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This article covers breaking news and events in March 2015.

Daily events

Sunday 1st March 2015

Municipal council elections in Carinthia

• Andorra la Vella / Andorra : Despite losses, the Demòcrates per Andorra party retains the majority of the seats in the parliamentary elections in Andorra 2015.
• Dushanbe / Tajikistan : In the parliamentary elections in Tajikistan, President Emomalij Rahmon consolidates his power. The People's Democratic Party , which is close to him, gets 65.2 percent of the votes in the lower house . Three other parties managed to jump over the 5% hurdle.
• Klagenfurt / Austria : The municipal council and mayoral elections in Carinthia bring profits for the SPÖ , which becomes the strongest force with a little over 40 percent, as well as for the ÖVP, which comes in second with over 22 percent . The FPÖ achieved almost 18 percent and had to accept heavy losses compared to the last result of the BZÖ / FPK, which started at that time . The Greens can improve their result slightly to over 5 percent. In 37 municipalities, the decision about the mayor has to be made in a runoff election on March 15, 2015.
• Moscow / Russia : Tens of thousands commemorate the murdered opposition politician and Putin opponent Boris Nemtsov in a funeral march in the Russian capital . There are also funeral marches in Saint Petersburg and in Tomsk , Siberia . The reasons for the crime are still unclear. A connection to the war in Ukraine , which Nemtsov declared to be illegal and the involvement of Russian soldiers there without identification badges , is being examined, or a connection to Islamist circles in the North Caucasus , since the perpetrator's vehicle has an Ingushetian license.
• Tallinn / Estonia : The parliamentary elections are won by Prime Minister Taavi Rõivas' liberal reform party . The previous governing coalition of the Reform Party and the Social Democratic Party, however, has lost its majority and is now dependent on another coalition partner. The second strongest force will be the pro-Russian Center Party , which, however, has no prospect of participating in the government due to the lack of coalition partners.

Monday March 2, 2015

• Tegucigalpa / Honduras : It is known that scientists in the Honduran rainforest in the La Mosquitia region in the north-east of the country have discovered the remains of squares, earth walls and a pyramid that belong to the legendary " White City ". The finds date from 1000 to 1400 AD.
• Tikrit / Iraq : The Iraqi army begins a major offensive with 30,000 soldiers on the city of Tikrit. The strategically important hometown of the former ruler Saddam Hussein is to be liberated from the hands of the terrorist militia Islamic State .

Tuesday March 3, 2015

• Palikir / Micronesia : Elections to the Congress , the Parliament, take place in Micronesia . Partial results are available from the state of Yap , whose two MPs are confirmed unopposed.
• Temuco / Chile : The eruption of the Villarrica volcano in the Araucania region in the Little South of Chile leads to the evacuation of 3000 people who live at the foot of the mountain.

Wednesday March 4, 2015

• Donetsk / Ukraine : At least 32 miners are killed in a devastating gas explosion in the Sassjadko coal mine in Donetsk Oblast . The pro-Russian separatists who control the area are preventing Ukrainian rescue workers from accessing the scene of the accident.
• New Delhi / India : A court bans the broadcasting of the documentary India's Daughter , which deals with the group administration and fatal abuse of a young woman in 2012, on the grounds that an interview with a rapist included in it threatened public order. While the Interior Minister Rajnath Singh and the Minister for Urban Development Venkaiah Naidu defend the broadcast ban, the British director of the film, Leslee Udwin, evaluates the procedure as arbitrary censorship .

Thursday March 5, 2015

• Astana / Kazakhstan : Due to an oversupply, the Kazakh energy ministry has imposed a temporary import ban on Russian gas and diesel oil in order to protect domestic markets. Energy Minister Vladimir Shkolnik has announced that Kazakhstan will be able to supply itself with gas and oil products from 2016.
• Elsteraue / Germany : The honorary mayor Markus Nierth of the local community of Tröglitz sees his family and himself personally endangered by repeated demonstrations against the accommodation of 40 refugees in the village, announced by the NPD district councilor Steffen Thiel, his resignation on March 5th will be nationwide on March 9th. March reported in the media.
• Shinyanga / Tanzania : Heavy rains lead to massive floods in the Kahama district in the Shinyanga region in northern Tanzania. At least 42 people are killed.

