The propaganda machine presented Ceausescu as the main architect of both domestic and foreign policies, a visionary, and guarantor of a Romanian path to socialism. Ceausescu's cult of personality ...

Ceausescu returned from Iran as western media ... Usually they have been used to instil fear or for propaganda purposes, but the filming of the Ceausescus’ execution was – probably ...

Yet in many respects Ceausescu turns out to be as much the author of this brilliant documentary as the director, Andrei Ujica, who waded through more than 1,000 hours of filmed state propaganda ...

The counter-propaganda of those currently in power is very similar to that of Ceausescu. During his last few days, the tyrant declared that “foreign agencies” are fomenting and guiding the ...

But propaganda is also often funny ... There is some black humour, too, in US president Jimmy Carter's introduction of Ceausescu as ''one of the most important statesmen in the world'' and ...

Under Nicolae Ceausescu’s 25-year dictatorship ... a masterful pastiche of dictator-approved news and jingoistic propaganda. In an interview with journalist Milo Rau, Mr. Ujica said he found ...

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 ...

Ion Mihai Pacepa led Romania's foreign intelligence service and was an aide to dictator Nicolae Ceausescu before defecting ... a sophisticated and covert propaganda campaign in the early 1970s.