Tens of thousands of people take to the streets in cities around Poland to protest against a new law giving the government control of state media.[5][6]
14 people are injured and the government building is set alight as opposition protests in Kosovo's capital Pristina turn violent.[7][8]
28 January – A boat carrying Iraqi Kurdish migrants sinks off the Greek island of Samos, killing at least 24 people, including several children, with 11 others missing.[12]
30 January – A massive pile-up involving 70 vehicles, including a bus and several lorries, kills four people and injures 30 on A1 motorway in western Slovenia.[13]
A gunman fires shots into a small crowd attending an open air concert in Nenzing, Austria, killing two people and wounding 11 others before shooting himself to death.[45]
Kurdish militants attack a police checkpoint in southeast Turkey with an explosives-laden truck, killing at least 11 police officers and wounding 78 other people.[92]
27 August – At least 17 migrant workers die after a fire breaks out at a Moscow warehouse.[93]
9 October – A car bomb attack outside the Durak gendarmerie station in southeastern Turkey leaves 10 soldiers and eight civilians dead and scores of others injured.[96][97]