2004 by country in Europe

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Chronology of Europe: Events by country of the year 2004 in Europe. Thematic events are dealt with in 2004 in Europe
2002 by country in Europe - 2003 by country in Europe - 2004 - 2005 by country in Europe - 2006 by country in Europe

European continent
7 new NATO countries: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia), bringing the number of NATO members to 26;
: entry of 10 new members into the European Union: Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Malta and Cyprus, bringing the number of members to 25.

Germany

23 May: Horst Köhler elected as President of the Federal Republic of Germany. He takes up his duties the following.

Belgium

Cyprus
: the country is entering the European Union.
April 25: A referendum postpones the reunification of the island. The Turkish north of the island was favorable, the south was not.

Spain
11 March: murderous attacks on Thursday 11 March 2004 in Madrid, killing nearly 200 people and wounding more.
14 March: Mariano Rajoy (PP) is defeated by PSOE candidate José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero in the general elections.

Estonia
: the country is entering the European Union.

France

Georgia
4 January: Mikheil Saakashvili wins the presidential election.

Hungary
: the country is entering the European Union.

Ireland
29 March: Smoking in bars is now prohibited.

Italy

1 January: Genoa and Lille are European capitals of culture.

20 March - : Second World Day Against War; millions of people go down the street all over the world, hundreds of thousands in Rome.

September 1: In Mazara del Vallo, Sicily, a 3-year-old girl named Denise Pipitone is declared missing, the investigations will be opened to be reopened in 2021.

Latvia
: the country is entering the European Union.

Lithuania
: the country is entering the European Union.
13 and presidential election.

Malta
: the country is entering the European Union.

Poland
: the country is entering the European Union.

Portugal
: Miklos Feher dies in the middle of the match ,( Benfica - Vitoria Guimarães) victim of a heart attack
6 July: Conservative Prime Minister José Manuel Durão Barroso resigns to be appointed President of the European Commission.
July 17: The Mayor of Lisbon, Pedro Santana Lopes is appointed Prime Minister and groups a new government, still in coalition with the nationalists.
10 December : President Jorge Sampaio, noting the great government instability, dissolves the Assembly of the Republic and convenes early legislative elections for the .

United Kingdom
April 5: The Queen is on an official visit to France to celebrate the centenary of the Cordial Agreement.

Russia
6 February: terrorist attack in the Moscow metro; 43 m