- The European Space Agency sends the resupply spacecraft Jules Verne to the International Space Station.
- Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica resigns, dissolving a coalition too divided over the loss of Kosovo and corresponding governmental position towards EU to carry on joined governing. (AP) (The Daily Telegraph)
- Dmitry Medvedev is elected to succeed Vladimir Putin as President of Russia.
- The wind storm Emma kills four people in Austria, two people in Germany, and two people in the Czech Republic. (AFP)
- The European Union fines Microsoft €899 million for non-compliance with a 2003 antitrust ruling, the largest penalty the EU has ever imposed on a single company.
- Hungary agrees to join the South Stream gas pipeline project. (Reuters)
- Kosovo's parliament endorses a unilateral declaration of independence from Serbia and adopts a flag (pictured); response from the international community is mixed.
- The British Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, announces plans to nationalise the Northern Rock bank following credit problems caused by the subprime mortgage crisis.
- Václav Klaus is re-elected as the President of the Czech Republic.