2018 in Romania

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Events from the year 2018 in Romania.

Incumbents

President

• 
  Klaus Iohannis (since 2014)

Prime Minister

• 
  Mihai Tudose (until 15 January)
• 
  Mihai Fifor (acting, 15–29 January)

President of the Senate

• 
  Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu (since 2014)

President of the Chamber of Deputies

• 
  Liviu Dragnea (since 2016)

Events

January

• 15 January – Prime Minister Mihai Tudose resigns after his Social Democratic Party leaders withdraw their support following a party feud.[1][2]
• 20 January – Tens of thousands of people protest in Romanian cities and abroad against amendments to the laws of justice and criminal codes.[3]
• 29 January – The Romanian parliament approves Viorica Dăncilă as the country's first female premier.[4] She is the third prime minister of Romania in less than 13 months.[5]

February

• 22 February – Justice Minister Tudorel Toader announces that he will initiate the revocation procedure of Laura Codruța Kövesi from the post of chief prosecutor of the National Anticorruption Directorate.[6] The announcement is followed by protests in several major cities in the country.[7]

April

• 5 April – Nine people die after their minibus plunges into Bistrița River, near Viișoara, Neamț County.[8]
• 11 April – Three tourists are found dead in Făgăraș Mountains after going missing since 30 March.[9]
• 16 April – President Klaus Iohannis refuses to dismiss the chief prosecutor of the National Anticorruption Directorate, Laura Codruța Kövesi, also criticizing the report on which Justice Minister Tudorel Toader proposed the revocation of Kövesi.[10] Toader announces that he will refer the Constitutional Court.[11]
• 17 April – Former President Ion Iliescu is officially prosecuted for crimes against humanity for his role in the 1989 Revolution, alongside former Prime Minister Petre Roman.[12][13]
• 19 April – President of the Chamber of Deputies Liviu Dragnea announces Government's intention to move Romania's embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.[14][15]

June

• 9 June – More than 100,000 people assemble in Bucharest to protest alleged abuses committed by anti-corruption prosecutors. The protest is organised by the governing Social Democratic Party.[16]
• 21 June – Liviu Dragnea, head of the Social Democratic Party, is convicted of abuse of power and handed a three-and-a-half-year sentence in an initial verdict after a corruption trial.[17]
• 27 June – Dăncilă Cabinet survives a motion of no confidence. During the vote, several thousand opposition supporters protest outside Parliament, calling for the resignation of the government.[18]
• 30 June – Four people are found dead and hundreds are evacuated from 185 flooded localities as hydrologists issue red flood warning in the counties of Covasna, Brașov and Bacău.[19][20]

July

• 1 July – Celebrating the centenary of the Great Union (the unification of Romania with Bessarabia, Bukovina and Transylvania), a demonstration called the Centenary March is organized by several Romanian and Moldovan activists for unification. It starts in Alba Iulia on this day.[21]
• 9 July – President Klaus Iohannis dismisses the Chief Prosecutor of the National Anticorruption Directorate, Laura Codruța Kövesi.[22]
• 11 July – Four people, including two children, are found dead after their cart is washed away by a flash flood in Tulcea County.[23]

August

• 10 August – Violence ensues between anti-government protesters and the Romanian Gendarmerie in Victory Square, resulting in hundreds of people wounded and the complete evacuation of the square.
• 29 August – Participants of the Centenary March cross the Moldovan border.[24]

September

• 1 September – The Centenary March ends in the Great National Assembly Square in Chișinău, Moldova.[25]

December

• 19 December – The main indexes of Bucharest Stock Exchange fall by more than 7 percent following the announcement of new taxes on banks, capping gas price and major changes regarding private pensions scheme. The two major banks listed at BSE lose more than 15 percent of their value.[26]

Arts and entertainment

• 24 February – Touch Me Not, directed by Adina Pintilie, wins the Golden Bear prize for best film at the 68th Berlin International Film Festival.[27]
• 27 March – The 12th edition of the Gopo Awards: Daniel Sandu's One Step Behind the Seraphim is awarded best film, best director, best actor and best screenplay.[28]
• 5 April – Ioan-Aurel Pop, rector of Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, is elected president of the Romanian Academy.[29]
• 10 May – The Humans represent Romania in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest in Lisbon, Portugal. For the first time since the introduction of the semi-finals, Romania's representatives fail to qualify for the final.[30]
• 9 June – The largest edition to date of Bucharest Pride attracts about 10,000 people.[31]
• 3–14 July – The 59th International Mathematical Olympiad is held in Cluj-Napoca.
• 2–5 August – The 4th edition of Untold Festival is held in Cluj-Napoca.

