2014 in Romania

This is a list of 2014 events that occurred in Romania.

Incumbents

• President – Traian Băsescu (formerly Democratic Liberal Party), since 2004
• Prime Minister – Victor Ponta (Social Liberal Union), since 2012
• President of the Senate – Crin Antonescu (Social Liberal Union), since 2012
• President of the Chamber of Deputies – Valeriu Zgonea (Social Liberal Union), since 2012

Events

January

• 6 January – Former Prime Minister of Romania, Adrian Năstase, is sentenced to four years imprisonment for bribe taking in the Zambaccian file.^[1][2] His wife, Dana Năstase, is also sentenced to three years imprisonment with suspension. Moreover, they are forced to pay damages of 700,000 euros.^[3][4]
• 15 January – The Constitutional Court unanimously decides that the changes to the Penal Code in "Black Tuesday" are unconstitutional.^[5]
• 20 January
  • Six people, including three children, are killed after their car plunges into a lake near the Cernavodă Nuclear Power Plant.^[6][7]
  • Two people are killed and five injured after a medical aircraft crashes near Beliș, Cluj County.^[8][9][10]
• 23 January – Interior Minister Radu Stroe resigns after accusations of mismanagement of rescue operations for survivors of the Apuseni Mountains plane crash.^[11][12]
• 25 January – A snowstorm engulfs southern Romania, disrupting traffic on major national roads^[13] and killing at least 13 people.^[14] For the first time in the history of Romanian meteorology, authorities establish red code for blizzard^[15] and decree state of alert in three counties.^[16]
• 30 January – Former Transport Minister Relu Fenechiu is sentenced to five years imprisonment for corruption in the Transformer file.^[17]

February

• 6 February – Daniel Chițoiu resigns from functions of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance.^[18][19]

Predicted and scheduled events

May

• 8 May – Romania will participate in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest.
• 24–25 May – A referendum on Constitution is scheduled to be held simultaneously with the European Parliament election.
• 30 May–8 June – The 2014 edition of Transilvania International Film Festival will be held in Cluj-Napoca.

June

• 6–15 June – The 2014 edition of Sibiu International Theatre Festival is scheduled to be held.

July

• 31 July–2 August – The 2014 edition of B'Estfest will be held at the Mogoșoaia Palace, Bucharest.

August

• 4–10 August – The 2014 edition of ARTmania Festival will be held in the Grand Square of Sibiu.

November

• 2 November – First scrutiny of the presidential election is scheduled to be held.
• 16 November – Second scrutiny of the presidential election is scheduled to be held.

Deaths

January

• 1 January – Traian T. Coșovei, 59, poet (b. 1954)
• 13 January – Mihai Fotino, 83, actor (b. 1930)
• 30 January – Marioara Murărescu, 66, producer of folklore programs (b. 1947)

References