Ceausescu began his leadership three days after the death of previous leader Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej in 1965, with a promise to dedicate his life to his people’s happiness and “elevate the ...

As Carlan recounts today, "Ceausescu looked at me, broke out in tears and shouted: 'Death to the traitors! History will avenge us.' Then he sang the 'Internationale'. He and his wife were pushed ...

He adds: Given that Ceausescu's regime routinely killed Romanians, "there was no other sentence possible for him than death." Sponsor Message But when police in Targoviste brought the Ceausescus ...

Twenty years ago today, a revolt began in the western Romanian city of Timisoara that would culminate in the toppling of communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu's regime and his execution several ...

Ceausescu ran a ruthless police state that was ... they probably would not have killed him," Andrei said of his father's death. In the indictment against Parvulescu and Hodis, prosecutors in ...

shows that triumphs of movies like “The Death of Mr. Lazarescu” were not anomalies. Communist-era portraits of the Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife, Elena, on view in an ...

Ceausescu and his wife fled the capital by helicopter ... Petru Neghiu, a Romanian military officer, confirmed the death to Antena 3, a Romanian television network. Other details were not ...

Christmas Day marks the 25th anniversary since the death of Nicolae Ceaușescu, one of the most feared and tyrannical leaders in Europe in the last century. The Romanian dictator, known as the “Genius ...

Maj. Gen. Gica Popa, the head of the military court that condemned dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife to death, has committed suicide, Justice Minister Teofil Pop said Friday. Popa's widow ...