2018 in Europe
Europe-related events during the year of 2018
Years in Europe: | 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 |
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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.
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.[10]
- 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”.[11]
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.[12]
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[13] |
11)January 15 | 1941 | Bulgaria | Actress | Mariana Alamancheva[14] |
12)February 22 | 1991 | Hungary | Footballer | Bence Lázár[15] |
13)February 27 | 1936 | United Kingdom | Shoemaker | Lance Clark[16] |
14)February 28 | 1932 | France | Historian | Pierre Milza[17] |
15)March 4 | 1926 | Ireland | Actress | Carmel McSharry[18] |
16)March 18 | 1943 | Slovakia | Politician | Michal Horský[19] |
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[20] |
19)May 16 | 1958 | Luxembourg | Politician | Camille Gira[19] |
20)May 17 | 1914 | Poland | Actor | Maciej Maciejewski[21] |
21)May 31 | 1972 | Germany | Musician | Demba Nabé[22] |
22)June 8 | 1968 | Germany | Footballer | Jutta Nardenbach[23] |
23)June 23 | 1991 | Kosovo | Basketball player | Gazmend Sinani |
24)June 26 | 1947 | Slovakia | Rock and jazz bassist | Fedor Frešo[24] |
25)July 1 | 1929 | Netherlands | Artist | Armando[25] |
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.
- ^ "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.
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