The minimum gross pay increases from 2,550 Romanian lei to 3,000 Romanian lei, while the minimum wage in construction is increased from 3,000 lei to 4,000 lei.
The pension point becomes worth 1,785 Romanian lei.
A law regarding tips and the taxation of tips enters force.
3 January – The bank accounts of Banca Românească customers become EximBank accounts, as part of an ongoing absorption process by the latter of the former.
Judge Daniel Grădinaru is elected president of the Superior Council of the Magistrature [ro] (Romanian: Consiliul Superior al Magistraturii, CSM), while prosecutor Daniel Horodniceanu is elected its vice president, both of whom were elected unanimously by the CSM.
During a press conference, education minister Ligia Deca discourages pupils from skipping classes in the context of the flu season.
SCM "U" Craiova defeats FC Argeș Pitești, score 68-62, during the 13th stage of the national men's basketball cup.
6 January – The terms of Marian Budă, president of the Superior Council of the Magistrature [ro] (Romanian: Consiliul Superior al Magistraturii, CSM) and of two representatives of the civil society within the CSM, Victor Alistar and Romeu Chelariu, expire.
The Ministry of Finance borrows, through two benchmark type loans, 3.347 million lei from banks.
The terms of Daniel Grădinaru and Daniel Horodniceanu within the CSM start.
Romanian deputy Viorel Focșa is excluded from the Alliance for the Union of Romanians, following a Facebook post where he was telling how he had beaten his wife. The party asks of him to resign from being a member of the Parliament of Romania.
President Klaus Iohannis promulgates several laws, including one prolonging the mandates of four out of the seven members of the regelementation committee of the National Authority for Reglemantation in the Energy domain (Romanian: Comitetul de reglementare al Autorității Naționale de Reglementare în Domeniul Energiei for a period of six months. The president of the National Authority for Reglementation in the Energy domain, Dumitru Chiriță, is among those people.
The general assembly of the Romanian Association of Banks (Romanian: Asociația Română a Băncilor) votes on the make-up of its board of directors, following the vacancy of one seat.
CFR Cluj announces it has reached a deal with FC Ballkani on transferring Ermal Krasniqi from the latter to the former.
At 16:00 EET, the first ruling coalition meeting of 2023 takes place.
The Romanian translation of Prince Harry's Spare novel is published officially in Romania.
President Klaus Iohannis promulgates a law meant to fund the construction of a Victims of Communism Museum in Washington, D.C., with 3 million United States dollars.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Bogdan Aurescu receives the Brazilian ambassador to Romania, Maria Laura da Rocha, who nears the end of her term in Romania. He expressed his support for Brazil's president, Lula da Silva.
Low cost carrier Wizz Air announces the closure of its hub in Bacău.
President Klaus Iohannis promulgates a law declaring the day of 11 June "The Day of the Victory of the Revolution from 1848 and of Romanian Democracy" (Romanian: Ziua Victoriei Revoluției de la 1848 și a Democrației Românești).
Andrew Tate and his brother, Tristan, appeal their sentence at the Bucharest Court of Appeal. The court found the claims of the appeal to be unfounded, which keeps the Tate brothers into custody.
Babeș-Bolyai University claimed that the suspicions of plagiarism in the doctoral thesis of Interior Minister Lucian Bode "are confirmed in the vast majority" and requested the withdrawal of the book published on its basis. The position expressed by the university of Cluj, where Lucian Bode made a doctoral thesis in the field of energy security, comes after the ethics committee of the educational institution verified the minister’s work.
The headquarters of the Romanian Cultural Institute (Romanian: Institutul Cultural Român) is expected to host an art exposition named "Artiști români pe mapamond" (Romanian artists on the globe), until 28 February.
3 April – Minister of Education Ligia Deca takes stock of her first six months into office.
10–13 April – The National Romanian Language and Literature Olympiad (Romanian: Olimpiada Națională de Limba și Literatura Română) and the National German Native Language Olympiad (Romanian: Olimpiada Națională de Limba Germană Maternă) took place.
10–14 April – The National Biology Olympiad (Romanian: Olimpiada Națională de Biologie, the National Mathematics Olympiad (Romanian: Olimpiada Națională de Matematică), the National History Olympiad (Romanian: Olimpiada Națională de Istorie) and all of the national Olympiads relating to technological disciplines took place.
May
1 May – An agreement between retailers and dairy processing companies lasting six months to reduce the shelf price of Romanian milk by 20%, meaning 10% on the dairy processing companies' side and other 10% on the retailers' side enters force.
21 May – Teachers in Romania announce that they are going on strike on 22 May.
July
5–9 July – The National Astronomy and Astrophysics Olympiad (Romanian: Olimpiada Națională de Astronomie și Astrofizică) takes place.
24–28 July – The National Olympiad of Sciences for Juniors (Romanian: Olimpiada Națională de Științe pentru Juniori) takes place.
August
11 August – The National Institute of Statistics shows that the inflation rate of Romania for July 2023 was at 9.4%, the first time since January 2022 for the rate to be below 10%.
23 August – Three police officers are being investigated by the Constanța county court and four heads of the Constanța County Police Inspectorate are ousted, following an investigation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of how Constanța police officers handled a man who ended up killing two youths on 19 August in 2 Mai.
28 August – The chief of the Constanța County Police Inspectorate, Constantin Adrian Glugă, resigns.
29 August – Minister of interior Cătălin Predoiu says in a DCNews interview that the fight against drugs is lost for Romanian adults, underlining the importance of preventing drug use within the young generation.
September
9 September – Prime minister Marcel Ciolacu states that Romania must declare zero tolerance on drug trafficking.
30 November – The RetuRO system, aimed at rewarding Romanians financially for recycling PET, glass or metal bottles and containers is expected to become operational.
December
13 December – The National Institute of Statistics announces that the annual national inflation rate of Romania for November 2023 was at 6.72%.
26 December – Five people are killed, two are injured and three others are missing during a fire in Prahova. Six fire safety warnings were issued by inspectors for the property previously.
28 December – Bulgaria and Romania reach an agreement to become members of the Schengen Area through sea and air routes in March 2024, while discussions regarding the opening of land borders are scheduled to commence in 2024.
30 December – Minister of Education Ligia Deca takes stock of her first year into office.
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