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This article covers breaking news and events in May 2012.
Daily events
Tuesday May 1, 2012
- Kiel / Germany : THW Kiel wins the German handball championship five game days before the end of the season for the 17th time in its club's history .
- Vienna / Austria : When Amadeus Awards is Hubert von Goisern award for best album.
Wednesday May 2, 2012
- Budapest / Hungary : After the resignation of President Pál Schmitt ( Fidesz ) because of a plagiarism affair, the parliament elects his party colleague János Áder as his successor with 262 votes.
- New York / United States : The auction house Sotheby’s is auctioning a version of the painting The Scream by Edvard Munch for 119.9 million US dollars ; this makes it the most expensive work of art ever sold at auction .
- Rangoon / Myanmar : The opposition politician and Nobel Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi , who has been under house arrest for years, takes her oath as a member of parliament with a delay .
Thursday May 3, 2012
- Brussels / Belgium : The members of the European Commission around José Manuel Barroso declare that they will be staying away from the European Football Championship in Ukraine in protest against the treatment of the imprisoned opposition politician Julija Tymoshenko .
- London / United Kingdom : Conservative politician Boris Johnson is re-elected as Mayor of London .
Friday 4th May 2012
- Monaco / Monaco : The Swiss catamaran Tûranor PlanetSolar is the first boat powered exclusively by solar energy to complete a circumnavigation of the world after 584 days.
Saturday 5th May 2012
- Breda / Netherlands : On the occasion of the celebrations for the Dutch Liberation Day , German President Joachim Gauck is the first foreign head of state to give the central speech.
- Dortmund / Germany : Defending champion Borussia Dortmund is now officially German soccer champion 2012 .
- Glarus / Switzerland : Martin Landolt is elected as the new President of the Civil Democratic Party (BDP), taking over from Hans Grunder .
- Guantanamo Bay / Cuba : After an interruption of more than three years, in connection with the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the trial of the alleged masterminds surrounding Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is being resumed before a military tribunal in the prison camp .
- Tomari / Japan : More than a year after the Fukushima nuclear disaster , Reactor 3 of the Tomari nuclear power plant is the last active Japanese nuclear power plant to be temporarily shut down. For the first time in 42 years, Japan will have to do without nuclear energy entirely.
Sunday May 6th 2012
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- Athens / Greece : general election
- Belgrade / Serbia : parliamentary and presidential elections
- Buenos Aires / Argentina : The Argentine President Fernández de Kirchner signed the law to nationalize the company Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales (YPF), which previously belonged to the Spanish Repsol YPF group.
- Yerevan / Armenia : parliamentary election
- Kiel / Germany : In the early state elections in Schleswig-Holstein , the parties of the ruling grand coalition CDU and SPD are almost on par with 30.8% and 30.4%. The Pirate Party achieved significant profits , whose share of the vote now amounts to 8.2%. It is the third state election in a row in which the party has overcome the five percent hurdle .
- Moscow / Russia : By order of President Medvedev , the commander-in-chief of the Russian naval fleet, Admiral Vladimir Sergeyevich Vysotsky, is dismissed because he did not move the main staff of the Navy from Moscow to Saint Petersburg quickly enough .
- Paris / France : The runoff election for the presidency between François Hollande ( Parti socialiste ) and incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy ( Union pour un mouvement populaire ) was won by the socialist challenger with 51.64% of the vote.
- Timbuktu / Mali : Islamist fundamentalists of the Ansar Dine group destroyed the mausoleum of Saint Sidi Mahmud Ben Amar , which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and threatened attacks on other mausoleums.
Monday 7th May 2012
- Bucharest / Romania : The Romanian Parliament elects the Social Democrat Victor Ponta as the new Prime Minister with a clear majority .
- Damascus / Syria : People's Council election
- Ratzeburg / Germany : The EKD Northern Germany is founded with a ceremony . From now on it unites the Protestant believers in the states of Hamburg , Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Schleswig-Holstein .
- Shabwa / Yemen : Al-Qaeda leader Fahd al-Quso, who was charged by the US in May 2003 with the terrorist attack on the USS Cole , is killed in a US drone attack .
Tuesday May 8, 2012
- Berlin / Germany : The opening of the new Berlin Brandenburg Airport, scheduled for June 3, 2012, has been delayed due to problems with fire protection technology.
