Qatar

State of Qatar
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Location  Middle East
Capital  Doha
Area  11,586 sq km
Population  2,363,569

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January

January 1 January 2 January 3 January 4 January 5 January 6 January 7 January 8 January 9 January 10 January 11 January 12 January 13 January 14 January 15 January 16 January 17 Qatar's Nasser al-Attiyah cruised to his third Dakar Rally title on 17 January 2019 with a 46-minute cushion over second-placed Nani Roma at the end of the world's toughest rally in Lima. January 18 January 19 January 20 January 21 January 22 January 23 January 24 January 25 January 26 Qatar took the bronze medal at the 2018 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U23 Championship after beating Korea Republic 1 – 0 in the third place play-off. January 27 January 28 January 29 January 30 January 31

February

February 1 Qatar clinched a historic first ever Asian Cup football title with a stunning 3-1 win over Japan in the UAE on 1 February 2019. Qatar on 1 February 2015 made history by becoming the first country outside Europe to ever reach the final of a Men’s Handball World Championship. Qatar played the final in the home ground against France and clinched the second position losing the final 22-25. February 2 February 3 February 4 February 5 February 6 February 7 Qatar Airways took the world's-longest-flight title with a 14,535-kilometre service linking Doha with Auckland that touched down in New Zealand's biggest city on 7 February 2017. The route added 322km to the current record Emirates established in 2016. February 8 February 9 February 10 February 11 February 12 February 13 February 14 February 15 February 16 February 17 February 18 February 19 February 20 On 20 February 2012 Qatar announced it will send women athletes to the Olympics for the first time at the 2012 London Olympic Games. February 21 February 22 Qatar and Iran signed 14 agreements during Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s two-day trip to Doha, ranging from trade and diplomatic cooperation to sport and culture, as announced on 22 February 2022. February 23 February 24 February 25 February 26 February 27 February 28 February 29

March

March 1 March 2 March 3 March 4 Qatar and Saudi Arabia on 4 March 2013 signed several agreements, memoranda of understanding (MoUs) and ratification documents, including agreements to fight crime and regulate border authorities. March 5 March 6 March 7 March 8 March 9 March 10 March 11 Sara Hamdi Masoud of Qatar won gold in the women’s shot put F32-34 at the 2016 Paralympic Asia-Oceania Championships in Dubai. March 12 Qatar’s Abdulrahman Abdulrahman won gold in the men’s shot put F34 at the 2016 Paralympic Asia-Oceania Championships in Dubai. March 13 March 14 March 15 March 16 March 17 Qatar’s Doha Hamad Airport ranked as the World's Tenth Best Airport at the World Airport Awards published by Skytrax on 17 March 2016. March 18 March 19 March 20 Qatar and Germany announced a long-term energy partnership for the supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Germany on 20 March 2022 during German economy minister Robert Habeck’s visit to Doha. March 21 March 22 March 23 March 24 March 25 March 26 Qatar Airways was named as the Best Regional Middle East/Africa Airline by the Money magazine's 2018 Best in Travel awards for the second consecutive year. March 27 Arab League's 24th Ordinary Summit was proudly hosted by Qatar on 26-27 March 2013 in Doha. Twenty-two countries attended the Doha Summit and 15 of them were represented at the level of head of state. Turkey and the European Union (EU) joined the Summit as observers. March 28 March 29 March 30 March 31

April

April 1 April 2 The origin and history of modern lions have been revealed by a team of international scientists, including researchers from Qatar. A genetic analysis of living lions and museum specimens confirms modern lions' most recent common ancestor lived around 124,000 years ago, according to their study published on 2 April 2014 in the journal BMC Evolutionary Biology. April 3 April 4 April 5 April 6 April 7 April 8 Qatar hosted a two-day donors’ conference on 7-8 April 2013 on development and reconstruction in Sudan's Darfur region. The conference was aimed at making Darfur more self-dependent within the framework of the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur (DDPD). April 9 For the third consecutive year, Qatar-based media network Al Jazeera’s English news analysis and investigative program won the prestigious title of Broadcaster of the Year at the 2019 New York Festivals TV and Films Awards. April 10 Broadcaster Al Jazeera of Qatar received 30 awards at the 2018 New York Festivals International Television & Film Gala event, including gold medals for the documentary The Boy Who Started the Syrian War and Demand Press Freedom campaign. April 11 April 12 April 13 April 14 April 15 April 16 April 17 April 18 April 19 April 20 April 21 The 23rd edition of the Asian Athletics Championships was held from 21 to 24 April 2019 at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar. April 22 April 23 April 24 April 25 April 26 April 27 April 28 April 29 April 30

