2015 in Romania
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The following lists events that happened during 2015 in Romania.
Incumbents
[edit]- President: Klaus Iohannis[1]
- Prime Minister: Victor Ponta (until November); Dacian Cioloș (since November)
Events
[edit]January
[edit]- 1 January – Five people are found dead in a sheepfold in Stănilești, Vaslui County, intoxicated with the fumes from a faulty stove.[2]
- 10 January – Three people die and 14 others are hospitalized, including seven in coma, after drinking smuggled alcohol in Dragalina, Călărași County.[3][4]
- 12 January – Six children and their father die intoxicated with carbon monoxide in a studio apartment from Rovinari.[5][6][7]
- 27 January – George Maior resigns from the leadership of the Romanian Intelligence Service after months of institutional tensions between SRI and civil authorities.[8][9] General Florian Coldea takes over as interim.[10]
- 29 January
- A woman and her six children are found dead in their home in Racovița, Vâlcea County, most likely intoxicated during sleep with carbon monoxide.[11]
- Elena Udrea suspends herself from the leadership of the People's Movement Party due to criminal investigation in the Microsoft licensing corruption scandal.[12] Eugen Tomac becomes the interim president of the party.[13]
February
[edit]- 6 February – The oldest stable human settlement in Europe (9,000 years ago) is discovered in Schela Cladovei, a neighborhood of Drobeta-Turnu Severin.[14]
- 24 February – The Electoral Code Commission decides the return to vote on the list and the renunciation to uninominal voting system used in the 2008 and 2012 legislative elections.[15][16]
March
[edit]- 15 March – Minister of Finance, Darius Vâlcov, resigns as the National Anticorruption Directorate prompts his criminal investigation for influence peddling in his capacity as mayor of Slatina.[17] His resignation was demanded by President Klaus Iohannis and members of the National Liberal Party.[18][19]
April
[edit]June
[edit]- 20 June – Romania becomes full member of the European Organization for Nuclear Research.[21]
July
[edit]- Romania experiences the most severe drought in 50 years.[22] Over 900,000 hectares of crops are compromised across the country.[23]
- 24 July – Alexandru Vișinescu, a former Communist-era prison commander, is sentenced to 20 years in jail after being convicted of crimes against humanity in the first such trial in Romania.[24][25]
August
[edit]- 3 August – Romania charges units of Russian oil producer OAO Lukoil with complicity in money laundering in a case estimated at 1.77 billion euros.[26][27]
- 9 August – Two people are killed and 48 injured, including 21 children, after a coach with Ukrainian tourists overturns on the Sun Motorway.[28]
- 19 August – A coach carrying tourists overturns on the Brăila–Galați road, killing three people and injuring 28.[29]
- 27 August – One person dies and another 14 are injured, after a minibus carrying 19 passengers collides with a car in Bobicești, Olt County.[30]
September
[edit]- 6 September – The mayor of Bucharest, Sorin Oprescu, is arrested at home in an investigation into allegations of taking bribes.[31][32]
October
[edit]- 21 October – Former President Ion Iliescu is accused of crimes against humanity in June 1990 Mineriad case.[33][34]
- 30 October – A fire at a nightclub in downtown Bucharest kills 60 people and injures 151 more.[35][36]
November
[edit]- 4 November – Prime Minister Victor Ponta resigns under the pressure of countrywide anti-corruption protests.[37][38][39] The mayor of Sector 4 of Bucharest, Cristian Popescu Piedone, also submits his mandate.[40] On the same day, Iohannis meets with the President of Poland Andrzej Duda and creates Bucharest Nine.[41]
- 10 November – Former European Commissioner for Agriculture Dacian Cioloș is nominated by President Klaus Iohannis to form a new government.[42][43]
- 17 November – The Cioloș Cabinet is validated by the Parliament.[44]
December
[edit]- 22 December – French retailer Carrefour signs an agreement with REWE Group for the acquisition of Billa Romania,[45] with a network of 86 supermarkets nationwide. The transaction is estimated at 96–97 million euros.[46]
Sports
[edit]- 20 December – Romania wins the bronze medal in the 22nd IHF World Women's Handball Championship.[47] Cristina Neagu is named the best player of the competition.[48]
Arts and entertainment