- Moscow / Russia : The previous Russian President Dmitri Medvedev has been elected by the Duma as the new Prime Minister of Russia.
- Washington, DC / United States : The US and Chinese defense ministries want to work more closely together on questions of computer and network security. After 9 years, General Liang Guanglie , a Chinese defense minister, visited the USA for the first time.
Wednesday May 9, 2012
- Berlin / Germany : The budget committee of the German Bundestag is postponing the planned deliberations on the NATO project Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) for the procurement of reconnaissance drones and ground radar stations due to cost increases .
- Bucharest / Romania : With a 3-0 final victory over Athletic Bilbao Atlético Madrid wins the football - Europa League .
- Kharkiv / Ukraine : The Ukrainian opposition politician Julija Tymoshenko , who is ill in custody , is transferred from prison to a hospital and ends her week-long hunger strike.
- Qom / Iran : An Iranian Grand Ayatollah recognizes blasphemy in the Farsi rap Naghi of Shahin Najafi, who lives in Germany, and pronounces a fatwa against the artist.
- Jawa Barat / Indonesia : When a Sukhoi Superjet 100 crashed during a demonstration flight, all occupants were killed.
- Kaua'i / United States : The Missile Defense Agency announces the successful use of an SM-3 missile during a missile interception test.
- Tripoli / Libya : Around 200 former rebels from the Libyan civil war attacked the seat of the transitional government in Tripoli with 50 armed vehicles and surrounded the building. One person was killed and four injured in the clashes with the security forces.
Thursday May 10, 2012
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- Algiers / Algeria : parliamentary elections
- Berlin / Germany : The Bundestag resolves to expand the Bundeswehr's contribution to the European Union's multinational mission " Operation Atalanta " in Somalia , which also includes fighting pirates from the air in a two-kilometer-wide strip of land on the Indian Ocean .
- Madrid / Spain : At the fourth largest bank in Spain, Bankia , the state takes over 45 percent of the capital and state control.
Friday May 11th 2012
- New York / United States : The largest US bank, JPMorgan Chase & Co. , has speculated about risky trading transactions and had to write off around two billion US dollars (approx. 1.54 billion euros) within six weeks. On the stock exchange, the company lost around 15 billion US dollars in market value.
Saturday May 12th 2012
- Berlin , Cologne / Germany : With a 5-2 final victory over Bayern Munich , the Borussia Dortmund soccer players win the DFB Cup . In the women's final defeat Bayern Munich to 1. FFC Frankfurt 2: 0th
- Ma'rib , Shabwat / Yemen : More than 20 suspected al-Qaida fighters were killed in renewed US drone attacks and an offensive by the Yemeni armed forces .
- Rome / Italy : After several violent clashes and attacks on the tax authority Equitalia in Livorno and an attack by the anarchist group FAI ( Federazione Anarchica Informale ) on May 7th on the nuclear manager Roberto Adinolfi of the Finmeccanica group , the state is also considering using the armed forces for protection potential attack targets.
- Tehran / Iran : The Iranian government has banned banks, insurance companies and telephone companies in the country from using foreign Internet service providers , according to a report in the weekly newspaper "Asr Ertebatat" . This was justified with security concerns when the data flows via foreign servers.
Sunday 13th May 2012
- Belgrade / Serbia : Supporters of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) protests in several cities in Serbia over alleged election fraud in last Sunday's elections. According to media reports, more than 1,500 vehicles are involved in the protest drive to the headquarters of the State Election Commission in Belgrade city center.
- Düsseldorf / Germany : The early state elections in North Rhine-Westphalia have made the long-time ruling party SPD the strongest political force again. It comes to 39.1%, while the CDU loses 8.3% of the vote and is clearly lagging behind with around 26%. The left has to leave parliament, the pirate party manages to move in.
- Frankfurt am Main / Germany : Paul Watson , founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society , is arrested at the Rhein / Main airport due to an arrest request from Costa Rica .
- Kampala / Uganda : General Caesar Acellam from the Lord's Resistance Army fighting in northern Uganda , wanted by the International Criminal Court in The Hague for war crimes and crimes against humanity, was arrested by soldiers of the Ugandan armed forces in Djema in the Central African Republic .
- Beijing / China : At a summit meeting between the Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao , the Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and the South Korean President Lee Myung-bak , further negotiations for a common free trade area were agreed.
