2018 in Europe

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

Years in Europe:	2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Centuries:	20th century · 21st century · 22nd century
Decades:	1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s 2040s
Years:	2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

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

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.
• January 28 – Presidential elections were held in Finland.

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.
• February 21 – Ján Kuciak was murdered in Slovakia.

March

• March 8 – The 2018 Spanish women's strike occurred in Spain.
• 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.
• 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.
• May 12 – 2018 Paris knife attack occurred in Paris, France.
• May 26 – The Icelandic municipal elections took place.
• 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.

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.
• 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”.

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.

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
11)January 15	1941	Bulgaria	Actress	Mariana Alamancheva
12)February 22	1991	Hungary	Footballer	Bence Lázár
13)February 27	1936	United Kingdom	Shoemaker	Lance Clark
14)February 28	1932	France	Historian	Pierre Milza
15)March 4	1926	Ireland	Actress	Carmel McSharry
16)March 18	1943	Slovakia	Politician	Michal Horský
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
19)May 16	1958	Luxembourg	Politician	Camille Gira
20)May 17	1914	Poland	Actor	Maciej Maciejewski
21)May 31	1972	Germany	Musician	Demba Nabé
22)June 8	1968	Germany	Footballer	Jutta Nardenbach
23)June 23	1991	Kosovo	Basketball player	Gazmend Sinani
24)June 26	1947	Slovakia	Rock and jazz bassist	Fedor Frešo
25)July 1	1929	Netherlands	Artist	Armando

See also

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