The following lists events that happened during 2013 in Romania.
Incumbents
Events
January
February
- February 7: A diplomatic dispute between Romania and Hungary erupts as a Hungarian government official and the ambassador in Bucharest make commentaries on the flag of Székely Land that trigger much criticism from the Romanian side.
- February 24: Five people die and three others are seriously injured after a collision between a car and a minibus in the town of CÃÂlimÃÂneÃÂti, Vâlcea County. Among the injured was rapper Grasu XXL.
March
April
May
- May 3: About a hundred employees of a garment factory in Calafat are transported to the hospital, after they intoxicate with a substance used to disinfect the hall where they operate.
- May 20: Gigi Becali is sentenced by the supreme court to three years of imprisonment in land exchange with MND case, and former minister Victor Babiuc and former Chief of General Staff Dumitru CioflinÃÂ each receive two years in prison.
- May 23: A violent storm ravages Bucharest, leaving a woman dead, 17 people injured, 26 cars damaged and 140 trees smitten.
June
- June 14
- Over 70 students and teachers at a school in Satu Mare are hospitalized with symptoms of food poisoning, after they attend the graduation banquet held at a restaurant in the city.
- Two people die and 13 are injured in a collision between a car and a minibus in PÃÂltiniÃÂ, CaraÃÂ-Severin County.
- June 15: Representatives from 24 county organizations of PRM attend a special meeting of the National Council, who decide to revoke the party president, Corneliu Vadim Tudor and PRM leadership. C. V. Tudor says the meeting is non-statutory and illegal.
- June 26: Prime Minister Victor Ponta decrees national mourning, after 18 Romanian citizens die in a bus crash in Montenegro.
July
September
October
November
- November 2: Nearly 7,000 doctors, nurses and dentists march on Victory Avenue, towards the Palace of the Parliament, demanding the allocation of 6% of GDP for health.
- November 6: More than 10,000 teachers protest in Victory Square, Bucharest, demanding the allocation of 6% of GDP for education.
- November 25: Up to 150,000 health professionals across the country trigger a two-hour warning strike.
December
- December 2: President Traian BÃÂsescu sparks a new crisis by refusing to sign the country's IMF accord and threatens Prime Minister Victor Ponta's government with rejecting the national budget, blocking important indexations of salaries and pensions for the following year, over an ongoing political feud between the two leaders.
Arts and entertainment
Sports
Deaths
- January 3: Sergiu Nicolaescu, 82, film director, actor and politician. (born 1930)
- January 7: Archbishop of BuzÃÂu and Vrancea Epifanie Norocel, 80. (born 1932)
- January 8: Cornel Pavlovici, 69, footballer (FC Steaua BucureÃÂti), Liga I top scorer in 1964. (born 1943)
- January 17: Septimiu Roman, 56, SRR journalist. (born 1956)
- January 18: Victor Radovici, 76, theater actor and director. (born 1936)
- January 21: János KÃ
Ârössy, 87, pianist, arranger and composer. (born 1926)
- January 24: Dan MihÃÂescu, 79, humorist, scenarist and director. (born 1933)
- February 1: ÃÂtefan Kostyal, 92, general. (born 1922)
- February 11
- Mihail-Radu Solcan, 59, philosopher. (born 1953)
- Zoe ÃÂapu, 78, leading scientific researcher at the Research Institute for Cereals and Industrial Crops. (born 1934)
- February 12: Archimandrite Serafim Man, 77, abbot of the Rohia Monastery. (born 1935)
- February 16
- Dumitru Sechelariu, 54, former Mayor of BacÃÂu and owner of FCM BacÃÂu. (born 1958)
- Felicia Antip, 86, writer and publicist. (born 1927)
- February 23: Adrian HriÃÂcu, 87, Orthodox cleric. (born 1926)
- February 26: Naarghita, 74, Hindu music singer. (born 1939)
- March 8: Dumitru RucÃÂreanu, 81, stage and screen actor. (born 1932)
- March 19: Irina Petrescu, 71, film actress. (born 1941)
- March 20: Vasile Ianul, 68, former president of FC Dinamo and Poli IaÃÂi. (born 1945)
- March 24: Mariana DrÃÂgescu, 100, White Squadron aviator. (born 1912)
- March 26: Liviu MÃÂruia, 35, archaeologist and geographer. (born 1977)
- March 29: Bujor Macrin, 70, theatre actor and director. (born 1942)
- June 8: PetricÃÂ Popa, 84, actor at the Nottara Theatre in Bucharest. (born 1929)
- June 10: Violeta Popescu, 72, actrice at the Vasile Alecsandri National Theatre in IaÃÂi. (born 1941)
- June 12: Tiberiu E. NÃÂÃÂcuÃÂiu, 84, chemist and docent. (born 1929)
- June 16: Iustin Pârvu, 94, confessor and abbot of the Petru VodàMonastery. (born 1919)
- June 19: Alexandru MuÃÂina, 58, poet, essayist, journalist and editor. (born 1954)
- June 20: Mihail Popescu, 65, chief of General Staff of the Romanian Army. (born 1948)
- June 25: Octavian Moisin, 99, Greek-Catholic priest, chemical engineer, papal prelate and metropolitan canon. (born 1914)
- July 3: Radu Vasile, 70, politician, historian and poet. (born 1942)
- August 13: Octavian-Mircea Purceld, 65, leader of PRM TimiÃÂ and economist. (born 1948)
- August 17
- Marius Cuteanu, 95, composer, conductor and teacher. (born 1917)
- Cristian Grigorescu, 29, actor. (born 1984)
- August 18: Florin CioabÃÂ, 58, self-proclaimed international king of the Gypsies. (born 1954)
- August 20: CosticÃÂ ÃÂtefÃÂnescu, 62, footballer (FC Universitatea Craiova) and trainer. (born 1951)
- September 6: Constantin Ghenescu, 69, actor. (born 1944)
- September 7: Petru PoantÃÂ, 66, literary critic and essayist. (born 1947)
- September 21: Roman Vlad, 93, composer, musicologist and pianist. (born 1919)
- September 23: Geo Saizescu, 80, director, screenwriter and actor. (born 1932)
- October 4: Rela Lucan, 45, folk singer. (born 1968)
- October 13: Angela Moldovan, 86, folk singer. (born 1927)
- October 30: Anca Petrescu, 64, chief architect of the Palace of the Parliament. (born 1949)
- November 7: Dana Comnea, 80, theater and film actress. (born 1933)
- November 9: Vasile Suciu, 71, footballer. (born 1942)
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