2024 in Romania
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Events from the year 2024 in Romania.
Incumbents
[edit]- President: Klaus Iohannis
- Prime Minister: Marcel Ciolacu
- Deputy Prime Ministers: Marian Neacșu and Cătălin Predoiu
- President of the Chamber of Deputies: Alfred Simonis
- President of the Senate: Nicolae Ciucă
- President of the High Court of Cassation and Justice: Corina Corbu
- President of the Constitutional Court: Marian Enache
- Ciolacu Cabinet
Events
[edit]March
[edit]- 12 March – President Klaus Iohannis announces that he will run for Secretary-General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.[1] He withdraws his candidacy on 20 June.[2]
- 31 March – Bulgaria and Romania partially join the Schengen Area, allowing travel by air and sea without border checks, Austria vetoed travel by land without border checks over fears that non-EU citizens could get easier access to the European Union.[3]
April
[edit]- 26 April – A court in Bucharest rules that the human trafficking trial of British influencer Andrew Tate can proceed.[4]
June
[edit]- 3 June – A foreign national is arrested on suspicion of throwing a molotov cocktail at the Israeli embassy in Bucharest.[5]
- 7 June – Fifteen people are injured in an explosion at a home improvement store in Botoșani.[6]
- 9 June:
July
[edit]- 15 July – The government approves the culling of 481 bears in the country following the death of a 19-year-old woman in a bear attack in the Carpathian Mountains.[8]
August
[edit]- 6 August – Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu announces he will boycott the closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics due to an initial judging error in another competitor's Women's floor gymnastics routine, which after being corrected, caused Romanian gymnast Ana Bărbosu to move from bronze medal position to 4th place.[9]
September
[edit]- 12 September – A Russian missile strikes a Saint Kitts and Nevis-flagged bulk carrier carrying Ukrainian grain to Egypt in the exclusive economic zone of Romania in the Black Sea. No casualties are reported.[10]
- 15–16 September – At least seven people, including four in Galați County, are reported killed amid flooding caused by Storm Boris.[11][12]
Scheduled and expected events
[edit]- 24 November – 2024 Romanian presidential election[13]
- 8 December – 2024 Romanian parliamentary election
Art and entertainment
[edit]- List of Romanian films of 2024
- List of 2024 box office number-one films in Romania
- List of Romanian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Romania President Iohannis Announces NATO Chief Bid". Barron's. 12 March 2024.
- ^ "Romania's Iohannis Drops NATO Chief Bid, Backs Rutte: Defence Council". Barron's. 20 June 2024.
- ^ "Bulgaria, Romania partially join EU's visa-free Schengen zone". France 24. 31 March 2024. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ^ Badshah, Nadeem (26 April 2024). "Andrew Tate's human trafficking trial can proceed, Romanian court rules". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ "Man detained in Romania's capital after allegedly attacking Israeli embassy with Molotov cocktail". Associated Press. 3 June 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ "An explosion at a DIY chain store in Romania injures at least 15 people, 4 seriously". Associated Press. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
- ^ De Victor Bratu (17 May 2023). "Alegeri europarlamentare în România pe 9 iunie 2024" [European parliamentary elections in Romania on June 9, 2024] (in Romanian). CursDeGuvernare. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
- ^ "Romania to cull 500 bears to curb overpopulation after deadly attack". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
- ^ "Romanian PM to boycott Olympics' closing ceremony after 'scandalous situation' in gymnastics ruling". AP News. 6 August 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ "Ukraine says Russia hit civilian grain vessel in Black Sea". 12 September 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "'Catastrophe' as Central Europe deals with deadly floods". BBC. 15 September 2024.
- ^ "Storm Boris unleashes central Europe flooding, toll hits 15". France 24. 16 September 2024.
- ^ Mihai, Catalina (19 June 2023). "Romanian party to establish right-wing pole ahead of 2024 national elections". EuraCtiv. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
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