6 January – Former Prime Minister of Romania, Adrian Năstase, is sentenced to four years imprisonment for bribe taking in the Zambaccian file.[3][4] His wife, Dana Năstase, is also sentenced to three years imprisonment with suspension. Moreover, they are forced to pay damages of 700,000 euros.[5][6]
15 January – The Constitutional Court unanimously decides that the changes to the Penal Code in "Black Tuesday" are unconstitutional.[7]
23 January – Interior Minister Radu Stroe resigns after accusations of mismanagement of rescue operations for survivors of the Apuseni Mountains plane crash.[13][14]
25 January – A snowstorm engulfs southern Romania, disrupting traffic on major national roads[15] and killing at least 13 people.[16] For the first time in the history of Romanian meteorology, authorities establish red code for blizzard[17] and decree state of alert in three counties.[18]
30 January – Former Transport Minister Relu Fenechiu is sentenced to five years imprisonment for corruption in the Transformer file.[19]
February
6 February – Daniel Chițoiu resigns from functions of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance.[20][21]
10 March – Law enforcers are attacked with stones and firecrackers during a meeting commemorating the Szeklers killed in 1854. The meeting takes place in Târgu Mureș and is attended by more than 4,000 people.[28][29]
12 March – 102 house searches occur in 18 counties within the pale of Meat Mafia file. Hundreds of tons of meat are withdrawn from the market or destroyed.[30]
14 March – After incidents in Târgu Mureș and displaced statements of Hungarian extremist leaders, Romanian authorities decide the interdiction of entry into the country of Hungarian citizens from four formations, including Jobbik.[31][32]
April
5 April – Three dancers die burned alive and four other people are injured in a devastating fire at a restaurant in Constanța.[33][34]
22 April – Four people are killed and two others are missing after days of heavy rainfall caused widespread flooding in the south of the country.[35]
May
25 May – PSD-PC-UNPR alliance obtains 37.4% of votes in the European Parliament election, being followed by PNL with 14.86%, PDL with 12.23%, independent Mircea Diaconu with 6.92%, UDMR with 6.47% and PMP with 6.21%.[36][37]
26 May
Crin Antonescu announces his resignation as President of PNL, invoking poor results at the European Parliament election.[38][39]
PNL leadership votes the transition from ALDE to EPP,[40] and merge with PDL.
June
13 June – Romanian hacker Guccifer is indicted in absentia in a federal court in the U.S. state of Virginia for hacking into the e-mails of American government officials and family members.[41]
18 June – After seven years of complicated investigations, the case of lawyer Elodia Ghinescu concludes. The main suspect of murder, her husband, policeman Cristian Cioacă, is sentenced to 15 years and eight months in prison and payment of 380,000 euros injury.[44][45]
21 June – Authorities constitute a crisis cell inasmuch as over 1,000 Romanian tourists are stranded on the Bulgarian littoral, severely affected by floods and mudslides in recent days.[46][47]
25 June – Both houses of the Romanian parliament widely adopt a joint statement urging President Traian Băsescu to resign, following corruption scandals involving his arrested brother's graft case and one of his sons-in-law's implication in a criminal investigation.[48]
July
29 July – Two people die and several hundreds are forced to evacuate as surging floodwaters submerge villages in Oltenia.[49][50][51]
August
8 August – Businessman Dan Voiculescu is sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for the fraudulent privatization of the Institute of Food Research, after which the state was prejudiced with 60 million euros.[52][53][54]
21 August
The governments of Romania and Hungary sign a framework agreement for opening 20 cross-border roads, strengthening traffic links with the entire European Union.[55]
27 August – Iași–Ungheni gas pipeline is inaugurated in the presence of prime ministers of Romania and Moldova. The pipeline will ensure Moldova's energy independence from Russia.[57]
September
15 September
A strong Mediterranean cyclone hits southwestern Romania, causing widespread flooding and leaving one man dead and two others missing.[58][59]
Romanian Ornithological Society announces that a population of sand boa (Eryx jaculus) was recently discovered in the Danube Valley, after 80 years since this species has not been seen alive in Romania.[60]
10 October – The first land-based U.S. missile shield opens in Deveselu, Olt County.[62]
11 October – Over 60 people are injured in violences between the galleries of Romania and Hungary before the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifier between the two countries.[63][64]
12 October – More than 10,000 people attend the March for Bessarabia in Bucharest, demanding the unification of Romania and Moldova.[65]
21 October – The most powerful laser in Europe and the second worldwide, of one petawatt, is inaugurated at the National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics of Măgurele.[66][67]
16 November – Voters in Romania go to the polls for the second round of the presidential election with Klaus Iohannis scoring an upset victory over current Prime Minister Victor Ponta.
18 November – Teodor Meleșcanu becomes the second Foreign Minister of Romania in just eight days to resign because of organizational problems which have left thousands of Romanians abroad unable to vote in the elections.[68][69]
21 November – A military helicopter crashes in Sibiu County, killing nine people on board.[70][71][72]
15 December – A medical helicopter belonging SMURD crashes into Lake Siutghiol, killing all four people on board.[75] Prefect of Constanța County Radu Volcinschi is dismissed as a result of poor rescue operations.[76]
17 December
A GEO allowing politicians to switch between parties is declared by CCR unconstitutional. About 500 local elected migrated to PSD, under this Ordinance, before the presidential election.[77]
