2008 in the European Union

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Events in the year 2008 in the European Union.

2008 was designated as:

European Year of Intercultural Dialogue

Incumbents

Commission President: José Manuel Barroso, People's Party
Council Presidency: Slovenia (January – June) France (July - December)
Parliament President: Hans-Gert Pöttering, People's Party
High Representative: Javier Solana, Socialists

Events

1 January - Cyprus and Malta join the eurozone.^[1]
1 January - Akrotiri and Dhekelia adopt the euro.^[2]
1 January - Slovenia starts the presidency of European Union as the first of new member states.^[3]
29 March - Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia implement the Schengen Agreement for airports.^[4]
1 July - France takes over the Presidency from Slovenia.

References

↑ Cyprus and Malta set to join eurozone in 2008, EurActiv
↑ Akrotiri and Dhekelia adopt the euro, EUbusiness
↑ Slovenian EU presidency
↑ ""Europe's border-free zone expands", BBC News". 2007-12-21. Archived from the original on 21 December 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-21.

2008 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 Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom Vatican City

States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Kosovo Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Northern Cyprus South Ossetia Transnistria

Dependencies, colonies and other territories	Åland Faroe Islands Gibraltar Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey

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