2018 in Europe
This is a list of events that took place in Europe in 2018.
Incumbents
Croatia
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
- *Austria
Ireland
Monaco
Russia
Turkey
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 at the [2018 Winter Olympics|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 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.