2007 AD
- Jaunary 1
- Bulgaria and Romania join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eurozone
- In Denmark, a municipal reform is being carried out which means that the 16 counties will be abolished and replaced by five regions.
- Ban Ki-moon from South Korea takes office as UN Secretary-General.
- April 16 – Virginia tech massacre: 23 year-old Seung-Hui Cho fatally shot 32 people and injured 17 others. He used two semi-automatic pistols to kill them and killed himself as police arrived on the scene.
- May 10–12 – The Eurovision Song Contest 2007 takes place in Helsinki, Finland, and is won by Serbian entrant Marija Šerifović with the song “Molitva“.
- June 5
- June 29 – In Berlin, Denmark and Germany sign a letter of intent to build a bridge over the Fehmarn Belt.
- June 30 – 2007 Glasgow Airport attack
- July 7 – Live Earth Concerts are held in nine major cities around the world to raise environmental awareness.
- August 1 – The I-35 Mississippi River bridge in Minneapolis in the state of Minnesota in the USA collapses, killing around ten people.
- August 15 – Saffron Revolution begins
- November 27 – A peace summit between Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is held in Annapolis, Maryland, USA in the presence of US President George W. Bush.
2008 AD
- February 17 – Kosovo formally declares independence from Serbia, to a mixed response from the international community
- April 27 – The Fritzl case is noted in Amstetten, Austria.
- May 20–24 – The Eurovision Song Contest 2008 takes place in Belgrade, Serbia, and is won by Russian entrant Dima Bilan with the song “Believe“.
- June 7–29 – Austria and Switzerland jointly host the UEFA Euro 2008 football tournament, which is won by Spain.
- August 1-16 – Russo-Georgian war.
- August 20 – Spanair Flight 5022 crashes at Madrid–Barajas Airport, killing 154 people on board.
- November 4 – 2008 United States presidential election: Democratic U.S. Senator Barack Obama defeats Republican candidate John McCain and is elected the 44th President of the United States, making him the first African-American to be elected to the office.
- November 26-29 – 2008 Mumbai attacks
2009 AD
- January 18 – Gaza War: Hamas announces they will accept the Israel Defense Forces offer of a ceasefire, ending the conflict.
- January 20 – Barack Obama is sworn in as the 44th President of the United States, becoming the first African-American to hold the office.
- April 30 – Attack on the Dutch royal family
- June 1 – Air France Flight 447, en route from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Paris, crashes into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 228 on board.
- June 4-7 – The 2009 European Parliament election is held. The EPP wins
- June 11 – The outbreak of the H1N1 influenza strain, commonly referred to as “swine flu”, is deemed a global pandemic.
- July 17 – Two bombs exploded separately at the JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton Hotels in Jakarta, Indonesia, killing 9 people (including 2 suicide bombers) and injuring 53.
- September 23 – Västberga helicopter robbery
- December 1 – The Treaty of Lisbon comes into force.
- December 18 –James Cameron‘s film Avatar, soon to become the highest-grossing film of all time, has its world premiere.
- December 31 – Sello mall shooting
