Crisis situations and unrest in Europe since 2000

This is a list of crises situations and major protests in countries of Europe since the year 2000.

2024

 * 2024 European farmers' protests (ongoing).
 * 2023–2024 German farmers' protests
 * 2024 French farmers' protests
 * 2024 Polish farmers' protests
 * 2024 Harehills riot (United Kingdom)

2023

 * Demonstrations and riots against migration
 * 2023 Dublin riot
 * Demonstrations and riots for and against Palestine
 * Protest against Israel, demanding ceasefire in Gaza Strip from late 2023.
 * 2023–2024 German farmers' protests
 * Protest in Brussels for better wages and service from late 2023.

2022

 * Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine starting from February 24, 2022.
 * 2022 energy crises in Europe
 * 2022 Oslo shooting

2021

 * 2021 Dutch curfew riots
 * Protest and strikes of the CGT union 2021
 * 2021 Russian protests
 * 2021 Montenegrin episcopal enthronement protests
 * 2021 North Kosovo crisis
 * 2021 Abkhazia unrest
 * 2021–2022 Belarus–European Union border crisis

2020

 * COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
 * 2020–2021 Bulgarian protests
 * 2020–2021 Belarusian protests

2019

 * Dutch farmers' protests, ongoing protests since 2019 by farmers in the Netherlands
 * 2019 Moscow protests
 * 2019–2020 Maltese protests
 * 2019–2020 Catalan protests
 * Sardines movement

2018

 * 2018–2023 UK higher education strikes
 * 2018 Slovak anti-government protests after murder of journalist Ján Kuciak
 * Yellow Vests movement

2017

 * 2017–2018 Spanish constitutional crisis
 * 2017–2019 Romanian protests
 * 2017 Serbian protests
 * 2017–2018 Russian protests
 * 2017 Belarusian protests

2015

 * European migrant crisis (around 2014–2016)
 * November 2015 Paris attacks

2014

 * 2014 Ukrainian revolution, 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine and the subsequent ongoing War in Eastern Ukraine
 * 2014 unrest in Bosnia and Herzegovina (4–10 February 2014)

2013

 * Euromaidan, a wave of demonstrations and civil unrest in Ukraine
 * Romanian protests against the Roșia Montană Project
 * 2013 Stockholm riots (May 19–28)
 * Bulgarian anti-monopoly protests and demonstrations against the Oresharski cabinet

2012

 * Greek labour unions continue strikes.
 * Violent protests in Romania in January
 * Ongoing protest activity in Russia
 * Slovenian protests in Slovenia (2012-2013)

2011

 * 2011 Northern Ireland riots (20 June–16 July)
 * 2011 United Kingdom public sector strikes (30 November), 2 million public sector workers strike over pensions
 * 2011 England riots (6–11 August), thousands of people of the lower socio-economic group riot
 * North Kosovo crisis (July–December), involving ethnic Serb demonstrators in North Kosovo against Republic of Kosovo Police and KFOR
 * 2011 Germany E. coli O104:H4 outbreak (May–June)
 * Thousands of protesters hold demonstrations in Belgrade, Serbia against the arrest of Ratko Mladić (26 May).
 * 2011 Portuguese anti-austerity movement (12 March)
 * Nationwide protests across Spain (May–)
 * Anti-cuts protest in London (26 March)
 * Refugees of the 2011 Libyan civil war (2011–2013)
 * Nationwide protests and strikes in Greece continue throughout 2011.
 * Domodedovo International Airport bombing (24 January)
 * Major Russian protests begin in response to the 2011 Russian legislative election.
 * 2011 Norway attacks (22 July)

2010

 * Spanish air traffic controllers' strike on December
 * European debt crisis
 * Suicide bombing in Stockholm on 11 December, the first ever suicide attack in the Nordic countries
 * Student protests across the United Kingdom since November
 * Student protest in Dublin on 3 November
 * Pension reform strikes across France during September and October (still ongoing)
 * Pride March is held in Belgrade, Serbia and Serbian protestors (mainly Obraz) clash with the riot police to try to disrupt the parade
 * Ajka alumina plant accident in Ajka, Hungary, on 4 October
 * French Romani repatriation in July
 * Nationwide protests across Greece in May
 * Air travel disruption after the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption in April and May
 * Metro suicide bombings in Moscow on 29 March

2009

 * Swine flu pandemic
 * Protests at the G-20 summit in London in April
 * Riot in Riga, Latvia, on 13 January
 * Riots involving Bosnian football clubs NK Široki Brijeg and FK Sarajevo
 * Anti-Israel riots in Oslo in January, continuing from December 2008
 * Protests in Iceland in response to the country's financial crisis
 * Unibrennt student protests in Austria
 * Protest and riot in Vilnius, Lithuania, on 16 January

2008

 * Energy crisis in Bulgaria
 * Riots in Greece in December
 * Presidential election protests in Armenia
 * Protests in Belgrade, Serbia following the declaration of Kosovo's independence
 * Karadžić arrest sparks riots in Belgrade, Serbia.
 * Rioting in Manchester before, during and after the 2008 UEFA Cup final
 * Armed conflict between Georgia on one side and Russia, South Ossetia and Abkhazia on the other
 * 2008 unrest in Kosovo

2007

 * Riots beginning 26 November in Val-d'Oise, France, following the deaths of two teenagers in a traffic collision with a police vehicle
 * Anti-government protests in Georgia
 * Global spread of H5N1
 * Dissenters' March in St. Petersburg and Moscow beginning 24 November
 * Football riot in Catania, Italy, in which one police officer was killed
 * Bronze Night riots in Tallinn in April
 * Attempted car bombings in London on 29 June
 * Attempted suicide attack on Glasgow Airport on 30 June, Scotland's first ever terrorist attack
 * Eviction and demolition of the Ungdomshuset in Nørrebro of Copenhagen, March 2007

2006

 * Youth protests across France from February to April
 * Riots in Dublin on 25 February
 * Anti-government protests across Hungary from 17 September to 23 October
 * Immigrant youth riots in Brussels following the unexplained death of a Moroccan local in police custody
 * December Riot in Copenhagen

2005

 * Riots derived from racial tensions in Birmingham, England, on 22 and 23 October
 * Civil unrest by suburban youth across France
 * Suicide bombings on 7 July and attempted bombings on 21 July in London

2004

 * Commuter train bombings in Madrid on 11 March
 * Metro suicide bombing in Moscow on 6 February
 * Violent unrest in Kosovo in March
 * Orange Revolution in Ukraine beginning in November
 * Beslan school siege in North Ossetia

2003

 * Rose Revolution in Georgia in November
 * Truck bomb attacks in Istanbul on 15 and 20 November

2002

 * Moscow theater hostage crisis from 23 to 26 October

2001

 * Gothenburg riots during European Council and EU-US summit from 14 to 16 June
 * 2001 Oldham riots
 * 2001 Harehills riot
 * 2001 Bradford riots
 * Pride March in Belgrade, Serbia is brought to an end by Serbian protestors

2000

 * Overthrow of Slobodan Milošević in Belgrade, Serbia
 * Russian submarine Kursk explosion on 12 August
 * Baia Mare cyanide spill in Romania on 30 January
 * Czech TV crisis beginning in late 2000 and continuing until early 2001