Friday March 6, 2015

Ceres, photographed by the Dawn spacecraft on February 19, 2015

• Maseru / Lesotho : Former Prime Minister Bethuel Pakalitha Mosisili is being re-elected as head of government in his country. He is said to be leading a coalition government made up of the Democratic Congress , which narrowly won the most votes in the February 28 elections, and six other small parties.
• Salzburg / Austria : The Salzburg Festival announces that Bettina Hering , currently artistic director at the Landestheater Niederösterreich , will take over the role of Drama Director of the Salzburg Festival from 2017. She is the first woman in this position.
• Space : With the Dawn space probe, a missile reaches the orbit of a dwarf planet for the first time . By 2016, the probe is to investigate the dwarf planet Ceres in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter , which is considered a lump of ice . The scientists are enthusiastic about the first photos from the Ceres orbit.
• Vienna / Austria : The advisory board of the Austrian government speaks out against the return of Gustav Klimt's Beethoven frieze to the heirs of the original owner. Chancellery Minister for Art, Culture, Constitution and Media Josef Ostermayer would like to follow this recommendation .

Saturday 7th March 2015

• Mosul / Iraq : militia of the terrorist organization Islamic State begin the systematic destruction of the ruins of the former major city of the Parthian Hatra , which the World Heritage Site of UNESCO belongs.
• Beijing / China : The documentary film Under the Bell by the Chinese journalist and director Chai Jing is censored by the propaganda department of the Communist Party and deleted from the video portals on the Internet after it was viewed by a million Chinese and was initially praised by Environment Minister Chen Jining . The documentary film about smog sparked a nationwide debate about the causes of the dangerous fine dust in the air.

Sunday March 8, 2015

• Bamako / Mali : At least three people are killed in a rocket attack on a UN base in northern Mali . The day before, at least five people were killed in an attack on a nightclub popular with foreigners in the capital.
• Diffa / Niger : Starting from the cities of Diffa and Bosso in the south-east of Niger, Nigerien and Chadian soldiers are starting a joint major offensive against the terrorist militia Boko Haram in neighboring Nigeria . The first places can be liberated from the hands of the Islamists.
• Moscow / Russia : In the Nemtsov murder case , a Moscow court orders five suspects from the North Caucasus to be held in custody after they were arrested in Ingushetia . In the Chechen capital Grozny , a sixth suspect evades arrest by suicide .
• Winterberg / Germany : An extremely successful Bobsleigh and Skeleton World Championship 2015 for German athletes comes to an end in the Hochsauerland . The closing event after the last mountain ceremony was attended by 10,000 people.

Monday March 9, 2015

• Abu Dhabi / United Arab Emirates : The Solar Impulse 2 solar aircraft takes off for a circumnavigation of the world .
• Bogotá / Colombia : Thousands of Colombians demonstrate in the capital in a march for life for peace and demand an end to the decades-long civil war between left-wing FARC rebels and government troops.
• Frankfurt am Main / Germany : The European Central Bank starts the program to buy up government bonds from the euro member countries with the exception of Greece and Cyprus worth billions.
• La Rioja / Argentina : Ten people died in the collision of two helicopters in the La Rioja province while filming the French television production Dropped , including the sailor Florence Arthaud , the swimmer Camille Muffat and the boxer Alexis Vastine .

