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This article covers breaking news and events in May 2005.

Daily events

Sunday May 1, 2005

• Berlin / Germany : In the Kreuzberg district there are significantly fewer riots on the night of May 1st than in previous years. Police report that less than 200 rioters were arrested this time.
• Tal Afar / Iraq : A bomb explosion during a funeral kills at least 30 people and injures over 50 others.

Monday May 2, 2005

• New York / United States : A month-long United Nations conference on the future of the Non-Proliferation Treaty begins.

Tuesday May 3, 2005

• Nepal : Thousands of people protest for freedom of the press in Nepal .
• Frankfurt am Main / Germany : The Sober computer virus paralyzes the servers of the organizing committee of the 2006 World Cup .

Wednesday May 4, 2005

• Bell County / United States : The trial of the soldier Lynndie England at Fort Hood military base has surprisingly broken off. England's confession of involvement in ill-treatment in Abu Ghuraib prison near Baghdad , Iraq , was rejected by the court.
• Berlin / Germany : The Federal Cabinet resolves to repeal around 350 laws and ordinances that are no longer of practical importance today. Some of the provisions date from the time of the German Empire and the time of National Socialism .
• Mardan / Pakistan : Al-Qaeda member Abu Faraj al-Liby is arrested after an exchange of fire . He is considered number three on the terrorist network, but confusion with another person cannot be ruled out.

Thursday May 5, 2005

Tony Blair (2002)

• Aachen / Germany : The Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi is awarded the International Charlemagne Prize for his services to Europe .
• Cologne / Germany : The federal chairman of the FDP , Guido Westerwelle , is confirmed in office at the federal party congress with 80.1% of the votes, so he achieved roughly the same result as two years ago. Rainer Brüderle is re-elected as the first deputy federal chairman with 81.0% of the vote. This result is significantly worse than two years ago. The results of the two other deputy federal chairmen Andreas Pinkwart (76.6%) and Cornelia Pieper (60.5%) were even worse . In contrast, Hermann Otto Solms as treasurer received 90.6% of the votes. Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger (76.4%) and Birgit Homburger (77.3%) were re-elected as assessors in the Presidium . The Lower Saxony state parliamentary group chairman, Philipp Rösler , who achieved the best result of all candidates with 95.0% , moved into the presidium . At the suggestion of Westerwelle, the party congress elected Dirk Niebel as the new general secretary with 92.4% of the vote.
• London / United Kingdom : Despite the loss of 47 seats in the lower house of Parliament , Prime Minister Tony Blair's Labor Party (LP) retained its absolute majority since 1997 after the election . This is the first time that the LP has secured a parliamentary majority in three consecutive elections.
• New York / United States : At around 7:35 GMT exploded in front of the Consulate of the United Kingdom in the Third Avenue a bomb. Some windows are broken, but no casualties are reported.
• Rottach-Egern / Germany : The 53rd Bilderberg Conference will take place from May 5th to 8th, 2005 . The conference is taking place in Germany for the fifth time. Functional elites from international politics, transnational corporations, the nobility as well as media representatives and personalities from international organizations are expected at the conference location in the Seehotel Überfahrt am Tegernsee .
• Vienna / Austria : When Amadeus Awards is Stefan Weber ( Drahdiwaberl ) honored for his life's work.

Friday May 6, 2005

• Dresden / Germany : In riots with up to 1,000 people involved, several people were injured in the night from Thursday to Friday. In clashes between drunk rioters and the police, 70 people were injured, 40 of them officials. The rioters had gathered on the banks of the Elbe for Father's Day, throwing stones and bottles and setting off fireworks.
• Freiburg / Germany : In the course of the student protests, the rectorate of the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg was occupied by students on Monday morning . The action lasts for several days.

