This is a list of 2010 events that occurred in Europe.
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European Union President of the European Commission: José Manuel Barroso President of the Parliament: Jerzy Buzek President of the European Council: Herman Van Rompuy Presidency of the Council of the EU: Spain (January–July) Belgium (July–December)
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Events
January
January 1: Spain assumed the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from Sweden. January 3: Two passenger trains collided in Bilecik, Turkey. One train driver was killed and seven passengers were injured."Trains collide in northern Turkey", BBC News January 7: 22 people had died in the UK due to a cold snap."Deaths during Britain's big freeze", The Times January 10: The opposition Social Democrat, Ivo Josipović, won 60.3% of the vote in the second round run-off, beating the mayor of Zagreb, Milan Bandić."Social Democrat Ivo Josipovic elected Croatia president", BBC News January 11: More than 5,300 residents in the regions of Shkodër and Lezhë were evacuated due to severe flooding in northern Albania."Floods in Albania", NATO January 25: Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409 crashed into the Mediterranean Sea shortly after take-off from Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport, killing all 90 people on board."Ethiopia Airlines jet 'black box' retrieved in Lebanon", BBC News
February February 3: The sculpture L'Homme qui marche I by Alberto Giacometti sells in London for £65 million (US$103.7 million), setting a new world record for a work of art sold at auction."Giacometti Sculpture 'L'Homme qui marche I' Fetches $104.3 Million, World Record", Huffington Post February 16: A bus carrying French children on a school trip has overturned in Italy, killing at least three people on board and injuring another 20."French pupils in fatal bus crash in Italy", BBC News February 18: A scattered exchange of gunfire on the line of contact dividing Azerbaijani and the Karabakh Armenian military forces left six people dead and one wounded."Azerbaijan announces names of soldiers killed and wounded by Armenian fire" , News.az February 25: A collision between two trains in Buizingen, Belgium, left 18 people dead and 162 injured."Belgian train crash: Eighteen people dead in Halle", BBC News February 26: At least 63 people were killed and one million homes were left without power in western France after cyclone Xynthia crossed Western Europe."Storm batters Europe, at least 55 dead", CNN"At least 50 dead in western Europe storms", BBC News
March March 20: 67 people were arrested and several people were injured in Bolton town centre during a clash between members of the English Defence League and Unite Against Fascism."Police battle to control EDL and UAF protest in Bolton", BBC News March 24: A set of 16 goods wagons runaway for 8 km from a freight station at Alnabru in Oslo to hit and destroy a quayside warehouse. Three people died, and four were seriously injured. "Trodde vognene hang fast i skiftelok" , Aftenposten.no March 29: At least 40 people died after two female suicide bombers struck the Moscow Metro."Russia braces for terrorism's return as 38 die in subway bombings", The Washington Post"Russian police release subway bomb suspects' photos", CNN March 31: A coach crashed into a river after falling from a bridge in a snowstorm in Lanark, Scotland, killing a 17-year-old girl and injuring 44 passengers."Teenage girl dies in coach crash", BBC News
April
April 1: A locomotive ran into a stationary passengers tram after its brakes failed during a test ride in Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia, killing three people and injuring seriously eight others."At least sixty four people in Slovak train", Earth Times April 10: The President of Poland, Lech Kaczyński, was among 96 killed when their airplane crashed in western Russia."Polish president Lech Kaczynski killed in plane crash", The Guardian April 12: A passenger train was hit by a landslide and partially derailed near Merano, Italy, killing 9 and injuring 28."Landslide derails train in Italy leaving nine dead", BBC News April 14: Over 95,000 flights had been cancelled all across Europe because violent eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull."Ash cloud chaos: Airlines face huge task as ban ends", BBC News April 25: Austrian candidate for chairmanship, Heinz Fischer, won the presidential election with 79.3% of the valid votes. "Bundespräsidentenwahl 2010", Federal Ministry of the Interior
May
May 5: Up to 500,000 people protested in front of the Greek Parliament amid plans to cut public spending and raise taxes as austerity measures in exchange for a €110 billion bail-out."Three dead as Greece protest turns violent", BBC News The protest degenerated in violences between protesters and riot police, resulting in three deaths and dozens of injuries."Greek bailout: Athens burns – and crisis strikes at heart of the EU", The Guardian May 14: Throughout Eastern Europe, 21 people were killed in floods triggered by the Windstorm Yolanda. May 24: Three people were killed and 35 injured when a Honda Civic car collided with a school bus near Keswick, Cumbria."Two pupils and man killed in Cumbria bus crash named", BBC News
