2010 in Romania

Events from the year 2010 in Romania.

Incumbents

February 19 - Romania is set to introduce a tax on fast food in March.
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.
June 25 - The Constitutional Court of Romania rules that government budget plans are "unconstitutional"; this decision cannot be appealed.
June 29 - At least 21 people die and hundreds are evacuated after major floods in the northeast of Romania.
August 31 - Fossils of Balaur genus dinosaur are unearthed in Romania.
September 2 - Sebastian VlÃÂdescu is replaced as Romanian Minister of Finance by Gheorghe Ialomitianu as part of a Cabinet reshuffle.

April 4 - Lajos BÃÂ¡lint, 80, Hungarian-born Romanian Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Alba Iulia (1990Ã¢ÂÂ1993).
April 17 - Alexandru Neagu, 61, Romanian footballer (FC Rapid BucureÃÂti).
April 29 - Avigdor Arikha, 81, Romanian-born Israeli painter, complications of cancer.

August 21 - Gheorghe Apostol, 97, Romanian politician, General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party (1954Ã¢ÂÂ1955).
August 22 - Gheorghe Fiat, 81, Romanian Olympic bronze medal-winning (1952) boxer.

November 1 - Mihai ChiÃÂac, 81, Romanian general, Minister of Interior (1989Ã¢ÂÂ1990), after long illness.
November 5 - Adrian PÃÂunescu, 67, Romanian author, poet and politician.
November 16 - Ilie Savu, 90, Romanian footballer and coach, hepatic cirrhosis.
November 20 - Roxana Briban, 39, Romanian soprano, apparent suicide.

December 10 - Nicolas Astrinidis, 89, Romanian-born Greek composer, pianist, conductor, and educator.