What is 2015?
{{Year nav|2015}} {{Year in various calendars|2015}} '''2015''' ([[Roman numerals|MMXV]]) was a [[common year starting on Thursday]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]], but it was also the 2015th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, {{Year article header/year number|2015}}. ==Events== ===January=== [[File:Charlie-Hebdo-2015-11.JPG|thumb|180px|right|12 people are killed and 11 injured in the [[Charlie Hebdo shooting]] in [[Paris]]]] **The [[Eurasian Economic Union]] comes into effect, creating a [[political union|political]] and [[economic union]] between [[Russia]], [[Belarus]], [[Armenia]], [[Kazakhstan]] and [[Kyrgyzstan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://economy.gov.ru/wps/wcm/connect/bb840de1-a37b-4e00-8c62-6e13a59485d1/%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0+%D0%BE+%D0%95%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BC+%D1%8D%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BC+%D1%81%D0%BE%D1%8E%D0%B7%D0%B5.docx?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=bb840de1-a37b-4e00-8c62-6e13a59485d1|title=Договор о Евразийском экономическом союзе|access-date=2015-01-08|archive-date=2017-12-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201013526/http://economy.gov.ru/wps/wcm/connect/bb840de1-a37b-4e00-8c62-6e13a59485d1/%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0+%D0%BE+%D0%95%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BC+%D1%8D%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BC+%D1%81%D0%BE%D1%8E%D0%B7%D0%B5.docx?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=bb840de1-a37b-4e00-8c62-6e13a59485d1|url-status=dead}}</ref> **[[Lithuania]] officially [[Lithuania and the euro|adopts]] the [[euro]] as its currency, replacing the [[Lithuanian litas|litas]], and [[Enlargement of the eurozone|becomes]] the nineteenth [[Euro]]zone country.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30635826 |title=Lithuania joins Baltic neighbours in euro club |last=Kropaitas |first=Zivile |date=2015-01-01 |work=BBC News |access-date=2015-01-01}}</ref> *[[January 7]]: **A [[Charli