31 March –
Bulgaria and Romania partially join the
Schengen Area, allowing travel by air and sea without border checks,
Austriavetoed travel by land without border checks over fears that non-
EU citizens could get easier access to the European Union.[1]
26 April – A court in
Bucharest rules that the human trafficking trial of
British businessman
Andrew Tate can proceed.[2]
3 June – A foreign national is arrested on suspicion of throwing a molotov cocktail at the Israeli embassy in Bucharest.[3]
7 June – Fifteen people are injured in an explosion at a home improvement store in
Botoșani.[4]