[edit]- 24 January – Ion Dacian Operetta and Musical Theatre is inaugurated in Bucharest.[49] This is the first theatre opened in Romania after the revolution of 1989.[50]
- 14 February – Radu Jude wins the Silver Bear for Best Director with Aferim! at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival.[51][52]
- 29 July–2 August – Untold Festival takes place in Cluj-Napoca, attracting over 240,000 participants. 170 international and national artists perform during the four days of festival, including Avicii, Armin van Buuren, David Guetta, ATB, Fedde le Grand and Tinie Tempah.[53]
- 3 December – Feciorescul de Ticuș, a genre of men's folk dance, is inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.[54][55][56]
Deaths
[edit]January
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- 13 January – Valentin Nicolau, geophysicist, writer and President of the Romanian Television (2002–05) (b. 1960)
- 18 January – Christine Valmy, esthetician, consultant and entrepreneur (b. 1926)
- 19 January – Justin Capră, inventor, professor and engineer (b. 1933)
- 27 January – Viorica Lascu, philologist and historian (b. 1919)
- 29 January – Alexander Vraciu, United States Navy fighter ace (b. 1918)
- 30 January – Aureliu Leca, writer, professor and PSD senator (2000–04) (b. 1940)
February
[edit]- 3 February – Ion Nunweiller, football player and manager (b. 1936)
- 14 February – Octavian Naghiu, tenor (b. 1933)
- 16 February – Radu Simion, pan flute musician and orchestra leader (b. 1940)
- 21 February – Camil Mureșanu, historian and member of the Romanian Academy (b. 1927)
March
[edit]- 4 March – George Motoi, actor and theater director (b. 1936)
- 9 March – Marcel Dragomir, composer (b. 1944)
- 13 March – Maria Vicol, Olympic fencer (b. 1935)
- 15 March – Eusebiu Ștefănescu, actor (b. 1944)
- 20 March – Andrei Brezianu, essayist, writer and translator (b. 1934)
April
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- 1 April – Nicolae Rainea, football referee (b. 1933)
- 3 April –
- Petre Anghel, writer and professor (b. 1944)
- Paul Grigoriu, journalist and writer (b. 1945)[57]
- 4 April – Ioan Pușcaș, radiologist (b. 1932)
- 9 April – Constantin Drăghici, singer, composer and orchestrator (b. 1932)
- 11 April – Toma Dordea, electrical engineer (b. 1921)
- 14 April – Meir Rosenne, jurist and diplomat (b. 1931)
June
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- 20 June – Angelo Niculescu, footballer and coach (b. 1921)
- 21 June – Bogdan Nicula, ballet dancer (b. 1979)
- 22 June – Constantin Cernăianu, football player and coach (b. 1933)
- 30 June – Ludovic Bács, musician, conductor, composer and violinist (b. 1930)
July
[edit]- 7 July – Angela Ciochină, singer, songwriter and singing teacher (b. 1955)
- 25 July – Valeriu Pantazi, poet, writer and painter (b. 1940)
August
[edit]- 3 August – Laurențiu Mircea Popescu, physician, professor and politician (b. 1944)
- 6 August
- Malvina Urșianu, screenwriter and film director (b. 1927)
- Mircea Dobrescu, boxer (b. 1930)
- 20 August – Alexandru Nicula, papal prelate (b. 1913)
- 27 August – Matei Boilă, senator, political prisoner and Greek Catholic priest (b. 1926)
- 30 August – Dan Iordăchescu, baritone (b. 1930)
September
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- 9 September – Florin Ganea, footballer (b. 1976)
- 14 September – Corneliu Vadim Tudor, writer, politician and journalist (b. 1949)
- 29 September
- Sorin Avram, football player and coach (b. 1943)
- Imre Fodor, politician (b. 1937)
- 30 September – Lucreția Ciobanu, singer of popular music (b. 1924)
October
[edit]- 6 October – Paula Iacob, lawyer (b. 1932)
- 14 October – Florența Mihai, tennis player (b. 1955)
- 16 October – Liviu Radu, writer, publicist and translator (b. 1948)
- 27 October – Mitzura Arghezi, actress and politician, daughter of Tudor Arghezi (b. 1924)
- 30 October
- Vlad Țelea, guitarist of Goodbye to Gravity (b. 1978)
- Mihai Alexandru, guitarist of Goodbye to Gravity (b. 1981)
November
[edit]- 12 November – Lucian Bălan, footballer (b. 1959)
- 28 November – Mircea Anca, actor and film director (b. 1960)
December
[edit]- 9 December – Gheorghe Gruia, handball player (b. 1940)
- 11 December – Mihai Adam, footballer (b. 1940)
- 13 December – Florin Manolescu, critic, literary historian and writer (b. 1943)
See also
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External links
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