March 2006 in Europe
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===Deaths in March===
• [[10 March]] [[John Profumo]] [[United Kingdom|UK]] <br/>
===Ongoing events===
• [[UEFA Cup 2005-06]] <br/>
• [[Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy]] <br/>
• [[2006 labor protests in France|2006 labour protests in France]] <br/>
===Upcoming events===
• [[Football World Cup 2006]], [[Germany]] <br/>
===Upcoming holidays===
[[March 4|4]]: [[Saint Casimir|Saint Casimir's Day]] <small>([[Lithuania]])</small><br>
[[March 26|26]]: [[Mothering Sunday]] <small>([[United Kingdom]])</small><br>
=== Upcoming elections ===
[[April 9]] and [[April 10|10]]: [[Elections in Italy|Italy]], [[Italian general election, 2006|Parliament]]
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==[[23 March]] [[2006]] (Thursday)==
*[[2006 labor protests in France|French youths]] set fire to cars and loot shops in [[Paris]] during protests against the ''[[contrat première embauche]]'' law that [[Prime Minister of France|Prime Minister]] [[Dominique de Villepin]] had agreed to discuss with unions. [http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-03-23T194858Z_01_L23178518_RTRUKOC_0_US-FRANCE.xml (Reuters)]
==[[22 March]] [[2006]] (Wednesday)==
* [[Basque Country (autonomous community)|Basque]] separatist group [[ETA]] announce a permanent ceasefire to their 38-year campaign for independence from [[Spain]], which has cost over 800 lives. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4832672.stm (BBC)]
==[[21 March]] [[2006]] (Tuesday)==
* The [[French National Assembly]] votes on "[[DADVSI]]" ("[[Right of the Author]] and related rights in the information society") with 296 votes for against 193. The DADVSI act implements the 2001 [[EU Copyright Directive]] with some modifications. The [[Union pour un mouvement populaire|UMP]] (right-wing), which has the [[absolute majority]] at the National Assembly, voted for, while the left voted against it. MPs of the center-right [[Union for French Democracy|UDF]] voted either against the text or [[abstention|abstained]] themselves. [http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-651865,36-753285,0.html ''Le Monde'']
* Irish [[Taoiseach]] [[Bertie Ahern]] has said in the [[Dáil]] that he believes the [[United Kingdom|British]] security forces colluded with [[Ulster Loyalist|loyalist paramilitaries]] in the planning of [[Belfast]] solicitor [[Pat Finucane (lawyer)|Pat Finucane]]'s [...] in 1989. [http://www.examiner.ie/pport/web/ireland/Full_Story/did-sgWZUvMJ7UQqcsgdL11Zs5FWAE.asp (Irish examiner)]
==[[18 March]] [[2006]] (Saturday)==
* [[2006 labor protests in France|2006 labour protests in France]]: In [[Paris]], and other major French cities, hundreds of thousands of people march in protest of the [[Contrat de première embauche]] (First Employment Contract), a labor law set to take effect in April that gives employers the right to fire workers under the age of 26 in the first two years of their employment without justification.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4819052.stm (BBC)]
==[[17 March]] [[2006]] (Friday)==
*The [[European Parliament]] demands that [[Senegal]] turn over [[Hissène Habré]] to [[Belgium]] to be tried for his actions while he was [[President of Chad]]. Senegal is not expected to comply, as it already refused [[extradition]] demands from the [[African Union]]. The [[ATDPH]] has expressed its approval of the decision. [http://allafrica.com/stories/200603170228.html (allafrica)]
==[[14 March]] [[2006]] (Tuesday)==
* [[Euronext]], a derivatives exchange based in [[Amsterdam]] and [[Paris]], announced that it might join the ongoing auction for the [[London Stock Exchange]] — which would put it in competition with bidders [[Nasdaq]] and the [[Deutsche Boerse]]. [http://www.forbes.com/facesinthenews/2006/03/14/furse-lse-euronext-cx_cn_0314autofacescan01.html (Forbes)]
==[[13 March]] [[2006]] (Monday)==
* A major oil slick, which could contain some 40 tonnes of fuel, has been detected off the coast of [[Estonia]], one week after the Runner-4 cargo vessel sank in the [[Baltic Sea]]. Heavy sea ice prevents an accurate estimate of the content of the oil slick that may have killed 35,000 sea birds. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/estoniashippingenvironmentpollution;_ylt=Atvl4F0uyWvG5y1KEgXz42qs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3ODdxdHBhBHNlYwM5NjQ- (Yahoo News)]