Tuesday March 10, 2015

• Abidjan / Ivory Coast : For being partly responsible for the wave of violence following the Ivorian presidential elections in 2010 , the former first wife Simone Gbagbo is sentenced to 20 years imprisonment by a court in Abidjan, twice as much as requested by the public prosecutor. Critics see the process as politically motivated.
• Bago / Myanmar : In Letpadan in the Bago district , the police brutally stop a student protest for a democratic education law. On a march towards the port city of Rangoon, which will begin in Mandalay in January, the participants demonstrate for independent student associations, a modernization of the teaching program and changes in university admissions. The government would like to respond to some of the demands, but a parliamentary resolution has not yet been passed.
• Bogotá / Colombia : More than two years after the start of peace negotiations with the left-wing guerrilla organization FARC, the Colombian government is temporarily suspending air strikes against the rebels. If the FARC also adheres to the ceasefire, the ceasefire can be extended.
• Islamabad / Pakistan : Around three months after an Islamist attack on a school with almost 150 dead, the Pakistani government is lifting a moratorium on the execution of the death penalty , which has been in force since 2008, and is ordering the resumption of executions in all provinces.

Wednesday March 11, 2015

• Moscow / Russia : The Russian government officially terminates the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE Treaty).

Thursday March 12, 2015

• Dinsor / Somalia : A US - drone kills al-Shabaab -Leader Adnan Garaar, who as head of the Westgate Shopping Mall Shooting in 2013 in the Kenyan capital Nairobi true around Dinsor, about 250 km west of the capital Mogadishu .
• Leipzig / Germany : The poet Jan Wagner , the non-fiction author Philipp Ther and the translator Mirjam Pressler are awarded the Leipzig Book Fair Prize.
• Reykjavík / Iceland : The Icelandic government officially withdraws the application it submitted in 2009 for admission to the European Union and declares that it wants to concentrate on relations with the EU within the framework of the European Economic Area . This decision provokes protests from the opposition and the population. During a spontaneous demonstration in front of parliament against the government's sole decision, calls for a referendum on such a step were raised.
• Zurich / Switzerland : Due to prolonged absence of salary payments to former Zimbabwean national football coach Jose Claudinei called Valinhos, the world football body includes FIFA the Football Association of Zimbabwe with the national team from the qualifiers for the 2018 FIFA World Cup from.

Friday March 13, 2015

• Funafuti / Tuvalu : The foothills of the severe tropical cyclone Pam are causing severe flooding in the Pacific island nation of Tuvalu.
• Cape Town / South Africa : physicians report that in mid-December at the University of Stellenbosch successfully completed the first penis - transplant was performed. The patient received the fully functional organ from a deceased person.
• Sharm El-Sheikh / Egypt : Egypt is soliciting donors at an investor conference. Critics in the North African country fear a wave of privatization and rising unemployment.
• Valparaíso / Chile : A fire breaks out at a dump, widens to severe forest fires and threatened the port cities of Valparaíso and Viña del Mar . Thousands of people have to be evacuated temporarily. The state of emergency applies to both coastal towns. The fire has so far claimed one dead and 32 injured.

Saturday March 14, 2015

Severe tropical cyclone Pam near Vanuatu on March 13, 2015

• Port Vila / Vanuatu : The heavy tropical cyclone Pam moves in the early morning (local time) with wind speeds over 270 km / h over the island chain of the New Hebrides and causes severe devastation. Whole villages are apparently destroyed. According to unofficial reports, at least 44 people were killed. President Baldwin Lonsdale seeks international aid which neighboring states Australia and New Zealand want to provide quickly.

