Newsletter 2022
İZDÜŞÜM | Sayı 10 Anıl Ceylan Newsletter 2022 @Kazakhstan 2 January 2022 The 2022 Kazakh unrest commences due to high oil prices. @UnitedNations 4 January2022 All five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, issue a rare joint statement affirming that “a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought.” @Kazakhstan 5 January 2022 In reaction to the unrest in Kazakhstan in 2022, the country has declared a nationwide state of emergency. Prime Minister Askar Mamin’s government resigns, and President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev removes former President Nursultan Nazarbayev, widely considered as the country’s supreme authortity, from his position as Chairman of Kazakhstan’s Security Council. @UnitedStatesofAmerica 10 January 2022 In Baltimore, Maryland, the first successful heart transplant from a pig to a human patient occurs. @WorldHealthOrganisation 28 January 2022 COVID-19 pandemic: The number of vaccinations administered worldwide exceeds 10 billion. @Italy 29 January 2022 COVID-19 pandemic: The number of vaccinations administered worldwide exceeds 10 billion. @Portugal 30 January 2022 2022 Portuguese parliamentary election: the Socialist Party, led by António Costa, wins an “unexpected” majority of 117 seats. Anıl Ceylan I Newsletter 2022 @Germany 13 February 2022 2022 German presidential election: Frank-Walter Steinmeier is re-elected as president of Germany. @Canada 14 February 2022 Canada Convoy Protest: For the first time in Canadian history, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invokes the Emergencies Act to put an end to widespread protests and blockades in Canada over 50 COVID-19 mandates and restrictions.
@RussianFederation 21 February 2022 President Vladimir Putin signs a decree declaring the Luhansk People’s Republic and the Donetsk People’s Republic independent from Ukraine, and Russian troops begin to advance into the territory. @Germany 22 February 2022 Germany has stopped Nord Stream 2, Russia’s gas pipeline. @Ukraine 24 February 2022 Russia begins a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, prompting countries to impose even harsher sanctions on Russia’s government. The Ukrainian government breaks diplomatic relations with Russia. @EuropeanUnion 26 February 2022 European nations announce a ban on Russian flights in their airspace. @UnitedNations 28 February 2022 The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) releases the second part of its Sixth Assessment Report on climate change. It concludes that many impacts are now “irreversible”. @UnitedNations 1 March 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: In an emergency session, member states of the United Nations condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and demand that its forces withdraw immediately. @RussianFederation 5 March 2022 Russia declares a temporary ceasefire and opens “humanitarian corridors” to allow residents to leave Mariupol and Volnovakha. Visa and Mastercard, two of the world’s largest payment processors, suspend their operations in Russia. @WorldHealthOrganisation 7 March 2022 COVID-19 pandemic: The global death toll from COVID-19 surpasses 6 million. @SouthKorea 9 March 2022 South Korean presidential election: People Power Party candidate Yoon Suk-yeol is narrowly elected President of South Korea. @NATO 24 March 2022 Anıl Ceylan I Newsletter 2022 NATO announces the deployment of four new battle groups in Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, and Slovakia, totalling 40,000 troops, as well as increased preparation for potential chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear threats. @Hungary 3 April 2022 In the Hungarian parliamentary election of 2022, current Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is easily re- 51 elected, with the Fidesz–KDNP party alliance winning 135 of the 199 seats in the National Assembly.
İZDÜŞÜM | Sayı 10 @UnitedNations 7 April 2022 As a result of the Ukraine crisis, global food prices have risen to their highest level since the UN’s Food Price Index began in 1990, with commodities like wheat rising by almost 20%. @France 10 April 2022 The first round of the French presidential election in 2022 takes place, with incumbent Emmanuel Macron and challenger Marine Le Pen advancing to the second-round run-off. Macron receives 27.85% of the vote, while Le Pen receives 23.15 %. @Portugal 11 April 2022 After Imran Khan was dismissed from office two days previously due to a motion of no confidence, Pakistan’s National Assembly elects opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif as Prime Minister @Ukraine 19 April 2022 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says that Russia’s military operation in Eastern Ukraine has reached a new phase, focusing on the whole front line. According to reports, the city of Kreminna was the first to be taken. @France 24 April 2022 In the second round of the French presidential election in 2022, incumbent President Emmanuel Macron is re-elected, @WorldHealthOrganisation 6 May 2022 The first monkeypox virus case is recorded in London, United Kingdom, starting an outbreak of monkeypox. @EurovisionSongContest 14 May 2022 The Eurovision Song Contest 2022 is held in Turin, Italy. The contest is won by Ukrainian folk-rap group Kalush Orchestra with their song “Stefania”. @Ukraine 14 May 2022 Russian forces withdraw from Ukraine’s second-largest city Kharkiv, in the country’s northeast. Anıl Ceylan I Newsletter 2022 @Ukraine 16 May 2022 Russian forces withdraw from Ukraine’s second-largest city Kharkiv, in the country’s northeast. @WorldHealthOrganisation 20 May 2022 As the number of confirmed cases exceeds 100, the World Health Organization (WHO) convenes an 52 emergency conference to discuss the spread of monkeypox in almost a dozen countries.
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