2010 in Romania
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Events
- February 19 - Romania is set to introduce a tax on fast food in March.[4][5][6]
- May 19 - At least 40,000 Romanians rally in Bucharest to protest planned wage cuts the government says are needed to shore up the ailing economy.[7][8][9]
- June 25 - The Constitutional Court of Romania rules that government budget plans are "unconstitutional"; this decision cannot be appealed.[10][11]
- June 29 - At least 21 people die and hundreds are evacuated after major floods in the northeast of Romania.[12][13]
- August 31 - Fossils of Balaur genus dinosaur are unearthed in Romania. [14]
- September 2 - Sebastian Vlădescu is replaced as Romanian Minister of Finance by Gheorghe Ialomitianu as part of a Cabinet reshuffle.[15]
Deaths
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| January · February · March · April · May · June · July · August · September · October · November · December |
January
- January 5 - Toni Tecuceanu, 37, Romanian comedy actor, bacterial infection.[16]
February
- February 25 – Gheorghe Gaston Marin, 91, Romanian politician.[17]
March
- March 9 - Gheorghe Constantin, 77, Romanian footballer and manager.[18]
- March 17 - Ștefan Gheorghiu, 83, Romanian violinist.[19]
April
- April 4 - Lajos Bálint, 80, Hungarian-born Romanian Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Alba Iulia (1990–1993).[20]
- April 17 - Alexandru Neagu, 61, Romanian footballer (FC Rapid București).[21]
- April 29 - Avigdor Arikha, 81, Romanian-born Israeli painter, complications of cancer.[22]
May
- May 26 - Jean Constantin, 82, Romanian actor, natural causes.[23]
July
- July 6 - Simion Stanciu, 60, Romanian pan flautist, after long illness.[24]
- July 14 - Mădălina Manole, 43, Romanian pop singer, suicide.[25]
- July 29 - Nicolae Popescu, 72, Romanian mathematician.[26]
August
- August 21 - Gheorghe Apostol, 97, Romanian politician, General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party (1954–1955).[27]
- August 22 - Gheorghe Fiat, 81, Romanian Olympic bronze medal-winning (1952) boxer.[28]
November
- November 1 - Mihai Chițac, 81, Romanian general, Minister of Interior (1989–1990), after long illness.[29]
- November 5 - Adrian Păunescu, 67, Romanian author, poet and politician.[30]
- November 16 - Ilie Savu, 90, Romanian footballer and coach, hepatic cirrhosis.[31]
- November 20 - Roxana Briban, 39, Romanian soprano, apparent suicide.[32]
December
- December 10 - Nicolas Astrinidis, 89, Romanian-born Greek composer, pianist, conductor, and educator.[33]