Sunday March 15, 2015

• Brasília / Brazil : Hundreds of thousands protest in various cities in Brazil against the government of President Dilma Rousseff . The corruption scandal at the state-controlled oil company Petrobras , in which bribes have flowed to politicians and parties, including the ruling party of the president, is particularly criticized .
• Bregenz / Austria : In the municipal council elections in Vorarlberg , the ÖVP becomes the strongest force with losses and reaches 34 percent. The FPÖ and the Greens are each increasing slightly, reaching 14 and 11 percent respectively. The SPÖ has to accept a slight loss of votes and reaches almost 10 percent.
• Klagenfurt / Austria : In those 37 municipalities in which no decision was made in the mayoral elections in Carinthia on March 1, 2015, runoff elections will be held, in which the challenger Maria-Luise Mathiaschitz ( SPÖ ) , among others in the state capital of Klagenfurt, will be current mayor Christian Scheider ( FPÖ ) prevailed.
• Kontiolahti / Finland : The most successful nation at the 47th Biathlon World Championships in Kontiolahti, eastern Finland, is France with 6 medals, including three gold medals. The most successful athlete with four medals won is the French Marie Dorin-Habert .
• Lahore / Pakistan : In a double attack by two suicide bombers from a Taliban group on Christian churches during the service, at least 17 people are killed and 80 others are injured in the east Pakistani metropolis of Lahore. After the double attack in the impoverished Christian neighborhood of Yohana Abad in Lahore, an angry mob lynched two people who were accused of helping the attackers .
• Port Vila / Vanuatu : After the devastating cyclone Pam , the extent of the devastation cannot yet be foreseen. Many of the 80 islands have been cut off from the outside world, villages have been destroyed, the capital heavily damaged, and telecommunications connections have been interrupted. The Vanuatu government declares a national emergency. Meanwhile, relief efforts from Australia and New Zealand are underway . In the neighboring country of Tuvalu , according to the head of government Enele Sopoaga, almost every second resident was hit hard by the cyclone. The Tuvaluan government has also declared a national emergency.

Monday March 16, 2015

• Bangui / Central African Republic : After the end of the military operation in the Central African Republic, the European Union is now starting a training mission in the crisis country, but this time without the involvement of the Bundeswehr .
• Essen / Germany : The Essen regional court sentenced the art advisor Helge Achenbach to six years in prison for fraud.

Tuesday 17th March 2015

Bethuel Pakalitha Mosisili

• The Hague / Netherlands : In the conflict over the control of the resource-rich South China Sea , the Philippines are submitting documents to the Permanent Court of Arbitration with further arguments that are supposed to nullify China's claims .
• Jerusalem / Israel : Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's ruling Likud party wins the parliamentary elections surprisingly by a clear margin and takes 30 seats in the Knesset . The opposition center-left alliance Zionist Union led by challenger Jitzchak Herzog received 24 seats. The third strongest force, with 14 seats, is the Arab party alliance in front of Yair Lapid's future party with eleven seats in parliament and the newly-established Kulanu party of former communications minister Moshe Kachlon with ten members. Difficult coalition negotiations await the Prime Minister.
• Kars / Turkey : The heads of state from Turkey, Georgia and Azerbaijan are taking part in the start of construction of the Transanatolian Pipeline (TANAP), which will transport natural gas from Azerbaijan to Europe from 2018 .
• Madrid / Spain : A research team announces the discovery of the grave of the "Spanish national poet" Miguel de Cervantes .
• Maseru / Lesotho : Bethuel Pakalitha Mosisili is introduced to his post as Prime Minister .

Wednesday March 18, 2015

Building of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt am Main

• Frankfurt am Main / Germany : At the opening of the new building of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, there are massive riots on the sidelines of the protest rallies initiated by Blockupy activists ; they injured over 220 people.
• Tunis / Tunisia : At least 21 people, including 17 foreign tourists, are killed and more than 20 injured in a terrorist attack on the Bardo National Museum in the Tunisian capital Tunis. President Essebsi calls for the mobilization of all forces to finally eliminate the terrorists.

Thursday March 19, 2015

• Tunis / Tunisia : The terrorist militia Islamic State takes responsibility for yesterday's terrorist attack in an audio message, in which the number of victims increased to 20 tourists, a police officer and the two assassins. In a first reaction, the Tunisian President announced that he would have soldiers patrol all major cities to increase security and check security at the borders, particularly with Libya .

