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.

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Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine starting from February 24, 2022.
2022 energy crises in Europe
2021–2022 Belarus–European Union border crisis (ongoing)
2022 Oslo shooting

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European migrant crisis (2015–ongoing)
November 2015 Paris attacks

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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)

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Euromaidan, a wave of demonstrations and civil unrest in Ukraine
Romanian protests against the Roșia Montană Project
2013 Stockholm riots
Bulgarian anti-monopoly protests and demonstrations against the Oresharski cabinet

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

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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)

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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

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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

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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

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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
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 Airport on 30 June, Scotland's first ever terrorist attack
Eviction and demolition of the Ungdomshuset in Nørrebro of Copenhagen, March 2007

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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

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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

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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

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

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Moscow theater hostage crisis from 23 to 26 October

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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

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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

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