page_title: 2014 in Europe
section_title: April
hierarchical_section_title: 2014 in Europe / Events / April
caption_attribution_description: English: Checkpoint in Donetsk oblast, Ukraine, during the Sloviansk standoff. The author of this photo, Aleksandr Sirota, visited his parents in Sloviansk on Easter holidays.
context_page_description: This is a list of 2014 events that occurred in Europe.
context_section_description: 4 April – 20 people are injured as protesters from across Europe clash with police in Brussels at a demonstration against high unemployment.
  7 April – Pro-Russian activists occupying a government building in Donetsk proclaim the creation of a sovereign Donetsk People's Republic, independent from the central government in Kiev. The same action is taken by protesters in Kharkiv.
  10 April – The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe suspends Russia's right to vote and take part in election observations as a consequence to its takeover of Crimea.
  11 April – Seven people are killed when an explosion caused by leaking gas tears through a coal mine near the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk.
  12 April – An anti-austerity protest in Rome turns violent, 80 people being injured in clashes between angry protesters and riot police.
  16 April
  Pro-Russian separatists in Odessa announced the creation of Odessa People's Republic and urged residents to block traffic in the city.
  The Supreme Soviet of Tiraspol votes unanimously a solicitation to the State Duma, the Federation Council and President Vladimir Putin to recognize Transnistrian independence and annexation to Russia. Romanian Foreign Minister condemns vigorously this action, cataloging it as a defiance to Moldova's territorial integrity.
  27 April – Popes John XXIII and John Paul II are declared saints by Pope Francis in the first papal canonization since 1954.
  28 April – Gjorge Ivanov is re-elected President of the Republic of Macedonia, while the ruling coalition led by VMRO-DPMNE win plurality in the Parliament.
caption: Checkpoint in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, during the Sloviansk standoff
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