- Wiener Neustadt / Austria : With a 5-1 away win against SC Wiener Neustadt , FC Red Bull Salzburg crowned themselves champions of the Austrian Football Championship 2011/12 in the penultimate round .
Monday May 14, 2012
- Jomsom / Nepal : A Dornier Do-228 of Agni-Air crashes after a failed go-around maneuver. 15 of the 21 people on board, including the two pilots, are killed in the crash.
Tuesday 15th May 2012
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- Baikonur / Kazakhstan : The Russian spacecraft Soyuz TMA-04M took off for the International Space Station with the Soyuz-FG launcher with two cosmonauts and one astronaut .
- Darmstadt / Germany : The German writer Felicitas Hoppe has been awarded this year's Georg Büchner Prize .
- Erfurt / Germany : A Thuringian commission of inquiry chaired by the former federal judge Gerhard Schäfer has found serious errors in the search for the members of the Zwickau terror cell .
- Geneva / Switzerland : The Hohenzollern company had the Beau Sancy auctioned for 7.5 million euros at Sotheby’s .
- Harardheere / Somalia : For the first time, an attack helicopter of the EU NAVFOR Somalia attacked a logistical base of the pirates on the Somali coast and destroyed several boats as part of Operation Atalanta .
- Paris / France : A few hours after taking office, the new French President François Hollande has appointed the socialist politician Jean-Marc Ayrault as Prime Minister of the French Republic.
Wednesday May 16, 2012
- Athens / Greece : After the agreement on new elections on June 17, the Greek President Karolos Papoulias appointed the high administrative judge Panagiotis Pikrammenos as acting head of government.
- Berlin / Germany : Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel dismisses Federal Environment Minister Norbert Röttgen . His successor is Peter Altmaier .
- Bern / Switzerland : FC Basel wins the final of the Swiss Cup in football at the Stade de Suisse with 5-3 on penalties against FC Luzern .
- Cannes / France : start of the 65th film festival . The film Love by Michael Haneke will this year with the d'palm or be excellent.
- Mannheim / Germany : The 98th German Katholikentag under the motto “Dare to take off” begins.
Thursday 17th May 2012
- Aachen / Germany : The Charlemagne Prize is presented to the Federal Minister of Finance Wolfgang Schäuble ( CDU ) for his "services to overcoming the division and strengthening Europe".
- Belgrade / Serbia : Supporters of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) protests in several cities in Serbia over alleged electoral fraud in the parliamentary, presidential and local elections on May 6th. According to media reports, more than 1,500 vehicles are involved in the protest drive to the headquarters of the State Election Commission in Belgrade city center.
- Berlin / Germany : The federal government has decided to support the United Nations Supervision Mission in Syria (UNSMIS) in Syria with up to 10 unarmed military observers .
- Berlin / Germany : The ruling mayor of Berlin Klaus Wowereit informs the press that the new Berlin Brandenburg Airport will not start operations until March 17, 2013.
- Detroit / United States : The US automobile company General Motors announced that it will no longer be producing the Opel Astra car model in the Rüsselsheim plant in Germany from 2015 and instead will only be produced in Gliwice (Poland) and Ellesmere Port (Great Britain) in future .
- Munich / Germany : Olympique Lyon win the UEFA Women's Champions League with a 2-0 final win against 1. FFC Frankfurt .
- Paris / France : The French energy company Total announced that it had successfully sealed the leak on the Elgin gas platform in the North Sea after more than 50 days.
- Salzburg / Austria : Club RB Salzburg is officially the 2012 Austrian football champions .
Friday May 18, 2012
- Frederick County / United States : The heads of state of the Group of Eight and two representatives of the European Union meet in Camp David for the 38th World Economic Summit .
- New York / United States : With revenue of 16 billion US dollars on the stock exchange NASDAQ , the company is taking Facebook Inc. the largest ever IPO by an Internet -Unternehmens.
Saturday 19th May 2012
- Munich / Germany : With a 4-3 victory on penalties over FC Bayern Munich , the football players from FC Chelsea win the final of the UEFA Champions League .
- Beijing / China : The blind Chinese civil rights activist Chen Guangcheng is allowed to travel to the United States with his family .
Sunday May 20, 2012
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- Belgrade / Serbia : Tomislav Nikolić wins the runoff election of the presidential elections against former incumbent Boris Tadić .
