January 2: Five people died and thirteen were injured in a fire ignited in
Gennevilliers suburb of
Paris.[1]
January 7: A
gas leak inside a coal mine in northern
Turkey killed eight workers.[2]
January 10: Three Kurdish female activists, including a co-founder of the
Kurdistan Workers' Party, were shot dead in central
Paris.[3][4] The crime was condemned by the Kurdish community in Paris that organized a spontaneous protest as a sign of solidarity with the three women killed.[5]
January 13: More than 20,000 people marched through
Moscow to protest
Russia's new law banning Americans from adopting Russian children.[6][7]
January 15: One person died and more than 40 were injured on the
E4 motorway near
Helsingborg,
Sweden, after an estimated 100 vehicles crashed into one another due to dense fog and slippery road conditions.[8]
January 16: Two people were killed and 13 were hurt when a helicopter
crashed into a crane on a building in central
London.[9][10]
An underground methane gas explosion killed up to 18 miners at a coal pit in northern
Russia.[19]
A minibus exploded on the
Syria–
Turkey border, killing at least 13 people and injuring 50 others.[20]
February 13: At least five people were killed when a plane carrying football fans attempted an emergency landing and
caught fire in the eastern
Ukrainian city of
Donetsk.[21]
February 15:
A meteor broke up in the vicinity of the city of
Chelyabinsk,
Russia. According to Chelyabinsk's health department, around 1,200 people were injured, two of whom seriously, from the shattering of windows caused by the shockwaves and the debris.[22][23][24]
February 21: Some 30,000 angry workers took to the streets of
Brussels to demonstrate against austerity measures planned by the Belgian government.[29]
February 27: A shooting at a wood-processing company in central
Switzerland has left three people dead and seven wounded, some of them seriously.[32][33]
March 15: About fifty cars were involved in a chain accident on the
M7 motorway in
Hungary.[46] At least one person died and another 40 were wounded.[47]
March 16:
Eurozone finance ministers agreed a 10 billion-euro bailout package for
Cyprus to save the country from bankruptcy.[48][49]
March 19: Two football fans were killed and 52 injured in a bus crash in central
Poland.[50]
March 28: A bus crash in northwest
Russia killed six people and injured at least 23 others, including orphans returning from a field trip.[51]
Three policemen were killed and two wounded after unknown assailants opened gun fire on their car in
Buynaksk,
Russia.[68]
At least 20 people were arrested and 10 injured after protesters and police clashed in
Istanbul.[69][70]
May 3: Twenty people were injured and more than one hundred houses were damaged in a series of
tornadoes in
Northern Italy.[71]
May 8: A fuel train derailed in
Russia's
Rostov Oblast causing a massive fire with one person missing, 44 injured and 3,000 evacuated.[citation needed]
June 19: At least 43 people sought medical help and more than 6,500 residents were evacuated in
Russia's southwestern
Samara Oblast, after ammunition explosions shook a military training area.[93]
July 28: A coach
has plunged off a flyover in southern
Italy, leaving 39 people dead and 8 injured.[116][117]
July 29: One man died and another 44 people were injured in a
collision between two trains in western
Switzerland.[118][119]
August
August 5: A semi-trailer truck caught fire in
Norway's
Gudvanga Tunnel, leading to the evacuation of 160 people, 55 of whom were hospitalized due to smoke inhalation and other injuries.[120][121]
Russian police killed nine suspected militants, including a prominent warlord, in a clash in the restive North Caucasus
republic of Dagestan.[124][125]
At least three people have been killed and five others injured when a gunman opened fire in a restaurant in a village in southern
Germany.[126][127]
August 28: A small plane crashed in western
Germany, killing four adults and one child and injuring three other children.[130][131]
August 30: A motorway pile-up killed three Romanians and injured 33 other people, including Bulgarians, Serbs and Turks, close to the
Hungarian capital
Budapest.[132]
October 3: At least 359 African migrants have died and 50 are missing after a boat carrying them to
Europesank off the southern Italian island of
Lampedusa.[148][149][150]
October 11: At least 27 people died when a boat carrying more than 200 migrants capsized in the
Strait of Sicily.[151][152]
October 13: Over 380 people were detained after an anti-migrant Russian nationalist riot in southern
Moscow.[citation needed]
October 19: Ten parachutists and a pilot have died after the plane they were in crashed shortly after taking off in
Belgium.[153]
December 5: The Constitutional Court of Moldova recognized
Romanian as country's official language.[172][173]
December 19: Part of the ornate ceiling of the
Apollo Theatre in
London collapsed during a performance, injuring at least 81 people in the audience.[174][175]
December 29: A suicide bomber killed at least 17 people and wounded 38 others in an
attack on a train station in the southern
Russian city of
Volgograd.[176]
