2013 in Europe

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This is a list of 2013 events that occurred in Europe.

Events

January

Basque Country floods, January 2013
Demonstration in Paris for slain PKK workers

February

Protest in Sofia, February 17, 2013

March

April

Divadelní Street in Prague's Old Town following the explosion

May

Cars on fire during the Stockholm riots
Demonstrators in Taksim Square, Istanbul

June

Flooding in Nový Knín, Czech Republic on June 2, 2013
Riga Castle fire

July

Santiago de Compostela derailment

August

September

Protesters against the Roșia Montană Project marching in Bucharest, September 1
Catalan Way on Colom Avenue, Barcelona

October

November

Riga supermarket roof collapse

December

Euromaidan in Kiev, 2 December

Deaths

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Sports

Arts and entertainment

Architecture

Nobel Prizes

Major religious holidays

References

  1. "Paris apartment fire kills five in Gennevilliers suburb". BBC News. January 2, 2013.
  2. "Gas leak leaves 8 dead in Turkish coal mine". The News Tribune. January 7, 2013.
  3. "3 Kurdish activists killed in Paris; Turks, Kurds accuse each other of being behind shootings". The Washington Post. January 10, 2013.
  4. "Kurdish PKK co-founder Sakine Cansiz shot dead in Paris". BBC News. January 10, 2013.
  5. "Paris's Kurdish community shaken by murder of three women activists". The Guardian. January 10, 2013.
  6. "March to protest Russia's adoption ban draws 20,000, energizing anti-Putin opposition". The Washington Post. January 13, 2013.
  7. "Thousands Protest in Moscow Against Ban on Adoptions to US". ABC News. January 13, 2013.
  8. "100-car pile-up kills one, leaves dozens injured". The Local. January 15, 2013.
  9. "London helicopter crash: Two die in Vauxhall crane accident". BBC News. January 16, 2013.
  10. "Two dead in London helicopter crash". The New Zealand Herald. January 17, 2013.
  11. "Glencoe avalanche: Four dead, say police". BBC News. January 19, 2013.
  12. "Zeman wins Czech presidential election". Financial Times. January 26, 2013.
  13. "Czech election: Miloš Zeman wins presidential poll". BBC News. January 26, 2013.
  14. "11 killed in Portuguese bus crash". The Telegraph. January 27, 2013.
  15. "Belgium plane crash closes Charleroi airport". BBC News. February 9, 2013.
  16. "Five people killed in plane crash at Charleroi Airport in Belgium". RTÉ News. February 9, 2013.
  17. "Germany's education minister Annette Schavan quits over 'plagiarism' row". The Independent. February 9, 2013.
  18. "German Education Minister Schavan resigns amid plagiarism scandal". Deutsche Welle. February 9, 2013.
  19. "Russia Coal Mine Blast: 18 People Dead In Vorkutinskaya Explosion". The Huffington Post. February 11, 2013.
  20. "Syria crisis: 'Powerful' minibus explosion kills 13". BBC News. February 11, 2013.
  21. "Plane crash landing in Donetsk kills 5 fans of Shakhtar". Kyiv Post. February 13, 2013.
  22. "Meteorite explosion over Chelyabinsk injures hundreds". The Guardian. February 15, 2013.
  23. "Meteorite hits central Russia, more than 500 people hurt". Reuters. February 15, 2013.
  24. "Meteorite hits Russian Urals: Fireball explosion wreaks havoc, over 900 injured". Russia Today. February 15, 2013.
  25. "Meteor strike injures hundreds in central Russia". BBC News. February 15, 2013.
  26. "Incumbent Wins Easy Victory in Armenia". The New York Times. February 18, 2013.
  27. "Armenian president set to win re-election: exit poll". Reuters. February 18, 2013.
  28. "Bulgarian government resigns amid protests over high electricity costs". The Guardian. February 20, 2013.
  29. "Bulgarian government resigns amid growing protests". Reuters. February 20, 2013.
  30. "Demonstration in Brussels". Euronews. February 21, 2013.
  31. "Conservative Nicos Anastasiades wins Cyprus election". The Telegraph. February 24, 2013.
  32. "Greek Cypriots elect Nicos Anastasiades as president". The Guardian. February 24, 2013.
  33. "Fatal shootings at Swiss factory". The Guardian. February 27, 2013.
  34. "Police: 3 dead, several wounded in Switzerland factory shooting". CNN. February 27, 2013.