- Helsinki / Finland : Russia defeats in the finals of the Ice Hockey World Championship , the Slovak Republic 6: 2 and wins order for the 26th time the world title in the men's.
- North Pacific : Solar eclipse
- Santo Domingo / Dominican Republic : Danilo Medina from the ruling PLD party, supported by incumbent President Leonel Fernández , wins against challenger Hipólito Mejía from the PRD in the presidential election .
- Sant'Alberto di San Pietro / Italy : In an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 M w near Bologna , six people are killed and over 50 people are injured.
- Vienna / Austria : With a 3-0 win against SV Ried , the footballers of FC Red Bull Salzburg not only won this year's football championship but also the Austrian Football Cup 2011/12 .
Monday May 21, 2012
- Chicago / United States : NATO summit and NATO Afghanistan conference at the same time.
Tuesday May 22, 2012
- Berlin / Germany : Peter Altmaier ( CDU ) is appointed Federal Environment Minister.
- Berlin / Germany : In the United States , BMG is releasing the album “Ya know” with demo recordings by the punk rock band Ramones . This means that the artistic work of the New York musicians has been fully exploited commercially.
- Tokyo / Japan : The 634 m high Tokyo Sky Tree , the tallest television tower and the second tallest free-standing structure in the world, opens.
Wednesday May 23, 2012
- Basel / Switzerland : The defending champions FC Basel are officially Swiss football champions 2012 .
- Cairo / Egypt : presidential election
- Reichenbach / Switzerland : Three people are killed in a helicopter crash in Reichenbach in Kandertal. Apparently the helicopter touched the cable of a transport cable car.
- Vatican City : Paolo Gabriele , valet of Pope Benedict XVI. , is arrested on suspicion of passing on secret documents (" Vatileaks " scandal).
- Zurich / Switzerland : As the largest building ever to be moved in Europe, the Oerlikon machine works will be moved 60 m to the west within 19 hours.
Thursday May 24, 2012
- Vatican City : The President of the Vatican Bank , Ettore Gotti Tedeschi , resigns after a unanimous vote of no confidence by the board.
Friday 25th May 2012
- Berlin / Germany : The German Bundestag resolves a comprehensive reform of organ donation in Germany . In the future, all those with health insurance from the age of 16 will be asked regularly whether they are willing to donate organs after their death.
- Rotorua / New Zealand : Almost eight months after the oil spill off New Zealand , the captain and an officer of the wrecked container ship Rena are each sentenced to seven months in prison.
Saturday May 26th 2012
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- Baghdad / Iraq : The politician Ali Larijani , who was critical of Ahmadinejad , prevailed over the Gholam Ali Haddad-Adel, who was also critical of the regime, in the election for parliamentary president .
- Baku / Azerbaijan : The Swedish singer Loreen wins the 57th Eurovision Song Contest with the title Euphoria .
- Hula / Syria : 116 people are killed in a massacre , including 34 children. More than 300 people are injured. Although the Syrian government denies any involvement, numerous states subsequently expel high-ranking Syrian diplomats, including Germany, the United States, Great Britain, France, Italy and Spain.
- Maseru / Lesotho : The parliamentary elections in Lesotho 2012 are taking place.
- Moscow / Russia : Dmitri Medvedev is elected chairman of the ruling United Russia party at the suggestion of Vladimir Putin .
- Orbit : The unmanned space capsule Dragon from the American company SpaceX is the first private spacecraft to dock on the International Space Station (ISS).
Sunday May 27, 2012
- Budapest / Hungary : At the end of the European Swimming Championships , the host Hungary leads the medal table. The most successful athlete is the Hungarian László Cseh with three gold, one silver and two bronze medals.
- Cannes / France : The feature film Liebe by Austrian director Michael Haneke is awarded the Palme d'Or at the 65th Cannes Film Festival .
- Cologne / Germany : With a 26:21 victory over Atlético Madrid , the handball players of THW Kiel win the final of the Champions League .
- Milan / Italy : The overall winner of the 95th edition of the wheel - stage race Giro d'Italia goes to Ryder Hesjedal . It is his first overall win on this tour and the first for a Canadian .
- Ratzeburg / Germany : with a church service in Ratzeburg Cathedral is on Pentecost Sunday , the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany (North Church) founded solemnly.
Monday May 28, 2012
- Doha / Qatar : A fire in the Gondolania Theme Park kills 19 people, including 13 children.