Saturday May 7, 2005

• Beirut / Lebanon : After 15 years of exile in France , the former Prime Minister of the country Michel Aoun is returning to his home country. He led for years the command of Freischar Lebanese forces against the armed forces of Syria , whose presence in Lebanon from 1976 lasted until April of this year. Aoun is cheered by a large crowd when he arrives.

Sunday May 8, 2005

• Berlin / Germany : The mayor of Berlin, Wowereit, had already called for a sit-in against a 4,000-strong NPD demonstration in advance and announced a festival on the previous demonstration route. After the peaceful occupation of the bridges on the alternatively chosen demonstration route by counter-demonstrators, the NPD elevator was prohibited from leaving the opening rally site.
• Berlin / Germany : Thousands commemorate the liberation from National Socialism with a “Day of Democracy”. A special session of the Bundestag is broadcast on a large screen at the Brandenburg Gate.
• Leonberg / Germany : prisoners get their names back symbolically. The concentration camp memorial initiative will unveil a memorial in the form of a nameplate in front of the old Engelberg tunnel.

Monday May 9, 2005

• Frankfurt am Main / Germany : The CEO of Deutsche Börse , Werner Seifert , announces his resignation, and the chairman of the supervisory board, Rolf-E. Breuer resign at the end of the year.
• Moscow / Russia : The 60th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe is commemorated with a military parade on Red Square , around 50 heads of state and government take part in the commemoration ceremony. For the first time, a German Chancellor is among the guests.

Tuesday May 10, 2005

Holocaust memorial in Berlin

• Berlin / Germany : The memorial for the murdered Jews of Europe is inaugurated in the German capital .
• Berlin / Germany : The Federal Minister of the Interior Otto Schily announces a "National Plan for the Protection of Information Infrastructures in Germany". This is being developed together with the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI). The aim is to develop “new strategies for combating attacks by hackers and viruses”.
• Edirne / Turkey : At the International Roma Conference, the problems of the approx. 15 million Roma in Europe were discussed, especially their position in Turkey.

Wednesday May 11, 2005

• Lebach / Germany : After an earthquake measuring 3.5 on the Richter scale in Saarland , around 200 residents demonstrated against coal mining , which experts believe has already led to several cracks in the earth and tremors.
• Obrigheim / Germany : The Obrigheim nuclear power plant will be decommissioned as part of the nuclear phase- out.

Thursday May 12, 2005

• Baghdad / Iraq : Another car bomb attack near a mosque in Iraq's capital killed 15 people and injured more than 60 others.
• Berlin / Germany : The German Bundestag has approved the draft EU constitution with an overwhelming majority . 569 MPs voted for the draft constitution, 23 against and 2 abstained. On May 27, the Federal Council also approves the draft constitution.
• Berlin / Germany : According to official reports, public budgets are threatened with tax losses of 66.8 billion euros by the end of 2008.
• Strasbourg / France : The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg has declared the trial of the PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan to be "unfair".

Friday May 13, 2005

• Bayonne / United States : The Freedom of the Seas cruise ship is ceremonially christened in Cape Liberty.
• Turkey : Due to a dispute about the withdrawal of the flight permit for the Turkish company Onur Air by the aviation authorities in Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland, around 10,000 holidaymakers are left sitting at Turkish airports without the booked return trip.
• Uzbekistan : When the city administration and a prison are stormed in the east of the country in the Fergana Valley on the outskirts of Kyrgyzstan , insurgents free around 1,000 prisoners. According to the government, nine people are killed and 34 injured in firefights with the police. According to eyewitnesses and doctors, at least 500 people are killed and over a hundred injured.
• Würzburg / Germany : In Würzburg there are student protests against the tuition fee . Delays in public transport are expected.

