilberto Simoni . It is his second overall victory on this tour and the 61st for an Italian.

Monday June 2, 2003

• Baikonur / Kazakhstan : The launch of the spacecraft Mars Express , the first Mars probe of the European Space Agency , is on the website of the German Center for Aerospace and the TV channel ProSieben be followed.
• Berlin / Germany : The CDU wants to support large parts of Agenda 2010 - social policy , but fears that most legislative proposals do not go far enough to save costs and get as many people as possible into employment.
• Gironde / France : In a bus accident south of Bordeaux , a Moroccan tour bus overturns, killing five people.
• Nuremberg / Germany : The textile entrepreneur Hans Rudolf Wöhrl buys the airline Deutsche BA for one euro . The previous owner British Airways will have a 25% share in the profits in the future. The cost of leasing the machines will be reimbursed to the buyer for one year, who will also receive a EUR 35 million grant for the operational business .

Tuesday June 3, 2003

• Germany : After several rulings by the Federal Constitutional Court on the legality of the can deposit , the Federal Association of the German Food Industry points out again that it sees “ no legal security ” for the trade. The president of the association announced that the retail trade will not implement the agreed take-back system, which the federal government plans to start on October 1st.
• Geneva / Switzerland : After the violent clashes in Geneva between demonstrators and police forces in recent days, police are threatening not to monitor the rallies scheduled for the evening. As a result, the canton of Geneva issued a demonstration ban .
• Iraq : New copyright laws are being drafted in Iraq . In the lead is Hillary Rosen, a former employee of the Association of the Sound Recording Industry in America .
• Austria : A large-scale strike takes place in protest against the pension reform . The public transport service providers as well as workers in schools, at the post office, in the garbage collection and in offices and authorities are on strike. Work stoppages and works meetings take place in numerous companies .
• Baltic Sea , Sweden : An oil slick made of around 100  t heavy oil approaches the Swedish south coast within a few kilometers.
• Rome / Italy : A labor court decides that a television station must reinstate a politically left-wing commentator and give him back his previous slot. Last year, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi accused the commentator of “presenting his own political position”, and the broadcaster in question dismissed the employee.

Wednesday June 4, 2003

• Akaba / Jordan : US President George W. Bush talks to Israel’s Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and then to the Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmud Abbas about the so-called Roadmap for Peace . Before the meeting, Bush discussed with the Jordanian King Abdullah II.
• France : Extended strikes by air traffic controllers and employees of the railway company SNCF affect transport. The protests are directed against the pension reform planned by the government, in which an increase in the retirement age by four years is under discussion.
• Kathmandu / Nepal : Surya Bahadur Thapa becomes Prime Minister of Nepal for the third time .
• London / United Kingdom : The House of Commons wants to re- examine the reasons for the invasion of Iraq . Above all, false intelligence information and the lack of evidence of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction are to be debated.
• United States : The New Internet Computer Company, distributor of a web-only computer without an integrated hard disk drive and with Linux as the operating system , ceases business operations.
• Zurich / Switzerland : The director of the employers' association Peter Hasler announces that he believes that an increase in the retirement age to 66 by 2010 and to 67 by 2020 is necessary.

Thursday June 5, 2003

Jürgen Möllemann

• Berlin , Marl / Germany : The Bundestag lifts the political immunity of the politician and former German Vice Chancellor Jürgen Möllemann . Police searches take place in his apartment and office space. Möllemann is not present during these processes and dies on the same day during a parachute jump .
• Doha / Qatar : In a speech to American troops , US President George W. Bush does not reveal any new information about the existence of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction . "We're still looking," says Bush. In the end the truth would come out. At least it is certain that the country will no longer serve as an arsenal for terrorist groups . Two mobile laboratories suitable for the production of biological weapons have been discovered.
• Erfurt / Germany : The Thuringian state parliament elects Dieter Althaus ( CDU ) as prime minister . He replaces his party colleague Bernhard Vogel .
• Zagreb / Croatia : Pope John Paul II begins his 100th trip abroad as the shepherd of the Catholics . He is visiting Croatia for the third time.

