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This article covers breaking news and events in May 2006.

Daily events

Monday May 1, 2006

Tuesday May 2, 2006

Wednesday May 3, 2006

Thursday May 4, 2006

Ehud Olmert

Friday May 5, 2006

Saturday May 6, 2006

Bayern Munich are German soccer champions for the 20th time

Sunday May 7, 2006

  • Solar system : The ESA space probe Venus Express reaches its final orbit around Venus , which runs between 250 km and 66,000 km above the Venus poles. The probe , which was permitted in November 2005 , was swiveled into a very eccentric orbit on April 11 (400 km to 350,000 km) and gradually lowered. She explored Venus for the first time in infrared light.


Tuesday May 9, 2006

Wednesday May 10, 2006

Thursday May 11, 2006

The Merapi volcano
  • Java / Indonesia : The Merapi volcano not far from the city of Yogyakarta is facing a major eruption. Around 17,000 people - half of the surrounding population - have to be evacuated. That's what Vice President Yusuf Kalla , who is also head of civil protection, says after a visit to the region and a helicopter flight over the seething crater and the 600 m high clouds of smoke. The first lava flows are already pouring down the mountain flanks 1500 meters deep. Among the 130 active volcanoes on earth, Merapi is one of the most frequent eruptions. In the last major outbreak in 1994 , 64 people were killed.
  • Vienna / Austria : On the fringes of the EU-Latin America Summit in Vienna, Bolivian President Evo Morales calls on Europe's politicians to “come to terms with the dark history” linked to the colonization of America and the disenfranchisement of indigenous peoples. Morales also defends natural gas nationalization in Bolivia and accuses foreign corporations of entering into illegal contracts with previous governments. The former coca farmer is in favor of state-controlled coca production. The EU Council President Ursula Plassnik calls for legal security for investors .

Friday May 12, 2006

The states of Mercosur

Saturday May 13, 2006

Location of Aceh in Indonesia

Sunday May 14, 2006

Kurt Beck

Monday May 15, 2006

Airbus A380 at the ILA 2006

Tuesday May 16, 2006

  • Dresden / Germany : Lord Mayor Ingolf Roßberg (FDP) is suspended from duty for 3 months. Since January 2005, the Dresden public prosecutor's office has been investigating breach of trust and taking advantage and has now admitted the indictment.
  • La Paz / Bolivia : the land reform promised by the new President Evo Morales is underway . A recently published study by the Catholic Church showed that 90 percent of real estate is in the hands of a very small group. The topic was also discussed at the Vienna EU-LAC - Alternatives Summit.
  • Ljubljana / Slovenia : The government announces that Slovenia will adopt the euro on January 1st, 2007. Preparations have been going on for about a year.

Wednesday May 17, 2006

Thursday May 18, 2006

  • Afghanistan : Over 83 people die in suicide attacks by the Afghan Taliban .
  • Kathmandu / Nepal : The state is being secularized by a vote in parliament . The Hindu kingdom is history.
  • Messina / Italy : The bridge project over the Strait of Messina that has already started is to be stopped because it does not bring economic benefits.
  • Podgorica / Serbia and Montenegro : Demonstrations will take place in the capital of Montenegro on the occasion of the referendum on independence from Serbia next Sunday. 70,000 people take part in the demos.
  • Rome / Italy : The new Prime Minister Romano Prodi presents his government program in the Roman Senate, where the center-left coalition has a wafer-thin majority of two mandates. He wants to withdraw the 2,000 soldiers from Iraq as soon as possible , but at the same time " strengthen and enrich the historic alliance with the USA ". Your Iraq war was a "serious mistake", said Prodi and triggered minutes of protest from the opposition around Silvio Berlusconi . In terms of employment policy, Prodi wants to revise the so-called “Biagi law”, with which the center-right Berlusconi's government made the labor market more flexible.
  • United States : A federal court in the United States dismisses the case brought by the German-Lebanese Khaled el-Masri, abducted by the CIA .
  • Vienna / Austria : The ORF journalist Armin Wolf was awarded the Robert Hochner Prize on Wednesday and in his subsequent speech strongly criticized the ORF leadership, which has been influenced by the government for years.

