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2020 In The European Union
Events from 2020 in the European Union. Incumbents * President of the European Council – Charles Michel * President of the European Commission, Commission President – Ursula von der Leyen * Presidency of the Council of the European Union, Council Presidency – Croatia (Jan – Jun 2020), Germany (July – Dec 2020) * President of the European Parliament, Parliament President – David Sassoli * High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, High Representative – Josep Borrell Events January * 31 January – The United Kingdom and Gibraltar left the European Union. July * July - The European Union refuses an offer of 500 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer-BioNTech. November * 17 November – Hungary and Poland veto the seven-year EU budget, over attempts to link funding to respect for rule of law. They both said that linking funding to rule of law will mean a loss to their nation's sovereignty. December * 17 December – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020
The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, COVID-19 lockdowns, worldwide lockdowns, and the COVID-19 recession, largest economic recession since the Great Depression in the 1930s. 2020 is also notable for the murder of George Floyd by police that lead to Lists of George Floyd protests, worldwide protests and unrest. ''Geospatial World'' also called 2020 "the worst year in terms of climate change" in part due to major climate disasters worldwide, including major bushfires in 2019–20 Australian bushfire season, Australia and 2020 California wildfires, the western United States, as well as 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, extreme tropical cyclone activity affecting large parts of North America. A United Nations progress report published in December 2020 indicated that none of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hungary
Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and Slovenia to the southwest, and Austria to the west. Hungary lies within the drainage basin of the Danube, Danube River and is dominated by great lowland plains. It has a population of 9.6 million, consisting mostly of ethnic Hungarians, Hungarians (Magyars) and a significant Romani people in Hungary, Romani minority. Hungarian language, Hungarian is the Languages of Hungary, official language, and among Languages of Europe, the few in Europe outside the Indo-European languages, Indo-European family. Budapest is the country's capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, largest city, and the dominant cultural and economic centre. Prior to the foundation of the Hungarian state, various peoples settled in the territory of present-day Hun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 In The European Union
Events from 2020 in the European Union. Incumbents * President of the European Council – Charles Michel * President of the European Commission, Commission President – Ursula von der Leyen * Presidency of the Council of the European Union, Council Presidency – Croatia (Jan – Jun 2020), Germany (July – Dec 2020) * President of the European Parliament, Parliament President – David Sassoli * High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, High Representative – Josep Borrell Events January * 31 January – The United Kingdom and Gibraltar left the European Union. July * July - The European Union refuses an offer of 500 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer-BioNTech. November * 17 November – Hungary and Poland veto the seven-year EU budget, over attempts to link funding to respect for rule of law. They both said that linking funding to rule of law will mean a loss to their nation's sovereignty. December * 17 December – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020s
The 2020s (pronounced "twenty-twenties" or "two thousand [and] twenties"; shortened to "the '20s" and also known as "The Twenties") is the current decade that began on 1 January 2020, and will end on 31 December 2029. The 2020s began with the COVID-19 pandemic. The first reports of SARS-CoV-2, the virus were published on 31 December 2019, though the Origin of SARS-CoV-2, first cases are said to have appeared nearly a month earlier. The pandemic led to COVID-19 recession, a global economic recession, 2021–2023 inflation surge, a sustained rise in global inflation for the first time since the 1970s, and 2021–2023 global supply chain crisis, a global supply chain crisis. The World Health Organization declared the virus a State of emergency, global state of emergency from March 2020 to May 2023. Several anti-government protest, demonstrations and rebellion, revolts occurred in the early 2020s, including a continuation of those in 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests, Hong Kong agai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 In Politics And Government
These are some of the notable events relating to politics in 2020. January * January 1 **All works published in 1924, except for some sound recordings, are now in the public domain in the United States. ** Crowds of protesters breach the US embassy compound in Baghdad, Iraq, and then withdrew after US Marines fired tear gas. The unrest occurred in response to US airstrikes on pro-Iranian militias in Iraq. **Recreational marijuana becomes legal in Illinois, United States. **State laws on bail, the gig economy, minimum wages, data privacy, and red flag gun control take effect in several U.S. states, that includes California, New York, Colorado, Nevada, and Hawaii.These Major New Laws Take Effect Today By Sarah Ruiz-Grossman, HuffPost, January 1, 2020 **Several new federal reg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
