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This article covers breaking news and events in June 2011.
Daily events
Wednesday June 1, 2011
- Dresden / Germany : The 33rd German Evangelical Church Congress begins. Its motto is: "... your heart will be there too."
- North America , North Atlantic , East Asia : partial solar eclipse
Thursday June 2, 2011
- Aachen / Germany : Jean-Claude Trichet, President of the European Central Bank, is awarded the international Charlemagne Prize for his “services to stabilize the euro area in the financial crisis” .
- Kiel / Germany : Frank Ulrich Montgomery , previous Vice President of the German Medical Association , is elected President.
- Placerville / United States : For the kidnapping of Jaycee Lee Dugard , the married couple Philip and Nancy Garrido are sentenced to 431 and 36 years in prison respectively.
- Riga / Latvia : Andris Bērziņš wins the election for the presidency against incumbent Valdis Zatler .
Friday 3rd June 2011
- The Hague / Netherlands : The UN war crimes tribunal is bringing charges against alleged war criminal Ratko Mladić on eleven counts , including genocide , war crimes and crimes against humanity .
Saturday 4th June 2011
- Dortmund / Germany : last matchday of the handball Bundesliga ; HSV Hamburg is the first German champion .
Sunday 5th June 2011
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- Lima / Peru : In the runoff election for the presidency , Ollanta Humala wins with 51%, while his challenger Keiko Fujimori has 49% of the vote.
- Lisbon / Portugal : In the early parliamentary election , the opposition party PSD won 39%, while the ruling party PS received 28% of the vote.
- Paris / France : End of the French Open in tennis. In the women's final, Li Na defeated Francesca Schiavone 6: 4 and 7: 6; In the men's category, Rafael Nadal wins against Roger Federer 7: 5, 7: 6, 5: 7 and 6: 1.
- Santiago / Chile : The Puyehue volcano erupts. As a result, extensive disruptions and failures in flight operations occur in large parts of South America due to the ejected ash cloud .
- Skopje / Macedonia : In the early parliamentary elections , the ruling party VMRO-DPMNE won with 39%, while the opposition party SDSM won 33% of the vote.
Monday June 6, 2011
- Jisr al-Shughur / Syria : At least 120 people are killed in street battles during renewed protests .
Tuesday June 7th 2011
- Baikonur / Kazakhstan : Launch of the Soyuz TMA-02M mission to the International Space Station .
- Washington, DC / United States : German Chancellor Angela Merkel is awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Barack Obama .
Wednesday June 8, 2011
- Beijing / China : At least 52 people are killed in floods after heavy rainfall in the south of the country, and 32 more are missing.
Thursday June 9, 2011
- Mons / Belgium : NATO decides to reform its command structure; three of the eleven regional headquarters in Lisbon, Madrid and Heidelberg will be closed.
Friday June 10th 2011
- Brussels / Belgium : The European Commission is in favor of Croatia joining the European Union .
- Frankfurt am Main / Germany : The German Book Trade Association announces that the Algerian writer Boualem Sansal has been awarded the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade .
Saturday June 11th 2011
- Berlin / Germany : In connection with the EHEC epidemic , which has been rampant since May, the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment confirms that sprouts from an organic farm in Lower Saxony have been identified as carriers of the pathogen.
- Jisr el-Shughur / Syria : Dozens of people are killed in a military offensive against the city ruled by demonstrators . As a result of the ongoing reprisals by the government under President Bashar al-Assad , thousands of people are also fleeing towards Turkey .
- Lugano / Switzerland : Start of the Tour de Suisse
Sunday June 12, 2011
- Ankara / Turkey : The Party for Justice and Development of the incumbent Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan clearly wins the parliamentary elections , but fails to achieve the goal of a two-thirds majority .
- Le Mans / France : Marcel Fässler , André Lotterer and Benoît Tréluyer in an Audi R18 win the 79th edition of the 24-hour race .
