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This article covers breaking news and events in March 2012.

Daily events

Thursday March 1, 2012

Serbia and the European Union

War damage in Homs

• Brussels / Belgium : The European Council decides to open negotiations on accession to the European Union with Serbia without reservation.
• Helsinki / Finland : Sauli Niinistö is sworn in as president in parliament .
• Homs / Syria : Rebels leave the embattled city after 26 days of siege.

Friday 2nd March 2012

• Ohio Country / United States : Tornado Outbreak from 2/3 March 2012
• Tehran / Iran : parliamentary elections

Saturday 3rd March 2012

• Brazzaville / Republic of the Congo : At least 150 people are killed and more than 1,500 others are injured in the explosion of an ammunition depot.
• London / United Kingdom : Almost two years after the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico , the BP group reached an out-of-court settlement with affected private individuals on compensation of US $ 7.8 billion .
• Szczekociny / Poland : In a serious train accident at least 16 people are killed and more than 58 others are injured.

Sunday 4th March 2012

Wladimir Putin

• Darmstadt / Germany : The police arrested an officer from Darmstadt who is said to have stolen over 24,000 books from various predominantly German libraries.
• Moscow / Russia : Prime Minister Vladimir Putin wins the presidential elections with 63.60% of the votes cast.

Wednesday March 7th 2012

• Athens / Greece : During the financial crisis , the government agreed with private creditors on debt relief of over 100 billion euros , which corresponds to almost 90% of the country's debt.
• Belmopan / Belize : In the general election, the United Democratic Party received 50.37% of the votes cast, while the People's United Party received 47.54%.

Thursday March 8, 2012

• Berlin / Germany : The resigned Federal President Christian Wulff is honored with a big tattoo for his 18-month term in office . One of his four song requests is the hymn Since heaven and earth touch .

Friday March 9th 2012

• Åre / Sweden : The American ski racer Lindsey Vonn wins the overall World Cup for the fourth time ahead of schedule .

Saturday March 10, 2012

Krásna Hôrka

Street scene in Moscow after the election

• Bratislava / Slovakia : The Social Democrats win the parliamentary elections with 44.4% of the votes cast.
• Frankfurt am Main / Germany : In the media, criticized by financial experts, it is known that the total assets of the European Central Bank have tripled within a short time under the Italian bank manager Mario Draghi due to support purchases in favor of southern European financial institutions and banks .
• Grindelwald / Switzerland : A tragedy occurs at the Ski Cross World Cup in Grindelwald. The Canadian athlete Nick Zoricic gets too far to the right during the target jump and jumps into the safety fences. The 29-year-old suffers a severe head trauma and dies after 50-minute attempts at resuscitation in the hospital in Interlaken .
• Krásnohorské Podhradie / Slovakia : Part of the Gothic Krásna Hôrka castle is destroyed in a fire.
• Moscow / Russia : Around 30,000 people demonstrate against the re-election of Vladimir Putin .

Sunday March 11, 2012

• Bern / Switzerland : In a referendum, 66.5% of voters vote against an extension of the statutory minimum vacation from four to six weeks.
• Frankfurt am Main / Germany : The Mayor of choice cuts Boris Rhein ( CDU ab) best, but short of an absolute majority, and therefore to a runoff between him and the SPD candidate Peter Feldmann is coming.
• Kandahar / Afghanistan : A sergeant of the United States Army shot 16 people in the so-called Kandahar massacre .
• San Salvador / El Salvador : In the parliamentary elections , the Nationalist Republican Alliance received 39.76% of the votes cast, while the National Liberation Front Farabundo Martí won 36.76%.
• St. Gallen / Switzerland : In the elections in the canton of St. Gallen , the SVP received 25.5% of the votes cast, the CVP 23.0%, the FDP 18.3%, the SP 16.1%, the GPS 5, 9%, the GLP 5.2%, the BDP 2.7% and the EPP 2.1%.

