2018 in Europe
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This is a list of events that took place in Europe in 2018.
Incumbents
European Union
- President of the European Commission: Jean-Claude Juncker
- President of the Parliament: Antonio Tajani
- President of the European Council: Donald Tusk
- Presidency of the Council of the EU:
Events
January
- January 1 – Bulgaria assumed the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from Estonia.
- January 9 – The Church of St. Lambertus in Immerath, Germany is demolished.
- January 15 – Romanian Prime Minister Mihai Tudose resigns after his Social Democratic Party leaders lost their support.[1]
- January 28 – Presidential elections were held in Finland.[2]
February
- February 9 to 25 – Albania participated at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea.
- February 12 – Niklasdorf train collision took place in Austria, resulting in 1 death and 22 injuries.[3]
- February 21 – Ján Kuciak was murdered in Slovakia.[4]
March
- March 8 – The 2018 Spanish women's strike occurred in Spain.[5]
- March 13 – Russian exile Nikolai Glushkov is found dead at his home in London, United Kingdom.
April
- April 11 – Ilham Aliyev wins the 2018 presidential elections in Azerbaijan.[6]
- April 21 – Sweden hosted the 2018 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship.
- April 28 – Switzerland won the 2018 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship.
May
- May 4 – Beginning of the 2018 Giro d'Italia.[7]
- May 12 – 2018 Paris knife attack occurred in Paris, France.
- May 26 – The Icelandic municipal elections took place.[8][9]
- May 27 – End of the 2018 Giro d'Italia.
- May 28 – Kremlin warns that the United States put military pressure in the European Union security at risk.
- May 31 – Denmark bans the full Islamic face veil in public. Becoming the latest European country to ban it.[10]
June
- June 1 – The Met Office confirms that May 2018 was the warmest May since 1910 in the UK and was also likely to be the sunniest since 1929.[11]
- June 10 – Human Chain for Basque Self-determination, 2018 took place in Spain.
- June 24 – Recep Tayyip Erdoğan wins the 2018 presidential elections in Turkey.
- June 27 – The British Medical Association (BMA) voted to oppose Brexit “as a whole”.[12]
July
- July 1 – Austria assumed the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from Bulgaria.
August
September
- September 10 to 30 – The 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship will be co-hosted in Bulgaria and Italy.[13]
October
- October 7 – The 2018 Bosnian general election is scheduled to take place.
November
December
Births
Deaths
See also
References
- ^ "Romanian PM Mihai Tudose resigns after losing party support". 15 January 2018.
- ^ "Vaalit.fi - Vuosina 2016-2030 toimitettavat säännönmukaiset vaalit". Archived from the original on 2016-03-14. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
- ^ "Austria train collision kills one, injures 22". 12 February 2018.
- ^ "Prokurátor: Čas Kuciakovy vraždy známe s přesností na pět minut. Byla zřejmě na objednávku". 26 March 2018.
- ^ Jones, Sam (8 March 2018). "More than 5m join Spain's 'feminist strike', unions say". the Guardian.
- ^ "Azerbaijan brings forward date of presidential election to April..." Reuters. 5 February 2018.
- ^ "Giro d'Italia set to start 2018 cycling race with three stages in Israel". the Guardian. Associated Press. 14 September 2017.
- ^ "Sveitarstjórnarkosningar 2018". 10 August 2017.
- ^ "Sveitarstjórnarkosningar 2018". Archived from the original on 2018-06-29. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
- ^ "Denmark becomes latest European country to ban full Islamic face veil in public spaces". The Telegraph. 31 May 2018. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
- ^ "May was sunniest and warmest ever recorded in the UK". June 2018.
- ^ Kmietowicz, Zosia (27 June 2018). "BMA votes to oppose Brexit "as a whole" and calls for public final say on deal". BMJ. 361: k2821. doi:10.1136/bmj.k2821. PMID 29950510. S2CID 49486231 – via www.bmj.com.
- ^ "News - Italy and Bulgaria to co-host 2018 Men's World Championship". www.fivb.com.
- ^ "Konrad Ragossnig verstorben - Gitarre-Archiv Österreich". www.gitarre-archiv.at.
- ^ Dariknews (15 January 2018). "Почина актрисата Мариана Аламанчева - Общество - DarikNews.bg".
- ^ nemzetisport.hu (22 February 2018). "Gyász: Lázár Bence csütörtök hajnalban elhunyt - NSO".
- ^ "Lance Clark, of Clarks footwear, dies aged 81". March 2018.
- ^ ROMANO, SERGIO (28 February 2018). "Morto Pierre Milza".
- ^ "Obituary: Carmel McSharry – 'familiar face on stage and television'". 27 March 2018.
- ^ a b "Zomrel politológ a spoluzakladateľ VPN Michal Horský". 18 March 2018.
- ^ "UK's oldest person dies aged 113". BBC News. 9 July 2016.
- ^ "FilmPolski.pl".
- ^ Hofmann, Laura (1 June 2018). "Seeed-Frontmann Demba Nabé gestorben". Der Tagesspiegel Online – via Tagesspiegel.
- ^ "DFB trauert um Jutta Nardenbach".
- ^ Rehák, Oliver (26 June 2018). "Zomrel Fedor Frešo, ktorý hral so všetkými dôležitými postavami našej scény".
- ^ "Grenzeloos veelzijdige kunstenaar Armando (88) overleden". July 2018.