Portal:Current events/October 2003: Difference between revisions

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==[[July 2]], [[2003]]==

* [[Silvio Berlusconi]] makes an embarrassing remark, causing an uproar of critisism from 626-seat EU assembly the and European media, on taking up the [[EU presidency]] by insulting the German EU-Minister [[Martin Schulz]] with the words "Mr. Schulz, I know there is a producer in Italy who is making a film on the [[Nazi]] [[concentration camps]]. I will suggest you for the role of ‘[[kapo]].' You'd be perfect." Berlusconi's response to crticism was "My joke wasn't meant to be offensive," "It was an ironic joke, perhaps the translation wasn't done in an ironic sense."

* The European parliament approves two laws that will allow the EU to lift its controversial ban on [[genetically modified food|GM food]].

*The [[International Olympic Committee]] announced in [[Prague]], [[Czech Republic]], that [[Vancouver, British Columbia]] will host the [[2010 Winter Olympics]].

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*In [[Hong Kong]], 500,000 people march to protest the rush into [[legislation]] of [[Hong Kong Basic Law Article 23]], the anti-[[subversion]] law. Critics say the law is both too broad and too vague.

* After many years of controversy, the United Kingdom parliament votes in favour of legislation to ban [[fox hunting]].

* [[Italy]] [[Premier]] [[Silvio Berlusconi]]'s government assumed the rotating [[EU presidency]] and went on the defensive amid a barrage of media criticism of [[Premier]] [[Silvio Berlusconi]].

==Past events by month==