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Chronologies Appendices Chronology of Major Conflicts and Political Events Chronologies January 2012 cludes the structural deficit of 0% for such as transport, energy and trade, and autonomous communities from 2020. cuts in the privileges of certain profes- In Spain, the government submits a sional sectors. budgetary stability bill. France announc- France es aid to halt rising unemployment. In Malta Italy, the Council of Ministers approves • On 10 January the Minister of Fi- a reform plan to relaunch the economy. nance François Baroin announces that • On 26 January, thanks to the casting Greece continues negotiating a reform France will be the first country to apply vote of the President of the Parliament, plan with the EU and the IMF in ex- the Tobin Tax on financial transactions the government defeats a vote of no change for more aid, which is widely as an anti-crisis measure. confidence moved by the leader of the rejected by its citizens. In Malta, the gov- • On 18 January Nicolas Sarkozy an- Labour Party Joseph Muscat given the ernment defeats a vote of no confidence. nounces aid of 1 billion euros to fight internal divisions in the government. In Slovenia, Janez Jansa is appointed unemployment, branded as “insufficient” Prime Minister. Croatia approves EU ac- by unions, which also oppose the rise Slovenia cession in a referendum. In Cyprus, two in VAT announced by the government. 316 former ministers are prosecuted for their • On 24 January the Senate passes • On 17 January Slovenia and Croatia responsibility in the explosion of an ar- the bill that outlaws denial of the “Arme- agree the composition of the arbitration senal in 2011. In Syria, the uprising nian genocide” 1915-1917, which since court that will settle the border dispute against Bashar al-Assad reaches its December 2011 has caused a diplo- between the two countries. tenth month. In Egypt, the elections to matic crisis with Turkey. On 31 January • On 25 January Janez Jansa, leader the lower chamber of Parliament are won 141 Members of Parliament appeal of the Democratic Party (SNS, con- by the Islamist Freedom and Justice against the law to the Constitutional servative), obtains the backing of five Party. In Algeria, the Movement of Soci- Court. parties to be elected new Prime Min- ety for Peace announces that it is leaving ister after Zoran Jankovic, leader of the the government coalition the same Italy social-democratic Positive Slovenia – month that 10 new parties are legalised. winner of the elections of December In Morocco, Mohammed VI appoints the • On 10 January Carlo Malinconico, 2011 – lost the inaugural debate on 11 members of the new government. Mau- government Undersecretary for the January. ritania adopts a series of constitutional Publishing Sector, resigns following his amendments as a result of the national involvement in the corruption scandal Croatia dialogue process. linked to the organisation of the G8 Summit in La Magdalena. • On 22 January Croatia approves EU Portugal • On 13 January the cruise ship Cos- accession in 2013 in a referendum with 2013 ta Concordia runs aground off the is- 66% of votes in favour and a participa- • On 5 January the European Financial land of Giglio, Tuscany, causing the tion of 44%. Stability Facility (EFSF) issues a 3 billion deaths of 17 of its 4,000 passengers euro bond with three years maturity in and the disappearance of another 15. Montenegro support of the Portuguese and Irish Italy declares a state of emergency in economies. the area, an important natural maritime • On 17 January Montenegro adopts park, over fears of a spill of 2,380 the pre-accession economic pro- Spain tonnes of fuel. gramme 2012-2014. Mediterranean Yearbook • On 20 January the Government • On 31 January, after 10 days of pro- • On 27 January the government pass- passes the economic reform plan that tests against the rise in the price of Med. Med. IE es a budgetary stability bill, which in- includes the deregulation of sectors electricity announced by the govern- ment, President Igor Luksic receives • On 23 January the Head of the Re- opposition groups to carry out their mis- representatives of public institutions and publican Guard is arrested, accused of sion, the large number of demonstrators NGOs to study an agreement. the deaths of four demonstrators during arrested or disappeared, and the major the protests against the government in military deployment. After assessing the Kosovo under UN Security Council January 2011. report, the Arab League contact group Appendices Resolution 1244 for Syria decides to continue with the Greece mission increasing the 165 experts to • On 11 January Hashim Rexhepi is 200 and requesting aid from the UN to acquitted of the five corruption charges • On 17 January a strike by transport, support their tasks. On 10 January the made against him in 2010 and which health, education, press and justice per- Secretary of the Arab League Nabil al- led