10 January – PresidentEmil Constantinescu the Law of retrocession of agricultural and forest lands (Romanian:Legea de retrocedare a terenurilor agricole și forestiere), also known as the Lupu Law (Romanian:Legea Lupu).[5]
30-31 January –2000 Baia Mare cyanide spill: On the night of the 30th to the 31st of January, a dam of the Romanian-Australian "Aurul" venture is cracked on a portion of 25 metres, spilling 100,000m3 ofcyanide into theLăpuș river, being subsequently spilled in theSomeș, and then, theTisza.[6]
^Cernicova, Mariana (2000).Dicționarul vieții publice timișene postdecembriste 1989-2000: partide, organizații, personalități (in Romanian). Reșița: Editura Intergraf. p. 108.OCLC915186629.