Thirty years ago, Romanian leader Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife Elena were executed by firing squad after a hasty one-hour show trial. The pair had fled from power in a helicopter after a popular ...

The pic has no dramatic thrust, and a highly charged yet unenthusiastic home reception is the most that can be expected from theatrical. Journalist Grigore Cartianu adapted his own investigative books ...

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 ...

To evoke culture shock, it would be hard to find a pithier image than a vampiric Elena Ceausescu singing the John Denver hit "Take Me Home, Country Roads." In Romanian. Absurdism earns its keep in ...

There might have been no communist regime, outside of the Soviet Union, that was more savage than that of Nicolae Ceausescu. He led Romania from 1965 until 1989, creating a personality cult around his ...

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BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - A Romanian auction house on Wednesday sold memorabilia belonging to former Communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu to mark what would have been his 100th birthday. The "Golden ...

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" ...