Friday June 6, 2003

• Berlin / Germany : The German Film Prize in Gold is u. a. in the “Best Film” category to Good Bye, Lenin! awarded by director Wolfgang Becker .

Saturday June 7, 2003

The Bundeswehr in Afghanistan

• Kabul / Afghanistan : A bomb attack on a bus of the International Security Assistance Force die four soldiers of the Bundeswehr , about 30 people are injured, some seriously.

Sunday June 8, 2003

Referendum in Poland: municipalities with majority for EU accession in orange

• Algeria : Tuareg find the Toyota bus of the four tourists from Switzerland kidnapped in the Sahara . There is still no trace of the missing persons as well as ten Germans and one Dutchman . In February and March, 32 tourists were kidnapped in the Sahara. 17 of them have been released so far.
• Warsaw / Poland : Around 77.5% of the eligible voters vote in a referendum for Poland to join the European Union .

Tuesday June 10, 2003

• London / United Kingdom : Treasury Secretary Gordon Brown declares that his country does not want to switch to the euro "at this point in time" . The British economy is not yet ready for this.
• Santa Clara / United States : The hardware and software manufacturer Sun Microsystems is launching "Javapedia" based on the Wikipedia model.

Wednesday June 11, 2003

• Frankfurt am Main / Germany : During the search of lawyer and politician Michel Friedman's law firm and living quarters , three “ scene-typical parcels ” are found, which may contain cocaine . The public prosecutor ordered a chemical analysis of Friedman's hair .

Thursday June 12, 2003

• Bern / Switzerland : After the National Council and the right of States of the introduction of maternity insurance to. The SVP parliamentary group immediately announces the corresponding referendum . Women workers in Switzerland are currently not entitled to paid maternity leave .
• Israel : The General Staff of the Israeli Armed Forces and Defense Minister Sha'ul Mofas call on the army to "completely destroy" the Islamist terrorist organization Hamas , from simple grassroots activists to its leader Ahmad Yasin . Hamas is responding with threats against Israel and urging foreigners to leave Israel.

Friday June 13, 2003

• Bern / Switzerland : Judgments against refugee helpers from the time of National Socialism are to be reversed retrospectively by the pardon commission on behalf of the Federal Assembly . The goal is a complete rehabilitation of the refugee workers. Only last year were deserters of the Reichswehr rehabilitated.
• Frankfurt am Main / Germany : The lawyer and politician Michel Friedman has his TV talk shows temporarily removed from the program. Two days ago the police seized a substance from him that has since been identified as cocaine .
• Frankfurt am Main / Germany : According to the Handelsblatt newspaper , Deutsche Bahn wants to reduce the number of currently 210,000 employees by more than 40,000. The newspaper relies on a statement by CEO Hartmut Mehdorn . Deutsche Bahn denies the news.

Saturday June 14, 2003

• Berlin / Germany : Retail and beverage industry give way in the dispute over the central can deposit . From October 1, there will be a uniform take-back system for one-way packaging in Germany.

Sunday June 15, 2003

• Cottbus / Germany : The delegates of the Extraordinary Federal Assembly of Alliance 90 / The Greens accept the implementation of the socio-political reforms of Agenda 2010 . Almost 90% of those present agree to the implementation of the measures.
• Kranj / Slovenia : After Croatia's 8: 9 defeat against Serbia and Montenegro in the water polo EM final , Croatian fans riot. Over 1,500 people are ultimately involved. There is one dead and 40 injured. The police arrested 38 people. The European Water Polo Association is considering consequences for all Croatian clubs and the national team.
• Mauritius : 108 days after leaving, 30-year-old Briton Simon Chalk successfully completed the crossing of the Indian Ocean in a rowboat. The rowed distance from Kalbarri in western Australia to the island of Mauritius is 5,100 km.
• Prague / Czech Republic : The electoral committee of the referendum on the accession of the republic to the European Union announced that a clear majority of Czechs voted for accession on June 13th and 14th .
• Venice / Italy : The 50th edition of the Biennale film festival opens.

