2018 in Europe

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This is a list of events that took place in Europe in 2018.

Incumbents

Albania

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Andorra

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Azerbaijan

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Belarus

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Belgium

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Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Bulgaria

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Croatia

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Czech Republic

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Cyprus

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Denmark

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Estonia

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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:
  • Bulgaria (January–July)
  • Austria (July–December)

Finland

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France

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Germany

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Georgia

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Greece

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Hungary

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Iceland

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Ireland

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Italy

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Latvia

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Liechtenstein

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Lithuania

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Luxembourg

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Malta

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Moldova

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Monaco

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Montenegro

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Netherlands

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North Macedonia

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Norway

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Poland

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Portugal

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Romania

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Russia

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San Marino

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Serbia

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Slovakia

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Slovenia

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Spain

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Sweden

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Switzerland

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Turkey

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Ukraine

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United Kingdom

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Vatican City

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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

Date of Death	Year of Birth	Location of Birth	Role(s),Action(s), or Achievement(s)	Person
10)January 1	1932	Austria	Classical guitarist	Konrad Ragossnig[14]
11)January 15	1941	Bulgaria	Actress	Mariana Alamancheva[15]
12)February 22	1991	Hungary	Footballer	Bence Lázár[16]
13)February 27	1936	United Kingdom	Shoemaker	Lance Clark[17]
14)February 28	1932	France	Historian	Pierre Milza[18]
15)March 4	1926	Ireland	Actress	Carmel McSharry[19]
16)March 18	1943	Slovakia	Politician	Michal Horský[20]
17)April 23	1926	Albania	Politician and resistance member during World War II	Liri Belishova
18)May 11	1904	United Kingdom	Oldest verified person in the UK	Bessie Camm[21]
19)May 16	1958	Luxembourg	Politician	Camille Gira[20]
20)May 17	1914	Poland	Actor	Maciej Maciejewski[22]
21)May 31	1972	Germany	Musician	Demba Nabé[23]
22)June 8	1968	Germany	Footballer	Jutta Nardenbach[24]
23)June 23	1991	Kosovo	Basketball player	Gazmend Sinani
24)June 26	1947	Slovakia	Rock and jazz bassist	Fedor Frešo[25]
25)July 1	1929	Netherlands	Artist	Armando[26]

See also

• 2018 in the European Union
• List of state leaders in Europe in 2018

References

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2. "Vaalit.fi - Vuosina 2016-2030 toimitettavat säännönmukaiset vaalit". Archived from the original on 2016-03-14. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
3. "Austria train collision kills one, injures 22". 12 February 2018.
4. "Prokurátor: Čas Kuciakovy vraždy známe s přesností na pět minut. Byla zřejmě na objednávku". 26 March 2018.
5. Jones, Sam (8 March 2018). "More than 5m join Spain's 'feminist strike', unions say". the Guardian.
6. "Azerbaijan brings forward date of presidential election to April..." Reuters. 5 February 2018.
7. "Giro d'Italia set to start 2018 cycling race with three stages in Israel". the Guardian. Associated Press. 14 September 2017.
8. "Sveitarstjórnarkosningar 2018". 10 August 2017.
9. "Sveitarstjórnarkosningar 2018". Archived from the original on 2018-06-29. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
10. "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.
11. "May was sunniest and warmest ever recorded in the UK". June 2018.
12. 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.
13. "News - Italy and Bulgaria to co-host 2018 Men's World Championship". www.fivb.com.
14. "Konrad Ragossnig verstorben - Gitarre-Archiv Österreich". www.gitarre-archiv.at.
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17. "Lance Clark, of Clarks footwear, dies aged 81". March 2018.
18. ROMANO, SERGIO (28 February 2018). "Morto Pierre Milza".
19. "Obituary: Carmel McSharry – 'familiar face on stage and television'". 27 March 2018.
20. "Zomrel politológ a spoluzakladateľ VPN Michal Horský". 18 March 2018.
21. "UK's oldest person dies aged 113". BBC News. 9 July 2016.
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23. Hofmann, Laura (1 June 2018). "Seeed-Frontmann Demba Nabé gestorben". Der Tagesspiegel Online – via Tagesspiegel.
24. "DFB trauert um Jutta Nardenbach".
25. Rehák, Oliver (26 June 2018). "Zomrel Fedor Frešo, ktorý hral so všetkými dôležitými postavami našej scény".
26. "Grenzeloos veelzijdige kunstenaar Armando (88) overleden". July 2018.