- Italy : 19 people, including 13 professional footballers, are arrested in a nationwide raid in connection with a betting scandal in Italian football. Investigations are u. a. against the players Leonardo Bonucci , Domenico Criscito and Stefano Mauri as well as the coach Antonio Conte . Criscito is subsequently removed from the Italian squad for the European Football Championship in Poland and Ukraine.
- Parchim / Germany : At 1.55 p.m. shortly after take-off from Schwerin-Parchim Airport, a twin-engine Diamond Aircraft (DA) 42 with four occupants from Switzerland crashed into a forest. The crash claims two dead and two seriously injured.
- Potsdam / Germany : With an 8-0 victory over Lokomotive Leipzig , the soccer players from Turbine Potsdam win the German championship for the sixth time .
Tuesday May 29, 2012
- Bangkok / Thailand : The Myanmar opposition politician Aung San Suu Kyi , who has been under house arrest for years, is setting off on her first trip abroad in 24 years to neighboring Thailand .
Wednesday May 30, 2012
- The Hague / Netherlands : The war crimes guilty spoken former president of Liberia , Charles Taylor , is from the Special Court for Sierra Leone sentenced to 50 years in prison.
- Moscow / Russia : The Indian chess player Viswanathan Anand successfully defends his world title against the Israeli challenger Boris Gelfand .
Thursday May 31, 2012
- Dublin / Ireland : The Irish population voted for the ratification of the European Fiscal Compact with 60.3% of the votes cast .
See also
- Nekrolog May 2012 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 2012 - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ THW Kiel is German handball champion ( Memento from February 22, 2018 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Two Amadeus Awards each for Goisern and Gabalier. In: derstandard.at . May 2, 2012. Retrieved June 23, 2017 .
- ↑ orf.at: Hungary: Janos Ader elected President (accessed on May 2, 2012).
- ↑ stern.de: Record price for Edvard Munch's “The Scream” - The screaming investment (accessed on May 3, 2012).
- ↑ faz.net: Burma: Suu Kyi sworn in in parliament (accessed on May 2, 2012).
- ^ Abendblatt.de: EU commissioners boycott the European Championship games in Ukraine (accessed on May 4, 2012).
- ↑ ftd.de: Cameron's rival remains Mayor of London ( Memento from May 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on May 5, 2012).
- ↑ spiegel.de: Solar boat can circumnavigate the world in 584 days (accessed on May 3, 2012).
- ↑ faz.net: Gauck in the Netherlands - “We celebrate the liberation from the National Socialist yoke together” (accessed on May 5, 2012).
- ↑ tagesschau.sf.tv: Martin Landolt is the new President of the BDP (accessed on May 5, 2012).
- ↑ fr-online.de: Trial against alleged 9/11 masterminds begins (accessed on May 5, 2012).
- ↑ welt.de: Japan: Last nuclear reactor still in operation shut down (accessed on May 5, 2012).
- ^ Spiegel.de: Election in Greece: Big parties hope for a coalition (accessed on August 8, 2012).
- ↑ spiegel.de: Serbia: Tadic has to go into the runoff election against rival Nicolic (accessed on August 8, 2012).
- ↑ augsburger-allgemeine.de: Argentina: Repsol subsidiary is partially nationalized
- ^ Spiegel.de: ruling party wins election in Armenia (accessed on August 8, 2012).
- ^ State elections: Schleswig-Holstein. In: wahlen-in-deutschland.de. Retrieved November 1, 2016 .
- ↑ spiegel.de: Election in Schleswig-Holstein: neck and neck races in Kiel - Liberals over eight percent (accessed on August 8, 2012).
- ↑ de.rian.ru: Russia's General Staff: The reason for the dismissal of the naval chief was a refusal to order
- ↑ 2012 presidential election in France. In: Wahlrecht.de . June 24, 2012. Retrieved April 19, 2017 .
- ↑ welt.de: Islamists desecrate Unesco world cultural heritage
- ↑ derstandard.at: New government confirmed in office (accessed on May 8, 2012).
- ↑ spiegel.de: Syria: Assad regime organizes election farce (accessed on August 8, 2012).
- ↑ The way to the north church . Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany . Retrieved October 27, 2016.