June June 2: 13 people were killed and 25 injured in a shooting spree in Cumbria, England."Cumbria shooting: police hunt gunman after 'several shot dead'", The Telegraph"Cumbria shooting rampage suspect's 'body found'", BBC News June 6: A passenger train collided with boulders that had fallen on the line near Falls of Cruachan, Scotland, derailed and caught fire. Several people were hospitalised and the line was blocked for a week."Boulders 'caused Glasgow to Oban rail derailment'", BBC News June 15: Heavy rainfall in southern France caused severe floods in the department of Var, resulting in at least 25 deaths. "Var: Le bilan des inondations s'alourdit à 25 morts", Le Monde June 23: A passenger train struck a group of people who were crossing the railway on the level at Platja de Castelldefels station near Barcelona. "Confusión hasta última hora sobre el número de muertos en Castelldefels", El País Twelve people were killed, and fourteen injured."Spanish train kills 12 on tracks near Barcelona", BBC News
July
July 1: Belgium assumed the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from Spain. July 11: A traffic accident, near Inishowen, in Ireland, killed eight people."Eight-death crash 'worst on record'", Independent.ie July 13: Two trains collided at Korzybie, in north Poland, injuring 36 people. "Wypadek kolejowy w Korzybiu. Rannych zostało 36 osób. Kibice oddają krew", GP24.pl July 18: Fourteen people were killed and twelve injured after a bus fell off a cliff in northern Albania, near the city of Durrës."Fourteen killed in northern Albania bus crash", BBC News July 23: One person was killed and 42 were injured when an eastbound Glacier Express derailed near Fiesch on the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn."Driver error to blame for Glacier Express crash" , Euronews July 24: At least 21 people have been killed and 510 more injured in a stampede at the Love Parade dance music festival in the German city of Duisburg."Stampede at German Love Parade festival kills 19", BBC News
August August 6: One person died and about 40 were injured in a train derailment in Naples, Italy, on the Circumvesuviana railway. "Deraglia la Circumvesuviana, un morto", Repubblica.it August 17 A sewage tanker lorry struck and derailed a passenger train on a level crossing at Little Cornard, England. 21 people were injured."Suffolk train and lorry level crossing smash injures 21", BBC News The Intercity-Express from Frankfurt to Paris hit a truck that had slid onto the rail near Lambrecht. The first two carriages derailed and ten people were injured."Lambrecht - Charedi Man Amongst Rescued In Germany's High Speed Train Crash", Vosizneias.com
September September 19: In the 2010 Swedish general election, the nationalist Sweden Democrats won representation in the Swedish Riksdag for the first time. It has held seats, since then. A woman armed with an automatic weapon has shot dead three people and injured 18 others at a hospital in Germany before being killed by police."Fatal shooting at German hospital", BBC News"Woman opens fire in German town, four killed", Reuters September 26: A Polish tourist bus returning from Spain careered into a bridge on a rain-soaked German motorway, killing 13 people."Thirteen killed in Polish tourist bus crash in Germany", Asiaone.com
October
October 1: 40 people were injured when a train derailed at Skotterud, Norway."Train derails on Norway-Sweden border, injuring 40", Yahoo! News October 4: Nine people died and 122 were injured in flooding from a ruptured red sludge reservoir at the Ajkai Timföldgyár alumina plant, Hungary."Hungary declares a state of emergency after sludge disaster", The Guardian October 12 A bus packed with rush-hour commuters crashed into a train at a level crossing in Ukraine after jumping a red traffic light, killing 45 people and leaving another 9 wounded."Ukraine train and bus collision kills 42", BBC News At most 3.5 million people attended a series of demonstrations organised by the French Union leaders throughout France."French police frustrated by new strike blockades", BBC News
November November 11: More than 25,000 students protested in Dublin against increased student fees."25,000 protest against fees increase", The Irish Times
December December 10: Former Prime Minister of Croatia, Ivo Sanader, was arrested in Austria over charges of corruption."Croatian ex-PM Ivo Sanader arrested in Austria", BBC News Date unknown France becomes the first European country to impose a ban on full-face veils in public areas.
Deaths January January 11 Miep Gies, 100, Dutch humanitarian (b. 1909) Eric Rohmer, 89, French film director (b. 1920) January 19 - Panajot Pano, 70, Albanian footballer (b. 1939) January 22 - Jean Simmons, 80, British actress (b. 1929) February February 1 - Steingrimur Hermannsson, 81, 19th Prime Minister of Iceland (b. 1928) February 6 - John Dankworth, 82, British jazz musician and composer (b. 1927) February 11 - Alexander McQueen, 40, British fashion designer (b. 1969) February 14 - Dick Francis, 89, British author and jockey (b. 1920) March March 3 - Michael Foot, 96, British politician (b. 1913) March 12 - Miguel Delibes, 89, Spanish author and journalist (b. 1920) March 21 - Wolfgang Wagner, 90, German festival director (b. 1919) March 22 James Black, 85, British pharmacologist and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1924) Valentina Tolkunova, 63, Soviet and Russian singer (b. 1946) March 27 - Vasily Smyslov, 89, Soviet-Russian chess grandmaster (b. 1921) March 30 - Martin Sandberger, 98, German army officer (b. 1911) April April 6 - Corin Redgrave, 70, British actor and political activist (b. 1939) April 8 - Malcolm McLaren, 64, British musician and manager (b. 1946) April 10 Ryszard Kaczorowski, 90, Polish statesman (b. 1919) Lech Kaczynski, 60, President of Poland (b. 1949) April 16 - Tomas Spidlik, 90, Czech cardinal (b. 1919) April 21 - Juan Antonio Samaranch, 89, Spanish sports official (b. 1920) April 25 - Alan Sillitoe, 82, British writer (b. 1928) April 30 - Paul Mayer, 98, German cardinal (b. 1911) May May 2 - Lynn Redgrave, 67, British actress (b. 1943) May 4 - Luigi Poggi, 92, Italian cardinal (b. 1917) May 5 - Giulietta Simionato, 99, Italian opera singer (b. 1910) May 8 - Andor Lilienthal, 99, Hungarian chess grandmaster (b. 1911)