The following lists events that happened during 2015 in Romania.
Incumbents
President: Klaus Iohannis
Prime Minister: Victor Ponta (until November); Dacian Cioloș (since November)
Events
January
1 January – Five people are found dead in a sheepfold in Stănilești, Vaslui County, intoxicated with the fumes from a faulty stove. 10 January – Three people die and 14 others are hospitalized, including seven in coma, after drinking smuggled alcohol in Dragalina, Călărași County. 12 January – Six children and their father die intoxicated with carbon monoxide in a studio apartment from Rovinari. 27 January – George Maior resigns from the leadership of the Romanian Intelligence Service after months of institutional tensions between SRI and civil authorities. General Florian Coldea takes over as interim. 29 January A woman and her six children are found dead in their home in Racovița, Vâlcea County, most likely intoxicated during sleep with carbon monoxide. Elena Udrea suspends herself from the leadership of the People's Movement Party due to criminal investigation in the Microsoft licensing corruption scandal. Eugen Tomac becomes the interim president of the party.
February
6 February – The oldest stable human settlement in Europe (9,000 years ago) is discovered in Schela Cladovei, a neighborhood of Drobeta-Turnu Severin. 24 February – The Electoral Code Commission decides the return to vote on the list and the renunciation to uninominal voting system used in the 2008 and 2012 legislative elections.
March
15 March – Minister of Finance, Darius Vâlcov, resigns as the National Anticorruption Directorate prompts his criminal investigation for influence peddling in his capacity as mayor of Slatina. His resignation was demanded by President Klaus Iohannis and members of the National Liberal Party.
April
10 April – A fire kills six people in Satu Mare, including three children.
June
20 June – Romania becomes full member of the European Organization for Nuclear Research.
July
Romania experiences the most severe drought in 50 years. Over 900,000 hectares of crops are compromised across the country. 24 July – Alexandru Vișinescu, a former Communist-era prison commander, is sentenced to 20 years in jail after being convicted of crimes against humanity in the first such trial in Romania.
August
3 August – Romania charges units of Russian oil producer OAO Lukoil with complicity in money laundering in a case estimated at 1.77 billion euros. 9 August – Two people are killed and 48 injured, including 21 children, after a coach with Ukrainian tourists overturns on the Sun Motorway. 19 August – A coach carrying tourists overturns on the Brăila–Galați road, killing three people and injuring 28. 27 August – One person dies and another 14 are injured, after a minibus carrying 19 passengers collides with a car in Bobicești, Olt County.
September
6 September – The mayor of Bucharest, Sorin Oprescu, is arrested at home in an investigation into allegations of taking bribes.
October
21 October – Former President Ion Iliescu is accused of crimes against humanity in June 1990 Mineriad case. 30 October – A fire at a nightclub in downtown Bucharest kills 60 people and injures 151 more.
November
4 November – Prime Minister Victor Ponta resigns under the pressure of countrywide anti-corruption protests. The mayor of Sector 4 of Bucharest, Cristian Popescu Piedone, also submits his mandate. On the same day, Iohannis meets with the President of Poland Andrzej Duda and creates Bucharest Nine. 10 November – Former European Commissioner for Agriculture Dacian Cioloș is nominated by President Klaus Iohannis to form a new government. 17 November – The Cioloș Cabinet is validated by the Parliament.
December
22 December – French retailer Carrefour signs an agreement with REWE Group for the acquisition of Billa Romania, with a network of 86 supermarkets nationwide. The transaction is estimated at 96–97 million euros.
Sports
20 December – Romania wins the bronze medal in the 22nd IHF World Women's Handball Championship. Cristina Neagu is named the best player of the competition.