This is a list of events that took place in Europe in 2017.
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Events January January 1 – At least 39 people are killed in an attack on a nightclub in Istanbul. January 5 – A cold wave across Europe leaves at least 61 dead, including several migrants and homeless people. January 18 – 30 people are missing and feared dead after an avalanche buries a small hotel in the mountains of central Italy, following a series of earthquakes. January 20 – At least 16 people are killed and about 40 injured after a bus carrying Hungarian students crashes and bursts into flames on a highway in northern Italy.
February February 2 – The European Parliament unanimously approves visa-free regime in the Schengen Area for Georgia. February 5 – In the largest protest since the 1989 Revolution, an estimated 600,000 people rally in main Romanian cities against a Government Ordinance decriminalizing some graft offenses. February 12 – Former foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier is elected Germany's president. February 24 – Slovenia permits same-sex marriages for the first time under a law giving gay couples largely the same rights as heterosexuals though barring them from jointly adopting children.
March March 2 – A methane gas explosion kills eight miners and injures six in western Ukraine. March 9 – Donald Tusk is re-elected as President of the European Council despite opposition from his home country, Poland. March 13 – János Áder is re-elected for a second five-year term as President of Hungary by the country's parliament during a secret vote. March 15 – Mark Rutte's centre-right VVD wins Dutch general election, positioning him for a third successive term as prime minister. March 16 – Turkey's Minister of the Interior Süleyman Soylu threatens to send to Europe, 15,000 refugees a month. March 22 – Three people die and at least 40 are injured after an attacker drives a car along a pavement in Westminster, stabs a policeman and is shot dead by police in the grounds of Parliament.
April April 2 – Conservative Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić wins Serbia's presidential election by a huge margin. April 3 – An explosion on a train carriage in Saint Petersburg's underground metro kills at least 14 people and injures dozens more. April 7 – Five people die and 14 are seriously injured after a hijacked truck ploughs into a shopping centre during a terrorist attack in Stockholm. April 16 – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the country's prime minister declare victory in a referendum designed to hand Erdoğan sweeping powers. April 28 – Ilir Meta is voted in as President of Albania amid an opposition boycott. April 29 – Turkey blocks access to Wikipedia, citing a law that allows the government to ban certain websites for the protection of the public.
May May 7 – Emmanuel Macron wins French presidential election over rival Marine Le Pen. May 13 – Portugal's Salvador Sobral wins the grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with his song "Amar pelos dois". May 22 – 22 people are killed and hundreds are injured when a suicide bomber attacks concertgoers at Manchester Arena.
June June 3 Seven people are killed and 48 injured in a terrorist attack in London after assailants use a vehicle to plow into pedestrians on London Bridge and attack others with knives in nearby Borough Market. More than 1,500 people are injured after Juventus fans watching the Champions League final stampede in a Turin square after mistaking firecrackers for an explosion or gunshots. Malta's Prime Minister Joseph Muscat wins a second five-year term in office in early general elections. June 5 – Montenegro becomes the 29th member of NATO. June 8 – British Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative wins the parliamentary elections but falls short of a majority. June 14 At least 79 people are dead or missing and presumed dead in London's Grenfell Tower fire. Leo Varadkar becomes Ireland's first openly gay Taoiseach. June 17 – A raging forest fire envelops a stretch of road in central Portugal, killing at least 61 people, including about 30 motorists who are trapped in their cars. June 18 – Emmanuel Macron's La République En Marche! wins absolute majority in French parliamentary elections. June 27 - 2017 cyberattacks on Ukraine June 29 – Serbian parliament elects the new government of Prime Minister Ana Brnabić, the first woman and first openly gay person to hold the office. June 30 – German lawmakers vote by a wide margin to legalize same-sex marriage, a landmark decision which comes just days after Chancellor Angela Merkel drops her longstanding opposition to a free vote on the issue.
July
August 17 August - 2017 Barcelona attack September 24 September – 2017 German federal election The (CDU/CSU), led by incumbent chancellor Angela Merkel, wins the highest percentage of the vote with 33%, though it suffered a large swing against it of more than 8%. The Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) achieved its worst result since post-war Germany at 21%. The Alternative for Germany (AfD), which was previously unrepresented in the Bundestag, became the third largest party in the Bundestag with 12.6% of the vote. It was the first time since 1957 that a party to the political right of the CDU/CSU gained seats in the Bundestag.
October October - Austria bans the face-covering Islamic burka.
Deaths
January 1 January Tony Atkinson, Welsh economist (b. 1944) Derek Parfit, English philosopher (b. 1942) 2 January John Berger, English art critic, novelist, painter and poet (b. 1926) Viktor Tsaryov, Russian footballer (b. 1931) 3 January – Igor Volk, Ukrainian-born Russian cosmonaut and test pilot (b. 1937) 4 January Ezio Pascutti, Italian footballer (b. 1937) Georges Prêtre, French conductor (b. 1924) 7 January – Mário Soares, 17th President and 105th Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1924) 8 January – Peter Sarstedt, English singer, instrumentalist and songwriter (b. 1941) 9 January – Zygmunt Bauman, Polish sociologist and philosopher (b. 1925) 10 January Roman Herzog, President of Germany (b. 1934) Oliver Smithies, English-born American geneticist and physical biochemist (b. 1925) 11 January – François Van der Elst, Belgian footballer (b. 1954) 12 January Giulio Angioni, Italian writer and anthropologist (b. 1939) Graham Taylor, English footballer and manager (b. 1944) 13 January Gilberto Agustoni, Swiss prelate of the Roman Catholic Church (b. 1922) Lord Snowdon, English photographer and filmmaker (b. 1930)
See also
2017 in the European Union
References