Iliescu has a complex legacy. He will be remembered as the country’s first democratic leader, and for his brutal crackdown ...

Romania's former president Ion Iliescu died on Tuesday in Bucharest at the age of 95. Sorin Grindeanu, interim leader of ...

Shock poll claims Romanians are nostalgic for communist dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu: Who was he? A recent survey reveals 66.2% ...

Nevertheless, Nicolae Ceaușescu enjoyed some political respect on the international scene until the early 1980s. The West saw him as an autonomous voice vis-à-vis Moscow within the Warsaw Pact.

The Queen once went to extreme measures to avoid a controversial house guest, hiding in the foliage of her Buckingham Palace gardens. In 1978, Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu travelled to the ...

Queen Elizabeth's diplomatic skills were pushed to the limit during the state visit of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu in 1978 Queen Elizabeth is famous for her expertly honed diplomatic ...

Former apparatchik played leading role in regime change and country’s pivot to west but also brutally repressed dissent ...

Ion Iliescu, Romania’s first president after the fall of communism in December 1989 and one of the country’s most influential ...