2003 in Europe

This is a list of events in 2003 that occurred in Europe.

Incumbents

Albania

Andorra

Armenia

Austria

Azerbaijan

Belarus

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

Estonia

European Union

President of the European Commission: Romano Prodi
President of the Parliament: Pat Cox
President of the European Council:
- Costas Simitis (January–June)
- Silvio Berlusconi (July–December)
Presidency of the Council of the EU:
- Greece (January–July)
- Italy (July–December)

Finland

France

Georgia

Germany

Greece

Holy See

Pope: John Paul II

Secretary of State: Angelo Cardinal Sodano

Secretary of the Section for Relations With States: Archbishop Giovanni Lajolo

Hungary

Prime Minister: Péter Medgyessy

President: Ferenc Mádl

Iceland

Ireland

Italy

Latvia

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Macedonia

Malta

Moldova

Monaco

Netherlands

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Russia

San Marino

Serbia and Montenegro

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Turkey

Ukraine

United Kingdom

Events

Date	Event	Location
April 16	The Białystok Institute of Cosmetology was founded.	Poland
June 13	The Czech European Union membership referendum was held.	Czech Republic
July 2	Coburg shooting took place.	Germany
August 11	A heat wave struck most of Europe.	Europe
September 10	Anna Lindh was stabbed.	Sweden
September 19	The Aegon Arena officially opened.	Slovakia
November 30	The Sammarinese local elections were held.	San Marino
December 20	Pasqual Maragall took office in the Maragall Government.	Spain
	The Dønnesfjord Church closed.	Norway

Births

Deaths

Date of Death	Person	Location of Birth
August 25	Hjalmar Pettersson (1906)	Sweden
September 11	Anna Lindh (1957)	Sweden

References

↑ "WMO: Unprecedented sequence of extreme weather events - PreventionWeb.net". www.preventionweb.net.
1 2 "2003: Anna Lindh dies of stab injuries". 11 September 2003 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
↑ "Hjalmar Pettersson Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.

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[1] "WMO: Unprecedented sequence of extreme weather events - PreventionWeb.net". www.preventionweb.net.

[bbc.co.uk-2] 1 2 "2003: Anna Lindh dies of stab injuries". 11 September 2003 – via news.bbc.co.uk.

[3] "Hjalmar Pettersson Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.

v t e 2003 in Europe
Sovereign states	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Kazakhstan Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom
States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Kosovo Northern Cyprus South Ossetia Transnistria
Dependencies and other entities	Åland Faroe Islands Gibraltar Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey Svalbard
Other entities	European Union