title: Crisis situations and unrest in Europe since 2000
text: # 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.
  
  ## 2022
  
  * 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
  
  ## 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 (ongoing)
  
  ## 2020
  
  * COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
  * 2020–2021 Bulgarian protests
  * 2020–2021 Belarusian protests
  
  ## 2019
  
  * 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
  
  ## 2017
  
  * 2017–2018 Spanish constitutional crisis
  * 2017–2019 Romanian protests
  * 2017 Serbian protests
  * 2017–2018 Russian protests
  * 2017 Belarusian protests
  
  ## 2015
  
  * European migrant crisis (2015–ongoing)
  * 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
  * 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 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)
  
  ## 2010
  
  * 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
  
  ## 2009
  
  * 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
  * 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
  
  ## 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
  * 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 massacre 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
  