30 Romanian youngsters dressed as brides marched in Bucharest on Thursday, from the Victoriei Plaza to the Unirii Plaza, in order to protest against domestic violence. In Romania, over 200 women died during the past four years, as a result of domestic abuse.

According to the organizers, the Sensiblu Foundation and the Marie-Claire magazine, "33,730 cases of domestic abuse were recorded during the past 4 years in Romania, while 224 women were beaten to death". Only in Bucharest, 7,430 cases of domestic violence were recorded in 2007, out of which 50 women died.