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.[6]
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.[7]
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.[16]
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.[17]
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.[22] The protest degenerated in violences between protesters and riot police, resulting in three deaths and dozens of injuries.[23]
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.[27]
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.[35]
August
August 6: One person died and about 40 were injured in a
train derailment in
Naples,
Italy, on the Circumvesuviana railway.[36]
September 19: 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.[39][40]
September 26: A Polish tourist bus returning from Spain careered into a bridge on a rain-soaked German motorway, killing 13 people.[41]
October
October 1: 40 people were injured when a train derailed at
Skotterud,
Norway.[42]
October 4: Nine people died and 122 were injured in
flooding from a ruptured red sludge reservoir at the Ajkai Timföldgyár alumina plant,
Hungary.[43]
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.[44]
At most 3.5 million people attended a series of
demonstrations organised by the French Union leaders throughout
France.[45]
November
November 11: More than 25,000 students
protested in
Dublin against increased student fees.[46]
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.[6]
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.[7]
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.[16]
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.[17]
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.[22] The protest degenerated in violences between protesters and riot police, resulting in three deaths and dozens of injuries.[23]
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.[27]
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.[35]
August
August 6: One person died and about 40 were injured in a
train derailment in
Naples,
Italy, on the Circumvesuviana railway.[36]
September 19: 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.[39][40]
September 26: A Polish tourist bus returning from Spain careered into a bridge on a rain-soaked German motorway, killing 13 people.[41]
October
October 1: 40 people were injured when a train derailed at
Skotterud,
Norway.[42]
October 4: Nine people died and 122 were injured in
flooding from a ruptured red sludge reservoir at the Ajkai Timföldgyár alumina plant,
Hungary.[43]
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.[44]
At most 3.5 million people attended a series of
demonstrations organised by the French Union leaders throughout
France.[45]
November
November 11: More than 25,000 students
protested in
Dublin against increased student fees.[46]