Ceauşescu

Borivoje Borovi wishes for a Romanian scenario: "Ceaușescu also had 100,000 to 200,000 supporters that day."
He stated for N1 that if the protests last for days, the authorities will feel fear "in their bones".
"And it's not just a change of government, for the first time ruling political structure will surely go to prison," Borovi told N1.

Heavily armed officers from Bulgaria's organized crime unit discovered a painting that looked like it might be the work of the famous American painter Jackson Pollock during a search in Sofia on February 18. There was a dedication written on the back to the actress Lauren Bacall, as well as a signature in Romanian.

The painting 'Blue Poles' by US artist Jackson Pollock undergoes conservation work at the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra, 30 June 2020. Photo: EPA-EFE/LUKAS COCH AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT

The first and only passenger plane built in Romania, ROMBAC 1-11, used for the official flights of late dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and recently won at an Artmark auction, was donated to the National Museum of the Romanian Aviation on Wednesday. The collection piece was saved from scrapping by a true collector, a lover of technique, during the Elegance Auction on May 27.

An online auction on May 27 by Bucharest's bidding house Artmark will give collectors a rare opportunity to acquire an object that perfectly embodies these two features of the regime.

A new book about the British monarch's diplomatic activities recounts how Queen Elizabeth "hid behind a hedge" in the garden of London's Buckingham Palace to avoid having to meet Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife during their controversial state visit to Britain in 1978.

Romanian military prosecutors investigating the events in December 1989 that led to the fall of the Communist regime announced on Monday that they have proof that officers in the military and some civilians staged an organised campaign that triggered the violent uprising.

As she has done for the past two decades on December 21, a 47-year-old woman walked alone through downtown Bucharest on Monday, starting in Piata Universitatii, the capital's main square, where she laid a few flowers by a large cross.

Bidders attending an auction held at the 19th-century Athenee Palace Hotel in Bucharest landmark stumped up a total of 50,000 euro on buying Communist memorabilia, including the cap and Communist Party membership card of the late Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu.

Turkey’s newly inaugurated presidential palace draws more criticism from the opposition, with references to Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and the 11th century assassin stronghold of Alamut Opposition parties have ramped up their objection to Turkey’s newly inaugurated presidential palace, set to cost more than half a billion Turkish Liras, likening the gargantuan complex to Romanian