Sources: BBC
Patriarch Daniel consecrates the newly-constructed National Cathedral in Bucharest, Romania, as the country's largest cathedral with the capacity for 5,000 worshippers and the patriarchal seat of the Romanian Orthodox Church. 2025-10-26
A dinosaur fossil, given the name "Fujianvenator", is discovered in Fujian, China. The dinosaur has two legs and two other limbs, possibly wings, thereby giving insight into the evolution of birds. 2023-09-6
In a study published in the journal "Scientific Reports", researchers present a 125-million-year-old fossil from central China depicting a mammalian "Repenomamus robustus" hunting a dinosaur, "Psittacosaurus lujiatunensis", suggesting that small mammals may have actively hunted dinosaurs, not merely scavenged from them. 2023-07-18
A Russian Orlan-10 UAV crashes near a village in Bistrița-Năsăud County, Romania. 2022-03-14
Romania lifts all COVID-19-related restrictions including requiring a digital COVID pass to access institutions and the obligation to wear protective masks both indoors and outdoors. 2022-03-9
France announces that it will deploy "several hundred" troops to Romania in order to support NATO's eastern flank amid tensions with Russia. 2022-01-29
Pope Francis visits Romania, meeting with Patriarch Daniel of the Romanian Orthodox Church and holding an open mass in front of 80,000 people. 2019-06-1
160 million-year-old fossil anurognathid pterosaurs are discovered that show feathery coverings, suggesting either deep common ancestry with theropod dinosaurs or independent coevolution. 2018-12-17
The journal "Scientific Reports" publishes research from a team, led by Australian Age of Dinosaurs Museum's Stephen Poropat, reporting the discovery of a new Australian dinosaur species, "Savannasaurus elliottorum", using fossils first found in 2005 at Winton, Queensland, Australia. 2016-10-20
The extinct reptile "Nyasasaurus" is described as the possible oldest known dinosaur from 243-million-year old fossils discovered in Tanzania. 2012-12-6