  35. "The world bids farewell to Pope Benedict XVI". The Telegraph. February 28, 2013.
  36. "Benedict's reign ends with a promise to obey next pope". Reuters. February 28, 2013.
  37. "Slovenia parliament ousts PM Janez Janša". BBC News. February 28, 2013.
  38. "Antonescu, on the Kishinev government fall: It is not a good omen. The Alliance for Europe should have resisted". Antena3.ro. March 5, 2013.
  39. "Moldovan Parliament Dismisses Government". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. March 5, 2013.
  40. "Eight dead in apartment fire near Stuttgart". Deutsche Welle. March 10, 2013.
  41. "Fire at apartment building in southwestern Germany leaves 8 dead, including 7 children". Ottawa Citizen. March 10, 2013.
  42. "Argentina's Jorge Mario Bergoglio elected Pope Francis". BBC News. March 13, 2013.
  43. "Cardinals Pick Bergoglio, Who Will Be Pope Francis". The New York Times. March 13, 2013.
  44. "Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio elected pontiff, takes name Pope Francis". The Guardian. March 13, 2013.
  45. "Jorge Mario Bergoglio elected new pope: as it happened". The Telegraph. March 13, 2013.
  46. "Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio elected new pope". Euronews. March 13, 2013.
  47. "Accident în lanț la granița dintre Ungaria și Croația. Printre victime se numără și români". Adevărul. March 15, 2013.
  48. "50 de mașini, implicate într-un accident în lanț în Ungaria". Cronica Română. March 15, 2013.
  49. "Savers forced to bear costs in Cyprus bailout". Reuters. March 16, 2013.
  50. "Eurozone and IMF agree 10bn-euro Cyprus bailout deal". BBC News. March 16, 2013.
  51. "Bus Crash Kills 2 Polish Football Fans". R-Sport. March 19, 2013.
  52. "6 killed, 18 injured in bus crash in northwest Russia; many of the injured were orphans". The Washington Post. March 28, 2013.
  53. "6 killed, 24 injured as bus carrying children crashes in central Russia". Russia Today. March 28, 2013.
  54. "Town buried in ash after Mount Etna volcano eruption". The Sun. April 2, 2013.
  55. "Incumbent declared winner in Montenegro election". Associated Press. April 8, 2013.
  56. "Election officials said incumbent Filip Vujanović wins Montenegro's presidential race". Fox News. April 8, 2013.
  57. "Serbia shooting rampage kills 13". The Guardian. April 9, 2013.
  58. "Serbia's worst peacetime shooting: 13 killed, including women and child". Russia Today. April 9, 2013.
  59. "Thirteen dead in Serbia gun rampage". BBC News. April 9, 2013.
  60. "Italy crisis: President Giorgio Napolitano re-elected". BBC News. April 20, 2013.
  61. "Giorgio Napolitano re-elected as Italy's president, prompting relief and protests". The Guardian. April 20, 2013.
  62. "Napolitano elected for second term as Italy president". Reuters. April 20, 2013.
  63. "Belgorod: Six dead in western Russia shooting". BBC News. April 22, 2013.
  64. "38 people dead in fire at psychiatric hospital in Russia". CNN. April 26, 2013.
  65. "Fire in Russian Psychiatric Hospital That Killed 38 Stirs Anger Over State's Neglect". The New York Times. April 26, 2013.
  66. "Prague explosion possibly caused by gas injures dozens". The Guardian. April 29, 2013.
  67. "Dozens injured, others feared buried after explosion in Prague". NBC News. April 29, 2013.
  68. "Queen Beatrix Abdicates in the Netherlands". The New York Times. April 30, 2013.
  69. "Dutch Queen Beatrix abdicates in favour of son". BBC News. April 30, 2013.
  70. "Willem-Alexander to become Europe's youngest king as Prince Charles watches on". The Telegraph. April 30, 2013.
  71. "Three Policemen Killed, Two Wounded in Russia’s Dagestan". RIA Novosti. May 1, 2013.
  72. "Turkey's May Day protest turns violent". The Guardian. May 1, 2013.
  73. "Turkish police fire tear gas in clashes with Labor Day protesters". CNN. May 1, 2013.
  74. "Tornado injures 11 near Bologna, Italy". BBC News. May 4, 2013.
  75. "Huge blaze as Russian fuel tanks derail, thousands flee". Russia Today. May 8, 2013.
  76. "Blasts kill dozens in Turkish town Reyhanlı on Syria border". BBC News. May 11, 2013.
  77. "43 killed, over 100 injured as blasts rock Turkish town on Syrian border". Russia Today. May 11, 2013.
