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This is a list of 2014 events that occurred in Romania.
Incumbents
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
- 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
March
- 4 March
- 10 March – Law enforcers are attacked with stones and firecrackers during a meeting commemorating the Szeklers killed in 1854. The meeting takes place in Târgu Mureș and is attended by more than 4,000 people.[27][28]
- 12 March – 102 house searches occur in 18 counties within the pale of Meat Mafia file. Hundreds of tons of meat are withdrawn from the market or destroyed.[29]
- 14 March – After incidents in Târgu Mureș and displaced statements of Hungarian extremist leaders, Romanian authorities decide the interdiction of entry into the country of Hungarian citizens from four formations, including Jobbik.[30][31]
April
- 5 April – Three dancers die burned alive and four other people are injured in a devastating fire at a restaurant in Constanța.[32][33]
- 22 April – Four people are killed and two others are missing after days of heavy rainfall caused widespread flooding in the south of the country.[34]
May
- 25 May – PSD-PC-UNPR alliance obtains 37.4% of votes in the European Parliament election, being followed by PNL with 14.86%, PDL with 12.23%, independent Mircea Diaconu with 6.92%, UDMR with 6.47% and PMP with 6.21%.[35][36]
- 26 May
- Crin Antonescu announces his resignation as President of PNL, invoking poor results at the European Parliament election.[37][38]
- PNL leadership votes the transition from ALDE to EPP.[39]
June
- 13 June – Romanian hacker Guccifer is indicted in absentia in a federal court in the U.S. state of Virginia for hacking into the e-mails of American government officials and family members.[40]
- 16 June – Mugur Isărescu is unanimously advised by joint commissions of Budget, Finance-Banks in Parliament for a fifth term as governor of the National Bank of Romania.[41][42]
- 18 June – After seven years of complicated investigations, the case of lawyer Elodia Ghinescu concludes. The main suspect of murder, her husband, policeman Cristian Cioacă, is sentenced to 15 years and eight months in prison and payment of 380,000 euros injury.[43][44]
- 21 June – Authorities constitute a crisis cell inasmuch as over 1,000 Romanian tourists are stranded on the Bulgarian littoral, severely affected by floods and mudslides in recent days.[45][46]
- 25 June – Both houses of the Romanian parliament widely adopt a joint statement urging President Traian Băsescu to resign, following corruption scandals involving his arrested brother's graft case and one of his sons-in-law's implication in a criminal investigation.[47]
July
- 29 July – Two people die and several hundreds are forced to evacuate as surging floodwaters submerge villages in Oltenia.[48][49][50]
August
- 8 August – Businessman Dan Voiculescu is sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for the fraudulent privatization of the Institute of Food Research, after which the state was prejudiced with 60 million euros.[51][52][53]
- 21 August
- 27 August – Iași–Ungheni gas pipeline is inaugurated in the presence of prime ministers of Romania and Moldova. The pipeline will ensure Moldova's energy independence from Russia.[56]
September
- 15 September
- A strong Mediterranean cyclone hits southwestern Romania, causing widespread flooding and leaving one man dead and two others missing.[57][58]
- Romanian Ornithological Society announces that a population of sand boa (Eryx jaculus) was recently discovered in the Danube Valley, after 80 years since this species has not been seen alive in Romania.[59]
October
November
December
Deaths
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
- 1 August – Szabolcs Cseh, stuntman and actor (b. 1942)
- 4 August – Ion Grosu, writer (b. 1939)
- 8 August – Aurel Cioranu, theater and film actor (b. 1929)
- 17 August – Dan Hăulică, literary essayist, art critic and corresponding member of the Romanian Academy (b. 1932)
- 19 August – Dinu Patriciu, politician and businessman (b. 1950)
- 20 August – Nicolae Balotă, essayist, critic, historian and literary theorist (b. 1925)
- 31 August – Ștefan Andrei, Communist politician and former Foreign Minister (b. 1931)
September
October
November
December
References
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