Saturday May 14, 2005

• Darwin / Australia : The VIII. Arafura Games , sports games very similar to the Olympic Games, were opened with a solemn ceremony. For the first time, over 30 countries from all over the world are taking part; 12 new countries including Great Britain , Brazil , Canada , India and Italy are represented at the Games for the first time. New sports are u. a. Weightlifting and cricket . The games last until May 21st .
• Tórshavn / Faroe Islands : In the third and final reading, the Faroese Løgting is negotiating the controversial takeover law , which regulates, among other things, the future foreign policy of the island nation belonging to Denmark . A motion of no confidence tabled by the republican Tjóðveldisflokkurin against the Social Democratic Prime Minister Jóannes Eidesgaard fails.
• Taipei / Taiwan : The last election to the National Assembly will take place in Taiwan .

Sunday May 15, 2005

• Abidjan / Ivory Coast : Government and rebels agree on an agreement that provides for the disarmament or the merging of military forces into a common army in the country.
• Andijon / Uzbekistan : The Uzbek government cordoned off the city due to violent unrest.
• Rio de Janeiro / Brazil : The Beach Soccer World Cup , which has been held since 1995, is being held as an official FIFA tournament for the first time . First place at Copacabana went to France , who beat Portugal 1-0 in the final on penalties .
• Vienna / Austria : The Czech Republic becomes ice hockey world champion with a 3-0 win against Canada .

Monday May 16, 2005

• Basel / Switzerland : FC Zurich wins the final of the Swiss Cup in football in St. Jakob-Park with 3-1 against FC Luzern .
• New York / United States : Germany , Japan , Brazil and India have made a new attempt to reform the UN . They are looking for support for the proposal to add 25 new members to the UN Security Council . The four states hope to have a permanent seat on the Security Council. The approval of the majority of the UN General Assembly in order to break the resistance of the current 5 permanent members.
• Tashkent / Uzbekistan : The unrest in Uzbekistan continues. In the city of Pachtaabad , 200 people are said to have been killed by government forces. Several regions of the country are cordoned off from army and police forces.

Tuesday May 17, 2005

• Bell County / United States : A military court on the military base Fort Hood condemned the soldier Sabrina Harman of ill-treatment of Caught in the Iraqi prison Abu Ghraib to a prison term of six months. The prosecution called for three years.
• Iraq : For the first time since the fall of Saddam Hussein, an Iranian foreign minister travels to Iraq.
• Seoul / South Korea : Talks between North and South Korea are taking place at the Korean border . Seoul wants to persuade Pyongyang to resume the 6 Power Talks .

Wednesday May 18, 2005

• Lisbon / Portugal : CSKA Moscow wins the UEFA Cup after beating Sporting Lisbon 3-1 in the final .

Thursday May 19, 2005

• El Salvador : Hurricane Adrian hits El Salvador; he claims 4 lives in the next few days.

Friday May 20, 2005

• Etoumbi / DR Congo : Quarantine is imposed on the city of Etoumbi after an Ebola outbreak that kills nine .
• East Timor : After six years, the last peacekeeping forces of the United Nations are leaving East Timor.

Saturday May 21, 2005

• Berlin / Germany : Ceremonial opening of the new building of the Berlin Academy of the Arts directly at the Brandenburg Gate with a ceremony with the participation of Federal Chancellor Schröder , Federal President Köhler and 700 other invited guests.
• Bucharest / Romania : A flood puts large parts of Romania under water, with 400 villages being completely destroyed.
• Düsseldorf / Germany : Team Germany around Tommy Haas , Nicolas Kiefer , Rainer Schüttler , Florian Mayer and Alexander Waske wins the World Team Cup and is therefore world champions in tennis.
• Kiev / Ukraine : Elena Paparizou wins the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 for Greece with the song "My Number One" .
• Stuttgart / Germany : FC Bayern Munich is now officially German soccer champions 2005 .

