2018 in Europe
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Incumbents
Albania
Andorra
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
Cyprus
Denmark
Estonia
European Union
Finland
France
Germany
Georgia
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Moldova
Monaco
Montenegro
Netherlands
North Macedonia
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
San Marino
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
Vatican City
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.
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.
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] |