Tuesday March 13, 2012

• Buenos Aires / Argentina : The Supreme Court allows the impunity of abortion if the mother is raped.
• London / United Kingdom : The final discontinuation of the printed Encyclopædia Britannica after 244 years is announced.
• Sierre / Switzerland : In a bus accident in a road tunnel in the canton of Valais , at least 28 people are killed and more than 24 others are injured.

Wednesday March 14, 2012

• The Hague / Netherlands : The International Criminal Court finds former rebel leader Thomas Lubanga guilty of forcibly recruiting hundreds of children as soldiers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo .
• Leipzig / Germany : With the award of the Leipzig Book Prize for European Understanding the historian Ian Kershaw and Timothy Snyder is Leipzig Book Fair opens.

Thursday March 15, 2012

• Leipzig / Germany : The Leipzig Book Fair Prize goes to the writer Wolfgang Herrndorf , the historian Jörg Baberowski and the translator Christina Viragh .

Friday March 16, 2012

• Chișinău / Moldova : The parliament elects Nicolae Timofti as the new president.
• Washington, DC / United States : Actor George Clooney and other congressmen are arrested for civil disobedience at a demonstration in front of the Embassy of the Sudan .

Saturday 17th March 2012

• Dili / East Timor : In the presidential election , Francisco Guterres received 28.76% of the votes cast, Taur Matan Ruak 25.71%, José Ramos-Horta 17.48% and Fernando de Araújo 17.30%. Francisco Guterres and Taur Matan Ruak will face a runoff election on April 16 .
• Minsk / Belarus : State media announce the execution of the two alleged assassins in the Metro-Minsk attack on April 11, 2011 .

Sunday March 18, 2012

Joachim Gauck

• Berlin / Germany : The 15th Federal Assembly elects Joachim Gauck , the former federal commissioner for the Stasi files , who was not party to any party, as the 11th Federal President .
• Chanty-Mansiysk / Russia : At the end of her career, the German biathlete Magdalena Neuner wins the overall World Cup for the third time ahead of schedule , while the French Martin Fourcade is successful in the men's race .
• Schladming / Austria : Austrian Marcel Hirscher is the overall winner of the men's Alpine Ski World Cup .

Monday March 19, 2012

After the attack in Toulouse

• Athens / Greece : After his election as the new chairman of the socialist party PASOK , Evangelos Venizelos resigns as finance minister. Filippos Sachinidis is appointed as his successor .
• Toulouse / France : Four people are killed and another is injured in an attack on a Jewish school .

Tuesday March 20, 2012

Schematic representation of the earthquake in Mexico

• Acapulco / Mexico : With a earthquake measuring 7.4 M _w in the southern state come Guerrero at least two people dead and more than eleven more are injured.

Wednesday March 21, 2012

• Bamako / Mali : The military carry out a coup d'état and overthrow President Amadou Toumani Touré .

Thursday March 22, 2012

• Delhi / India : The Times of India makes Coalgate , a scandal involving coal mining rights , public.

Friday 23rd March 2012

• Addis Ababa / Ethiopia : The African Union is suspending Mali due to the military coup against President Amadou Toumani Touré .
• Berlin / Germany : Federal President Joachim Gauck is sworn in.
• Vatican City : Pope Benedict XVI. sets out on a six-day pastoral trip to Mexico and the Republic of Cuba .

Sunday March 25, 2012

Macky Sall (2009)

