page_title: 2014 in Europe
section_title: February
hierarchical_section_title: 2014 in Europe / Events / February
caption_attribution_description: English: At the Opening Ceremony for the XXII Olympic Winter Games.
context_page_description: This is a list of 2014 events that occurred in Europe.
context_section_description: 2 February
  A referendum on Gagauzia's independence from Moldova is held with 98.9 percent of voters supporting Gagauzia's self-determination. The authorities from Chișinău declare it illegal.
  Up to 500,000 people protest on the boulevards of Paris and Lyon against same-sex marriage.
  4 February – At least 13 people die and five others are injured when a commuter train slams into a shuttle bus in Sumy Oblast, Ukraine.
  6 February – More than 130 people, including 104 police officers, are injured in a second day of anti-government demonstrations in the Bosnian town of Tuzla.
  7 February
  The opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games is held in the Russian city of Sochi.
  The earliest human footprints outside Africa are discovered in Norfolk, United Kingdom.
  About 30 police officers are injured in the Kosovo capital Pristina in clashes with students protesting over suspicions of fraud in the state university.
  9 February – In a national referendum, Swiss voters approve re-imposing quotas on immigration from European Union countries.
  13 February – Belgium becomes the first country to legalise euthanasia without any age limits.
  14 February – Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta resigns after pressure from his own Democratic Party to step down.
  18 February – Seven miners are killed and nine injured in an explosion at the Pivnichna coal mine in Ukraine's Donetsk Oblast.
  20 February – At least 106 people are dead and large parts of Kiev's occupied Independence Square are burning after a bloody escalation of Ukraine's three-month political crisis.
  22 February
  The Parliament of Ukraine removes President Viktor Yanukovych from office and frees ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. The dismissed President describes measures taken by the Parliament as a "coup".
  The Secretary of the Democratic Party, Matteo Renzi, is appointed Prime Minister of Italy by President Giorgio Napolitano. Renzi is the youngest Prime Minister in the history of Italy.
caption: 2014 Winter Olympics opening ceremony
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