Prime minister Nicolae Ciucă names Dragoș-Cristian Vlad to head the Authority for the Digitisation of Romania (
Romanian: Autoritatea pentru Digitalizarea României).[5]
The Treaty between
Romania and the
Kingdom of Thailand regarding the transfer of sentenced persons and cooperation in applying sentences (
Romanian: Tratatul între România și Regatul Thailandei privind transferarea persoanelor condamnate și cooperarea în executarea pedepselor), that was signed in
Romanian,
Thai and
English on 25 September 2019 in
New York,[6] is ratified.[7][8]
The Agreement for the Termination of Bilateral Investment Treaties between the Member States of the European Union is ratified.[9]
A police car hits two girls aged 11 and 13, respectively, who were crossing a street in
Sector 1 of
Bucharest. The 13-year-old died.[12][13]
COVID-19 pandemic: The National Committee for Emergency Situations (CNSU) adopts Decision no. 3/2022, which lets schools operate in-person—regardless of their vaccination rate and the locality's incidence rate—as long as the grade of occupation of hospital beds reserved for COVID-19 patients (in the school's
county) stays below 75%.[14][15]
A law that marks the National Day of Cancer Survivors (
Romanian: Ziua Națională a Supraviețuitorilor de Cancer) on the first Sunday of each June is promulgated by president Klaus Iohannis.[16]
14 January – The president promulgates a law marking the National Reading Day (
Romanian: Ziua națională a lecturii) on 15 February, meant for publicly encouraging reading.[18]
President Klaus Iohannis recalls several ambassadors and permanent representatives:
Ion Jinga (
United Nations), Răzvan-Victor Rusu (permanent representative at the Council of Europe), Adrian Cosmin Viverița (permanent representative to
United Nations Office at Geneva), Cristian-Leon Țurcanu (Ukraine), Daniel Ioniță (Moldova), Iulian Buga (Sweden), Sorin Vasile Moldovan (Turkmenistan), Florin Marius Tacu (Singapore), Adrian Măcelaru (
UAE and Bahrain) and Mihail Constantin Coman (Oman).[32]
The government replaces the prefects of
Botoșani (Sorin Cornilă replacing Nechifor Dan),[41]Caraș-Severin (Ioan Dragomir replacing Cristian Gâfu),
Teleorman (Haralambie Epure replacing Emilia Paraschivescu) and
Vâlcea (Mihai Oprea replacing Sebastian Fârtat).[42]
28 February – The
Senate votes on the bill that was approved by the Chamber of Deputies for dismantling the SIIJ with 86 votes in favour, 37 against and one abstention.
USR and
AUR proposed amendments that were rejected.[45]
The justices of the
Constitutional Court unaninmously reject the objections of unconstitutionality of
USR,
AUR and
PSD regarding the law for dismantling the SIIJ, thus declaring it constitutional.[54][55]
COVID-19 pandemic: The state of alert, initially decreed in May 2020 due to the pandemic, was lifted.[56]
President Klaus Iohannis promulgates the law meant to dismantle the Section for Investigating Criminal Offences within the Judiciary.[58]
30 March –
Education in Romania – Education minister,
Sorin Cîmpeanu, announces the change of the structure of pre-university year school years into 5 modules and 5 vacations, thus scrapping semesters.[59][60]
April
5 April – The president promulgates a law initiated by
liberal members of parliament declaring
Vasile Lucaciu a "Hero of the Romanian Nation" (
Romanian: Erou al Națiunii Române).[61]
1 July – The emergency ordinance compensating fuel providers with 25
bani/litre for selling fuel costing 50 bani/litre less than the normal price between 1 July and 30 September enters force.[81]
14 July – The president promulgates a law that establishes the "National day of the sport with the oval ball" (
Romanian: Ziua națională a sportului cu balonul oval) on 4 May, that would be marked by the
Romanian Rugby Federation.[83]
21 July – The president promulgates a law establishing the National Museum of the Anticommunist Revolution from December 1989 (
Romanian: Muzeul Național al Revoluției Anticomuniste din Decembrie 1989), that is set to be headquartered in
Timișoara, subordinated to the Ministry of Culture.[85]
August
10 August – Declic, an association, organizes a protest in
Victory Square named "10 August – We won't forgive and we won't forget" (
Romanian: 10 august - Nu uităm și nu iertăm) to mark four years since a
protest on 10 August 2018 and urges the investigation on the violence from that protest to be sped up.[86][87][88] Prime minister Nicolae Ciucă makes remarks on the protest's fourth year anniversary, saying that the
Coalition would never allow protests to degenerate to such violence and that the government would be providing all that is necessary for the case investigating the protests on 10 August 2018 to be concluded.[89]
