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.

2026

• Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)
• 2026 Iran war
• Economic impact of the 2026 Iran war

2025

• Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)

2024

• Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)
• Demonstrations and riots against migration
• 2024 Harehills riot (United Kingdom)
• 2024 United Kingdom riots
• November 2024 United Kingdom security incidents (anti-terror squads were called out to all three incidents which are now under investigation)
• Glasgow
• Gatwick
• London
• Chester
• 2022–2024 German economic crisis
• 2024 European farmers' protests (ongoing).
• 2023–2024 German farmers' protests
• 2024 French farmers' protests
• 2024 Netherlands farmers' protests
• 2024 Polish farmers' protests
• November 2024 United Kingdom farmers' protests
• 2024 Serbian environmental protests
• 2024–2025 Serbian anti-corruption protests

2023

• Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)
• Demonstrations and riots against migration
• 2023 Dublin riot
• 2022–2024 German economic crisis
• 2023–2024 German farmers' protests
• Protest in Brussels for better wages and service from late 2023.

2022

• Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine starting from February 24, 2022.
• 2022 energy crises in Europe
• 2022 Oslo shooting
• 2022–2024 German economic crisis

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

2020

• COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
• 2020–2021 Bulgarian protests
• 2020–2021 Belarusian protests
• 2020–2022 Serbian protests

2019

• Dutch farmers' protests, ongoing protests since 2019 by farmers in the Netherlands
• 2019 Moscow protests
• 2019–2020 Maltese protests
• 2019 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
• 2018–2020 Serbian protests ("One of Five Million" 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 (around 2014–2016)
• 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 (May 19–28)
• 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 United Kingdom 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 Rome demonstration (15 October)
• (May–June)
• Thousands of protesters hold demonstrations in Belgrade, Serbia against the arrest of Ratko Mladić (26 May).
• 2011 Portuguese anti-austerity movement (12 March)
• Nationwide protests across Spain (May–)
• Anti-cuts protest in London (26 March)
• Refugees of the 2011 Libyan civil war (2011–2013)
• 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

• Spanish air traffic controllers' strike on December
• European 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
• Ajka alumina plant accident 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

• Swine 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 Å iroki 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
• Dissenters' March in St. Petersburg and Moscow beginning 24 November
• Football riot 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 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
• December 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 siege 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 MiloÅ¡ević 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

See also

• Great Recession
• 2007–2008 world food price crisis
• 2000s energy crisis
• Effects of the 2000s energy crisis
• 2008–2010 automotive industry crisis
• Global catastrophic risk
• Causes of the Great Recession
• Great Recession in Europe
• 2010 European sovereign debt crisis timeline
• 2008 financial crisis
• Russia–Ukraine gas disputes
• Fuel protests in the United Kingdom
• 2008 European Union stimulus plan
• 2020s in European history

References