# Crisis situations and unrest in Europe since 2000

This is a list of crises situations and major protests in countries of Europe since the year 2000.

## 2024

* 2022–2024 German economic crisis
* 2024 European farmers' protests (ongoing).
** 2023–2024 German farmers' protests
** 2024 French farmers' protests
** 2024 Netherlands farmers' protests
** 2024 Polish farmers' protests
** November 2024 United Kingdom farmers' protests
* 2024 Harehills riot (United Kingdom)
* 2024 United Kingdom riots
* November 2024 United Kingdom security incidents (anti-terror squads were called out to all three incidents which are now under investigation)
** Glasgow
** Gatwick
** London
** Chester
* 2024 Serbian environmental protests
* 2024–2025 Serbian anti-corruption protests

## 2023

* Demonstrations and riots against migration
** 2023 Dublin riot
* 2022–2024 German economic crisis
* 2023–2024 German farmers' protests
* Protest in Brussels for better wages and service from late 2023.

## 2022

* Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine starting from February 24, 2022.
* 2022 energy crises in Europe
* 2022 Oslo shooting
* 2022–2024 German economic crisis

## 2021

* 2021 Dutch curfew riots
* Protest and strikes of the CGT union 2021
* 2021 Russian protests
* 2021 Montenegrin episcopal enthronement protests
* 2021 North Kosovo crisis
* 2021 Abkhazia unrest
* 2021–2022 Belarus–European Union border crisis

## 2020

* COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
* 2020–2021 Bulgarian protests
* 2020–2021 Belarusian protests
* 2020–2022 Serbian protests

## 2019

* Dutch farmers' protests, ongoing protests since 2019 by farmers in the Netherlands
* 2019 Moscow protests
* 2019–2020 Maltese protests
* 2019–2020 Catalan protests
* Sardines movement

## 2018

* 2018–2023 UK higher education strikes
* 2018 Slovak anti-government protests after murder of journalist Ján Kuciak
* Yellow Vests movement
* 2018–2020 Serbian protests ("One of Five Million" movement)

## 2017

* 2017–2018 Spanish constitutional crisis
* 2017–2019 Romanian protests
* 2017 Serbian protests
* 2017–2018 Russian protests
* 2017 Belarusian protests

## 2015

* European migrant crisis (around 2014–2016)
* November 2015 Paris attacks

## 2014

* 2014 Ukrainian revolution, 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine and the subsequent ongoing War in Eastern Ukraine
* 2014 unrest in Bosnia and Herzegovina (4–10 February 2014)

## 2013

* Euromaidan, a wave of demonstrations and civil unrest in Ukraine
* Romanian protests against the Roșia Montană Project
* 2013 Stockholm riots (May 19–28)
* Bulgarian anti-monopoly protests and demonstrations against the Oresharski cabinet

## 2012

* Greek labour unions continue strikes.
* Violent protests in Romania in January
* Ongoing protest activity in Russia
* Slovenian protests in Slovenia (2012-2013)

## 2011

* 2011 Northern Ireland riots (20 June–16 July)
* 2011 United Kingdom 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 Rome demonstration (15 October)
* 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 anti-austerity movement (12 March)
* Nationwide protests across Spain (May–)
* Anti-cuts protest in London (26 March)
* Refugees of the 2011 Libyan civil war (2011–2013)
* 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

* Spanish air traffic controllers' strike on December
* European 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
* Ajka alumina plant accident 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

* Swine 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
* Anti-government protests in Georgia
* Global spread of H5N1
* Dissenters' March in St. Petersburg and Moscow beginning 24 November
* Football riot 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 Airport on 30 June, Scotland's first ever terrorist attack
* Eviction and demolition of the Ungdomshuset in Nørrebro 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
* December 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 siege 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 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