Portal:Current events/2004 June 18
June 18, 2004 (Friday)
- Russian President Vladimir Putin says that Russia had warned the United States several times that Saddam Hussein was planning terrorist attacks against the US. (BBC) (Pravda.RU) (Khaleej Times)
- European Union Intergovernmental Conference:
- The latest meeting of the European Council in Brussels ends in the agreement of a constitution for the European Union. (BBC)
- Leaders of the European Union grant candidate country status to Croatia. Talks on accession are due to begin early next year. (BBC) (Irish Times Online)
- No consensus is reached on a candidate for head of the European Commission. (BBC)
- The television station Al-Arabiya reports that kidnapped hostage Paul Johnson has been beheaded by Al-Qaida militants. (CNN)
- Ichthyologists claim to have discovered a new species of Chimaera fish off the coast of Brazil. (CNN)