2008 in Romania
Events from the year 2008 in Romania.
Incumbents
Events
- April 2 – 2008 [Bucharest summit|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 – 2008 Romanian local elections, with a runoff for mayors on June 15.
- November 15 – 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 – Another miner dies at Floreasca Hospital in Bucharest, raising the death toll from the Petrila Mine disaster to 13.
- November 30 – 2008 Romanian legislative election.
Deaths
- January 3 – Petru Dugulescu, pastor, politician
- January 22 – Ștefan Niculescu, composer
- February 18 – Mihaela Mitrache, actress
- August 16 – Elena Leușteanu, Olympic gymnast
- September 7 – Ilarion Ciobanu, actor
- September 14 – Ștefan Iordache, actor
- October 8 – George Emil Palade, cell biologist, Nobel Prize laureate