- ↑ derstandard.at: Al-Qaeda leader Quso killed in attack
- ↑ de.reuters.com: Berlin's major airport will not be ready to go until August
- ↑ spiegel.de: Exchange of office in Russia: Medvedev succeeds Putin as prime minister
- ↑ spiegel.de: Internet security: USA and China want to prevent cyber war
- ↑ spiegel.de: NATO project: Bundestag fails drone budget
- ↑ spiegel.de: Europa League: Falcao shoots Madrid to the title (accessed on August 8, 2012).
- ↑ zeit.de: Tymoshenko moved to a clinic - hunger strike ended
- ↑ dw.de: Iran: Cleric calls for murder of Iranian rapper (accessed on August 8, 2012).
- ↑ stern.de: No survivors after plane crash in Indonesia ( Memento from May 16, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ spiegel.de: Defense system US military shoots test missile from the sky
- ^ Strategypage.com: Military Photos: Standard Missile-3 Block 1B Interceptor
- ↑ spiegel.de: Libya: Ex-rebels shoot at government buildings
- ^ Spiegel.de: ruling party wins in Algeria (accessed on August 8, 2012).
- ↑ tagesschau.de: The pirate hunt on land remains controversial ( Memento from May 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ focus.de: Big bank Bankia in the crisis: Spain's fourth largest bank is partially nationalized
- ↑ tagesschau.de: JPMorgan gambled away two billion dollars ( Memento from May 11, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on May 11, 2012).
- ↑ de.reuters.com: JP Morgan Chase loses $ 15 billion in market value
- ↑ spiegel.de: BVB gala in the cup final against Bayern: Mia san Dortmund! (Accessed August 8, 2012).
- ↑ spiegel.de: Triumph over 1. FFC Frankfurt: Bayern's women cheer over cup victory (accessed on August 8, 2012).
- ↑ zeit.de: Yemen: American drones kill more than 20 Al-Qaeda fighters
- ↑ de.reuters.com: Italy is considering using the army to protect against attacks
- ↑ diepresse.com: Iran prohibits companies from using foreign servers
- ↑ nachrichten.at: Protests over alleged electoral fraud in Serbia (accessed on May 13, 2012).
- ^ Spiegel.de: State election: SPD and Greens win in NRW - Debacle for CDU - FDP cheers (accessed on August 8, 2012).
- ^ Spiegel.de: Sea Shepherd founder arrested in Frankfurt (accessed on May 14, 2012).
- ↑ focus.de: General arrested by Kony's rebel army. (Accessed May 13, 2012).
- ↑ focus.de: China, Japan and South Korea want to create a free trade zone (accessed on May 13, 2012).
- ↑ sport.orf.at: Salzburg delivers the masterpiece (accessed on May 14, 2012).
- ↑ derstandard.at: At least 15 dead in plane crash. (Accessed May 14, 2012).
- ↑ spiegel.de: “Soyuz” rocket launched: With plush bear to the space station (accessed on August 8, 2012).
- ↑ sueddeutsche.de: Felicitas Hoppe receives Georg Büchner Prize
- ↑ welt.de: Serious errors and deficits in Thuringian authorities
- ↑ wirtschaftsblatt.at: Prussian diamond "Beau Sancy" auctioned for 7.5 million euros ( Memento from April 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ focus.de: Mission “Atalanta”: EU forces attack Somali pirates
- ↑ foxnews.com: EU carries out first air strikes on Somali pirates
- ↑ zeit.de: Hollande names Ayrault as head of government
- ↑ handelsblatt.com: Greece has a government again
- ↑ spiegel.de: Environment Minister: Merkel throws Röttgen out (accessed on August 8, 2012).
- ↑ derstandard.at: Cannes Film Festival opened with gala (accessed on August 8, 2012).
- ^ The Charlemagne Prize winner 2012 Wolfgang Schäuble. In: karlspreis .de. Retrieved November 29, 2018 .
- ↑ nachrichten.at: Protests over alleged election fraud in Serbia
- ↑ Berlin is now sending military observers to Syria
- ↑ faz.net: New capital city airport will not open until March 2013
- ↑ tagesschau.de: Rüsselsheim plant loses production: Astra is no longer built in Germany ( Memento from May 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Lyon the measure of all things. In: uefa.com . Retrieved February 21, 2017 .
- ↑ derstandard.at: Total closed gas leak on the North Sea platform
- ↑ Official Documents: 2012 Camp David Summit. In: g8.utoronto.ca, University of Toronto . Retrieved April 3, 2017 .