15 November – The Bucharest Court of Appeal (
Romanian: Curtea de Apel București) extends the deadline for the
Brăila Bridge by 193 days and forces the Romanian CNAIR (
Romanian: Compania Națională de Administrare a Infrastructurii Rutiere) to pay 28,808,369.4
Romanian lei to Italian contractor
Webuild for delays. It also needs to pay Webuild a sum worth 576,167.4 lei for the trial.[95]
5 December – Gemma Webb is appointed head of the RetuRO Directorate (
Romanian: Directoratul RetuRO), a
government recycling mechanism.[97]
8 December – Over 1300 negative comments are written on the Facebook page of Austrian embassy in Romania, following the opposition of Austrian officials on the same day to greenlight Romania into entering the Schengen Area.[98]
13 December – President
Klaus Iohannis meets with European Union ambassadors in Romania, for an annual meeting with them,[104] at the
Athénée Palace Hilton hotel, starting at 11:00
EET. Among the tackled topics are the extension of the European Union, the war in Ukraine, the problems faced by the Republic of Moldova and the Schengen Area situation of Romania.[105] The ambassador of Austria in Romania, Adelheid Folie, is absent from the meeting. Instead, a deputy of the Austrian embassy in Romania, Georg Oberreiter,[106] shows up at the talks. The Austrian chargé d'affaires, the aforementioned deputy appointed by her, tells the Romanian press that she didn't make it to the meeting due to being on a long vacation.[107] Later that day, a press release of the Austrian embassy signed by Oberreiter mentions that Folie would be returning to work after Christmas, as she is undergoing a surgery planned long before the meeting with EU ambassadors.[106]
Ambassador of Turkey in Romania, Füsun Aramaz, pays Romanian minister of foreign affairs,
Bogdan Aurescu, a visit, as her ambassador term comes to an end.[108]
31 July –
Silvian Ciupercă, 73, Romanian politician, former mayor of
Țăndărei (1996–2000),
deputy (2000–2004) and former president of the county council of Ialomița (2004-2015).[143][144]
Prime minister Nicolae Ciucă names Dragoș-Cristian Vlad to head the Authority for the Digitisation of Romania (
Romanian: Autoritatea pentru Digitalizarea României).[5]
The Treaty between
Romania and the
Kingdom of Thailand regarding the transfer of sentenced persons and cooperation in applying sentences (
Romanian: Tratatul între România și Regatul Thailandei privind transferarea persoanelor condamnate și cooperarea în executarea pedepselor), that was signed in
Romanian,
Thai and
English on 25 September 2019 in
New York,[6] is ratified.[7][8]
The Agreement for the Termination of Bilateral Investment Treaties between the Member States of the European Union is ratified.[9]
A police car hits two girls aged 11 and 13, respectively, who were crossing a street in
Sector 1 of
Bucharest. The 13-year-old died.[12][13]
COVID-19 pandemic: The National Committee for Emergency Situations (CNSU) adopts Decision no. 3/2022, which lets schools operate in-person—regardless of their vaccination rate and the locality's incidence rate—as long as the grade of occupation of hospital beds reserved for COVID-19 patients (in the school's
county) stays below 75%.[14][15]
A law that marks the National Day of Cancer Survivors (
Romanian: Ziua Națională a Supraviețuitorilor de Cancer) on the first Sunday of each June is promulgated by president Klaus Iohannis.[16]
14 January – The president promulgates a law marking the National Reading Day (
Romanian: Ziua națională a lecturii) on 15 February, meant for publicly encouraging reading.[18]
President Klaus Iohannis recalls several ambassadors and permanent representatives:
Ion Jinga (
United Nations), Răzvan-Victor Rusu (permanent representative at the Council of Europe), Adrian Cosmin Viverița (permanent representative to
United Nations Office at Geneva), Cristian-Leon Țurcanu (Ukraine), Daniel Ioniță (Moldova), Iulian Buga (Sweden), Sorin Vasile Moldovan (Turkmenistan), Florin Marius Tacu (Singapore), Adrian Măcelaru (
UAE and Bahrain) and Mihail Constantin Coman (Oman).[32]
The government replaces the prefects of
Botoșani (Sorin Cornilă replacing Nechifor Dan),[41]Caraș-Severin (Ioan Dragomir replacing Cristian Gâfu),
Teleorman (Haralambie Epure replacing Emilia Paraschivescu) and
Vâlcea (Mihai Oprea replacing Sebastian Fârtat).[42]
28 February – The
Senate votes on the bill that was approved by the Chamber of Deputies for dismantling the SIIJ with 86 votes in favour, 37 against and one abstention.