Monday June 16, 2003

• Baden-Baden / Germany : On the occasion of the Whitsun Festival, the German violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter receives the Herbert von Karajan Music Prize .
• Hamburg / Germany : In Hamburg, the first solemn vow of armed forces soldiers in 26 years, accompanied by 24 hundreds of police . Then a big tattoo reminds of the imminent end of the Bundeswehr presence in the Hanseatic city, as the last barracks will be closed in autumn . 600 people demonstrate against pledge and tattoo.
• Redmond / United States : The software company Microsoft , the development of the web browser Internet Explorer for Apple - Macintosh systems one after Apple with Safari brought its own web browser to maturity. Microsoft wants to continue to offer the last published version 5 of the Explorer.

Tuesday June 17, 2003

• Amman / Jordan : The Jordanians are electing a parliament for the first time since King Abdullah II ascended the throne six years ago. According to official information, over 40% of eligible voters exercise their right to vote.
• Assen / Netherlands : At the Disabled Sports Championship, the lower leg amputee Swiss athlete Urs Kolly wins the gold medal in the long jump and the silver medal in the javelin throw .
• Ittigen / Switzerland : As part of its “Schools on the Internet ” campaign, the Swiss telephone company Swisscom is planning to connect all schools in the Confederation to the Internet free of charge by 2006.

Wednesday June 18, 2003

• Benton Harbor / United States : On Wednesday night , serious riots broke out in the small town in Michigan after the death of an African-American motorcyclist . Several hundred people attack the police with bottles and stones, and cars are set on fire. One person is shot, several are arrested.
• Paris / France : Jean-Claude Trichet takes an important hurdle on the way to the desired presidency of the European Central Bank , when he is acquitted of the allegation of aiding in falsifying accounts.
• Redmond / United States : The software company Microsoft is filing 15 claims for damages in the United States and the United Kingdom against UBE senders who sent over 2 billion advertising e-mails to Hotmail and other MSN accounts .
• Rome / Italy : Parliament passes a controversial immunity law, also known as Lex Berlusconi . It writes u. a. proposed to suspend the court case against Silvio Berlusconi , which has been running for three years, until the end of his term of office. The judges involved in the proceedings are considering going to the constitutional court.

Thursday June 19, 2003

• Abia / Nigeria : At least 125 inhabitants of a village between the cities of Umuahia and Enugu are killed in a pipeline explosion . The gasoline line between the two cities is routinely tapped by private individuals.
• Bern / Switzerland : A man sets himself on fire to point out the fate of the opposition People's Mujahedin in Iran and is taken to hospital with severe burns.

Friday June 20, 2003

• Thessaloniki / Greece : The Council of the European Union approves the draft European Constitution of the European Convention . The constitution of the international community is to be adopted in May 2004.

Saturday June 21, 2003

• London / United Kingdom : Just in time for the summer solstice , the fifth Harry Potter novel will be published in English worldwide . At over 1,000 pages, the volume is longer than any previous book in the children's book series. The publisher already has over a million pre-orders. The German translation of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is due to appear on November 8th.

Sunday June 22, 2003

• al-Anbar / Iraq : 150 km from Baghdad exploded located near the city hit an oil - pipeline . An act of sabotage is suspected to be behind the explosion .
• Russia : The media offer in the country is losing diversity. The television broadcaster TVS, known for positions critical of the government, ceases operations. The Ministry of Information gives a financial crisis of the station as the reason. As of today, TV offerings in Russia will only consist of channels that are directly or indirectly controlled by the government.
• Weimar / Germany : The writer Patrick Roth is awarded the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung's literary prize.
• The World Trade Organization allows developing countries to circumvent patent rights in the pharmaceutical sector in order to facilitate the fight against diseases such as AIDS and malaria . Permission is possible because the United States gave up its blockade.