Friday May 19, 2006

Sales tax rates in Germany since the introduction of sales tax

Saturday May 20, 2006

Model of the Three Gorges Dam

Sunday May 21, 2006

Serbian population in Serbia and Montenegro
  • Germany , China : Chancellor Angela Merkel negotiates with Chinese politicians and representatives of the nuclear program.
  • Kinshasa / DR Congo : Civil war flares up again in the largest landlocked country in Central Africa, for which the EU has promised to strengthen the UN peacekeeping forces soon . Over the weekend, 36 people died in fighting between rebels and internationally supported government troops, including child soldiers on the part of the rebels . The problem of how to deal with armed children discourages many Bundeswehr officers from becoming more involved.
  • Nicosia / Cyprus : A slight strengthening of the center-right government of Prime Minister Papadopulos, which led the country (two thirds of the island) to the EU in 2004, is expected for today's parliamentary election . It is the first choice since the majority of the Greek Cypriots voted against unification with the northern Turkish part. A nightly extrapolation shows that the government alliance was able to increase its share of the vote to 69%.
  • Austria : The Carinthian governor and BZÖ founder Jörg Haider proposes his former opponent Peter Westenthaler as the new party leader . The politician, who resigned two years ago, is said to be the top candidate of the “third camp” (according to current surveys only 5 + 3%), since he is the only BZÖ politician who could succeed in reunification with the FPÖ .
  • Podgorica / Serbia and Montenegro : To accept the independence of the south-west of Serbia located in Montenegro are on the recommendation of the EU in a legally binding referendum , held only in Montenegro, a turnout of over 50% and more% than 55 votes required. Both conditions are met. The separation from Serbia on currency and customs issues has already been a reality since Montenegro replaced the dinar with the euro without being a member of the EU's monetary system .
  • Riga / Latvia : Sweden becomes world ice hockey champion with a 4-0 win against the Czech Republic .

Monday May 22, 2006

  • Brussels / Belgium : The Commission of the European Union and the relevant ministers are discussing the uniform labeling of organic food and the associated controls. Objections come and a. from Germany , which fears disadvantages for its products because the controls provided by the EU are less strict than the regulations of the German quality seal . There is also debate about the maximum permissible proportion of scattered genetic engineering products in organic cultivation; 0.9 percent is proposed.
  • Podgorica / Serbia and Montenegro : The Prime Minister of Montenegro Djukanovic announces the country's independence after a referendum on the detachment of Montenegro . The EU was interested in the continued existence of the “State Union of Serbia and Montenegro”. The first thing to do is to negotiate the status of 10,000 Montenegrin students in Serbia and weekend houses owned by Serbs in Montenegro.
  • United States : During his US state visit, Israel’s Prime Minister Ehud Olmert wants President George W. Bush’s approval for his recently announced plan to separate the Palestinian territories. Olmert has invited the Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas (moderate Fatah) to negotiations, but wants to carry out the separation unilaterally if the negotiations are unsuccessful. The radical Islamist Hamas , which has recently ruled, rejects such talks and the recognition of the State of Israel.

Tuesday May 23, 2006

  • Sudan : Fighting has broken out again in western Darfur and the displacement of Sudanese refugees to Chad is underway.

Wednesday May 24, 2006

  • Germany : Chancellor Angela Merkel's speech at the DGB congress is greeted with boos when she defends the pension from 67 and considers a minimum wage of 7.50 euros “not right”. The combi-wage model for problem groups on the labor market (under 25 and over 50-year-olds) has more effect on jobs . Her willingness to discuss and that she also wants strong unions receives applause. DGB boss Michael Sommer thanks for the "frank words".
  • Garmisch-Partenkirchen / Germany : The brown bear that killed some sheep and chickens last week near Weilheim in Upper Bavaria has disappeared without causing any new damage. The employees of the Bavarian State Forests are instructed to catch the colossus alive if possible. The last one in the wild in Germany was sighted 170 years ago. Experts suspect that he migrated back to Tyrol . As in Bavaria, a shooting was approved there, which is a hot topic of discussion. Prime Minister Stoiber defends the decision of his Environment Minister Werner Schnappauf , who is excessive for nature conservation associations and "typically German"; Schnappauf had to withdraw his order. According to WWF Austria, the bear belongs “taken from the region”, but without being shot.
  • Gaza / Palestinian Territories : The fighting over control of the police services between Fatah and Hamas is over. They broke out when the new Hamas administration sent 3,000 of its police officers to patrol Gaza.
  • Istanbul / Turkey : A short circuit triggers a major fire at the Ataturk airport in the Turkish metropolis . The cargo area of ​​the airport is on fire; the column of smoke can be seen all over the city.
  • Saarbrücken / Germany : The 96th German Catholic Day under the motto “Justice before God's face” begins.
  • Thailand : In the north of the country there is a flood that has already killed over 100 Siamese. The Uttaradit region is particularly badly affected, where numerous mudslides and landslides have escaped. The cause of the meter-high floods is the monsoon rains that set in very early this year ; the warnings of the authorities were not taken seriously enough by the residents.