• Dakar / Senegal : Former Prime Minister Macky Sall wins the runoff election for the presidency with 65.80% of the votes cast, while long-time incumbent Abdoulaye Wade receives 34.20%.
• Frankfurt am Main / Germany : Peter Feldmann ( SPD ) wins the mayor's runoff election against Boris Rhein ( CDU ), who achieved 42.6%, with 57.4 percent of the votes cast .
• Mainz / Germany : Michael Ebling ( SPD ) is elected Lord Mayor with 58.2% of the votes cast, while Günter Beck ( Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen ) achieved 41.8%.
• Paris / France : After the series of attacks in the south of the country , the alleged bomber's brother is charged with alleged complicity in murder and conspiracy in terrorist acts.
• Saarbrücken / Germany : In the early state elections in Saarland , the CDU and Alliance 90 / The Greens , which have ruled the Jamaica coalition so far, achieve 35.2% and 5.0% of the votes; the FDP missed the receipt of the state parliament mandates with 1.2%. The SPD achieved 30.6%, Die Linke 16.1% and the pirates succeeded in entering the state parliament with 7.4% .
• Sepang / Malaysia : Fernando Alonso in a Ferrari wins the second race of this year's Formula 1 season at the Sepang International Circuit ahead of Sergio Pérez in a Sauber Ferrari and Lewis Hamilton in a McLaren Mercedes .

Monday March 26, 2012

• Seoul / South Korea : International Atomic Summit

Thursday March 29, 2012

• Banjul / Gambia : In the parliamentary elections the winning Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction of President Yahya Jammeh with 51.8% of the votes the vote, while the National Reconciliation Party received 9.45% and independent candidate 38.6%.

Friday March 30th 2012

• Nice / France : The German pair skaters Aljona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy win the world championship title in figure skating for the fourth time .

See also

• Nekrolog March 2012 for deaths this month
• List of annually recurring commemorative and action days in March
• Category for commemorative days, holidays or action days in March

