and also for our parents and grandparents that fought the system in 1989." Romania's communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu was overthrown in 1989. The president of Romania has considerable powers, ...

In August 1969, US President Richard Nixon visited the country, and the following year, Ceausescu traveled to the United States. He also enjoyed a certain popularity within Romania, thanks to the ...

As Romanians head to the polls in a pivotal presidential election, the country’s struggle to come to terms with its communist past is taking on new urgency. The legacy of Ceausescu’s regime, and ...

People struggling for justice for family members killed in the 1989 uprising say that servants of the Ceausescu regime have blocked any reckoning with the past. By Andrew Higgins Andrew Higgins ...

Now, more than 15 years on, she is still there, as president of the charity O Noua Viata (A ... actively encouraged to have as many children as possible to power Romania's economy. "Ceausescu wanted ...

Romania’s newly elected president Nicusor Dan has been officially sworn in, ushering in a tentative close to the worst ...

That moment marked the start of the Romanian Revolution in Bucharest. The next day, Ceausescu fled the capital ... still in their boxes," said Dacic. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic added ...

George Simion suggests Romania, a member of the European Union and NATO, should stop aiding Ukraine. Ukraine considers him a ...

NICOLAE CEAUSESCU, Romania’s last communist dictator ... It was Romania’s second try at electing a new president. The first was annulled by the constitutional court back in December, after ...