Sports

• 9 June – Simona Halep wins her first Grand Slam title after defeating American Sloane Stephens in the French Open.[32][33]

Deaths

January

Attila Verestóy

Neagu Djuvara

• 2 January – Garabet Kumbetlian, 81, intellectual, professor, engineer and researcher (b. 1936)
• 10 January
  • Lucky Marinescu, 83, singer and television presenter (b. 1934)
  • Nicolae Edroiu, 78, academician and historian (b. 1939)
  • Ștefan Papadima, 64, mathematician (b. 1953)
• 11 January – Elisabeta Isanos, 76, writer (b. 1941)
• 23 January – Attila Verestóy, 63, politician (b. 1954)
• 24 January – Ion D. Ion, 82, mathematician (b. 1935)
• 25 January – Neagu Djuvara, 101, historian, diplomat, philosopher, journalist and novelist (b. 1916)

February

• 10 February – Andrei Avram, 87, linguist (b. 1930)
• 13 February – Florin Diacu, 59, mathematician (b. 1959)
• 14 February – Zoltán Kallós, 91, folklorist (b. 1926)
• 16 February – Arsenie Voaideș, 67, Orthodox archimandrite and abbot of Berzunți Monastery (b. 1951)
• 19 February – Paul Urmuzescu, 89, composer (b. 1928)
• 28 February – Ștefan Tașnadi, 64, weightlifter (b. 1953)

March

• 4 March – Traian Sabău, 76, politician (b. 1941)
• 9 March – Ion Voinescu, 88, footballer (b. 1929)
• 13 March – Geta Caragiu, 88, sculptress (b. 1929)
• 19 March – Andrei Gheorghe, 56, presenter and programme-maker (b. 1962)
• 25 March – Nicolae Tilihoi, 61, footballer (b. 1956)
• 27 March – Aimée Iacobescu, 71, actress (b. 1946)
• 28 March – Octavian Dincuță, 70, footballer (b. 1947)

April

Carmen Stănescu

Dinu C. Giurescu

• 1 April – Justin Andrei, 84, engineering geologist and geophysicist (b. 1934)
• 6 April – Șerban Papacostea, 89, historian (b. 1928)
• 11 April – Carmen Stănescu, 92, actress (b. 1925)
• 14 April - Mihai Stănescu, 78, caricaturist (b. 1939)
• 15 April – Nicolae Mischie, 73, politician (b. 1945)
• 16 April
  • Florea Dumitrescu, 91, economist, finance minister (1969–78), ambassador of Romania to China (1978–83) and governor of the National Bank (1984–89) (b. 1927)
  • Nicolae Mischie, 72, politician
  • Ionela Prodan, 70, folk music singer (b. 1947)
• 24 April – Dinu C. Giurescu, 91, historian and politician (b. 1927)

May

• 1 May – Constantin Olteanu, 89, general, Minister of National Defense (1980–1985) and Mayor of Bucharest (1985–1988) (b. 1928)
• 4 May – Doina Cornea, 88, publicist and anticommunist dissident (b. 1929)
• 15 May – Cristian Țopescu, 81, sports commentator, journalist and politician (b. 1937)
• 16 May – Lucian Pintilie, 84, director (b. 1933)
• 21 May – Mircea Malița, 91, academician, diplomat, mathematician, professor and essayist (b. 1927)
• 22 May
  • Cabiria Andreian Cazacu, 90, mathematician and honorary member of the Romanian Academy (b. 1928)
  • Mircea Malița, 91, academician, diplomat, mathematician, professor and essayist (b. 1927)
• 25 May – Hildegard Puwak, 68, politician (b. 1949)

June

• 3 June – Alexandru Jula, 83, singer (b. 1934)
• 11 June – Maria Butaciu, 78, folk music singer (b. 1940)
• 20 June – Sándor Kányádi, 89, poet (b. 1929)
• 21 June – Gernot Nussbächer, 78, historian, archivist and writer (b. 1939)