May

May 1 May 2 May 3 May 4 May 5 May 6 May 7 May 8 Qatar on 8 May 2019 opened its first ever metro service to the public in Qatar's capital, Doha, as the country readies for the 2022 football World Cup. Qatar and Ukraine signed three Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) following a session of official talks chaired by HE the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabor al-Thani and Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov on 8 May 2012. The MoUs were signed in the field of education and scientific research, energy sector and between the Chamber of Commerce of the two countries. May 9 Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser of Qatar was appointed as one of the UN Sustainable Development Goals Advocates on 9 May 2019. May 10 May 11 May 12 May 13 Qatar and Albania signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in the field of environment protection on 13 May 2012. The MoU stated that the two parties will co-operate with each other in environmental issues on the basis of security, equal rights and mutual benefit within the framework of their related scope of practice and legislations. May 14 May 15 May 16 May 17 May 18 Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulla Al Thani became the first Qatari man to summit Mount Everest on 18 May 2013. May 19 May 20 May 21 May 22 May 23 May 24 May 25 May 26 May 27 Qatar on 27 May 2014 unveiled a new state-of-the-art airport, Hamad International Airport, in the capital Doha, as the Gulf state pushes to become a regional travel hub to rival neighboring Dubai. May 28 May 29 May 30 May 31

June

June 1 June 2 June 3 June 4 June 5 June 6 June 7 June 8 June 9 June 10 June 11 June 12 June 13 June 14 June 15 June 16 Hamad International Airport in Qatar was named as the World’s Best Airport for the second year running, announced at the 2022 Skytrax World Airport Awards held in Paris, France. June 17 June 18 Qatar Airways was voted the World’s Best Airline for the fifth time at the 2019 Skytrax World Airline Awards. June 19 June 20 Qatar Airways was announced as the World’s Best Airline at the SKYTRAX 2017 World Airline Awards. June 21 June 22 Qatar's Archaeological site of Al Zubarah town and its cultural landscape was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on 22 June 2013. It is the first site of Qatar being added to the World Heritage List. Qatar Airways won the coveted title of the World's Best Airline at the 2011 World Airline Awards, in a ceremony at the Paris Air Show on 22 June 2011. June 23 June 24 June 25 June 26 June 27 The 2011 World Conference of Science Journalists was held in Qatar from 27 to 29 June 2011. It was for the first time that the conference was held in the Arab world. June 28 June 29 June 30

July

July 1 July 2 July 3 July 4 July 5 July 6 July 7 July 8 July 9 July 10 July 11 In a significant step towards women’s empowerment through sport, the Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) on 11 July 2012 named 19-year-old shooter Bahiya al-Hamad as the flag-bearer of the Qatari team at the 2012 London Olympics opening ceremony. This is the first time that Qatar sending their female competitors to participate in the Olympic Games. July 12 Qatar Airways scored repeat win being named the World's Best Airline in 2012 at the World Airline Awards held at Farnborough Air Show. The World Airline Awards are organized by SKYTRAX - a United Kingdom-based, independent, global airline rating organization. July 13 July 14 July 15 July 16 July 17 July 18 Qatar Airways was named World's Best Business Class Airline at the prestigious 2018 Skytrax World Airline Awards. More than half a million pages of historic documents detailing Arabic history and culture are to be made available online for the first time, as part of the partnership announced on 18 July 2012 between the British Library and the Qatar Foundation. The partnership is aimed at expanding people's understanding of the history of the Middle East, and the region's relationship with Britain and the rest of the world. July 19 July 20 July 21 July 22 July 23 July 24 July 25 July 26 July 27 July 28 July 29 July 30 July 31 Qatar's Fares Ibrahim Elbakh made history as he won the men’s 96kg weightlifting gold at the Tokyo Olympics on 31 July 2021.

August

August 1 August 2 August 3 August 4 August 5 August 6 August 7 August 8 August 9 August 10 August 11 August 12 August 13 August 14 August 15 August 16 August 17 August 18 August 19 Qatar passed a new law on 19 August 2015 that allows organ donation for transplant by people who are not related to recipients. The only condition the legislation specifies for such donations is that the transplant must be urgent and without which the recipient cannot be treated or his life cannot be saved. August 20 August 21 August 22 August 23 August 24 August 25 August 26 August 27 August 28 August 29 Qatar’s first satellite, Es’hail 1, was launched on 29 August 2013. It is expected to provide advanced satellite services and television, voice, Internet, corporate and government services across the region and beyond. August 30 A team of Qatari runners took home the gold and shattered the Asian record in the men’s 4 x 400-meter relay at the 2018 Asian Games at Gelora Bung Karno (GBK) sports complex in Jakarta. Samba Abderrahman, Abbas Muhamed, Mohamed and Hassan Abdullah crossed the finish line at 3:00:56, besting the previous record of 3:00:76 set by Japan in 1996 in Atlanta, the US. August 31 Qatar won Men's Handball gold beating Bahrain 32-27 in the final at the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta on 31 August 2018.