to his resignation as Governor of the sonnel against the austerity measures Arabi condemns the attacks suffered by Chronologies Central Bank. paralyses Attica, coinciding with the the members of the observer mission, • On 14 January there are confronta- visit of the representatives of the troika making the Damascus government re- tions at the Merdare border crossing (EC, ECB and IMF), which in December sponsible for their safety. On 11 January with Serbia between Kosovo police and 2011 urged Athens to reduce the min- the Arab League announces that it has demonstrators of the pro-independence imum wage. delayed sending new observers. movement Vetevendosje! who are trying • On 15 January Bashar al-Assad an- to stop the entry of Serbian products Turkey nounces a general amnesty for all those into Kosovo. arrested since the start of the uprisings • On 19 January Kosovo and the Eu- • On 13 January 32 Kurdish activists in March 2011, in addition to the re- ropean Commission start negotiations are arrested in 17 provinces for links lease of 552 prisoners announced on for Kosovo to form part of the Schengen with the terrorist organisation PKK. 5 January. zone. • On 19 January thousands of people • On 22 January the Arab League con- • On 31 January Parliament votes, 83 demonstrate in Istanbul commemorating tact group for Syria and the Foreign to 13, in favour of requesting the full the fifth anniversary of the murder of Ministers of the Arab countries meet to independence of Kosovo in late 2012. Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink assess the report on the observer mis- and demanding justice, two days after sion deployed to Syria, agreeing to ex- Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedo- the Istanbul Criminal Court rules that tend it for one month. The Gulf Coop- nia (FYROM) there is insufficient evidence to allege eration Council countries decide to that Dink’s murder was the result of the withdraw their observers. 317 • On 17 January Athens and Skopje action of a Turkish ultranationalist group. conclude two days of meetings with the Jordan United Nations mediator Matthew Niem- Cyprus etz over the name dispute without mak- • On 10 January an employee of Am- ing progress. • On 11 January Cyprus and Israel man City Council dies after having set • On 25 January the Constitutional sign two defence cooperation agree- himself on fire the previous day to pro- Court paralyses the implementation of ments during the official visit to Israel test his economic situation. 12 articles of the Lustration Law, which by the Minister of Defence Demetrio pursues collaborators with the former Eliades. Egypt communist regime. • On 24 January the former Minister of Defence Costas Papacostas and the • On 17 January the trial resumes Albania former Minister of Foreign Affairs Mar- against Hosni Mubarak, six of his advi- cos Kyprianou are prosecuted for man- sors, his sons Gamal and Alaa and the • On 16 January the former Prime Min- slaughter and gross negligence for the former Minister of the Interior Habib ister Ilir Meta is acquitted by the Su- explosion of an arsenal that killed 13 al-Adli. preme Court of corruption charges in people in 2011. • On 21 January the definitive results relation to irregular public contract bid- • On 25 January a new round of talks of the elections to the People’s Assem- ding for a hydroelectric plant. on the reunification of Cyprus, under the bly, started on 28 November 2011 and 2013 • On 18 January Parliament approves auspices of the UN, concludes in New completed on 11 January, confirm the with the votes of the governing Demo- York with limited progress. victory of the Democratic Alliance led cratic Party (DPA, liberal-conservative) by the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP, the formation of an investigative com- Syria Islamist, linked to the Muslim Brother- mittee to demand the resignation of hood) with 235 of the 508 seats. It is Kreshnik Spahiu, vice-Chairman of the • On 8 January the Arab League ob- followed by the Islamist Coalition, led by High Council of Justice, whose post is servers sent to Syria present a report in al-Nour (Salafi), with 124 seats. The Mediterranean Yearbook deemed incompatible with the formation Cairo which reflects the climate of vio- Wafd Party (liberal) wins 38 seats, fol- of the nationalist organisation Red and lence endured in the country, the diffi- lowed by the Egyptian Bloc (liberal-left) Med. Med. Black Alliance. culties found by the government and with 34. IE • On 23 January the new Egyptian • On 17 January Mohamed Laid Khelfi, European Union Parliament holds its first session, elect- Wali (Governor) of Illizi, is kidnapped in ing as President of the Assembly the Timeroualine. On 19 January he is re- • On 1 January Denmark takes over current Secretary General of the FJP leased in Libya by the country’s secu- the six-month EU Presidency with Appendices Mohamed Saad al-Katatni.
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