- Miami / United States : In the sixth game of the final series of the NBA basketball league , the Dallas Mavericks defeat the Miami Heat team 105-95 and are North American basketball champions for the first time. The German Dirk Nowitzki is recognized as the most valuable player in the final series .
Monday June 13, 2011
- Dresden / Germany : With the permission of Pope Benedict XVI. the Catholic clergyman Alois Andritzki is beatified.
- Rome / Italy : In a referendum, a majority of the citizens voted against various plans of the government of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi , including the continued use of nuclear energy , the privatization of the water supply and a law to protect the Prime Minister from persecution of the judiciary.
Tuesday June 14, 2011
- Debubawi Kayih Bahri / Eritrea , Región de Los Ríos / Chile : Ash clouds from the volcanoes Nabro in Eritrea and Puyehue in Chile lead to impairment of air traffic in East Africa and in the southern hemisphere . As a result, a state of emergency is declared in some provinces of Argentina .
- Troisdorf / Germany : The electricity, gas and telecommunications provider Teldafax declares its insolvency and files for bankruptcy .
Wednesday June 15, 2011
- Heidelberg / Germany : The Ruprecht Karls University deprives the MEPs Silvana Koch-Mehrin ( FDP ) for plagiarism in the thesis the doctoral degree .
- Lisbon / Portugal : Pedro Passos Coelho replaces José Sócrates as Prime Minister ; he heads the government coalition of Partido Social Democrata and Centro Democrático e Social - Partido Popular .
- Vancouver / Canada : In the decisive seventh game of the final series of the North American Hockey League NHL the defeat Boston Bruins , the Vancouver Canucks 4: 0 and are thus for the sixth time winner of the Stanley Cup .
Thursday June 16, 2011
- Essen / Germany : The energy company RWE has announced that it will not reconnect the Biblis B nuclear reactor to the grid after the nuclear moratorium has expired .
- Peshawar / Pakistan : The al-Qaida terrorist network announces that the Egyptian Aiman az-Zawahiri, who succeeded Osama bin Laden , who was killed on May 2nd, will head the association.
Friday 17th June 2011
- Athens / Greece : Under the pressure of massive protests against the austerity measures of his government, Prime Minister Giorgos Papandreou is reshuffling his government and replacing Finance Minister Giorgos Papakonstantinou with the previous Defense Minister Evangelos Venizelos .
- Essen / Germany : The Spanish construction group ACS announces that it now holds over 50% of the shares in the German construction group Hochtief .
- Mainz / Germany : Thomas Bellut is elected director of the Second German Television .
- Rabat / Morocco : King Mohammed VI. announces a far-reaching constitutional reform, which is to be voted on in a referendum on July 1, 2011.
Saturday June 18, 2011
- Bamberg / Germany : In the decisive fifth game of the final series of the Bundesliga basketball league , Brose Baskets beat Alba Berlin 72:65, making them German basketball champions for the second time in a row and for the fourth time .
- Bydgoszcz / Poland : Beginning of the 33rd European Women's Basketball Championship
Sunday 19th June 2011
- Mogadishu / Somalia : Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed resigns from office after eight months; He will be succeeded by the previous Minister of Planning, Abdiweli Mohamed Ali .
- Schaffhausen / Switzerland : Levi Leipheimer wins the Tour de Suisse cycling tour .
Monday June 20, 2011
- Petrozavodsk / Russia : The crash of a Tupolev Tu-134 of RUSAIR demands 47 lives.
- Tunis / Tunisia : A court sentenced President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali , who was ousted in January, to a 35-year prison term in absentia.
Tuesday June 21, 2011
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- New York / United States : The South Korean Ban Ki-moon is re-elected to the office of Secretary General by the UN General Assembly.
Wednesday June 22, 2011
- Athens / Greece : The government under Prime Minister Giorgos Papandreou wins the vote of confidence in parliament and is thus confirmed in its austerity course .
- Beijing / China : After more than two and a half months in prison, the artist and government critic Ai Weiwei is released on bail.
- Washington, DC / United States : President Barack Obama announced that 10,000 soldiers stationed in Afghanistan will be withdrawn in 2011.
