2018 in Europe
{{Short description|Europe-related events during the year of 2018}}
{{yearbox|
| in?= in Europe
| cp= 20th century
| c= 21st century
| cf= 22nd century
| yp1=2015
| yp2=2016
| yp3=2017
| year=2018
| ya1=2019
| ya2=2020
| ya3=2021
| dp3= 1980s
| dp2= 1990s
| dp1= 2000s
| d= 2010s (decade){{!}}2010s
| dn1= 2020s
| dn2= 2030s
| dn3= 2040s
}}
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=
=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.{{cite web|url=http://www.euronews.com/2018/01/15/romanian-pm-mihai-tudose-resigns-after-losing-the-support-of-his-social-democrat-party|title=Romanian PM Mihai Tudose resigns after losing party support|date=15 January 2018}}
- January 28 – Presidential elections were held in Finland.{{Cite web |url=http://www.vaalit.fi/fi/index/ajankohtaista/vuosina2013-2030jarjestettavatvaalit.html |title=Vaalit.fi - Vuosina 2016-2030 toimitettavat säännönmukaiset vaalit |access-date=2018-06-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314062444/http://www.vaalit.fi/fi/index/ajankohtaista/vuosina2013-2030jarjestettavatvaalit.html |archive-date=2016-03-14 |url-status=dead }}
= 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.euronews.com/2018/02/12/austria-train-collision-kills-one-injures-22-others|title=Austria train collision kills one, injures 22|date=12 February 2018}}
- February 21 – Ján Kuciak was murdered in Slovakia.{{cite web|url=https://www.irozhlas.cz/zpravy-svet/nove-poznatky-o-vrazde-jana-kuciaka_1803261414_miz|title=Prokurátor: Čas Kuciakovy vraždy známe s přesností na pět minut. Byla zřejmě na objednávku|date=26 March 2018 }}
= March =
- March 8 – The 2018 Spanish women's strike occurred in Spain.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/08/spanish-women-give-up-work-for-a-day-in-first-feminist-strike|title=More than 5m join Spain's 'feminist strike', unions say|first=Sam|last=Jones|date=8 March 2018|website=the Guardian}}
- 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-azerbaijan-election/azerbaijan-brings-forward-date-of-presidential-election-to-april-11-decree-idUSKBN1FP0RE|title=Azerbaijan brings forward date of presidential election to April...|website=Reuters|date=5 February 2018}}
- 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/sep/14/giro-d-italia-2018-start-in-israel|title=Giro d'Italia set to start 2018 cycling race with three stages in Israel|agency=Associated Press|date=14 September 2017|website=the Guardian}}
- May 12 – 2018 Paris knife attack occurred in Paris, France.
- May 26 – The Icelandic municipal elections took place.{{cite web | url=https://kosningasaga.wordpress.com/sveitarstjornarkosningar/sveitarstjornarkosningar-2018-frettayfirlit/ | title=Sveitarstjórnarkosningar 2018 | date=10 August 2017 }}{{cite web|url=https://framsokn.is/event/sveitarstjornarkosningar-2018/|title=Sveitarstjórnarkosningar 2018|access-date=2018-06-29|archive-date=2018-06-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629074213/https://framsokn.is/event/sveitarstjornarkosningar-2018/|url-status=dead}}
- 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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/05/31/denmark-becomes-latest-european-country-ban-full-islamic-face/|title=Denmark becomes latest European country to ban full Islamic face veil in public spaces|date=31 May 2018|work=The Telegraph|access-date=2 June 2018|issn=0307-1235}}
= 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.itv.com/news/2018-06-01/may-was-sunniest-and-warmest-on-record/|title=May was sunniest and warmest ever recorded in the UK|date=June 2018}}
- 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”.{{cite journal|url=https://www.bmj.com/content/361/bmj.k2821|title=BMA votes to oppose Brexit "as a whole" and calls for public final say on deal|first=Zosia|last=Kmietowicz|date=27 June 2018|journal=BMJ|volume=361|pages=k2821|via=www.bmj.com|doi=10.1136/bmj.k2821|pmid=29950510|s2cid=49486231|url-access=subscription}}
=== July ===
- July 1 – Austria assumed the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from Bulgaria.
= August =
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= September =
- September 10 to 30 – The 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship will be co-hosted in Bulgaria and Italy.{{cite web|url=http://www.fivb.com/en/about/news/italy-and-bulgaria-to-co-host-2018-mens?id=58375|title=News - Italy and Bulgaria to co-host 2018 Men's World Championship|website=www.fivb.com}}
= October =
- October 7 – The 2018 Bosnian general election is scheduled to take place.
= November =
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= December =
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Births
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Deaths
== See also ==
{{Portal|Europe|2010s}}
References
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