2008 in Romania
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Events from the year 2008 in Romania.
Incumbents
- President: Traian Băsescu
- Prime Minister: Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu (until 22 December); Emil Boc (from 22 December)
Events
- 2 April - A NATO summit takes place at the Palace of the Parliament, Bucharest.[1]
- 15 November - Petrila Mine disaster: Twelve miners die after two explosions at a mine in Petrila, one of six coal mining cities in the Jiu Valley region of Hunedoara County.[2]
- 24 November - Another miner dies at Floreasca Hospital in Bucharest, raising the death toll from the Petrila Mine disaster to 13.
Deaths
- 16 August - Elena Leușteanu, Olympic gymnast (born 1935)
- 8 October - George Emil Palade, cell biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1912)
References
- ^ Bucharest to host 2008 NATO Summit, NATO, 27 April 2007
- ^ Chron (English)
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| Kingdom of Romania | Years of the Kingdom of Romania and the short-lived National Legionary State (1940–1941).
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| Socialist Romania | Years between the abdication of King Michael of Romania and the December 1989 Romanian Revolution.
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| Romania | Years since the December 1989 Romanian Revolution.
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