Thursday June 23, 2011
- Amsterdam / Netherlands : Geert Wilders is by a court on all counts of the charge of sedition acquitted.
Friday June 24th 2011
- Brussels / Belgium : The European Council elects the head of the Italian central bank, Mario Draghi, proposed by the Council of the European Union , as chairman of the European Central Bank . He will take over this position from the French Jean-Claude Trichet on November 1, 2011 .
- Kiev / Ukraine : Trial of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko started on charges of abuse of office .
Saturday June 25, 2011
- Aarhus / Denmark : With a 2: 0 victory over Switzerland wins Spain the 21 Football Championship U-Men .
- Assen / Netherlands : In the seventh round of the motorcycle world championship at the TT Circuit Assen , Ben Spies won in MotoGP , Marc Márquez in Moto2 and Maverick Viñales in the 125 cm³ class.
- Lübeck / Germany : Cardinal Angelo Amato speaks to the Roman Catholic resistance fighters against National Socialism Hermann Lange , Eduard Müller and Johannes Prassek with the permission of Pope Benedict XVI. blessed . The Protestant theologian Karl Friedrich Stellbrink is also remembered.
- Pasadena / United States : In the final of the 11th CONCACAF Gold Cup , Mexico defeated the United States 4: 2 and is the only record holder of the tournament with nine wins .
Sunday June 26th 2011
- Adenau / Germany : Marc Lieb , Lucas Luhr , Romain Dumas and Timo Bernhard in a Manthey -Porsche win the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring .
- Berlin / Germany : The 6th Women's World Cup begins.
- Beijing / China : The civil rights activist Hu Jia is released from prison after years of imprisonment.
Monday June 27, 2011
- The Hague / Netherlands : The International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants against Libya’s ruler Muammar al-Gaddafi , his son Saif al-Islam al-Gaddafi and his brother-in-law Abdullah al-Sanusi on charges of crimes against humanity .
- Heidelberg / Germany : The monument conservator Gottfried Kiesow is awarded the national prize for his services to monument protection in Europe .
- Paris / France : After five German beech forests and the Fagus plant in Alfeld , UNESCO has also named the Hamburg Wadden Sea and 111 pile dwellings in Germany , Austria , Switzerland , France, Italy and Slovenia as World Heritage .
- Beijing / China : The 1,318 km long high-speed line Beijing – Shanghai opens the world's longest high-speed line.
- Phnom Penh / Cambodia : Trial of Khieu Samphan , Nuon Chea , Ieng Sary and Ieng Thirith on charges of war crimes , crimes against humanity and genocide started before the Khmer Rouge tribunal .
Tuesday June 28, 2011
- Paris / France , Washington, DC / United States : The International Monetary Fund elects the previous French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde as its new chairman. Her successor in the French Ministry of Finance will be the previous Minister of Finance, François Baroin .
Wednesday June 29, 2011
- Athens / Greece : To further cope with the financial crisis , the parliament passes a comprehensive austerity package and thus fulfills one of the main demands of the European Union for the receipt of further financial aid.
Thursday June 30, 2011
- Berlin / Germany : The Bundestag approves the phased nuclear phase-out by 2022, the Bundesrat is likely to approve the law.
- Bremen / Germany : With 57 out of 83 votes, Jens Böhrnsen ( SPD ) is confirmed in office as President of the Senate and Mayor by the citizens , Karoline Linnert becomes his deputy .
- Flachau / Austria : The second tube of the Tauern Tunnel will be opened to traffic after a construction period of almost four years.
- Qingdao / China : With the 42.5 km long Qingdao-Haiwan Bridge , the longest built over water and the second longest bridge in the world will be opened.
See also
- Nekrolog June 2011 for deaths this month
- List of annually recurring commemorative and action days in June
- Category for memorial days, holidays or action days in June
Web links
Commons : June 2011 - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ evlks.de : 33rd German Evangelical Church Congress 2011 in Dresden ( Memento from July 3, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ The Charlemagne Prize winner 2011 Jean-Claude Trichet. In: karlspreis.de . Retrieved November 30, 2018 .
