2008 in Europe

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Events from the year 2008 in Europe.

Incumbents

Albania

Andorra

Azerbaijan

Belarus

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Croatia

Czech Republic

Cyprus

Denmark

Estonia

European Union

President of the European Commission: José Manuel Barroso
President of the Parliament: Hans-Gert Pöttering
President of the European Council:
- Janez Janša (January–June)
- Nicolas Sarkozy (July–December)
Presidency of the Council of the EU:
- Slovenia (January–July)
- France (July–December)

Finland

France

Germany

Georgia

Greece

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

Italy

Latvia

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malta

Moldova

Monaco

Montenegro

Netherlands

North Macedonia

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Russia

San Marino

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Turkey

Ukraine

United Kingdom

Vatican City

Events

January 1: Cyprus and Malta becomes a eurozone member, adopting the euro for the first time.
May 21: The first all-English European Cup final saw Manchester United beat Chelsea on penalties after a 1–1 draw in Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium.^[1]
August 7–16: Russo-Georgian War
August 28: The Russian group Voina staged the Fuck for the heir Puppy Bear! performance at the Timiryazev State Biological Museum in Moscow to protest at the election of Dmitry Medvedev in the 2008 Russian presidential election.^[2]
December 6: A police officer assassinated 15-year-old student Alexis Grigoropoulos. Large riots took place the following days in Greece.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Deaths

January

January 2
- George MacDonald Fraser, British author
- Günter Schubert, German actor
January 3
- Jimmy Stewart, British racing driver
- Werner Dollinger, German politician
January 7 – Detlef Kraus, German pianist
January 9 – John Harvey-Jones, British businessman
January 19 – Morris Maddocks, British bishop
January 30 – Jeremy Beadle, British television presenter, writer and producer

February

28 February – Mike Smith, British singer

March

8 March – Carol Barnes, British newsreader
18 March – Anthony Minghella, British film director
19 March
- Arthur C. Clarke, British science fiction author and inventor
- Paul Scofield, British actor
20 March – Brian Wilde, British actor
23 March – Neil Aspinall, British record producer and business executive
28 March – Michael Podro, British art historian

April

1 April – Jim Finney, British football referee
7 April – Mark Speight, British television presenter
25 April – Humphrey Lyttelton, British jazz musician and broadcaster

May

16 May – David Mitton, British producer and director
24 May – Rob Knox, British actor
28 May – Beryl Cook, British artist

July

2 July – Elizabeth Spriggs, British actress
3 July – Clive Hornby, British actor
4 July – Charles Wheeler, British journalist
14 July – Hugh Lloyd, British actor

August

11 August – Bill Cotton, British producer
29 August – Geoffrey Perkins, British comedy producer, writer and performer
31 August – Ken Campbell, British actor and raconteur

September

15 September – Richard Wright, British musician
24 September - Ruslan Yamadayev, Russian politician

November

3 November – Brooks Mileson, British businessman,
4 November – Syd Lucas, British World War I veteran
12 November – Mitch Mitchell, British drummer
16 November – Reg Varney, British actor

December

8 December – Oliver Postgate, British animator, puppeteer and writer
14 December – Kathy Staff, British actress
24 December – Harold Pinter, British playwright

See also

References

^ "Man Utd earn dramatic Euro glory". BBC News. 22 May 2008. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
^ Sex Orgy in a Museum! Archived 2013-11-13 at the Wayback Machine Medusa TV. 2012-08-19.
^ "POLICE TRIAL Two indicted over teen shooting". Kathimerini. Archived from the original on 16 June 2009. Retrieved 9 March 2010.
^ "More riots in Greece over fatal police shooting of teen". USA today. 7 December 2008. Archived from the original on 10 December 2008. Retrieved 9 December 2008.
^ Christofer, Kat (8 December 2008). "Athenian democracy in ruins". The Guardian. UK. Archived from the original on 10 December 2008.

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