BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — The Palace of Spring, the official residence of Nicolae Ceausescu, has opened its gilded doors to the public more than two decades after the dictator and his wife were shot ...

Nicolae Ceaușescu ruled Romania with an increasingly rigid and personal form of communism that set the country apart from much of Eastern Europe. Initially gaining popularity by distancing Romania ...

Decades after the bloody overthrow of Nicolae Ceausescu, tourism based on landmarks from Romania's communist era has become a thriving industry. BUCHAREST -- Christian Scutariu laughs when asked why ...

Twenty-five years ago, the Communist leaders of Eastern Europe were falling like dominoes. And on Christmas Day in 1989, Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife, Elena, were executed by ...

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - The hermetically-sealed heavy steel door to the bunker of Romania's late communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu opens with a squeak, releasing a burst of cool air. The bunker sits ...

UCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A retired Romanian general who organized the summary trial of communist leader Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife has died. Victor Stanculescu was 88. His lawyer, Catalin Dancu, ...

* Remains dug up to check identities of Ceausescu, wife * Son-in-law may sue Romanian government * DNA results could take weeks or months (Adds details on Romania history, Ceausescu, legal process) By ...

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BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A devoted aide of ex-Romanian leader Nicolae Ceausescu who was sent to quell protests that sparked the 1989 revolution has died. He was 87. Emil Bobu died from a heart attack ...

Ion Iliescu, Romania’s first freely elected president after the fall of communism in 1989, who later faced charges of crimes against humanity for his role in the bloody revolution, has died. He was 95 ...

As a three-term president, he guided the country toward democracy, but he was called an authoritarian at heart and accused of brutality during the revolt that put him in power. By Dan Bilefsky and ...

A young schoolteacher named Adina arrives at her apartment in an unnamed Romanian town. She immediately notices an odd detail: A fox-fur hearth rug she has owned for years has had its tail cut off.