International Journal of Cultural Property (2011) 18:493–548. Printed in the USA. Copyright © 2011 International Cultural Property Society doi:10.1017/S0940739111000294 CHRONICLES 2010 January 1, 2010–December 31, 2010 Kurt Siehr* 1 JANUARY 2010 The Unidroit Convention of 24 June 1995 on Stolen or Illegally Exported Cul- tural Objects entered into force for Greece. 1 JANUARY 2010 Essen, Germany, Istanbul, Turkey, and Pécs, Hungary, were chosen Cultural Cap- itals of Europe in 2010. Le Journal des Arts, 7–20 January 2011, p. 6; The Art Newspaper, September 2010, p. 28, and December 2010, p. 31; Le Journal des Arts, 21 January–3 February 2011, p. 10; Il Giornale dell’Arte, December 2010, p. 9; Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 9 January 2010, p. 33; Die Zeit, 19 August 2010, p. 61; Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 14 November 2009, p. Z4, and 29 May 2010, p. Z3. 1 JANUARY 2010 The introduction of zero estate tax in the United States would have negative im- plications for donations to art museums and charities. The Art Newspaper,March 2010, p. 7. 4 JANUARY 2010 50 years ago the French poet Albert Camus (1913–1960) passed away. Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Internationale Ausgabe, 31 December 2009, p. 27; Die Zeit,30December 2009, p. 72. *University of Zürich Faculty of Law, Max-Plank-Institute, Hamburg. Email:
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