Web links

London in March 2012

Commons : March 2012  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

 Wikinews: Article Published March 2012  - News

Individual evidence

1. ↑ European Council - conclusions. In: europa.eu , material from the European Council . March 2, 2012, accessed July 11, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Serbia becomes a candidate for EU membership. In: FAZ.net . March 2, 2012, accessed December 19, 2014 . 
3. ↑ Finland's new President Niinistö takes the oath of office ( memento from March 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) stern.de
4. ↑ uk.reuters.com: Syrian rebels flee shattered stronghold (accessed March 2, 2012).
5. ↑ n-tv.de: At least 150 dead in Brazzaville - ammunition depot exploded (accessed on March 4, 2012).
6. ↑ tagesschau.de: “Deepwater Horizon” debacle - BP pays eight billion dollars to oil spill plaintiffs ( memento of March 3, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on March 3, 2012).
7. ↑ tagesschau.de: Head-on collision between two trains - dead and injured in train accident in Poland ( memento from March 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on March 3, 2012).
8. ↑ Lucas Wiegelmann: The revenge of the stolen books. In: welt.de . March 4, 2012, accessed December 19, 2014 . 
9. ↑ Georg Watzlawek: Putin and Medvedev show their soft side. In: handelsblatt .com. March 5, 2012, accessed December 19, 2014 . 
10. ↑ ham./FAZ: Debt haircut costs German taxpayers 14 billion euros. In: FAZ.net . March 9, 2012, accessed December 19, 2014 . 
11. ↑ af.reuters.com: UPDATE 5-Belize steps closer to bond talks with ruling party win (English, accessed March 9, 2012).
12. ↑ Big tattoo: Wulff wants an encore. In: Spiegel Online . March 6, 2012, accessed March 18, 2017 . 
13. ↑ sportschau.de: Women's giant slalom - Vonn gets the big ball (accessed on March 30, 2012).
14. ^ Slovakia: Social Democrats win parliamentary elections. In: Spiegel Online . March 10, 2012, accessed December 19, 2014 . 
15. ↑ criticism of ECB monetary flood ( Memento of 12 March 2012 at the Internet Archive ) stern.de
16. ↑ tagesschau.sf.tv: “Tragedy”: A major fire rages in a historic castle (accessed on March 11, 2012).
17. ↑ Tens of thousands demonstrate against President Putin ( Memento from March 11, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) stern.de
18. ↑ Clear no to six weeks vacation. In: nzz.ch. March 11, 2012, accessed December 19, 2014 . 
19. ↑ Damir Fras: Amok run in Afghanistan: A barracks with many problems. In: fr-online.de . March 13, 2012, accessed December 19, 2014 . 
20. ↑ ElSalvador: Rights Arena party in parliamentary elections in El Salvador forward. In: zeit.de . March 12, 2012, archived from the original on December 31, 2014 ; Retrieved December 19, 2014 . 
21. ↑ Historic SP election victory in St. Gallen. In: nzz.ch. November 28, 2011, accessed December 19, 2014 . 
22. ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: diestandard: Argentina: abortion after rape legal in future
23. ^ Nytimes.com: After 244 Years, Encyclopaedia Britannica Stops the Presses (accessed March 14, 2012).
24. ↑ Serious bus accident in Valais: Belgium mourns its dead children. In: Spiegel Online . March 14, 2012, accessed December 19, 2014 . 
25. ↑ Militia leader Lubanga: Congo's militia leader found guilty before the criminal court in The Hague. In: Focus Online . March 15, 2012, accessed December 19, 2014 . 
26. ↑ derwesten.de: Leipzig Book Fair opens with the award ceremony (accessed on March 30, 2012).
27. ↑ mlr / DPA: Author of 'Tschick' and 'Sand': Herrndorf receives prize from the Leipzig Book Fair. In: stern.de . March 15, 2012, accessed December 19, 2014 . 
28. ↑ tagesschau.de: Moldova's parliament elects head of state - Moldova has a president - after 917 days ( Memento from March 16, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on March 19, 2012).
29. ↑ bbc.co.uk: George Clooney released after Sudan embassy arrest (English, accessed March 17, 2012).
30. ^ Diepresse.com: Change of power in the presidential election in East Timor - President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate José Ramos-Horta is subject to opposition. (Accessed March 30, 2012).
31. ↑ Suspected subway bombers of Minsk executed. In: nzz.ch. March 18, 2012, accessed December 19, 2014 . 
32. ↑ n24.de: Gauck takes office - New Federal President ( Memento from March 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on March 19, 2012).
33. ↑ Overall Biathlon World Cup: Magdalena Neuner secures the Large Crystal Ball. In: Focus Online . March 17, 2012, accessed December 19, 2014 . 
34. ↑ kurier.at: Hirscher fetches the overall World Cup (accessed on March 30, 2012).
35. ↑ tagesschau.de: After the election of the new socialist boss - Greek Finance Minister Venizelos resigns ( Memento of March 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on March 30, 2012).
36. ^ Attack on school in Toulouse: series of murders shocked France. In: Spiegel Online . March 19, 2012, accessed December 19, 2014 . 
37. ↑ https://www.dw.com/de/nur-geringe-sch%C3%A4den-durch-erdbeben-in-mexiko/a-15823177
38. ↑ n-tv.de: President expelled - Mali slips into state crisis (accessed on March 23, 2012).
39. ↑ n-tv.de: "Want to give up power in Mali -" The military reassures the population (accessed on April 1, 2012).
40. ^ Vatican.va: Apostolic Journey to Mexico and the Republic of Cuba (accessed March 23, 2012).
41. ↑ Change of power in Senegal. In: welt.de . March 27, 2012, accessed December 19, 2014 . 
42. ↑ ^{a b} FAZ.NET with lhe / lrs: Feldmann new city hall chief of Frankfurt. In: FAZ.net . March 25, 2012, accessed December 19, 2014 . 
43. ^ Afp and dpa: France: Charges against brother of the Toulouse assassin. In: zeit.de . March 26, 2012, accessed December 19, 2014 . 
44. ↑ n24.de: Saarland without FDP - CDU again strongest  ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) (accessed on March 27, 2012).
45. ↑ kicker.de: Alonso wins Sepang's tire lottery (accessed on March 27, 2012).
46. ↑ iec.gm: Independent Electoral Commission The Gambia ( Memento of September 11, 2014 Internet Archive ) (English, access on April 1, 2012).
47. ^ Sportschau.de: Figure Skating World Championships in Nice - Fourth title for Savchenko / Szolkowy (accessed on April 1, 2012).