  78. "Car bomb explosion kills 4, injures 46 in Dagestan, southern Russia". Russia Today. May 20, 2013.
  79. "4 dead, 44 hurt in Dagestan bombing, security officials say". CNN. May 20, 2013.
  80. "Balloon crash kills tourists in Cappadocia, Turkey". BBC News. May 20, 2013.
  81. "Woolwich machete attack leaves man dead". BBC News. May 22, 2013.
  82. "'He was always smiling': Lee Rigby named as Woolwich victim". The Independent. May 23, 2013.
  83. "Woolwich killing: meat cleaver, knife and jihadist claims filmed on mobile". The Guardian. May 22, 2013.
  84. "Swedish riots rage for fourth night". The Guardian. May 23, 2013.
  85. "Stockholm restaurant torched as riots spread". BBC News. May 23, 2013.
  86. "Seven arrested over Stockholm's Husby riots". The Local. May 21, 2013.
  87. "Huge anti-gay-marriage protest march in Paris". BBC News. May 26, 2013.
  88. "France Gay Marriage Law: Violence At Protest". Sky News. May 26, 2013.
  89. "Turkish police fire tear gas in worst protests in years". Reuters. May 31, 2013.
  90. "Dozens injured after violent protest at Istanbul's Taksim Square". Al-Arabiya. June 1, 2013.
  91. "Turkey protests spread after violence in Istanbul over park demolition". The Guardian. June 1, 2013.
  92. "Evacuations Increase as German Dike Breaks". The Wall Street Journal. June 10, 2013.
  93. "Central Europe on alert for flooding". BBC News. June 3, 2013.
  94. "Central Europe hit by floods after days of rain". Yahoo! News. June 3, 2013.
  95. "Ex-Slovenian PM Janez Janša convicted of corruption". BBC News. June 5, 2013.
  96. "Former Slovenia PM sentenced to jail for bribes". Reuters. June 5, 2013.
  97. "Czech Premier Resigns, Interim Government Likely". The Wall Street Journal. June 17, 2013.
  98. "Czech Republic's prime minister forced to resign over scandal hit-aide". The Guardian. June 17, 2013.
  99. "Thousands Evacuated in Central Russia Ammo Depot Explosions". RIA Novosti. June 19, 2013.
  100. "Explosions rock Russian village after fire at military depot". The Guardian. June 19, 2013.
  101. "Latvia's Riga Castle damaged by fire". BBC News. June 21, 2013.
  102. "Latvia's medieval Riga Castle, a museum and presidential residence, damaged by fire". The Washington Post. June 21, 2013.
  103. "Fifteen killed in Montenegro bus crash, 31 injured". Reuters. Jun 23, 2013.
  104. "Bus crash in Montenegro leaves 18 Romanian tourists dead". RTÉ.ie. June 24, 2013.
  105. "Silvio Berlusconi gets 7 years in underage sex case". CNN. June 25, 2013.
  106. "Silvio Berlusconi sentenced to seven years in jail in bunga bunga sex trial". The Telegraph. June 24, 2013.
  107. "Croatia celebrates on joining EU". BBC News. July 1, 2013.
  108. "Celebrations as Croatia becomes 28th member of the European Union". ABC News. July 1, 2013.
  109. "At least 80 injured as passenger train derails in southern Russia". Russia Today. July 7, 2013.
  110. "Passenger train derailment in southern Russia injures 80". PressTV. July 7, 2013.
  111. "Spain Crash: Bus Careens Off Road Killing Nine". Sky News. July 8, 2013.
  112. "Luxembourg PM Juncker offers government resignation". BBC News. July 11, 2013.
  113. "Entire government of Luxembourg resigns after spying and corruption scandal forces its prime minister to quit". Daily Mail. July 11, 2013.
  114. "Luxembourg's Juncker resigns as spy scandal fells government". Reuters. July 11, 2013.
  115. "At least 6 dead in train derailment near Paris, French official says". CNN. July 13, 2013.
  116. "At Least 6 Dead and Dozens Injured as Train Derails Near Paris". The New York Times. July 13, 2013.
  117. "Train crash near Paris: 'at least six dead'". The Telegraph. July 13, 2013.
  118. "18 killed, 45 injured in Podolsk road accident". The Voice of Russia. July 14, 2013.
  119. "18 killed after truck smashes into bus in Moscow region". Rappler. July 13, 2013.
  120. "Belgium's new King: Albert II abdicates after 20-year reign to make way for son Philippe". The Independent. July 21, 2013.
  121. "Belgium's Albert II abdicates to make way for Philippe". Deutsche Welle. July 21, 2013.
  122. "Belgium's King Albert II gives up throne to son". CNN. July 21, 2013.