Monday June 23, 2003

• Baghdad / Iraq : The United States is planning to form a New Iraqi Army with initially 12,000 men. The Iraqis are supposed to clear mines and unexploded ordnance , provide military security for road routes and facilities, and perform border protection tasks.
• Germany : IG Metall Baden-Württemberg and the employers' association Südwestmetall agree on a collective bargaining agreement on the remuneration framework agreement for the metal and electrical industry. The agreement provides for a new system for determining income in the industry.
• Germany : The metal workers' strike in the accession area in 1990 for the gradual introduction of the 35-hour week is entering the fourth week and affects companies such as BMW , DaimlerChrysler and Volkswagen .
• Geneva / Switzerland : The World Health Organization removes the Chinese special administrative region Hong Kong from the list of dangerous areas of distribution of the severe acute respiratory syndrome .
• Greece : 680  tons of explosives and detonators are found on the freighter Baltic Sun in the Ionian Sea . The starting point of the trip was Tunisia .

Tuesday June 24, 2003

• Geneva / Switzerland : The World Health Organization declares that all areas of the world are once again considered areas with no risk of contagion with regard to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, and is lifting the travel warning for parts of the People's Republic of China .
• Iraq : Six British soldiers are killed in raids, eight others injured. The attacks by Islamists have been increasing for several weeks.
• United States : US President George W. Bush accuses the European Union of contributing to hunger in Africa with the import ban on genetically modified corn .

Wednesday June 25, 2003

• Bad Homburg / Germany : A traffic chaos arises on Autobahn 5 after the accident of a truck with an insufficiently secured load of biocide . The Bad Homburg Cross is closed for several hours, and the cleaning of the accident site from the corrosive preservative that has leaked begins.
• Greece : The motive for the transport of 680  tons of explosives on board the ship Baltic Sun is announced. The cargo was originally supposed to be smuggled into Sudan , but after a dispute between the owner and the Tunisian manufacturer, the owner put the explosives up for sale on the Internet and planned to store them in Greece. Interpol came across the related offer on the Internet last week.
• Helsinki / Finland : Russia rejects the Treaty on the Protection of the Baltic Sea from Pollution, which should prescribe compulsory pilotage in international waters and the use of two-hull tankers. At the “Helcon” conference, the German Federal Environment Minister Jürgen Trittin ( Greens ) renewed the promise to designate marine protected areas outside the German twelve-mile zone this year .
• Copenhagen / Denmark : The police confiscated around 1,000 kg of hashish from the city's  self-governing alternative municipality . In May drug trafficking was banned and controls tightened.

Thursday June 26, 2003

• Brussels / Belgium : The Agriculture Commissioner of the European Union (EU) Franz Fischler announces the agreement of the agriculture ministers of the member states on a new premium model in agriculture. The funds of the EU are to be decoupled from the production and only secure the existence of the companies, so the producers can adapt more flexibly to the market situation .
• Germany : In connection with the can deposit , the demand for drinks in returnable bottles increased this year, but the number of returnable bottles themselves did not increase. Around one million empty boxes are missing from retailers.
• Lyon / France : The Cameroonian player Marc-Vivien Foé suffers cardiac arrest during a game between the football teams of Colombia and Cameroon in the FIFA Confederations Cup . Resuscitation attempts remain unsuccessful.

Friday June 27, 2003

Metrorapid model in Essen

• Berlin / Germany , Bern / Switzerland : In the dispute over compensation payments to the Russian of the bereaved Überlingen mid-air collision , the proposal is submitted that Switzerland and Germany, each with 10 million US dollars are involved in a compensation fund and the insurance of Skyguide the the remaining amount.
• Düsseldorf / Germany : North Rhine-Westphalia's Prime Minister Peer Steinbrück ( SPD ) makes it clear that the Metrorapid magnetic levitation train will not be built and thus accepts the wishes of the Green coalition partner.

