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Other events of 2016
Timeline of Romanian history |
President: Klaus Iohannis
Prime Minister: Dacian Cioloș
29 January – President Klaus Iohannis promulgates a law banning smoking in public areas, two days after the CCR declared it constitutional.
5 February – Five people are killed and 28 seriously injured after a bus and a tip lorry collide on the Western Belt of Ploiești.
10 February – Former commander of Râmnicu Sărat Penitentiary Alexandru Vișinescu is sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for crimes against humanity, becoming the first communist torturer to be convicted in Romania.
16 February
The warmest day of February of the last 55 years, with temperatures 18 °C higher than the normal in Bucharest.
Three babies die and several dozens from Prahova, Dolj and Bucharest are hospitalized with HUS-associated symptoms after being infected with a bacterium of unknown provenance.
14 March – The death toll of the Colectiv nightclub fire reaches 64, almost five months after the tragedy.
9 May – Minister of Health Patriciu Achimaș-Cadariu resigns due to mismanagement of the diluted disinfectants crisis.
12 May – US and NATO officials activate a land-based missile defense station at Deveselu, part of a larger and controversial European shield.
29 May – 20 people are injured after a footbridge breaks during an electoral event in Plopu, Prahova County.
June 1 – About 10,000 employees in the education system protest in Bucharest, demanding the resignation of the Cioloș Cabinet, dissatisfied with the teacher pay scale proposed by the Government.
June 5 - Local elections are held across Romania. The Social Democratic Party comes in first with 38.98% of mayor seats nationwide, including Bucharest, followed by the National Liberal Party with 31.50%.
June 5 - Prime Minister Dacian Cioloş announces a cabinet shuffle as the four ministers (Education, Transport, Communications and Diaspora) are replaced. The new ministers took office on July 7.
September 13 – French President François Hollande begins a one-day state visit to Romania, the first state visit by a French president since François Mitterrand came to Romania in 1991.
September 24 – A magnitude 5.3 earthquake strikes Vrancea County, with tremors being felt as far as Bucharest and the Republic of Moldova. This is the largest deep earthquake since 2009.
5 November – A 29-car pile-up on Sun Motorway results in four deaths and nearly 60 injuries.
2 December - A shooting left at least 3 people dead including the gunman and another 2 were injured. The shooting occurred in Palilula a village in Dolj County.
11 December - Romanian legislative election, 2016
2 March – 2015–16 Cupa României: 1st leg semi-final
20 April – 2015–16 Cupa Romaniei: 2nd leg semi-final
8 May – CSM București wins the Women's EHF Champions League trophy, after beating Győri Audi ETO KC by a score of 29–26 (13–12, 22–22), after overtime and 7-meter throws, in the final held at the László Papp Sports Arena in Budapest.
14 May – 2016 Cupa României Final
10 June – UEFA Euro 2016 Group A: France v. Romania
15 June – UEFA Euro 2016 Group A: Romania v. Switzerland
19 June – UEFA Euro 2016 Group A: Romania v. Albania
5–21 August – 88 members of the Romanian national team will compete in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Arts and entertainment
Lara Fabian returns to Romania for two new concerts, in Cluj-Napoca, on 20 April, and Bucharest, on 22 April.
22 April – Romania is expelled from the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 after its national broadcaster TVR failed to pay debts dating back to 2007. This is the first time in the 61-year history of the Eurovision Song Contest a country is expelled from the competition.
18–22 May – The seventh edition of International Poetry Festival takes place in Bucharest, having as guests more than 100 poets from more than 20 countries.
11 June – Dutch violinist André Rieu and Johann Strauss Orchestra will concert in Bucharest.
21 June – Queen and Adam Lambert will concert for the first time in Romania, in the Constitution Square of Bucharest.
4–7 August – The second edition of Untold Festival will take place in Cluj-Napoca.