Sunday May 22, 2005

Distribution of seats in the state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia

• Düsseldorf / Germany : State elections in North Rhine-Westphalia : SPD 37.1%; CDU 44.8%; FDP 6.2%; GREEN 6.2%; Another 5.7% (preliminary official final result). After 39 years in the SPD and 10 years in the red-green government, they are now about to switch to the opposition . The CDU will form the state government of North Rhine-Westphalia in coalition with the FDP .
• Düsseldorf / Germany : As a result of the heavy defeat in the state elections in North Rhine-Westphalia, the SPD chairman Franz Müntefering and Federal Chancellor Gerhard Schröder announced that they would aim for new federal elections next autumn . This is to be initialized by a vote of confidence and dissolution of the Bundestag by the Federal President , as it was done in a similar way - but for different reasons - in 1982 . The opposition parties CDU / CSU and FDP are signaling their approval of new elections and declaring that they are ready to campaign and govern.

Monday May 23, 2005

• Austria : Short but violent storms cause great damage in Upper Austria and Lower Austria .

Tuesday May 24, 2005

• Saarbrücken / Germany : Former SPD chairman Oskar Lafontaine resigns from the party and announces his support for an alliance of parties made up of the PDS and WASG for the upcoming federal election .
• Vienna / Austria : In Austria, the transition from health insurance checks to the new e-cards begins , which should be completed by November.

Wednesday May 25, 2005

Church convention-related colored pencil sculpture

• Hanover / Germany : The 30th German Evangelical Church Congress with the motto "If your child asks you tomorrow ..." begins.
• Istanbul / Turkey : Liverpool FC wins the 2005 Champions League final against AC Milan on penalties 6: 5 (3: 3 after regular time and extra time). Milan defender Paolo Maldini scored the earliest goal in a UEFA Champions League game with a 1-0 win after 52 seconds.
• London / United Kingdom : The non-governmental organization Amnesty International publishes its 2005 annual report, which holds the United States as one of the main responsibilities for the increasing violations of human rights around the world.

Thursday May 26, 2005

• Geneva / Switzerland : The 148 member countries of the World Trade Organization (WTO) unanimously elect the 58-year-old French Pascal Lamy to succeed the Thai Supachai Panitchpakdi as director general of the organization. Lamy's four-year term begins September 1.

Friday May 27, 2005

• Berlin / Germany : The German Federal Council ratifies the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe . Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is the only state to abstain ; all other states vote in favor of the treaty.

Saturday May 28, 2005

• Basel / Switzerland : FC Basel is officially the 2005 Swiss football champions .
• Berlin / Germany : In the final of the DFB Cup in the Olympiastadion Berlin , FC Bayern Munich wins 2-1 against FC Schalke 04 .
• Bern / Switzerland : Heat record in Switzerland. Since 1945 it has never been as hot in May in Switzerland as it was on this Saturday. Temperatures of up to 32  ° C were measured, in Potsdam even up to 35 ° C.

Sunday May 29, 2005

“I love Europe, I say no.” The introduction of an EU constitution fails.

• Beirut / Lebanon : Parliamentary elections begin in Lebanon and take place on four consecutive weekends. These are the first general elections since the last units of the Syrian army withdrew in April 2005. If the turnout is low, the opposition, led by Saad Hariri, wins all 19 seats in the constituency of Beirut.
• Graz / Austria : SK Rapid Wien is officially Austrian soccer champions 2005 .
• Milan / Italy : The overall winner of the 88th edition of the wheel - stage race Giro d'Italia goes to the Italians Paolo Savoldelli . It is his second overall victory on this tour and the 63rd for an Italian.
• Paris / France : In a referendum, voters in France reject the adoption of the draft constitution for the European Union with 54.87% of the votes cast . The turnout is around 70%.

Monday May 30, 2005

• Berlin / Germany : The CDU Federal Chairwoman Angela Merkel announces that she has been chosen by the Union parties CDU and CSU as Chancellor candidate in the early elections to the Bundestag in September. “I want to serve Germany,” Merkel commented on her candidacy.
• Paris / France : After the clear rejection of the EU constitution in the French referendum, a government reshuffle by President Jacques Chirac is expected. A victory for the constitutional opponents is also predicted for the referendum in the Netherlands the day after tomorrow. British Prime Minister Tony Blair then questioned the referendum planned for the United Kingdom .
• United States : In the dispute over subsidies to the aircraft manufacturer Airbus, the United States of the European Union is threatening to summon them to the World Trade Organization .