Saturday June 28, 2003

• Berlin / Germany : The organizers of the Christopher Street Day count more than 600,000 participants this year. The governing mayor Klaus Wowereit ( SPD ) gives the starting signal for the parade.
• Stockholm / Sweden : Contrary to the international trend, the government is considering extending conscription to women. Currently, however, less than a third of fit men are called to service.

Sunday June 29, 2003

• Neuhardenberg / Germany : In its closed meeting , the Schröder government decided to bring the third stage of the tax reform forward by one year to 2004. The Bundestag and Bundesrat would have to approve this step.

Monday June 30, 2003

European Council logo

• Berlin / Germany : Deutsche Bahn wants to reintroduce the old Bahncard with a 50% discount in addition to the new one and revive the Happy Weekend Ticket.
• Berlin / Germany , Milan / Italy : The Milanese court responsible for the corruption process against Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi suspends the process one day before the presidency of the Council of the European Union is handed over to Italy. The deputy chairman of the SPD parliamentary group in the German Bundestag, Michael Müller, criticizes the upcoming change at the top of the European Council with the words: "Berlusconi is the felt person."
• Düsseldorf / Germany : In North Rhine-Westphalia , the SPD and the Greens agree to continue their coalition until 2005. At the request of the Greens, u. a. Coal - subsidies are retracted and currently 500 million euros per year in increments of 40 million euros to 260 million euros in 2012 decline.
• India : SAP AG wants to increase its commitment in India and double the workforce to 2,000 employees.
• London / United Kingdom : Against the government's preference, the House of Commons approves a law to ban foxhunting .
• Manching / Germany : The multi-purpose combat aircraft Eurofighter receives its type approval in a ceremony . The delivery of the machines can begin.

See also

• Nekrolog June 2003 for deaths that month
• List of annually recurring commemorative and action days in June
• Category for memorial days, holidays or action days in June

Web links

Baden-Württemberg in June 2003

Commons : June 2003  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Extraordinary Federal Party Congress in Berlin. In: spd.de . Retrieved November 3, 2017 (Minutes). 
2. ↑ Sommet d'Évian 2003. In: g8.utoronto.ca, University of Toronto . Retrieved April 3, 2017 . 
3. ^ ÖFB-Cup - final. In: austria80.at. Retrieved November 3, 2017 . 
4. ↑ Elenco Edizioni. In: museociclismo.it, Museo del Ciclismo Associazione. Retrieved October 24, 2017 (Italian). 
5. ↑ dlr.de : Mars Express ( Memento from February 20, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
6. ^ Opposition does not want to block Schröder's reforms. In: stern.de . June 2, 2003, accessed November 10, 2018 . 
7. ↑ 11 WDR cinema productions nominated for the German Film Prize 2003 - “Good bye, Lenin!” In six categories alone. In: presseportal.de , material from WDR . April 14, 2003, accessed August 21, 2019 . 
8. ^ German Film Prize 2003 - 13 film prizes for productions with the Filmstiftung NRW. In: filmstiftung.de . June 10, 2003, accessed August 21, 2019 . 
9. ↑ The Fallen - a sad list. In: fr.de . June 5, 2009, accessed May 11, 2019 . 
10. ↑ Time table Poland 1989-2011. In: deutsches-polen-institut.de . Retrieved January 14, 2019 . 
11. ↑ java.net: About Javapedia ( Memento from December 25, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
12. ↑ Clear majority at the party conference in Cottbus. In: derstandard.at . June 15, 2003. Retrieved November 25, 2017 . 
13. ^ Riots after the European Water Polo Championships. In: rp-online.de . June 16, 2003, accessed December 6, 2018 . 
14. ↑ swisscom.com : Schools on the Internet ( Memento of October 2, 2003 in the Internet Archive )
15. ↑ Deadly Nigerian pipeline disasters. In: reuters.com . May 15, 2008, accessed November 26, 2017 . 
16. ↑ "Berlusconi harms Italy and now also Europe". In: faz.net . June 30, 2003, accessed December 8, 2017 .