References

1. "Romanian PM Mihai Tudose resigns after losing party support". Euronews. 15 January 2018.
2. Kit Gillet (15 January 2018). "Romanian Prime Minister Is Forced Out, the Second in Seven Months". The New York Times.
3. "Zeci de mii de oameni au protestat în București. Manifestanții au aprins lanternele și au cântat imnul în fața Parlamentului". Știrile Pro TV (in Romanian). 20 January 2018.
4. "Romania: Viorica Dancila voted in as first female prime minister". DW. 29 January 2018.
5. Kit Gillet (29 January 2018). "Romania Names 3rd Prime Minister in a Year Amid Struggle Over Corruption". The New York Times.
6. "Tudorel Toader vrea revocarea lui Kovesi din funcția de procuror șef al DNA. "Acte și fapte de netolerat"". Știrile Pro TV (in Romanian). 22 February 2018.
7. Alexandra Șerban (22 February 2018). "Protest în Piața Victoriei din Capitală, după anunțul ministrului Toader privind revocarea șefei DNA. Oameni în stradă și în marile orașe". Adevărul (in Romanian).
8. George-Andrei Cristescu, Florin Jbanca (5 April 2018). "Nouă morți în Neamț după ce un autobuz a căzut în râul Bistrița". Adevărul (in Romanian).
9. "Trupurile neînsuflețite ale celor trei turiști dispăruți pe munte au fost recuperate. Ce s-ar fi întâmplat cu ei". Digi 24 (in Romanian). 11 April 2014.
10. "Iohannis nu o revocă pe Kovesi. "Motivele prezentate de ministrul Justiției nu m-au convins"". Știrile Pro TV (in Romanian). 16 April 2018.
11. Claudia Spridon (16 April 2018). "Reacția ministrului Justiției după refuzul președintelui Iohannis de revocare din funcție a șefei DNA. Ce-i răspunde Augustin Zegrean". Adevărul (in Romanian).
12. "Dosarul "Revoluției". Ion Iliescu este, oficial, urmărit penal pentru infracțiuni contra umanității". Știrile Pro TV (in Romanian). 17 April 2018.
13. "Ion Iliescu, pus sub acuzare în Dosarul Revoluției. Urmărirea penală, extinsă". Digi 24 (in Romanian). 17 April 2018.
14. Gabriel Pecheanu (19 April 2018). "Liviu Dragnea: Guvernul a decis mutarea efectivă a ambasadei de la Tel Aviv la Ierusalim". Mediafax (in Romanian).
15. "Dragnea: Ambasada României din Israel va fi mutată de la Tel Aviv la Ierusalim". Digi 24 (in Romanian). 20 April 2018.
16. Alison Mutler (9 June 2018). "Romania: Pro-govt rally protests anti-corruption 'abuses'". The Washington Post.
17. Andrew MacDowall (21 June 2018). "Leader of Romania's ruling party sentenced for corruption". The Guardian.
18. Ovidiu Posirca (27 June 2018). "Romania's PSD-ALDE government survives vote of no confidence in Parliament". Business Review.
19. "Cod roșu de inundații. Sute de persoane evacuate din calea apelor. Digurile au fost întărite". Știrile Pro TV (in Romanian). 30 June 2018.
20. "UPDATE - Doi bărbați au murit luați de viituri, numărul victimelor inundațiilor a ajuns la patru. 4 drumuri naționale rămân închise. Carmen Dan: Au fost afectate 185 de localități din 35 de județe, situația s-a stabilizat. FOTO". News.ro (in Romanian). 1 July 2018.
21. "A început Marșul Centenarului: 1300 de km de la Alba Iulia la Chișinău". Cotidianul (in Romanian). 2 July 2018.
22. Kit Gillet (9 July 2018). "Romanian Prosecutor Who Took On Entrenched Corruption Is Fired". The New York Times.
23. "O întreagă familie luată de viitură, în Tulcea. Cum au fost găsiți cei 4 membri". Știrile Pro TV (in Romanian). 11 July 2018.
24. Necsutu, Madalin (31 August 2018). "Moldova to Allow Opposing Protests in Capital". Balkan Insight.
25. "VIDEO // De la Alba Iulia, la Chișinău: Marșul Centenarului a ajuns în Piața Marii Adunări Naționale". jurnal.md (in Romanian). 1 September 2018.
26. (in English) Sorin Melenciuc (19 December 2018). "UPDATE: Bucharest stock market crashes as investors worry about new taxes in 2019; Banca Transilvania lost almost 20 pct of its value". Business Review.
27. Michelle Martin (24 February 2018). "'Touch Me Not' wins Golden Bear top prize at Berlin film festival". Reuters.
28. ""Un pas în urma serafimilor", marele câștigător la Premiile Gopo 2018". Premiile Gopo (in Romanian). 28 March 2018. Archived from the original on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
29. Raluca Pantazi (5 April 2018). "Ioan Aurel Pop este noul presedinte al Academiei Romane: in 2012, s-a delimitat de verdictul de plagiat dat de colegii din CNATDCU lui Ponta". HotNews (in Romanian).
30. Alexandra Constanda (11 May 2018). "Reprezentanții României nu s-au calificat în finala Eurovision 2018, pentru prima dată după 14 ani". Adevărul (in Romanian).
31. "'Bucharest Pride' 2018: A victory for tolerance". DW. 10 June 2018.
32. "French Open - Halep wins first Grand Slam title". BBC Sport. 9 June 2018.
33. Stephanie Livaudais (9 June 2018). "Halep lifts first Grand Slam trophy at Roland Garros". WTA.