  123. "Train Derailment Kills Dozens in Northwestern Spain". The Wall Street Journal. July 24, 2013.
  124. "Dozens die as Spanish train derails in Galicia". BBC News. July 24, 2013.
  125. "At least 77 people dead after train derails in Spain, the worst train accident in decades". The Washington Post. July 25, 2013.
  126. "Italy bus crash: at least 39 dead". The Telegraph. July 29, 2013.
  127. "Italian bus crash kills 39; second European transport disaster in five days". Reuters. July 29, 2013.
  128. "'I heard children weeping in the carcass of the coach and their parents calling to them': Full horror of Italian coach catastrophe which killed at least 39 as it emerges whole families are dead". Daily Mail. July 29, 2013.
  129. "Swiss train crash: Dozens hurt in Granges-près-Marnand". BBC News. July 29, 2013.
  130. "One dead, dozens injured as two trains collide head-on in Switzerland". Russia Today. July 29, 2013.
  131. "Dozens injured in Swiss train collision". CNN. July 30, 2013.
  132. "55 People Hospitalized After Tunnel Fire in Norway". ABC News. August 5, 2013.
  133. "Norway Tunnel Fire Leaves Dozens Injured". Huffington Post. August 5, 2013.
  134. "Ukraine: 5 Killed, 20 Sickened in Ammonia Leak". ABC News. August 6, 2013.
  135. "Five people killed in ammonia blowout at Stirol Concern in Horlivka". Kyiv Post. August 6, 2013.
  136. "Russian police kill nine suspected militants in North Caucasus". Reuters. August 20, 2013.
  137. "9 suspected militants killed in clash with police in Russia's Dagestan". The Washington Post. August 20, 2013.
  138. "3 dead, 5 wounded in shooting in southern Germany". The New Zealand Herald. August 21, 2013.
  139. "Gunman kills 2, wounds 5 in Germany bar shooting". CNN. August 20, 2013.
  140. "Shetland helicopter crash: Four dead named". BBC News. August 24, 2013.
  141. "Shetland helicopter crash: four people confirmed dead by police". The Guardian. August 24, 2013.
  142. "Three men and a woman die after helicopter carrying 18 to gas platforms ditches into the North Sea near Shetland". Daily Mail. August 23, 2013.
  143. "5 dead, including one child, in German plane crash". The Straits Times. August 28, 2013.
  144. "4 adults, 1 child dead in German small plane crash". New Europe. August 28, 2013.
  145. "Three dead, 33 injured in Hungary motorway pile-up". GlobalPost. August 30, 2013.
  146. "Romanians mobilise in protest against gold mine plans". The Guardian. September 17, 2013.
  147. "Cyanide pollution fears: Thousands of Romanians protest 'biggest in Europe' gold mine". Russia Today. September 8, 2013.
  148. "Thousands rally in Romania against gold mine". Reuters. September 1, 2013.
  149. "'The Arab Spring, the Turkish Summer, The Romanian Autumn': Romanian protests as a model of peaceful demonstration". CNN. September 6, 2013.
  150. "11 killed in Romania car-train crash". LiveLeak.com. September 8, 2013.
  151. "Accidentul cu 11 morți de la Iași, surprins de camerele de supraveghere". România TV. September 8, 2013.
  152. "Russia freezes Moldovan wine import; Chișinău, EU suspect politics". Itar-Tass. September 11, 2013.
  153. "More than 1 million Catalans form human chain to promote their bid to break away from Spain". The Washington Post. September 11, 2013.
  154. "Romania flash floods kill eight and force evacuations". BBC News. September 12, 2013.
  155. "INUNDAȚII ÎN GALAȚI: Sute de case inundate și 9 morți, bilanț dramatic invers proporțional cu reacția autorităților". Mediafax. September 12, 2013.
  156. "Accident grav la Arad: trei morți și 29 de răniți". Gândul. September 12, 2013.
  157. "Accidentul de la Nădlac. Persoanele rănite ușor au plecat mai departe spre destinații. Trei oameni au murit și 29 au fost răniți în coliziunea dintre autocare". Adevărul. September 12, 2013.
  158. "37 dead in psychiatric hospital fire in Novgorod, Russia – investigators". Russia Today. September 13, 2013.
  159. "Inside the killer-poacher's lair: Extraordinary gun haul and trophy room of the Austrian hunter who shot dead four". Daily Mail. September 19, 2013.
  160. "Charred body found in Austrian hunt for gunman who killed three police officers and emergency worker". The Independent. September 18, 2013.
