1999 by country in Europe

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Chronology of Europe: Events by country of the year 1999 in Europe. Thematic events are dealt with in 1999 in Europe
1997 by country in Europe - 1998 by country in Europe - 1999 - 2000 by country in Europe - 2001 by country in Europe
1997 in Europe - 1998 in Europe - 1999 in Europe - 2000 in Europe - 2001 in Europe

European continent
: introduction of the euro in 11 countries of the European Union to form economic and monetary union or the euro area. EMU consists of Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain. At the same time, it marks the beginning of the transition period from national currencies to the euro.
18 June: meeting in Cologne of the G7, which decides to reduce the debt of the poorest countries.
24 December: Pope John Paul II opens the Holy Gate in St Peter's Basilica in Rome, marking the beginning of the Great Jubilee of 2000.

Albania

Germany

13 January: the Green and Social Democratic Government bans the reprocessing of radioactive waste abroad (i.e. in France) from 2000.
11 March: Oskar Lafontaine resigned as Minister of Finance of the Federal Republic of Germany and President of the SPD. Marked on the left, his departure shows the liberal orientation of Gerhard Schröder's social democratic government

Andorra
x

England
x

Armenia

Austria
3 October: in the general elections, the Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ), the far right party of Jörg Haider, ranks second with 26% of the votes, behind the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) of Federal Chancellor Viktor Klima but before the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) of Vice-Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel.

Belgium

Belarus
x

Bosnia and Herzegovina
x

Bulgaria
x

Caucasus

Cyprus
x

Republic of Cyprus
x

Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
x

Croatia
x

Denmark
x

Faroe Islands

Greenland

Scotland
x

Spain

Estonia
x

Finland
x

France

Georgia

Greece

Hungary
x

Ireland
x

Iceland
x

Italy

Kosovo
x

Liechtenstein
x

Latvia
x

Lithuania
x

Luxembourg
x

Macedonia
x

Malta
x

Moldova
x

Monaco
x

Montenegro
x

Norway
x

Netherlands
x

Poland
x

Portugal
x

Romania

United Kingdom

Russia

Serbia
x

Slovakia
x

Slovenia
x

Sweden

Switzerland

Czech Republic
x

Turkey

Ukraine

European Union

Notes and references

See also
1999 by country in Africa
1999 by country in America, 1999 in the United States, 1999 in Canada
1999 by country in Asia, 1999 in China
1999 in the European Union, 1999 in France, 1999 in Italy, 1999 in Switzerland
1999 by country in Oceania
1999 by country in the Near East
1999 at the United Nations

Year by country in Europe
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