- ^ Spiegel.de: Health Care: Montgomery is the new medical president (accessed on June 4, 2011).
- ↑ cbsnews.com: Nancy and Philip Garrido sentenced for Jaycee Lee Dugard kidnapping (English, accessed June 2, 2011).
- ↑ nzz.ch: Andris Berzins wins presidential election in Latvia (accessed June 4, 2011).
- ↑ tagesschau.de: Mladic for the first time before the UN tribunal: "I am a seriously ill man" ( Memento from June 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on June 4, 2011).
- ↑ nzz.ch: Peruvian “Lula” wins presidential election - Ollanta Humala clearly beats Keiko Fujimori (accessed on June 6, 2011).
- ↑ focus.de: Elections: Portugal becomes conservative (accessed on June 6, 2011).
- ↑ kicker.de: French Open: Federer fights in vain - Djokovic remains second: Nadal defends his kingdom (accessed on June 5, 2011).
- ↑ zeit.de: Volcanic ash stops air traffic in South America (accessed on June 8, 2011).
- ↑ suedostschweiz.ch: Macedonian ruling party achieves a majority in parliamentary elections (accessed on June 6, 2011).
- ↑ bbc.co.uk: Syria troops 'killed in clashes' in Jisr al-Shughour (English, accessed July 31, 2011).
- ↑ de.rian.ru: Russian Soyuz capsule with three ISS space travelers reaches orbit (accessed on June 9, 2011).
- ↑ focus.de: Merkel's visit to the USA On the partnership! (Accessed June 7, 2011).
- ↑ news.xinhuanet.com: China floods kill 52 people, more rain forecast in south (accessed July 31, 2011).
- ↑ tagesschau.de: NATO cuts jobs and closes headquarters ( memento of June 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on June 9, 2011).
- ^ Diepresse.com: EU Commission says "Yes to Croatia" (accessed on June 10, 2011).
- ↑ goethe.de: Boualem Sansal receives the Peace Prize 2011 (accessed on June 11, 2011).
- ↑ spiegel.de: Check-up: Authority confirms Ehec on organic farm sprouts (accessed on June 11, 2011).
- ↑ spiegel.de: Syria: Assad's army storms protest stronghold - many dead (accessed on June 13, 2011).
- ↑ Merkel congratulates Erdogan on the victory. In: rp-online.de . June 13, 2011, accessed October 1, 2018 .
- ↑ Duisburg Lotterer wins in Le Mans. In: rp-online.de . June 12, 2011, accessed October 1, 2018 .
- ↑ washingtonpost.com : Dirk Nowitzki and the Dallas Mavericks complete stunning run to the championship ( Memento from October 1, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- ↑ freiepresse.de: First Sorbe is beatified - Beatification on Whit Monday with a large church service in Dresden ( Memento from March 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on June 12, 2011).
- ↑ spiegel.de: Defeat in referendum: Italians say no to nuclear power - and to Berlusconi (accessed on June 13, 2011).
- ↑ sueddeutsche.de: Volcanic eruption in Chile The gray cloud (accessed on June 15, 2011).
- ↑ manager-magazin.de: Insolvency: Electricity discounter Teldafax is broke (accessed on June 15, 2011).
- ↑ spiegel.de: Plagiarism affair: University of Heidelberg withdraws Koch-Mehrin doctorate (accessed on June 15, 2011).
- ↑ reuters.com: Passos Coelho: Portugal two terrible years ago (accessed on June 16, 2011).
- ↑ spiegel.de: NHL: Seidenberg wins the Stanley Cup with Boston (accessed on June 15, 2011).
- ↑ tagesschau.de: All Altmeiler remain switched off - "The wishes of politics taken into account" ( Memento from June 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (Retrieved June 17, 2011).
- ↑ spiegel.de: Bin Laden successor: Dr. Aiman takes command (Retrieved June 15, 2011).
- ↑ tagesschau.de: Greek Prime Minister changes ministers - Papandreou tries to break free (accessed on June 17, 2011).