January 2 – George Alexandru, actor (b. 1957)
January 7 – Cristian Moisescu, Mayor of Arad (1992–96) (b. 1947)
January 10 – Teofil Codreanu, footballer (b. 1941)
January 12 – Melania Ursu, actress (b. 1940)
January 16 – Theodor Danetti, actor (b. 1926)
January 17 – Ion Panțuru, bobsledder (b. 1934)
January 18 – Silvia Kerim, journalist and children's books writer (b. 1932)
January 22 – Constantin Mihail, athletics coach (b. 1945)
January 23 – Elisabeta Polihroniade, chess player (b. 1935)
January 26 – Aurora Dumitrescu, history teacher and political prisoner (b. 1932)
January 27 – Elena Negreanu, actress and film director (b. 1918)
January 31 – Miron Chichișan, Mayor of Zalău (1992–96) (b. 1945)
February 9 – Alexandru Vulpe, historian and archaeologist, member of Romanian Academy (b. 1931)
February 10 – Stan Gheorghiu, football player and coach (b. 1949)
February 16 – Mircea Costache II, handball player (b. 1940)
February 17 – Gelu Barbu, ballerino and choreographer (b. 1932)
February 18 – Rudolf Fischer, historian and linguist (b. 1923)
February 21 – Pascal Bentoiu, composer and musicologist (b. 1927)
February 28 – Gheorghe Blănaru, writer (b. 1933)
March 3 – Gheorghe Tokay, politician (b. 1939)
March 8
Chiriac Bucur, writer and diplomat (b. 1932)
Sorin Toma, journalist and politician (b. 1914)
March 11 – Iolanda Balaș, Olympic high jumper (b. 1936)
March 17
Solomon Marcus, mathematician, member of Romanian Academy (b 1925)
Paula Sorescu-Lucian, theatre actress (b. 1942)
March 18 – Șerban Iliescu, journalist and linguist (b. 1955)
March 26 – Radu Mareș, writer (b. 1941)
March 27 – Mihail Coculescu, endocrinologist, member of Romanian Academy (b. 1943)
March 28 – Petru Mocanu, mathematician, member of Romanian Academy (b. 1931)
March 30 – Aristotel Stamatoiu, director of Romanian Intelligence Service (1986–1990) (b. 1929)
April 5 – Cornel Patrichi, ballerino, choreographer and actor (b. 1944)
April 6 – Nicolae Munteanu, sports journalist (b. 1922 or 1923)
April 7 – Fane Spoitoru, businessman (b. 1959)
April 8 – Mircea Albulescu, actor (b. 1934)
April 13 – Márton Balázs, mathematician (b. 1929)
April 21 – Valeriu Cotea, oenologist, member of Romanian Academy (b. 1926)
April 25
Dumitru Antonescu, footballer (b. 1945)
Neculai Rățoi, Mayor of Pașcani (b. 1939)
April 29 – Gianu Bucurescu, director of Securitate (1985–1989) (b. 1934)
May 13 – Doina Florica Ignat, politician, member of the Senate of Romania (b. 1938)
May 14 – Neculai Alexandru Ursu, linguist, philologist and literary historian (b. 1926)
May 17 – Alexandru Lăpușan, politician, Minister of Agriculture (b. 1955)
May 20
Vasile Duță, politician, member of the Senate of Romania (b. 1955)
Bogdan Ulmu, theatre director and writer (b. 1951)
May 22 – Dan Condrea, businessman (b. 1975)
May 25 – József Tempfli, Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1931)
May 26 – Ted Dumitru, football manager (b. 1939)
May 30 – Andrei Ciontu, engineer (b. 1933)
June 1 – Grigore Obreja, sprint canoeist (b. 1967)
June 5 – Lucian Gheorghiu, journalist (b. 1955)
June 6 – Mihai Dragolea, writer (b. 1955)
June 8
Alexandru Bizim, athletics coach (b. 1934)
Gheorghe Buluță, philologist (b. 1947)
June 10 – Nicolae Păsărică, oină player (b. 1955)
June 11 – Sigismund Gram, footballer (b. 1933)
June 13
Viorel Mihai Ciobanu, jurist and university professor (b. 1950)
Ioan-Liviu Negruț, politician, member of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania (b. 1937)
June 14 – Ilie Călian, journalist (b. 1942)
June 18
Mircea Chiorean, physician, co-founder of SMURD (b. 1933)
Nae Cosmescu, theatre and television director (b. 1940)
June 19
Mihnea Berindei, historian (b. 1948)
Nicolae Bocșan, historian (b. 1947)
Victor Stănculescu, general officer and politician (b. 1928)
July 1
Ion Ianoși, writer and essayist (b. 1928)
Gheorghe Drobotă, rugby union player (b. 1934)
July 2 – Elie Wiesel, writer, professor, political activist, Nobel laureate and Holocaust survivor (b. 1928)
July 8 – Dan Dermengiu, physician (b. 1957)
July 11 – Dale Băsescu, actor (b. 1956)
July 18 – Medi Wechsler Dinu, painter (b. 1908)
July 20
Radu Beligan, actor (b. 1918)
Nicolae Duță, rugby union player (b. 1943 or 1944)
July 21 – Alexandru Jidveianu, singer (b. 1968)
July 28 – Constantin Busuioceanu, director, editor and lecturer (b. 1924)
August 1 – Queen Anne of Romania (b. 1923)
August 3 – Paul Gherasim, painter (b. 1925)
August 4 – Alexandru Mészáros, footballer (b. 1933)
August 5 – Ionel Lupu, dendrologist (b. 1934)
August 6 – Iosif Viehmann, speleologist (b. 1925)
August 7 – Nicolae Mărășescu, athletics coach and politician (b. 1937)
August 12 – Dénes Sándor, professor (b. 1936)
August 19 – Adrian Enescu, musician and composer (b. 1948)
August 21 – Marin Moraru, actor (b. 1937)
September 1 – Victoria Darvai, folk singer (b. 1926)
September 25 – Niculae Mircovici, officer and politician (b. 1950)
September 26 – Ioan Gyuri Pascu, musician and actor (b. 1961)
September 27
Sebastian Papaiani, actor (b. 1936)
Aurelian Preda, folk singer (b. 1970)
October 4 – Ion Ochinciuc, writer and playwright (b. 1927)
October 9 – Marin Petrache Pechea, jazz singer and saxophonist (b. 1944)
October 19 – Radu Câmpeanu, politician (b. 1922)
October 20 – Valeriu Moisescu, theatre director and university professor (b. 1932)
October 21
Vasile Andru, writer, theoretician and essayist (b. 1942)
Constantin Frățilă, footballer (b. 1942)
October 25
Margit Bara, actress (b. 1928)
Dumitru Boabeș, politician (b. 1951)
October 27 – Nicolae Coman, composer, teacher, poet, translator and musicologist (b. 1936)
October 30 – Iustinian Chira, bishop (b. 1921)
December 8 - Romulus Rusan, writer (b. 1935)
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