Events
January
January 1 - Bulgaria and Romania join the European Union. January 1 - South Korea's Ban Ki-moon becomes the new UN Secretary-General, replacing Kofi Annan. January 1 - Irish (also known as Gaeilge) becomes an official working language of the European Union. January 1 - Slovenia adopts the Euro as its official currency, replacing the tolar. January 1 - Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva starts his second government term. January 2 - Memorial services are held for the late president Gerald Ford in Washington, D.C. January 3 - Former U.S. president Gerald Ford is laid to rest in Grand Rapids, Michigan. January 4 - The 110th United States Congress is sworn in. January 9 - Far-right politicians in the European Parliament form a new trans-national caucus. January 10 - Following the 2006 general election, Daniel Ortega becomes the new President of Nicaragua. January 11 - Austria's new government is sworn in under Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer (SPÖ) and Vice-Chancellor Wilhelm Molterer (ÖVP). January 14 - The Union for a Popular Movement nominates Nicolas Sarkozy as its candidate to become the next President of France in the 2007 French presidential election. January 15 - Rafael Correa becomes President of Ecuador, replacing Alfredo Palacio January 16 - Hans-Gert Pöttering, a German conservative politician becomes the President of the European Parliament. January 16 - Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev nominates Felix Kulov for Prime Minister. January 18 - The United States Senate passes ethics and lobbying reform legislation. January 20 - Senator Hillary Clinton announces her intention to run for President of the United States in next year's election. January 21 - An election in Serbia gives Ultra-nationalists 81 of the 250 seats in the Serbian Parliament. January 22 - Muqtada al-Sadr ends his boycott of the Iraqi political process and rejoins the government.
February
February 9 - The Turks and Caicos Islands hold parliamentary elections. February 11 - Presidential elections are held in Turkmenistan. February 11 - Portugal. An abortion referendum is held in order to decide whether to legalize abortion up to 10 weeks. February 14 - Turkmenistan presidential elections. Acting President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, member of The Democratic Party of Turkmenistan, is declared the winner of the election with 89% of votes. February 22 - Netherlands. The fourth Balkenende cabinet is installed by Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands.
March
March 23 - Royal Navy intrusion into Iranian waters incident. Fifteen British sailors were arrested by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, for violation of maritime boundary.
April
April 3 - Royal Navy intrusion into Iranian waters incident. The 15 sailors arrested in Iranian waters are released. April 27 - The Cabinet Office of New South Wales is merged with the Premier's Department of News South Wales to form the New South Wales Department of Premier and Cabinet .