Friday March 20, 2015

Total solar eclipse over Longyearbyen , Svalbard ( Norway )

• Sanaa / Yemen : At least 142 believers are killed and another 350 people are injured in a double attack in two mosques during Friday prayers in the Houthi rebel- controlled Yemeni capital. In addition, the residence of the incumbent head of state Abed Rabbo Mansur Hadi in Aden is shelled.
• Tórshavn / Faroe Islands : There is a total solar eclipse in the northern hemisphere . The totality zone runs over the Faroe Islands, the North Atlantic and Svalbard . While on the Faroe Islands, which experienced a rush of tourists as a result of the event, heavy clouds blocked the view of the sun, the solar eclipse on Svalbard was easy to observe. The feared bottleneck in the German power grid due to strong fluctuations in solar power did not occur.

Saturday March 21, 2015

• Windhoek / Namibia : Hage Geingob is sworn in as the third President of Namibia.

Sunday March 22, 2015

Marcel Hirscher

• Graz / Austria : In the municipal elections in Styria , the ÖVP and SPÖ suffered losses, but remain the best-placed workers with just under 43% and over 31% respectively. The FPÖ wins significantly and can double its result to almost 14%. The fourth placed Greens win easily and receive around 3.3%.
• Méribel / France : The Austrian Marcel Hirscher wins the men's Alpine Ski World Cup . This makes him the first alpine ski racer to win the overall World Cup four times in a row. The Austrian ski racer Anna Fenninger wins the overall World Cup for the second time in a row .
• Planica / Slovenia : The German Severin Freund wins the overall World Cup in ski jumping despite being tied with his Slovenian competitor Peter Prevc .
• Taizz / Yemen : In the power struggle between Shiite Houthi rebels and the Jeminite government, the insurgents increase their sphere of influence and take the city of Taizz, which is only 130 kilometers from the current residence of President Abed Rabbo Mansur Hadi , the port city of Aden .

Monday March 23, 2015

• Huaraz / Peru : In a serious bus accident near Haurmey in the Peruvian Andean region of Ancash, at least 37 people are killed and another 70 are injured.

Tuesday March 24, 2015

• Digne-les-Bains / France : In the south of France in the area of ​​the southern Alps, a Germanwings passenger plane of the type Airbus A320 crashes on the way from Barcelona to Düsseldorf with around 150 people on board. French President François Hollande announced that there were no survivors - there were also 75 Germans among the victims , including an exchange school class. Chancellor Angela Merkel reiterates her deep condolences - her appointments for a trip to the site of the accident have been canceled until further notice.
• Yerevan / Armenia : The Armenian National Assembly passes a resolution that recognizes the genocide of Assyrians and Greeks by the Ottoman Empire .
• Salt Lake City , United States : The state of Utah has passed a law to reinstate executions by shooting if no appropriate substance for lethal injection is available.

Wednesday March 25, 2015

• Aden / Yemen : Shiite Houthi rebels put a bounty on President Abed Rabbo Mansur Hadi in Yemen , who then fled the country. A few hours before the flight, Hadi asked the United Nations for help.

Thursday March 26, 2015

• Sanaa / Yemen : Saudi Arabia intervenes with several Arab allies in the conflict in Yemen and bombs the airport of Sanaa and several army bases in the hands of the Houthi rebels . In addition to Saudi Arabia, Bahrain , Qatar , Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates are participating in the military operation. Egypt , Jordan , Sudan , Morocco and Pakistan support the Saudis.

Friday March 27, 2015

• Marl / Germany : The Grimme Awards in the field of television entertainment and information are awarded to the films Bornholmer Strasse , Tatort: ​​Born in pain and the program Die Anstalt , among others .
• Mogadishu / Somalia : At least 20 people are killed in an Islamist terrorist attack on a hotel in the Somali capital that is popular with politicians and entrepreneurs .
• Rome / Italy : In the murder of Meredith Kercher , Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito are finally acquitted by the Italian Supreme Court .

Saturday March 28, 2015

• Abuja / Nigeria : Challenger Muhammadu Buhari wins the presidential election . Incumbent Goodluck Jonathan admits his defeat and congratulates Buhari on his victory. The elections for the House of Representatives and the Senate are won by the Social Democratic Party All Progressives Congress ahead of the Democratic People's Party .

