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As hard as it may be to believe, there was a time when many regarded Romanian leader Nicolae Ceausescu as an open-minded Marxist, a nationalist communist, even a proponent of socialism with a human ...

Taking the country by surprise, forensic scientists on Wednesday exhumed what are believed to be the bodies of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife Elena to solve the mystery of where they ...

BUCHAREST, Romania | What’s in a name? The Ceausescus think a lot. Late communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu is the best-known Romanian of the last century, but his notoriety isn’t the first thing you ...

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romanians nostalgic for the communist era gathered Thursday at the grave of former dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife, who were tried and executed on Christmas Day ...

One may think I am either crazy or a brain-washed Romanian Securitate agent. I am neither. I could be, however, a well-fed, pampered Romanian-American who hasn`t heard yet about his massacred ...

Twenty years ago, change was sweeping across Eastern Europe. This week, we're marking the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall by hearing the memories of people who experienced the demise of ...

The mystery of where former Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife Elena were buried moved closer to resolution Wednesday after forensic scientists dug up their official graves in a hunt for ...