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Crisis situations and unrest in Europe since 2000

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List of crises situations and major protests in countries of Europe since year 2000.

Contents

2016

  • Brexit - The United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union

    • 2014

  • 2014 Russian military intervention in Ukraine (26 February 2014–ongoing)
  • 2014 unrest in Bosnia and Herzegovina (4–10 February 2014)

    • 2013

  • 2013 protests in Turkey
  • Romanian protests against the Roșia Montană Project
  • 2013 Stockholm riots
  • Bulgarian anti-monopoly protests and demonstrations against the Oresharski cabinet
  • Rise up, Ukraine!

    • 2012

  • Greek labour unions continue strikes.
  • Violent protests in Romania in January
  • Ongoing protest activity in Russia
  • 2012 Maribor protests in Slovenia

    • 2011

  • 2011 Northern Ireland riots (20 June–16 July)
  • 2011 UK public sector strikes (30 November), 2 million public sector workers strike over pensions
  • 2011 England riots (6–11 August), thousands of people of the lower socio-economic group riot
  • North Kosovo crisis (July–December), involving ethnic Serb demonstrators in North Kosovo against Republic of Kosovo Police and KFOR
  • 2011 Germany E. coli O104:H4 outbreak (May–June)
  • Thousands of protesters hold demonstrations in Belgrade, Serbia against the arrest of Ratko Mladić (26 May).
  • 2011 Portuguese protests (12 March)
  • Nationwide protests across Spain (May–)
  • Anti-cuts protest in London (26 March)
  • Refugees of the 2011 Libyan civil war (March–)
  • Nationwide protests and strikes in Greece continue throughout 2011.
  • Domodedovo International Airport bombing (24 January)
  • Major Russian protests begin in response to the 2011 Russian legislative election.
  • 2011 Norway attacks (22 July)

    • 2010

  • Emergency state in Spain on December
  • European sovereign debt crisis
  • Suicide bombing in Stockholm on 11 December, the first ever suicide attack in the Nordic countries
  • Student protests across the United Kingdom since November
  • Student protest in Dublin on 3 November
  • Pension reform strikes across France during September and October (still ongoing)
  • Pride March is held in Belgrade, Serbia and Serbian protestors (mainly Obraz) clash with the riot police to try to disrupt the parade
  • Alumina sludge spill in Ajka, Hungary, on 4 October
  • French Romani repatriation in July
  • Nationwide protests across Greece in May
  • Air travel disruption after the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption in April and May
  • Metro suicide bombings in Moscow on 29 March

    • 2009

  • Flu pandemic
  • Protests at the G-20 summit in London in April
  • Riot in Riga, Latvia, on 13 January
  • Riots involving Bosnian football clubs NK Široki Brijeg and FK Sarajevo
  • Anti-Israel riots in Oslo in January, continuing from December 2008
  • Protests in Iceland in response to the country's financial crisis
  • Unibrennt student protests in Austria
  • Protest and riot in Vilnius, Lithuania, on 16 January

    • 2008

  • Energy crisis in Bulgaria
  • Riots in Greece in December
  • Presidential election protests in Armenia
  • Protests in Belgrade, Serbia following the declaration of Kosovo's independence
  • Karadžić arrest sparks riots in Belgrade, Serbia.
  • Rioting in Manchester before, during and after the 2008 UEFA Cup Final
  • Armed conflict between Georgia on one side and Russia, South Ossetia and Abkhazia on the other
  • 2008 unrest in Kosovo

    • 2007

  • Riots beginning 26 November in Val-d'Oise, France, following the deaths of two teenagers in a traffic collision with a police vehicle
  • Republic protests in Turkey
  • Anti-government protests in Georgia
  • Global spread of H5N1
  • Anti-Putin protests in St. Petersburg and Moscow beginning 24 November
  • Football violence in Catania, Italy, in which one police officer was killed
  • Bronze Night riots in Tallinn in April
  • Attempted car bombings in London on 29 June
  • Attempted suicide attack on Glasgow International Airport on 30 June, Scotland's first ever terrorist attack
  • Eviction and demolition of the Ungdomshuset in Noerrebro of Copenhagen, March 2007

    • 2006

  • Youth protests across France from February to April
  • Riots in Dublin on 25 February
  • Anti-government protests across Hungary from 17 September to 23 October
  • Immigrant youth riots in Brussels following the unexplained death of a Moroccan local in police custody
  • Riot in Copenhagen

    • 2005

  • Riots derived from racial tensions in Birmingham, England, on 22 and 23 October
  • Civil unrest by suburban youth across France
  • Suicide bombings on 7 July and attempted bombings on 21 July in London

    • 2004

  • Commuter train bombings in Madrid on 11 March
  • Metro suicide bombing in Moscow on 6 February
  • Violent unrest in Kosovo in March
  • Orange Revolution in Ukraine beginning in November
  • Beslan school massacre in North Ossetia

    • 2003

  • Rose Revolution in Georgia in November
  • Truck bomb attacks in Istanbul on 15 and 20 November

    • 2002

  • Moscow theater hostage crisis from 23 to 26 October

    • 2001

  • Gothenburg riots during European Council and EU-US summit from 14 to 16 June
  • 2001 Oldham race riots
  • 2001 Harehills riot
  • 2001 Bradford riots
  • Pride March in Belgrade, Serbia is brought to an end by Serbian protestors

    • 2000

  • Overthrow of Slobodan Milošević in Belgrade, Serbia
  • Russian submarine Kursk explosion on 12 August
  • Baia Mare cyanide spill in Romania on 30 January
  • Czech TV crisis beginning in late 2000 and continuing until early 2001

    • References

    Crisis situations and unrest in Europe since 2000 Wikipedia
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