September

September 1 September 2 September 3 September 4 Qatar and Moldova on 4 September 2013 signed an air transport agreement in Doha. According to the agreement, sky will be open for the national carriers of the two countries to operate a number of passenger and cargo flights between them. September 5 September 6 September 7 September 8 September 9 September 10 Qatari energy operator Qatargas on 10 September 2018 announced a long-term Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA) with PetroChina International Company Limited, a unit of PetroChina Company Limited (PetroChina), to supply China with around 3.4 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) per annum. September 11 September 12 September 13 September 14 September 15 September 16 September 17 September 18 September 19 September 20 September 21 September 22 September 23 September 24 September 25 September 26 September 27 The 2019 World Athletics Championships, the global athletics competition organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), was held between 27 September and 6 October 2019 in Doha, Qatar at the renovated multi-purpose Khalifa International Stadium. September 28 Qatar Airways was voted the World’s Best Airline for the sixth time at the 2021 World Airline Awards. September 29 September 30 Qatar ranked as the 14th most competitive country in the world, according to a World Economic Forum report released on 30 September 2015. This report, provides insight into the drivers of a country’s productivity and prosperity, suggests Qatar has been nurturing innovation and talent.

October

October 1 October 2 October 3 October 4 October 5 October 6 October 7 October 8 October 9 October 10 October 11 October 12 October 13 Nawaal Akram of Qatar, a comedian and fashion model with a disability who promotes rights for women with disabilities in the Middle East, was included in the BBC global list of 100 inspirational and innovative women for 2017. October 14 October 15 October 16 Qatar was elected to the UN Human Rights Council on 16 October 2017 for a 3-year term starting on 1 January 2018. October 17 October 18 October 19 October 20 October 21 October 22 Ali Hamad Mohammed Said Efaifa of Qatar won the prestigious 2015 Gusi Peace Prize in the Poverty Alleviation & Job Creation category. October 23 October 24 October 25 October 26 October 27 October 28 October 29 October 30 October 31

November

November 1 November 2 November 3 November 4 November 5 Al Sadd, a Qatari club, won the 2011 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League on 5 November 2011. They defeated Jeonbuk Motors of South Korea in a penalty shootout, 4-2, as the final-match finished 2-2 at the end of 120 minutes. November 6 November 7 November 8 November 9 November 10 November 11 November 12 November 13 November 14 November 15 November 16 November 17 November 18 Qatari capital Doha won the right to host the 2019 World Athletics Championships, the International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) announced on 18 November 2014. November 19 Qatari news channel Al Jazeera’s popular program Start Here won the Gold prize at the 2020 Lovie Awards in the News and Politics category. November 20 November 21 November 22 November 23 November 24 November 25 November 26 The United Nations talks, under the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC), on a new climate pact resumed on 26 November 2012 at the Qatar National Convention Centre in Doha, Qatar. Negotiators from nearly 200 countries planned to discuss ways to fight global warming and helping poor nations adapt to it. November 27 November 28 Qatari research centre Gulf Organisation for Research and Development (GORD) unveiled an innovative low-emission, and lower fuel consumption of 20% hybrid car-concept on 28 November 2012. Designed and developed in Qatar, the engine captures thermal waste energy that is utilized to generate electric energy to run hydrogen fuel cells using the potable water as a source for the gas. November 29 November 30

December

December 1 December 2 December 3 Mada- Assistive Technology Center in Qatar won the 2020 UNESCO/Emir Jaber al Ahmad al Jaber al Sabah Prize for Digital Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities in the organizational category for driving and facilitating inclusion whose work is integrated into governmental strategies, legislation and social policy. December 4 December 5 December 6 December 7 Qatar and Turkey on 7 December 2021 announced to extend a currency swap agreement between their central banks for another three years. December 8 December 9 December 10 December 11 December 12 December 13 December 14 December 15 December 16 The Olympic Council of Asia on 16 December 2020 announced Doha in Qatar as the host of 2030 Asian Games. December 17 December 18 December 19 December 20 December 21 December 22 December 23 December 24 December 25 December 26 December 27 December 28 December 29 December 30 December 31

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