The FDP are one of the coalition partners proposing the severe cuts to EEG tariff payment rates in March 2012.

* March 27 – In Britain, Dr. Beeching issues a report calling for huge cuts to the UK's rail network.

In March 2011, Robinson participated in the ' March for the Alternative ' protests in Central London, which opposed the Conservative led Coalition UK Government's spending cuts programme.

* The introduction of income tax cuts in March and September 2000 which disproportionately favoured low and non-earners.

The next morning on 8 March, the militia tied up the Indians, stunned them with mallet blows to the head, and killed them with fatal scalping cuts.

Asked to accept deep cuts in pay and benefits, on March 4, 1989, Frank Lorenzo locked out Eastern's mechanics and ramp service employees, represented by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers ( IAM ).

The Five-Year Modernization Plan Perry introduced in March 1996 reflected his basic assumptions that the Defense budget would not decline in FY 1997 and would grow thereafter ; that DoD would realize significant savings from infrastructure cuts, most importantly base closings ; and that other savings would come by contracting out many support activities and reforming the defense acquisition system.

Dr. Dorsey resigned his position on March 16, 2010 amid controversy over budget deficits and proposed cuts.

The deal was finalized even though one in four acts signed by EMI faced being dropped by the label after job cuts in March 2002.

* March 27-Bell Canada announces major job cuts

* March 27-The Quebec budget proposes sweeping cuts to government funding

In March 2010, Trinity Mirror stated that it will end its bout of staff cuts and newspaper closures.

On March 30, 2006, MRO began the process of aerobraking, a three-step procedure that cuts in half the fuel needed to achieve a lower, more circular orbit with a shorter period.

The BBFC certified the film in June 1967 ( after demanding the removal, or at least obscuring, of the word " fucking ", whereas Ulysses, which suffered heavier cuts, had been certified 3 months earlier in March.

On March 1, 2011 World Vision, along with 29 other faith-based groups sent a letter to Senate petitioning cuts made to foreign disaster assistance, global health, and food aid in the 2011 fiscal budget.

* March 3 – The Turkish Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 Ankara, operating as Flight 981, crashes into the Ermenonville Forest forest and the commune of Fontaine-Chaalis, France, after a cargo door blows off, causing damage which cuts control cables.

Simmons and Brown, who had been released already from WWE in March 2003 and returned in 2008, were officially released ( again, in Brown's case ) in early January 2009 due to budget cuts.

But construction on the Green Line was suspended for nearly two years due to federal budget cuts ( see below ), and in March 1983 the Architect of the Capitol agreed to move the nursery to a parcel of land in the Bellevue neighborhood.

However, in March 2010 members of the Board of Regents expressed their continued support of Nevada State College despite budget cuts.

The next morning on 8 March, the militia tied the Indians, stunned them with mallet blows to the head, and killed them with fatal scalping cuts.

Repeated budget cuts had forced a postponement of the first launch by a year, to March 1995.

The Drill Hall closed at the end of March 2010 and the troop was forced to return to Windsor, following severe cuts suffered by the Territorial Army in 2009-2010.

In March 2011, citing budget cuts, the college shortened the series to five quarters by combining the first two courses in the series into a single course.

Blind Alleys ( Tales from the Crypt # 46, February – March 1955 ), Major William Rogers ( Nigel Patrick ), the new director of a home for the blind, makes drastic financial cuts, reducing heat and rationing food for the residents, while he lives in luxury with Shane, his Belgian Malinois.

Romania recognized Bosnia and Herzegovina ’ s independence on 1 March 1996, both countries established diplomatic relations on the same day.

Botswana and Guinea-Bissau established diplomatic relations on 22 March 2010.

Botswana and the Soviet Union initiated diplomatic relations on March 6, 1970.

In March, the two countries also celebrated the 35th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations.

Botswana and Samoa established diplomatic relations on 18 March 2010.

France insisted on its ownership of Clipperton, and a lengthy diplomatic correspondence between the two nations led to the conclusion of a treaty on March 2, 1909, to seek the arbitration of King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, with each nation promising to abide by that monarch's final determination.

The Comoros and Georgia established full diplomatic relations on 26 March 2010.

Dominica previously maintained official relations with the Republic of China ( commonly known as " Taiwan ") instead of the People's Republic of China, but on 23 March 2004, a joint communique was signed in Beijing, paving the way for diplomatic recognition of the People's Republic.

The presidents of Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador March 7, 2008 signed a declaration to end a crisis sparked when Colombian troops killed a rebel leader and 21 others inside Ecuadoran territory ( 2008 Andean diplomatic crisis ).

In late March 2009, the Guinean ambassador to Serbia faced expulsion for personal involvement in cigarette smuggling ( 1, 000 packs of cigarettes were found in his BMW ) but avoided arrest due to diplomatic immunity ( although he was declared as persona non grata ).

On 10 March 2011, France became the first country to not just break off relations with the jamahiriya, but transfer diplomatic recognition to the rebel National Transitional Council established in Benghazi, declaring it to be " the sole legitimate representative of the Libyan people ".

The Soviet Union and Mauritius established diplomatic relations on 17 March 1968.

The United Kingdom established diplomatic relations with the DPRK on December 13, 2000, as did Canada in February 2001 followed by Germany and New Zealand on March 1, 2001.

Several historians have interpreted the conclave to choose his successor as facing a choice between a diplomatic or a spiritual candidate, and they view Pacelli's diplomatic experience, especially with Germany, as one of the deciding factors in his election on 2 March 1939, his 63rd birthday, after only one day of deliberation and three ballots.

Both countries established diplomatic relations on March 26, 1990.

The government of the Seychelles withdrew diplomatic recognition of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic on March 17, 2008, according to an official government source.

Both countries established diplomatic relations on 8 March 1978.

Fiji and the United Arab Emirates established diplomatic relations on 18 March 2010.

The UAE and Tuvalu established diplomatic relations on 31 March 2010.

* March 7 – Iran breaks off diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom over Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses.

Bolivia led a diplomatic effort to do so beginning in March 2009, but eighteen countries out of a total of 184, those 18 being listed as followed ( chronologically: the United States, Sweden, United Kingdom, Latvia, Japan, Canada, France, Germany, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Denmark, Estonia, Italy, Mexico, Russian Federation, Malaysia, Singapore, and Ukraine ) objected to the change before the January 2011 deadline.

On 21 March 1825, Cappellari was created cardinal by Pope Leo XII, and shortly afterwards he was asked to negotiate a concordat to safeguard the rights of Catholics in the Low Countries, a diplomatic task which he completed successfully.

On 23 March 1954, the Soviet Union declared that it would establish diplomatic relations with the German Democratic Republic.

Because the film concerned prisoners of war being held under inhumane conditions by the Japanese, there was a minor diplomatic flap in May 1980 when the " Colonel Bogey March " was played during a visit to Canada by Japanese prime minister Masayoshi Ōhira.