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2008 in Romania
Events from the year
2008 in Romania
.
Incumbents
President
:
Traian BÃÂsescu
Prime Minister
:
CÃÂlin Popescu-TÃÂriceanu
(until 22 December);
Emil Boc
(from 22 December)
Events
April 2 âÂÂ
A NATO summit
takes place at the
Palace of the Parliament
,
Bucharest
.
May -
Never Mind the Balkans, Here's Romania
story collection is published.
June 1 âÂÂ
2008 Romanian local elections
, with a runoff for mayors on June 15.
November 15 âÂÂ
Petrila Mine disaster
: Twelve miners die after two explosions at a mine in
Petrila
, one of six coal mining cities in the
Jiu Valley
region of
Hunedoara County
.
November 24 â Another miner dies at
Floreasca Hospital
in Bucharest, raising the death toll from the Petrila Mine disaster to 13.
November 30 âÂÂ
2008 Romanian legislative election
.
Deaths
January 3 âÂÂ
Petru Dugulescu
, pastor, politician (born
1945
)
January 22 âÂÂ
ÃÂtefan Niculescu
, composer (born
1927
)
February 18 âÂÂ
Mihaela Mitrache
, actress (born
1955
)
August 16 âÂÂ
Elena LeuÃÂteanu
, Olympic gymnast (born
1935
)
September 7 âÂÂ
Ilarion Ciobanu
, actor (born
1931
)
September 14 âÂÂ
ÃÂtefan Iordache
, actor (born
1941
)
October 8 âÂÂ
George Emil Palade
, cell biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born
1912
)
See also
List of Romanian films of 2008
2008 in the European Union
2008 in Europe
Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Romania at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Romania at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
References
External links