Sunday March 29, 2015

• Melbourne / Australia : Australia wins the Cricket World Cup for the fifth time by beating New Zealand in the final in front of a record crowd of 93,000 spectators .
• Paris / France : The conservative party of the former President Nicolas Sarkozy wins the regional elections in France. While the ruling socialists have to accept a significant drop in votes, the right-wing extremist Front National is also gaining ground , but cannot achieve a majority in any department .
• Tashkent / Uzbekistan : With a turnout of 91%, the authoritarian incumbent wins the presidential election: Islom Karimov receives 90% of the votes cast.
• Vienna / Austria : At the Amadeus Awards , Conchita Wurst is recognized as the best artist, for the best song and for the best video.
• Kokopo / Papua New Guinea : An earthquake of intensity 7.5  M _w with the epicenter 53 km southeast of Kokopo and a depth of 41 km leads to a tsunami warning. Neither Papua New Guinea nor the Solomon Islands reported significant damage from the earthquake or the small tsunami .

Monday March 30, 2015

• Berlin / Germany : After initial investigations, the Bundeswehr found massive problems with the accuracy of its standard G36 assault rifle, especially at high temperatures.

Tuesday March 31, 2015

• Ankara / Turkey : A major power outage, including in the largest cities of Istanbul and Ankara, paralyzes large parts of Turkey for hours: local public transport with underground trains and trams no longer works, as does ATMs, factories and banks close, department stores such as Hospitals are switching to emergency power supplies. Energy Minister Taner Yıldız does not want to rule out a cyber attack on central computers used to regulate the power supply.
• Funafuti / Tuvalu : In the parliamentary elections, which have been postponed by two weeks because of cyclone Pam , twelve of the fifteen independent MPs will be re-elected.

See also

• Nekrolog March 2015 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

Rhineland-Palatinate in March 2015

Commons : March 2015  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

 Wikinews: Articles Published March 2015  - News

Individual evidence

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2. ^ Presidential party wins parliamentary elections in Tajikistan. Deutsche Welle , March 2, 2015, accessed on March 3, 2015 . 
3. ^ SPÖ wins Carinthian elections. Österreichischer Rundfunk , March 1, 2015, accessed on March 7, 2015 . 
4. ↑ Tens of thousands of people remember Boris Nemtsov. Bayerischer Rundfunk , March 1, 2015, archived from the original on June 28, 2015 ; Retrieved March 3, 2015 . 
5. ↑ Estonia's government loses majority. Süddeutsche Zeitung , March 2, 2015, accessed on March 3, 2015 . 
6. ↑ A legendary city discovered in Honduras. Badische Zeitung , March 3, 2015, accessed on March 4, 2015 . 
7. ↑ Iraqi army wants to retake Tikrit. Berliner Morgenpost , March 3, 2015, accessed on March 3, 2015 . 
8. ↑ Unofficial result of FSM national election in Yap. Marianas Variety, March 9, 2015, accessed March 16, 2015 . 
9. ↑ Volcano in Chile erupts. Hessische / Niedersächsische Allgemeine , March 3, 2015, accessed on March 4, 2015 . 
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42. ^ Investors' conference in Egypt: Critics fear a "sell-out" of the country. Handelsblatt , March 13, 2015, accessed on March 13, 2015 . 
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44. ↑ Cyclone "Pam" threatens tens of thousands in the South Pacific. Marbacher Zeitung , March 14, 2015, archived from the original on April 2, 2015 ; accessed on March 14, 2015 . 
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46. ^ Mass protests against President Rousseff. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , March 15, 2015, accessed on March 15, 2015 . 
47. ^ Vorarlberg elections: FPÖ keeps its mayors in Nenzing and Fußach. Wiener Zeitung , March 15, 2015, accessed on March 17, 2015 . 
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