The fall of the Iron Curtain manifested itself violently 20 years ago in Romania, with the execution of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife. Two decades after, some of the key players in the ...

Nicolae Ceausescu ruled with an iron fist for 25 years until he was overthrown and executed on Christmas Day in 1989. A quarter-century after his ouster, the country is still dealing with his legacy.

<p>Nicolae Ceausescu, who was executed with his wife on Christmas day of 1989, was a maverick and despotic Rumanian Communist leader who pursued an independent course abroad and demanded slavish ...

‘Shameful but necessary’: How the Romanian rulers who starved their people met their end On Christmas Day 1989, after a tumultuous year, Romanian leader Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife were ...

On Sunday, Dec. 17, President Nicolae Ceausescu summoned top Communist Party officials across the country and, on closed-circuit TV, issued orders to kill. The night before, demonstrators had taken… ...

The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu A devastating critique of both Romanian society and international realpolitik.

The government set up to run revolution-torn Romania said Monday it had executed ousted President Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife after secretly trying the two for committing ”particularly grave ...

Michael Meyer, the "Newsweek" regional bureau chief in 1989, was the last American journalist to travel to Romania and interview communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu before the fall of his regime ...

When Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife, Elena, were executed by firing squad on Christmas Day 1989, the event was documented with a handheld video camera. The footage is posted on ...

Fond memories of a hated tyrant; Romania: Democracy has brought hard times to this country and some are beginning to wonder whether life under Nicolae Ceausescu was so bad after all.

<p>Nicolae Ceausescu, who was executed with his wife on Christmas day of 1989, was a maverick and despotic Rumanian Communist leader who pursued an independent course abroad and demanded slavish ...