Sources: Mediafax
Austria announces that it will veto Bulgaria and Romania's accession to the Schengen Area, citing fears of increased illegal immigration. 2022-12-8
Romania reports a record 16,443 new cases and 442 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 1,382,531 and the nationwide death toll to 40,071. 2021-10-12
A Romanian captain and a British bodyguard are killed in a suicide drone attack on a Liberian-flagged Japanese-owned oil tanker, belonging to an Israeli company, near the coast of Oman. 2021-07-30
The Romanian minority government led by Ludovic Orban is toppled by a vote of no confidence. The event could lead to an early election. 2020-02-5
Despite massive protests in recent days, Romania's government adopts an emergency ordinance to decriminalize some graft offences. 2017-01-31
Romanian President Traian Băsescu sparks a new crisis by refusing to sign the country's IMF accord and threatens Prime Minister Victor Ponta's government with rejecting the national budget, blocking important indexations of salaries and pensions for the following year, over an ongoing political feud between the two leaders. 2013-12-3
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, arrives in Bucharest, Romania, to attend the China-Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) leaders’ meeting as a guest of Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta. 2013-11-25
A tractor is hit by a train in central Romania, killing eight passengers in the tractor trailer. 2012-09-8
Forest fires in Catalonia, Spain kill four people, with fires also in France, Portugal and Romania. 2012-07-23
Violent protests occur in Bucharest, Romania, as two-day-old demonstrations continue against President Traian Băsescu's economic austerity measures. Clashes are reported in numerous Romanian cities between protesters and law enforcement officers. 2012-01-14