  161. "Austrian police storm hideout of gunman who killed 4 people". The Washington Post. September 17, 2013.
  162. "Angela Merkel celebrates after German election win". BBC News. September 23, 2013.
  163. "German election: Angela Merkel secures historic third win". The Guardian. September 23, 2013.
  164. "Merkel's slow and steady wins, for now". The Washington Post. September 24, 2013.
  165. "Migrants Die as Burning Boat Capsizes Off Italy". The New York Times. October 3, 2013.
  166. "Italy boat sinking: Hundreds feared dead off Lampedusa". BBC News. October 3, 2013.
  167. "Italy boat wreck: scores of migrants die as boat sinks off Lampedusa". The Guardian. October 3, 2013.
  168. "Migrant boat capsize leaves 27 dead in Mediterranean". BBC News. October 11, 2013.
  169. "Days After Disaster, Another Migrant Ship Sinks Near Italian Island". The New York Times. October 11, 2013.
  170. "Over 380 detained after anti-migrant riot in southern Moscow". Russia Today. October 13, 2013.
  171. "Ten Parachutists Killed In Belgium Plane Crash". Sky News. October 19, 2013.
  172. "At least 10 parachutists killed when their plane crash lands in a field in Belgium minutes after take-off". Daily Mail. October 19, 2013.
  173. "Volgograd mourns victims of bus bombing, police look for organizers". Russia Today. October 21, 2013.
  174. "Russia bus bomb: Volgograd blast kills six". BBC News. October 21, 2013.
  175. "Two reported dead as St Jude storm lashes southern UK". The Guardian. October 28, 2013.
  176. "St Jude's Day storm: 17-year-old girl killed after tree crushes home in Kent as Britain is bombarded with high winds and heavy rain". The Independent. October 28, 2013.
  177. "Six killed in gas leak at coal mine in Spain". Euronews. October 28, 2013.
  178. "Two Golden Dawn supporters shot dead in Greece". Reuters. November 1, 2013.
  179. "Two Golden Dawn members killed in drive-by shooting outside Athens office". The Guardian. November 1, 2013.
  180. "Three killed in Norway bus attack". NBC News. November 4, 2013.
  181. "12 migrants dead after boat capsizes in Greek waters, 15 rescued". The Washington Post. November 15, 2013.
  182. "Migrants dead as boat sinks near Greece". Aljazeera. November 15, 2013.
  183. "Dozens dead in Russian plane crash". BBC News. November 18, 2013.
  184. "50 dead as passenger jet crashes in central Russia". Russia Today. November 18, 2013.
  185. "Sardinia hit by deadly cyclone and flooding". BBC News. November 19, 2013.
  186. "38 dead, dozens feared trapped after Latvia mall collapse". Russia Today. November 21, 2013.
  187. "Latvia roof collapse: 21 killed in Riga supermarket". The Independent. November 22, 2013.
  188. "Riga roof collapse: Six dead and others feared trapped". BBC News. November 22, 2013.
  189. "Emergency workers among the dead as supermarket roof collapses in Latvia". The Telegraph. November 22, 2013.
  190. "Glasgow helicopter crash: 'Three dead' at Clutha pub". BBC News. November 30, 2013.
  191. "At least three feared dead after police helicopter crashes into Glasgow pub". The Guardian. November 30, 2013.
  192. "Huge Ukraine rally over EU agreement delay". BBC News. November 24, 2013.
  193. "Protests continue in Kyiv ahead of Vilnius EU summit". Euronews. November 27, 2013.
  194. "Chișinău Recognizes Romanian As Official Language". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 5 December 2013.
  195. "Moldovan court rules official language is 'Romanian', replacing Soviet-flavored 'Moldovan'". Fox News. 5 December 2013.
  196. Nic Robertson, Tom Watkins (20 December 2013). "Ceiling of London's Apollo Theatre collapses". CNN.
  197. "Apollo Theatre: Ceiling collapses during show in London". BBC News. 20 December 2013.
  198. "'Suicide bomber' hits Russia's Volgograd train station". BBC News. 29 December 2013.
  199. "Suspected suicide bomber kills 14 in Russia's south". Russia Today. 29 December 2013.
  200. "Consecutive Volgograd suicide bombing kills at least 14". Russia Today. 30 December 2013.
  201. "Volgograd blasts: New deadly explosion hits Russian city". BBC News. 30 December 2013.