2018 in Romania

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Events from the year 2018 in Romania.

Incumbents

President

• 
  Klaus Iohannis (since 2014) ^[1]

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

Months:

• January
• February
• March
• April
• May
• June
• July
• August
• September
• October
• November
• December

January

• 15 January – Prime Minister Mihai Tudose resigns after his Social Democratic Party leaders withdraw their support following a party feud. ^{[2] [3]}
• 20 January – Tens of thousands of people protest in Romanian cities and abroad against amendments to the laws of justice and criminal codes. ^[4]
• 29 January – The Romanian parliament approves Viorica Dăncilă as the country's first female premier. ^[5] She is the third prime minister of Romania in less than 13 months. ^[6]

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. ^[7] The announcement is followed by protests in several major cities in the country. ^[8]

April

• 5 April – Nine people die after their minibus plunges into Bistrița River, near Viișoara, Neamț County. ^[9]
• 11 April – Three tourists are found dead in Făgăraș Mountains after going missing since 30 March. ^[10]
• 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. ^[11] Toader announces that he will refer the Constitutional Court. ^[12]
• 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. ^{[13] [14]}
• 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. ^{[15] [16]}

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. ^[17]
• 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. ^[18]
• 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. ^[19]
• 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. ^{[20] [21]}

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. ^[22]
• 9 July – President Klaus Iohannis dismisses the Chief Prosecutor of the National Anticorruption Directorate, Laura Codruța Kövesi. ^[23]
• 11 July – Four people, including two children, are found dead after their cart is washed away by a flash flood in Tulcea County. ^[24]

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. ^[25]

September

• 1 September – The Centenary March ends in the Great National Assembly Square in Chișinău, Moldova. ^[26]

October

• 6 and 7 October – A nationwide referendum is held in Romania regarding the prohibition of same-sex marriage, but it fails due to not reaching the required voter turnout. ^[27] Another referendum is held at the same time in the Olt County to rename it to "Olt-Romanați County", ^{[28] [29]} but it fails as well for the same reason. ^{[30] [31]}

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 prices and major changes regarding private pensions scheme. The two major banks listed at BSE lose more than 15 percent of their value. ^[32]

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. ^[33]
• 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. ^[34]
• 5 April – Ioan-Aurel Pop, rector of Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, is elected president of the Romanian Academy. ^[35]
• 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. ^[36]
• 9 June – The largest edition to date of Bucharest Pride attracts about 10,000 people. ^[37]
• 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. ^{[38] [39]}

Deaths

Further information: Category:2018 deaths and Deaths in 2018

Deaths
January  · February  · March  · April  · May  · June  · July  · August  · September  · October  · November  · December

January

Main article: Deaths in January 2018

Attila Verestóy

Neagu Djuvara

• 2 January – Garabet Kumbetlian  [ ro ], 81, intellectual, professor, engineer and researcher (b. 1936) ^[40]
• 4 January – Aharon Appelfeld, 85, Romanian-born Israeli writer (b. 1932). ^[41]
• 10 January –
  • Lucky Marinescu  [ ro ], 83, singer and television presenter (b. 1934) ^[42]
  • Nicolae Edroiu  [ ro ], 78, academician and historian (b. 1939) ^[43]
  • Ștefan Papadima  [ ro ], 64, mathematician (b. 1953) ^[44]
• 11 January – Elisabeta Isanos  [ ro ], 76, writer (b. 1941) ^[45]
• 24 January –
  • Ion D. Ion, 82, mathematician (b. 1935)^{[ citation needed ]}
  • Attila Verestóy, 63, Romanian politician and chemical engineer, Senator (since 1990). ^[46]
• 25 January – Neagu Djuvara, 101, Romanian historian, essayist and philosopher, pneumonia. ^[47]

February

Main article: Deaths in February 2018

• 3 February – Alec Sehon, 93, Romanian-born Canadian immunologist (b. 1924). ^[48]
• 10 February – Andrei Avram  [ ro ], 87, linguist (b. 1930)^{[ citation needed ]}
• 13 February – Florin Diacu, 59, Romanian Canadian mathematician and author (b. 1959). ^[49]
• 14 February – Zoltán Kallós  [ ro ], 91, folklorist (b. 1926)^{[ citation needed ]}
• 16 February – Arsenie Voaideș  [ ro ], 67, Orthodox archimandrite and abbot of Berzunți Monastery (b. 1951)^{[ citation needed ]}
• 19 February – Paul Urmuzescu  [ ro ], 89, composer (b. 1928)^{[ citation needed ]}
• 22 February – Serban Cantacuzino, 89, Romanian architect. ^[50]
• 28 February – Ștefan Tașnadi, 64, Romanian weightlifter, Olympic silver medalist (1984). ^[51]

