2008 in Europe

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Events from the year 2008 in Europe.

## Incumbents

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### Albania

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### Andorra

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### Azerbaijan

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### Belarus

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### Belgium

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### Bosnia and Herzegovina

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### Bulgaria

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### Croatia

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### Czech Republic

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### Cyprus

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### Denmark

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### Estonia

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### European Union

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* 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

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### France

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### Germany

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### Georgia

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### Greece

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### Hungary

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### Iceland

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### Ireland

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### Italy

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### Latvia

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### Liechtenstein

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### Lithuania

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### Luxembourg

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### Malta

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### Moldova

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### Monaco

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### Montenegro

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### Netherlands

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### North Macedonia

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### Norway

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### Poland

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### Portugal

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### Romania

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### Russia

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### San Marino

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### Serbia

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### Slovakia

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### Slovenia

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### Turkey

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### Ukraine

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### United Kingdom

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### Vatican City

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## Events

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* 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

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### January

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* 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

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* 28 February – Mike Smith, British singer

### March

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* 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

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

### May

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

### July

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* 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

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* 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

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

### November

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* 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

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

## See also

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* Europe portal
* 2000s portal

* 2008 in the European Union
* List of state leaders in Europe in 2008

## References

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1. ^ "Man Utd earn dramatic Euro glory". BBC News. 22 May 2008. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
2. ^ Sex Orgy in a Museum! Archived 2013-11-13 at the Wayback Machine Medusa TV. 2012-08-19.
3. ^ "POLICE TRIAL Two indicted over teen shooting". Kathimerini. Archived from the original on 16 June 2009. Retrieved 9 March 2010.
4. ^ "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.
5. ^ Christofer, Kat (8 December 2008). "Athenian democracy in ruins". The Guardian. UK. Archived from the original on 10 December 2008.

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Sovereign states|

* Albania
* Andorra
*   * Armenia
* Austria
*   * Azerbaijan
*   *   *   * Belarus
* Belgium
*   * Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
*   *   * Croatia
* Cyprus
*   * Czech Republic
* Denmark
*   *   * Estonia
*   * Finland
* France
* Georgia
* Germany
*   * Greece
*   *   * Hungary
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Italy
*   * Latvia
*   * Liechtenstein
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Macedonia
*   * Malta
* Moldova
*   * Monaco
*   * Montenegro
*   *   * Netherlands
*   * Norway
*   *   * Poland
* Portugal
*   * Romania
* Russia
* San Marino
*   * Serbia
*   * Slovakia
* Slovenia
*   * Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Ukraine
* United Kingdom
*   * Vatican City
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States with limited
recognition

* Abkhazia
*   * Kosovo
* Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
* Northern Cyprus
* South Ossetia
* Transnistria

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and other territories

* Åland
*   * Faroe Islands
* Gibraltar
* Guernsey
* Isle of Man
* Jersey

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