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2010 In The European Union
Events in the year 2010 in the European Union. 2010 was designated as the: * European Year for Combating Poverty & Social Exclusions Incumbents * President of the European Council – Herman Van Rompuy * President of the European Commission, Commission President – José Manuel Barroso * Presidency of the Council of the European Union, Council Presidency – (Jan–Jun 2010) and (Jul–Dec 2010) * President of the European Parliament, Parliament President – Jerzy Buzek * High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, High Representative – Catherine Ashton Events January * 1 January ** Spain takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union for the fourth time from Sweden. It is the first country to hold the presidency under the Lisbon Treaty and the new ‘trio presidency system’ that sees Spain work with the next two countries to hold the office, Belgium and Hungary. ** The Ruhr area (Germany), Pécs (Hungary) and Istanbul (Turkey) shar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010
The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year dissipated in this year. In addition, the OECD, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) gained four new members; Chile, Slovenia, Israel, and Estonia. 2010 also saw advancements in technology such as the release of the iPad, the public launch of Instagram, and the first successful trapping of antimatter. 2010 was designated as: *International Year of Biodiversity *International Year of Youth *2010 European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion *International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures Pronunciation There is a debate among experts and the general public on how to pronounce specific years of the 21st century in English. The year 2010 is pronounced either "twenty-ten" or "two thousand (and) ten" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