Thursday May 25, 2006

Dili in the district of the same name
  • Bavaria / Germany , Tyrol / Austria : The conspicuous brown bear has moved from Upper Bavaria to Tyrol. Cages are constructed so that he can be caught unharmed.
  • Brazil : During the state visit by French President Jacques Chirac , a number of bilateral agreements are signed and a declaration of intent to promote biofuels . In the wake of the Vienna EU-Latin America summit , Chirac and his host Lula da Silva accused the US of blocking efforts to liberalize world trade. In the EU, however , France in particular insists on extensive agricultural subsidies that harm poorer countries. Both presidents praise Bolivia's new head of state Evo Morales and his nationalization of natural gas reserves, which would benefit a “suffering people”. Companies from Brazil and France are also affected, but negotiations on legal security have been taking place since the EU summit in mid-May.
  • Canberra / Australia : Because of the unrest in Dili , Australia sends a 1,300-strong auxiliary force to East Timor . At the request of Foreign Minister José Ramos-Horta , Malaysia , New Zealand and the ex-colonial power Portugal also pledge troops. The trigger for the violence was the dismissal of 600 soldiers, a third of the entire army.
  • Vienna / Austria : At the Amadeus Awards , Semino Rossi receives his first award for best artist in the Schlager category.

Friday May 26, 2006

Berlin Central Station, grand opening
Michelle Bachelet
  • Berlin / Germany : After a ten-year construction period, the new main train station is being opened in the German capital on the site of the old Lehrter Stadtbahnhof . An estimated 300,000 travelers will travel across five levels every day. The first train is due to leave on May 28th.
  • Chile : Coming from Brazil, French President Jacques Chirac begins a two-day state visit to Chile - the first since Charles de Gaulle in 1964 . In the evening he meets President Michelle Bachelet . Chirac is accompanied by politicians and a business delegation; In continuation of the Vienna EU-LAC talks, trade relations are to be intensified. Chile is also interested in buying a French satellite .
  • Washington, DC / United States : US President Bush and United Kingdom Prime Minister Tony Blair admit mistakes in Iraq policy at their Washington meeting . For the mistreatment in the US military prison Abu Ghraib "we will have to pay for a long time," says Bush. The decision to overthrow Saddam Hussein and to democratize Iraq was correct. The troops would stay in Iraq until the country could take care of its own security. The formation of a government is a good way to stabilize and national reconciliation after 3 difficult years. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's ambitious program deserves support - also from other states.
  • Tyrol / Austria : 60 citizens' initiatives from Germany, Austria and Italy are blocking the Brenner motorway , where transit traffic is increasingly endangering the population. Since the EU transit agreement expired in 2003, pollutant emissions have been more and more often above the limit values. The police block the border crossing at the Brenner Pass for 12 hours.

Saturday May 27, 2006

  • Moscow / Russia : The first-ever gay and lesbian parade Moscow Pride is dissolved. Several people are injured by attacks by right-wing extremists, including the parliamentary manager of the Greens Volker Beck .

Sunday May 28, 2006

Ivan Basso

Monday May 29, 2006

Tuesday May 30, 2006

  • Yogyakarta / Indonesia : The earthquake on Central Java on May 27th left at least 6,000 dead and 10,000 injured. Around 200,000 people are homeless. The activity of international disaster relief is made more difficult by heavy rain and, at the request of the government, is partially diverted to the construction of mobile clinics.

Wednesday May 31, 2006

See also

Web links

France in May 2006
Commons : May 2006  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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  10. wienerzeitung.at : Bolivia's Morales hopes for "political balance" ( Memento from September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
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  22. EU environment ministers discuss particulate matter and emissions trading. In: derstandard.at . May 21, 2006, accessed August 6, 2017 .
  23. orf.at ( Memento of the original from July 26th, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / orf.at
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  30. Chirac on a state visit to Brazil and Chile ( Memento of the original from September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.baz.ch
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  32. Berlin's central train station opens
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