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Events relating to europe
Vladimir Putin is elected president in Russia, prompting large public protests and widespread allegations of fraud
244 years after its launch in 1768 in Scotland the Encyclopedia Britannica publishes its final printed edition
A pastel version of Edvard Munch's The Scream sells in Sotheby's New York for US $120 million, by far the record for any work of art
The founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, breaks bail and seeks asylum in the Equadorian embassy in London
CERN announces the discovery in the Large Hadron Collider of a new particle, possibly the much anticipated Higgs boson
Russia and China again veto a UN Security Council attempt to apply economic sanctions on Syria
The Nobel Peace Prize, set up by the Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel, is awarded in a controversial decision tto the European Union
Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner, jumping from a balloon 24 miles up, becomes the first man to break the speed of sound in freefall
Experts who gave tragically wrong earthquake advice at L'Aquila in 2009 are given six-year sentences for manslaughter
Croatia joins the European Union, as the 28th member
A huge meteor enters the earth's atmosphere and explodes over Chelyabinsk in Russia, injuring more than 1000 people
Scientists at CERN announce that the recently discovered particle is beyond doubt the Standard Model of the Higg's boson
After a prolonged financial crisis Cyprus accepts stringent terms for a European Union €10 billion bailout
In a London street two men hack to death a British soldier, Lee Rigby, and tell passers-by that they are avenging Muslims killed by the army
The European Union lifts the ban on providing arms to the rebels in Syria
The Guardian, a UK newspaper, publishes the first of many scoops based on the secret files of NSA and GCHQ, leaked by Edward Snowden
Andy Murray wins the Men's Singles at Wimbledon, becoming the first Briton to do so since Fred Perry in 1936
Same-sex marriage is legalized in England and Wales
The House of Commons defeats David Cameron on his plan to support US military intervention in Syria
People gather in Kiev's main square chanting 'Ukraine is Europe' to protest against President Yanukovych's attempts to align the country with Russia rather than the European Union
The Italian Senate expels Silvio Berlusconi because of his conviction for tax fraud
A vast crowd assembles in Kiev to protest against President Yanukovych's rejection of an alliance with the European Union, preferring one with Russia
The United Kingdom votes in a referendum to leave the European Union
The International Court of Justice finds Ratko Mladić guilty of genocide committed in Srebrenica during the 1990s Bosnian War, the worst massacre in Europe since World War II. He is sentenced to life in prison