USR and
AUR proposed amendments that were rejected.[45]
The justices of the
Constitutional Court unaninmously reject the objections of unconstitutionality of
USR,
AUR and
PSD regarding the law for dismantling the SIIJ, thus declaring it constitutional.[54][55]
COVID-19 pandemic: The state of alert, initially decreed in May 2020 due to the pandemic, was lifted.[56]
President Klaus Iohannis promulgates the law meant to dismantle the Section for Investigating Criminal Offences within the Judiciary.[58]
30 March –
Education in Romania – Education minister,
Sorin Cîmpeanu, announces the change of the structure of pre-university year school years into 5 modules and 5 vacations, thus scrapping semesters.[59][60]
April
5 April – The president promulgates a law initiated by
liberal members of parliament declaring
Vasile Lucaciu a "Hero of the Romanian Nation" (
Romanian: Erou al Națiunii Române).[61]
1 July – The emergency ordinance compensating fuel providers with 25
bani/litre for selling fuel costing 50 bani/litre less than the normal price between 1 July and 30 September enters force.[81]
14 July – The president promulgates a law that establishes the "National day of the sport with the oval ball" (
Romanian: Ziua națională a sportului cu balonul oval) on 4 May, that would be marked by the
Romanian Rugby Federation.[83]
21 July – The president promulgates a law establishing the National Museum of the Anticommunist Revolution from December 1989 (
Romanian: Muzeul Național al Revoluției Anticomuniste din Decembrie 1989), that is set to be headquartered in
Timișoara, subordinated to the Ministry of Culture.[85]
August
10 August – Declic, an association, organizes a protest in
Victory Square named "10 August – We won't forgive and we won't forget" (
Romanian: 10 august - Nu uităm și nu iertăm) to mark four years since a
protest on 10 August 2018 and urges the investigation on the violence from that protest to be sped up.[86][87][88] Prime minister Nicolae Ciucă makes remarks on the protest's fourth year anniversary, saying that the
Coalition would never allow protests to degenerate to such violence and that the government would be providing all that is necessary for the case investigating the protests on 10 August 2018 to be concluded.[89]
15 November – The Bucharest Court of Appeal (
Romanian: Curtea de Apel București) extends the deadline for the
Brăila Bridge by 193 days and forces the Romanian CNAIR (
Romanian: Compania Națională de Administrare a Infrastructurii Rutiere) to pay 28,808,369.4
Romanian lei to Italian contractor
Webuild for delays. It also needs to pay Webuild a sum worth 576,167.4 lei for the trial.[95]
5 December – Gemma Webb is appointed head of the RetuRO Directorate (
Romanian: Directoratul RetuRO), a
government recycling mechanism.[97]
8 December – Over 1300 negative comments are written on the Facebook page of Austrian embassy in Romania, following the opposition of Austrian officials on the same day to greenlight Romania into entering the Schengen Area.[98]
13 December – President
Klaus Iohannis meets with European Union ambassadors in Romania, for an annual meeting with them,[104] at the
Athénée Palace Hilton hotel, starting at 11:00
EET. Among the tackled topics are the extension of the European Union, the war in Ukraine, the problems faced by the Republic of Moldova and the Schengen Area situation of Romania.[105] The ambassador of Austria in Romania, Adelheid Folie, is absent from the meeting. Instead, a deputy of the Austrian embassy in Romania, Georg Oberreiter,[106] shows up at the talks. The Austrian chargé d'affaires, the aforementioned deputy appointed by her, tells the Romanian press that she didn't make it to the meeting due to being on a long vacation.[107] Later that day, a press release of the Austrian embassy signed by Oberreiter mentions that Folie would be returning to work after Christmas, as she is undergoing a surgery planned long before the meeting with EU ambassadors.[106]
Ambassador of Turkey in Romania, Füsun Aramaz, pays Romanian minister of foreign affairs,
Bogdan Aurescu, a visit, as her ambassador term comes to an end.[108]
31 July –
Silvian Ciupercă, 73, Romanian politician, former mayor of
Țăndărei (1996–2000),
deputy (2000–2004) and former president of the county council of Ialomița (2004-2015).[143][144]