==[[12 March]] [[2006]] (Sunday)==
* In [[Malta]], the [[Malta Labour Party]] makes a big victory in the [[Maltese local council elections, 2006|Local Council Elections]] [http://www.timesofmalta.com/core/article.php?id=217541 (Times of Malta)]
* [[Schering]], a [[Berlin]], [[Germany]] based pharmaceutical firm, announces that it has received a hostile merger bid from [[Frankfurt]]-based rival [[Merck & Co.|Merck]]. [http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11796572/ (MSNBC)] [http://today.reuters.com/investing/financeArticle.aspx?type=bondsNews&storyID=2006-03-12T190339Z_01_L12770031_RTRIDST_0_HEALTH-MERCK-SCHERING-UPDATE-3.XML (Reuters)]
==[[9 March]] [[2006]] (Thursday)==
* The [[Sablé-sur-Sarthe hostage crisis]] in [[France]] ends peacefully with no casualties. The gunman had suffered from depression. [http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1705435&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312 (ABC)]
==[[8 March]] [[2006]] (Wednesday)==
*[[European Union]] lifts ban on [[United Kingdom|British]] beef exports imposed after outbreak of [[Bovine spongiform encephalopathy|BSE]] 10 years ago. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/food/Story/0,,1726253,00.html (Guardian)].
*[[Slovenia]] asks to join the [[Euro]] [[monetary union]]. [http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8G7G1702.htm?campaign_id=apn_home_down&chan=db (Business week)]
==[[7 March]] [[2006]] (Tuesday)==
* The [[Partij van de Arbeid|Dutch Labour party]] gains more than five hundred seats in the country's [[Dutch municipal election, 2006|municipal election]]. [http://news.ft.com/cms/s/94591d3e-ae2c-11da-8ffb-0000779e2340.html (Financial Times)]
==[[6 March]] [[2006]] (Monday)==
* [[H5N1|Avian flu outbreak]]: Poland confirms first outbreak of [[H5N1]], the [[bird flu]] virus, in two wild [[swan]]s. [http://www.news-medical.net/?id=16348 (News-Medical Net)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4777832.stm (BBC)]
==[[3 March]] [[2006]] (Friday)==
* An [[Italy|Italian]] parliamentary commission accuses the former [[Soviet Union]] of orchestrating the 1981 attempt to assassinate [[Pope John Paul II]] [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/03/03/wpope03.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/03/03/ixworld.html (Telegraph)]
==[[2 March]] [[2006]] (Thursday)==
*[[Italy|Italian]] judges in [[Milan]] to charge Prime Minister [[Silvio Berlusconi]] and [[David Mills (lawyer)|David Mills]], husband of [[Tessa Jowell]] a [[United Kingdom|British]] Minister in connection with a bribery scandal. [http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article348714.ece (Independent)].
*A shipwreck from the [[14th century]] is found buried in [[Riddarfjärden|Riddarfjärden Bay]] in [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]]. If the ship is well preserved, there are plans to remove it from the waters. [http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=1681476 (ABC)]
*The [[European Central Bank]] raises base interest rates by 0.25% to 2.5%. The move affects the 12 members of the [[Eurozone]]. [http://news.ft.com/cms/s/e728076c-a9ce-11da-96ea-0000779e2340.html (FT)]
* [[Black site#Investigations in France concerning CIA flights|CIA flights]]: French newspaper ''[[Le Figaro]]'' reveals that the [[attorney general]] of [[Bobigny]] has opened up an investigation concerning the landing of a [[CIA]] flight in [[Le Bourget Airport]], following a complaint deposed at the end of December 2005 by [[NGO]]s [[International Federation of Human Rights Leagues]] and the French ''[[Ligue des droits de l'homme]]''. [http://www.lefigaro.fr/france/20060302.FIG000000200_la_france_enquete_sur_les_avions_de_la_cia.html]
==[[1 March]] [[2006]] (Wednesday)==
*Church in Poland launches investigation to idenitfy collaborators who worked for the secret police in the Communist era [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4759244.stm (BBC)].
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