- ↑ reuters.com: Spanish group ACS controls majority of Hochtief (accessed on June 17, 2011).
- ↑ spiegel.de: ZDF-Intendantenwahl: Thomas Bellut is first in the second (accessed on June 19, 2011).
- ↑ spiegel.de: Morocco's king gives up parts of his power (accessed on June 19, 2011).
- ↑ kicker.de: Brose Baskets remain unbeaten in the "Frankenhölle" - Bamberg is champion! (Accessed June 19, 2011).
- ↑ cnn.com: Despite rallies supporting him, Somali PM steps down (English, accessed June 20, 2011).
- ↑ nzz.ch: four seconds (accessed June 20, 2011).
- ^ ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev 134A-3 RA-65691 Petrozavodsk Airport (PES). Aviation Safety Network, accessed February 4, 2014 .
- ↑ spiegel.de: Tunisia's ex-president: court sentenced Ben Ali to 35 years in prison (accessed on June 21, 2011).
- ↑ focus.de: United Nations: Ban Ki Moon remains UN Secretary General (accessed on June 22, 2011).
- ↑ focus.de: Athens: Papandreou government survives vote of confidence (accessed on June 22, 2011).
- ↑ tagesschau.de: Artist released from custody - Ai Weiwei released again ( memento from June 24, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on June 23, 2011).
- ↑ n-tv.de: Washington: Troop withdrawal from Afghanistan (accessed on June 23, 2011).
- ^ Spiegel.de: Racial hatred allegation: Court acquits right-wing populist Wilders (accessed on June 23, 2011).
- ↑ zeit.de: European Central Bank: Draghi becomes President of the ECB (accessed on June 27, 2011).
- ↑ focus.de: Processes: High security contingent at Tymoshenko process (accessed on June 24, 2011).
- ↑ de.eurosport.yahoo.com: U21 EM - Spain's U21 also dominates Europe (accessed on June 26, 2011).
- ↑ derstandard.at: Premiere victory for Spies in Assen (accessed on June 25, 2011).
- ↑ galen-archiv.de, Markus Trautmann: Lübecker Märtyrer ( Memento from June 2, 2019 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ kicker.de: USA lose 2-0 lead - Mexico wins Gold Cup again (accessed July 19, 2011).
- ↑ motorsport-total.com: Nordschleife: In typical Manthey fashion! (Accessed June 26, 2011).
- ^ Spiegel.de: Prominent civil rights activist: Chinese dissident Hu Jia is free (accessed on June 26, 2011).
- ↑ sueddeutsche.de: Criminal Court issues arrest warrant for Gaddafi (accessed on June 27, 2011).
- ^ Nationalstiftung.de: German National Prize 2011 (accessed on December 31, 2011).
- ↑ zeit.de: Prehistoric pile dwellings become world cultural heritage (accessed on June 28, 2011).
- ↑ handelsblatt.com: High-speed line: China's flagship train starts to Shanghai (accessed July 1, 2011).
- ↑ spiegel.de: Khmer Rouge in court - "Brother number two" awaits his sentence (accessed on June 27, 2011).
- ↑ spiegel.de: Successor to Strauss-Kahn: French Lagarde to be the new head of the IMF (accessed on June 28, 2011).
- ↑ orf.at: Sarkozy reshapes government (accessed June 29, 2011).
- ↑ spiegel.de: Euro crisis: Greek parliament passes mega-austerity package (accessed on June 29, 2011).
- ↑ The nuclear phase-out and the revolt of the energy giants. In: budrich-journals.de, Verlag Barbara Budrich GmbH. 2011, accessed May 16, 2019 .
- ↑ Jens Böhrnsen re-elected as Mayor of Bremen. In: nwzonline.de . June 30, 2011. Retrieved September 17, 2017 .
- ↑ news.at: last bottleneck removed (accessed June 30, 2011).
- ↑ spiegel.de: Record construction: China opens longest sea bridge in the world (accessed on June 30, 2011).