- ↑ Why did Facebook's shares fall after its initial public offering? ( Memento from February 20, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ welt.de: Drogba shoots Chelsea to the Champions League title (accessed on May 19, 2012).
- ↑ faz.net: Chen Guangcheng left for America (accessed May 19, 2012).
- ↑ spiegel.de: Success for Tomislav Nikolic: Nationalist wins presidential election in Serbia (accessed on August 8, 2012).
- ↑ focus.de: Ice Hockey: Russia for the 26th time ice hockey world champion (accessed on May 21, 2012).
- ↑ sueddeutsche.de: Solar eclipse: Ring of fire over the Pacific (accessed on August 8, 2012).
- ^ Taz.de: Governing party provides president (accessed on August 8, 2012).
- ^ Spiegel.de: Several dead, 50 injured: Strong earthquake shakes northeast Italy (accessed on May 20, 2012).
- ↑ sport.orf.at: Early goals get champions on course (accessed on May 20, 2012).
- ↑ spiegel.de: Summit in Chicago: NATO begins building missile defense shield (accessed on August 8, 2012).
- ↑ spiegel.de: Summit meeting in Chicago: NATO seals the end of the Afghanistan adventure (accessed on August 8, 2012).
- ↑ spiegel.de: Appointment at Bellevue Palace: Altmaier is the new Environment Minister (accessed on August 8, 2012).
- ↑ Joey Ramone Solo Album To Be Released 11 Years After Death ( English ) loudwire.com. April 4, 2012. Retrieved October 9, 2016.
- ↑ focus.de: Highest television tower in the world: Tokyo Skytree opened in Japan (accessed on May 22, 2012).
- ↑ spiegel.de: Presidential election in Egypt: fights and shoe throws in front of polling stations (accessed on August 8, 2012).
- ↑ augsburger-allgemeine.de: Vatileaks: Pope servants are said to have stolen confidential documents (accessed on May 30, 2012).
- ↑ tagesschau.sf.tv: Target reached - MFO building has been moved 60 meters (accessed on May 23, 2012).
- ↑ derstandard.at: Suspected money laundering: Head of the Vatican Bank loses his office (accessed on May 25, 2012).
- ↑ tagesschau.de: Broad majority for new regulation: Bundestag resolves reform of organ donation ( Memento from May 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on May 25, 2012).
- ↑ sueddeutsche.de: Oil spill off New Zealand: Seven months imprisonment for “Rena” captain (accessed on May 25, 2012).
- ↑ tagesschau.de: Ahmadinejad critic is the new President of Parliament ( Memento from May 30, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed May 28, 2012).
- ↑ n24.de: Victorious Swedes sing “Europhia” ( Memento from May 28, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on May 27, 2012).
- ↑ tagesschau.de: Numerous states expel Syrian ambassadors: The West is increasing the pressure on Assad (accessed on May 3, 2012).
- ↑ sueddeutsche.de: Prime Minister wins elections in Lesotho (accessed on May 30, 2012).
- ↑ handelsblatt.com: Medvedev follows Putin: change party leader (accessed on May 26, 2012).
- ↑ zeit.de: Space : Space capsule "Dragon" docks at the ISS (accessed on May 26, 2012).
- ↑ kurier.at: Cseh most successful participant in the European Swimming Championships (accessed on May 30, 2012).
- ↑ focus.de: Golden palm for "Amour": Michael Haneke triumphs in Cannes (accessed on May 30, 2012).
- ↑ welt.de: THW Kiel for the third time Champions League winner (accessed on May 27, 2012).
- ↑ Canadian Ryder Hesjedal wins 95th Giro d'Italia. In: stern.de . May 27, 2012. Retrieved October 30, 2017 .
- ↑ zeit.de: Kirchen: Nordkirche solemnly founded (accessed on May 27, 2012).
- ↑ gulfnews.com: Nineteen killed in fire at Qatar's Villagio Mall (accessed May 28, 2012).
- ^ Abendblatt.de: Betting scandal in Italy: Justice also investigates national player Bonucci (accessed on May 30, 2012).
- ↑ faz.net: Turbine Potsdam: Per Kantersieg on the title (accessed on May 28, 2012).
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- ↑ 20min.ch: Decision in the tiebreaker: Anand remains world chess champion (accessed on May 30, 2012).
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