Tuesday May 31, 2005

Allianz Arena

Dominique de Villepin

• Moscow / Russia : The Russian entrepreneur and founder of the energy company Yukos , Mikhail Khodorkovsky , is sentenced to nine years in prison for several offenses such as fraud and tax evasion .
• Munich / Germany : The Allianz Arena is inaugurated.
• Paris / France : Interior Minister Dominique de Villepin replaces Jean-Pierre Raffarin as Prime Minister . The new interior minister will be the former “super minister” and current party leader of the UMP Nicolas Sarkozy .

See also

• Nekrolog May 2005 for deaths this month
• List of annually recurring commemorative and action days in May
• Category for commemorative days, holidays or action days in May

Web links

Commons : May 2005  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

 Wikinews: Article Published May 2005  - In The News

Individual evidence

1. ^ History of the May 1st riots. In: berliner-kurier.de . April 30, 2018. Retrieved May 25, 2019 . 
2. ^ The Charlemagne Prize winner 2005 Carlo Azeglio Ciampi. In: karlspreis.de . Retrieved November 30, 2018 . 
3. ↑ electoralcommission.org.uk: The 2005 general election: analysis of the results ( Memento of October 20, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
4. ↑ Beirut cheers on returning exile. In: bbc.co.uk . May 7, 2005, accessed November 5, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Schily announces “National Plan for the Protection of Infrastructures”. In: heise.de . May 10, 2005, accessed January 22, 2018 . 
6. ↑ Roma also discriminated against in Turkey. In: dw.com . May 10, 2005, accessed January 22, 2018 . 
7. ↑ PKK Chronicle 2004-2006. In: Verfassungsschutz-bw.de . Retrieved April 28, 2019 . 
8. ↑ On the situation of human rights in Uzbekistan. In: faustkultur.de . July 2, 2015, accessed January 22, 2018 . 
9. ^ FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Rio de Janeiro 2005. In: fifa.com . Retrieved March 1, 2017 . 
10. ↑ 69th Ice Hockey World Championship 2005 in Austria. In: ifosta.de, Jörg Thomas. Retrieved February 22, 2017 . 
11. ↑ Switzerland Cup 2004/05. In: rsssf.com . Retrieved April 30, 2019 . 
12. ↑ Carvalho leads CSKA to the title. In: uefa.com . Retrieved February 21, 2017 . 
13. ^ State elections: State of North Rhine-Westphalia. In: Wahlen-in-deutschland.de, Valentin Schröder. Retrieved February 2, 2017 . 
14. ↑ Statistics on the Kirchentag Hannover 2005. In: kirchentag.de . Retrieved May 24, 2017 . 
15. ↑ Liverpool wins final crime thriller. In: uefa.com . Retrieved February 20, 2017 . 
16. ↑ Amnesty International 2005 Annual Report. In: humanrights.ch . May 30, 2005. Retrieved November 25, 2018 . 
17. ↑ Elenco Edizioni. In: museociclismo.it, Museo del Ciclismo Associazione. Retrieved October 24, 2017 (Italian). 
18. ↑ “Time to start a new chapter”. In: haz.de . October 29, 2018, accessed on February 28, 2020 : "When I started my first candidacy for chancellor on May 30, 2005 ..." 
19. ↑ Mikhail Khodorkovsky, head of the former largest Russian oil company Yukos, has to be behind bars. In: ag-friedensforschung.de . Retrieved September 17, 2016 . 
20. ↑ Sarah Connor messes up the national anthem. In: rp-online.de . June 1, 2005, accessed September 17, 2016 .