# 2018 in Europe

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

### Vatican City
## 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.

### 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 |
| 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 |