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Four people are killed and eight others are injured when a bus travelling from Istanbul, Turkey, to Bucharest, Romania, crashes near Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria.
2022-08-6

A man dies after ramming his vehicle into the fence of the Russian Embassy in Bucharest, Romania and setting himself on fire.
2022-04-6

Romania reports its first two cases of the 501.V2 variant first detected in South Africa in people from Bucharest and Pitești.
2021-03-5

452 people are injured in clashes between protesters and police during an anti-government meeting in Bucharest, Romania.
2018-08-10

Over 100,000 people participate in a large protest in Bucharest, Romania, against apparent judicial abuses and "illegitimate interference" of the secret services in the political and judicial systems. The protest was organised by the governing Social Democratic Party and supported by other political parties.
2018-06-9

A fire at a retirement home in Bucharest, Romania, leaves one person dead and 19 others injured.
2017-09-30

The Turkish government issues an arrest warrant for NBA Oklahoma City Thunder player Enes Kanter suspected of being a member of a "terror group." Kanter, a vocal supporter of Fethullah Gülen, was returning to the U.S. from a charity tour when, last Saturday, he was detained in Bucharest, Romania, because his Turkish passport had been revoked. Kanter says he plans on becoming a United States citizen.
2017-05-26

At least 27 people are killed and more than 180 hospitalized with injuries after a fire in a nightclub in the Romanian capital Bucharest. Officials say a heavy metal band's pyrotechnical show sparked a fire inside the Colectiv nightclub.
2015-10-30

A diplomatic dispute between Romania and Hungary erupts as a Hungarian government official and the ambassador in Bucharest make commentaries that trigger large criticism from the Romanian side.
2013-02-7

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