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2017 In Romania
The following lists events in the year 2017 in Romania. Incumbents * President: Klaus Iohannis * Prime Minister: Dacian Cioloș (until January 4), Sorin Grindeanu (until June 21), Mihai Tudose Events January * January 4 – Sorin Grindeanu takes over as Prime Minister of Romania. * January 24 – President Klaus Iohannis initiates proceedings for a national referendum on continuing the fight against corruption in Romania. * January 29 – Over 90,000 people march in protests against the government's proposal to pardon thousands of prisoners. * January 31 – Despite protests, the government adopts an emergency ordinance to decriminalize some offenses. February * February 4 – Prime Minister Grindeanu announces plans to scrap the proposed decree decriminalizing graft offenses. * February 5 – Tens of thousands march against a government's plan to decriminalize certain corruption offenses. * February 8 – 2017 Romanian protests ** The government fails to secure a minister w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Social Democratic Party (Romania)
The Social Democratic Party (, PSD) is the largest political party in Romania. It is also the largest Social democracy, social democratic List of political parties in Romania, political party in the country. It was founded by Ion Iliescu, Romania's first democratically elected president at the 1990 Romanian general election. It is a member of the Progressive Alliance (PA), which was founded in 2013, Socialist International (SI), and the Party of European Socialists (PES). As of 2015, the PSD had 530,000 members. PSD traces its origins to the Democratic National Salvation Front (FDSN), a leftist breakaway group established in 1992 from the centre-left National Salvation Front (Romania), National Salvation Front (FSN) established after 1989. In 1993, this merged with three other parties to become the Party of Social Democracy in Romania (, PDSR), also translated as the Social Democracy Party of Romania. The present name was adopted after a merger with the smaller Romanian Socia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bucharest Pride
Bucharest Pride, known previously as GayFest, is the annual festival dedicated to LGBT rights in Romania, taking place in Bucharest for nearly a week. It first took place in 2004 and now occurs in May–June of each year, culminating with the March of Diversity (). It is organised by the non-profit organisation ACCEPT, the country's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights organisation. The festival also receives funding from the Romanian Ministry of Health and the National Council for Combating Discrimination, as well as a number of private organisations, such as the Open Society Institute and the British Council in Romania. Bucharest Pride features various LGBT cultural events, such as film screenings, art exhibitions, theatre and parties, as well as seminars and debates concerning LGBT social issues; since 2005 the festival has also included a gay pride parade. Background The Romanian gay rights movement began gaining ground in the mid-1990s, after homosex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
