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 ...

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BUCHAREST, July 21 (Reuters) - The graves of Romania's former communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife Elena were dug up on Wednesday to check whether they were truly buried there, their ...

Romanian filmmaker Mihai Mincan is back at the Venice Film Festival’s Horizons competition with “Milk Teeth,” a deeply personal drama set during the final days of Nicolae Ceaușescu’s dictatorship. The ...

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A Romanian auction house is selling memorabilia belonging to former Communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu to mark what would have been his 100th birthday. The "Golden Era" ...

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 ...