March

Main article: Deaths in March 2018

• 4 March – Traian Sabău  [ ro ], 76, politician (b. 1941)^{[ citation needed ]}
• 6 March – Peter Freund, 81, Romanian-born American physicist. ^[52]
• 9 March – Ion Voinescu, 88, Romanian Olympic footballer (1952). ^[53]
• 13 March – Geta Caragiu  [ ro ], 88, sculptor (b. 1929)^{[ citation needed ]}
• 19 March – Andrei Gheorghe (born 1962)  [ ro ], 56, presenter and programme-maker^{[ citation needed ]}
• 25 March – Nicolae Tilihoi, 61, Romanian footballer (Universitatea Craiova). ^[54]
• 27 March – Aimée Iacobescu, 71, Romanian actress ( The Doom ), breast cancer. ^[55]
• 28 March – Octavian Dincuță, 70, footballer ^[56]

April

Main article: Deaths in April 2018

Carmen Stănescu

Dinu C. Giurescu

• 1 April – Justin Andrei  [ ro ], 84, engineering geologist and geophysicist (b. 1934)^{[ citation needed ]}
• 6 April – Șerban Papacostea  [ ro ], 89, historian (b. 1928)^{[ citation needed ]}
• 11 April – Carmen Stănescu, 92, stage and film actress ^[57]
• 14 April – Mihai Stănescu  [ ro ], 78, caricaturist (b. 1939)^{[ citation needed ]}
• 15 April – Nicolae Mischie  [ ro ], 73, politician (b. 1945)^{[ citation needed ]}
• 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) ^[58]
  • Nicolae Mischie  [ ro ], 72, politician^{[ citation needed ]}
  • Ionela Prodan  [ ro ], 70, folk music singer (b. 1947)^{[ citation needed ]}
• 24 April – Dinu C. Giurescu, 91, historian and politician ^[59]

May

Main article: Deaths in May 2018

Doina Cornea

• 1 May – Constantin Olteanu  [ ro ], 89, general, Minister of National Defense (1980–1985) and Mayor of Bucharest (1985–1988) (b. 1928)^{[ citation needed ]}
• 3 May – Doina Cornea, 88, Romanian human rights activist and professor. ^[60]
• 15 May – Cristian Țopescu  [ ro ], 81, sports commentator, journalist and politician (b. 1937)^{[ citation needed ]}
• 16 May –
  • François Bréda, 62, Romanian writer and literary critic. ^[61]
  • Lucian Pintilie, 84, Romanian film director. ^[62]
• 21 May – Mircea Malița  [ ro ], 91, academician, diplomat, mathematician, professor, and essayist (b. 1927) ^[63]
• 22 May – Cabiria Andreian Cazacu, 90, mathematician and honorary member of the Romanian Academy. ^[64]
• 25 May – Hildegard Puwak, 68, Romanian politician, Minister of European Integration (2000–2003). ^[65]

June

Main article: Deaths in June 2018

• 3 June – Alexandru Jula  [ ro ], 83, singer (b. 1934) ^[66]
• 5 June – Karl Fritz Lauer, 80, Romanian-German scientist. ^[67]
• 6 June – H. H. Wieder, 99, Romanian-born American physicist. ^[68]
• 11 June – Maria Butaciu, 78, folk music singer (b. 1940)
• 20 June – Sándor Kányádi, 89, poet (b. 1929)
• 21 June –
  • Horaţiu Nicolau, 84, Romanian Olympic volleyball player. ^[69]
  • Gernot Nussbächer  [ ro ], 78, historian, archivist and writer (b. 1939) ^[70]
• 26 June – Joseph Seroussi, 85, Sudanese-born Romanian fashion designer. ^[71]

July

Main article: Deaths in July 2018

August

Main article: Deaths in August 2018

• 2 August – Mihai Radu Pricop, 68, politician (b. 1950)
• 7 August – Dumitru Fărcaș, 80, taragot player (b. 1938)
• 19 August – Margareta Niculescu, 92, puppeteer, director, and teacher (b. 1926)

September

Main article: Deaths in September 2018

• 19 September – Geta Brătescu, 92, visual artist (b. 1926)

October

Main article: Deaths in October 2018

• 13 October – Georgeta Pitică, 88, table tennis player, world champion (b. 1930)
• 21 October – Ilie Balaci, 62, footballer (b. 1956)

November

Main article: Deaths in November 2018

• 22 November – Nicolae Mihalcea, 96, Romanian Olympic equestrian (1952, 1956). ^[72]
• 23 November – Bujor Hălmăgeanu, 77, Romanian football player (Steaua București, national team) and manager (Dacia Unirea Brăila), respiratory failure. ^[73]
• 25 November – Randolph L. Braham, 95, Romanian-born American historian and political scientist. ^[74]

December

Main article: Deaths in December 2018

• 16 December –
  • Mircea Petescu, 76, Romanian football player (Steaua București, UTA Arad) and manager (Sparta Rotterdam), Alzheimer's disease. ^[75]
  • Anca Pop, 34, Romanian-Canadian singer-songwriter, traffic collision. ^[76]

See also

• 2018 in the European Union
• 2018 in Europe
• Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018
• Romania at the 2018 Winter Olympics
• Romania at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
• Romania at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

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74. Elhunyt a magyar holokausztkutatás doyenje, Randolph L. Braham (in Hungarian)
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