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]
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan threatens to send the millions of refugees in Turkey to EU member states,[14] saying: "We can open the doors to Greece and Bulgaria anytime and we can put the refugees on buses ... So how will you deal with refugees if you don't get a deal? Kill the refugees?"[15]
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.[47]
29 May – 17 people die in a fire at a building housing elderly people in a village near Ukraine's capital Kyiv.[48]
June
Inauguration of the Gotthard Base TunnelOf the 382 voting areas in the United Kingdom and Gibraltar a total of 270 returned majority votes in favour of "Leave" whereas 129 returned majority votes in favour of "Remain" in the referendum including all 32 areas in Scotland.
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.[94]
27 August – At least 17 migrant workers die after a fire breaks out at a Moscow warehouse.[95]
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.[98][99]
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