2015 in Romania

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The following lists events that have happened during 2015 in Romania.

Incumbents

• President: Klaus Iohannis
• Prime Minister: Victor Ponta

Events

January

• 1 January – Five people are found dead in a sheepfold in Stănilești, Vaslui County, intoxicated with the fumes from a faulty stove.^[1]
• 10 January – Three people die and 14 others are hospitalized, including seven in coma, after drinking smuggled alcohol in Dragalina, Călărași County.^[2][3]
• 12 January – Six children and their father die intoxicated with carbon monoxide in a studio apartment from Rovinari.^[4][5]
• 27 January – George Maior resigns from the leadership of the Romanian Intelligence Service after months of institutional tensions between SRI and civil authorities.^[6][7] General Florian Coldea takes over as interim.^[8]
• 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.^[9]
  • Elena Udrea suspends herself from the leadership of the People's Movement Party due to criminal investigation in the Microsoft licensing corruption scandal.^[10] Eugen Tomac becomes the interim president of the party.^[11]

February

• 6 February – The oldest stable human settlement in Europe (9,000 years ago) is discovered in Schela Cladovei, a neighborhood of Drobeta-Turnu Severin.^[12]
• 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.^[13][14]

March

• 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.^[15] His resignation was demanded by President Klaus Iohannis and members of the National Liberal Party.^[16][17]

April

• 10 April – A fire kills six people in Satu Mare, including three children.^[18]

June

• 20 June – Romania becomes full member of the European Organization for Nuclear Research.

July

• Romania experiences the most severe drought in 50 years.^[19] Over 900,000 hectares of crops are compromised across the country.^[20]
• 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.^[21][22]

August

• 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.^[23][24]
• 9 August – Two people are killed and 48 injured, including 21 children, after a coach with Ukrainian tourists overturns on the Sun Motorway.^[25]
• 19 August – A coach carrying tourists overturns on the Brăila–Galați road, killing three people and injuring 28.^[26]
• 27 August – One person dies and another 14 are injured, after a minibus carrying 19 passengers collides with a car in Bobicești, Olt County.^[27]

September

• 6 September – The mayor of Bucharest, Sorin Oprescu, is arrested at home in an investigation into allegations of taking bribes.^[28][29]

October

• 21 October – Former President Ion Iliescu is accused of crimes against humanity in June 1990 Mineriad case.^[30][31]
• 30 October – A fire at a nightclub in downtown Bucharest kills 60 people and injures 151 more.^[32][33][34]

November

• 4 November – Prime Minister Victor Ponta resigns under the pressure of countrywide anti-corruption protests.^[35][36][37] Mayor of Sector 4 of Bucharest, Cristian Popescu Piedone, also submits his mandate.
• 10 November – Former European Commissioner for Agriculture Dacian Cioloș is nominated by President Klaus Iohannis to form a new government.^[38][39]
• 17 November – Cioloș Cabinet is validated by the Parliament.^[40]

December

• 22 December – French retailer Carrefour signs an agreement with REWE Group for the acquisition of Billa Romania,^[41] with a network of 86 supermarkets nationwide. The transaction is estimated at around 96–97 million euros.^[42]

Sports

• 20 December – Romania wins the bronze medal in the 22nd IHF World Women's Handball Championship.^[43] Cristina Neagu is named the best player of the competition.^[44]

Arts and entertainment

• 24 January – Ion Dacian Operetta and Musical Theatre is inaugurated in Bucharest.^[45] This is the first theatre opened in Romania after the revolution of 1989.^[46]
• 14 February – Radu Jude wins the Silver Bear for Best Director with Aferim! at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival.^[47][48]
• 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.^[49]
• 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.^[50]

Deaths

January

Justin Capră

Alexander Vraciu

• 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

• 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

Eusebiu Ștefănescu

• 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

Nicolae Rainea

• 1 April – Nicolae Rainea, football referee (b. 1933)
• 3 April –
  • Petre Anghel, writer and professor (b. 1944)
  • Paul Grigoriu, journalist and writer (b. 1945)
• 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

Angelo Niculescu

• 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

• 7 July – Angela Ciochină, singer, songwriter and singing teacher (b. 1955)
• 25 July – Valeriu Pantazi, poet, writer and painter (b. 1940)

August

• 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

Corneliu Vadim Tudor

• 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

• 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

• 12 November – Lucian Bălan, footballer (b. 1959)
• 28 November – Mircea Anca, actor and film director (b. 1960)

December

• 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)

References