The following is a list of events of the year 2008 in Europe.
Events 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. 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.Sex Orgy in a Museum! Medusa TV. 2012-08-19. December 6: A police officer assassinated 15-year-old student Alexis Grigoropoulos. Large riots took place the following days in Greece.
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
2008 in the European Union
References