January 2: Five people died and thirteen were injured in a fire ignited in
Gennevilliers suburb of
Paris.[1]
January 7: A
gas leak inside a coal mine in northern
Turkey killed eight workers.[2]
January 10: Three Kurdish female activists, including a co-founder of the
Kurdistan Workers' Party, were shot dead in central
Paris.[3][4] The crime was condemned by the Kurdish community in Paris that organized a spontaneous protest as a sign of solidarity with the three women killed.[5]
January 13: More than 20,000 people marched through
Moscow to protest
Russia's new law banning Americans from adopting Russian children.[6][7]
January 15: One person died and more than 40 were injured on the
E4 motorway near
Helsingborg,
Sweden, after an estimated 100 vehicles crashed into one another due to dense fog and slippery road conditions.[8]
January 16: Two people were killed and 13 were hurt when a helicopter
crashed into a crane on a building in central
London.[9][10]
An underground methane gas explosion killed up to 18 miners at a coal pit in northern
Russia.[19]
A minibus exploded on the
Syria–
Turkey border, killing at least 13 people and injuring 50 others.[20]
February 13: At least five people were killed when a plane carrying football fans attempted an emergency landing and
caught fire in the eastern
Ukrainian city of
Donetsk.[21]
February 15:
A meteor broke up in the vicinity of the city of
Chelyabinsk,
Russia. According to Chelyabinsk's health department, around 1,200 people were injured, two of whom seriously, from the shattering of windows caused by the shockwaves and the debris.[22][23][24]
February 21: Some 30,000 angry workers took to the streets of
Brussels to demonstrate against austerity measures planned by the Belgian government.[29]
February 27: A shooting at a wood-processing company in central
Switzerland has left three people dead and seven wounded, some of them seriously.[32][33]
March 15: About fifty cars were involved in a chain accident on the
M7 motorway in
Hungary.[46] At least one person died and another 40 were wounded.[47]
March 16:
Eurozone finance ministers agreed a 10 billion-euro bailout package for
Cyprus to save the country from bankruptcy.[48][49]
March 19: Two football fans were killed and 52 injured in a bus crash in central
Poland.[50]
March 28: A bus crash in northwest
Russia killed six people and injured at least 23 others, including orphans returning from a field trip.[51]
Three policemen were killed and two wounded after unknown assailants opened gun fire on their car in
Buynaksk,
Russia.[68]
At least 20 people were arrested and 10 injured after protesters and police clashed in
Istanbul.[69][70]
May 3: Twenty people were injured and more than one hundred houses were damaged in a series of
tornadoes in
Northern Italy.[71]
May 8: A fuel train derailed in
Russia's
Rostov Oblast causing a massive fire with one person missing, 44 injured and 3,000 evacuated.[citation needed]
June 19: At least 43 people sought medical help and more than 6,500 residents were evacuated in
Russia's southwestern
Samara Oblast, after ammunition explosions shook a military training area.[93]
July 28: A coach
has plunged off a flyover in southern
Italy, leaving 39 people dead and 8 injured.[116][117]
July 29: One man died and another 44 people were injured in a
collision between two trains in western
Switzerland.[118][119]
August
August 5: A semi-trailer truck caught fire in
Norway's
Gudvanga Tunnel, leading to the evacuation of 160 people, 55 of whom were hospitalized due to smoke inhalation and other injuries.[120][121]
Russian police killed nine suspected militants, including a prominent warlord, in a clash in the restive North Caucasus
republic of Dagestan.[124][125]
At least three people have been killed and five others injured when a gunman opened fire in a restaurant in a village in southern
Germany.[126][127]
August 28: A small plane crashed in western
Germany, killing four adults and one child and injuring three other children.[130][131]
August 30: A motorway pile-up killed three Romanians and injured 33 other people, including Bulgarians, Serbs and Turks, close to the
Hungarian capital
Budapest.[132]
October 3: At least 359 African migrants have died and 50 are missing after a boat carrying them to
Europesank off the southern Italian island of
Lampedusa.[148][149][150]
October 11: At least 27 people died when a boat carrying more than 200 migrants capsized in the
Strait of Sicily.[151][152]
October 13: Over 380 people were detained after an anti-migrant Russian nationalist riot in southern
Moscow.[citation needed]
October 19: Ten parachutists and a pilot have died after the plane they were in crashed shortly after taking off in
Belgium.[153]
December 5: The Constitutional Court of Moldova recognized
Romanian as country's official language.[172][173]
December 19: Part of the ornate ceiling of the
Apollo Theatre in
London collapsed during a performance, injuring at least 81 people in the audience.[174][175]
December 29: A suicide bomber killed at least 17 people and wounded 38 others in an
attack on a train station in the southern
Russian city of
Volgograd.[176]