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Romanians Get to See Ceausescu's Luxury Pad

Published by Balkan Insight on Fri, 03/11/2016 - 09:06

The luxurious private mansion of Romania's late communist leader, Nicolae Ceausescu, opens to the public on Saturday, for the first time in its history.

The 80-room residence, called the "Spring Palace" and located in Bucharest's fanciest neighbourhood, includes a cinema, a swimming pool and an impressive dressing room. It also has also adjoining grounds of 14,000 square metres.

Violence Mars Nationwide Strike in Greece

Published by Balkan Insight on Thu, 02/04/2016 - 16:14

Public transport in Greece on Thursday ground to a halt, ministries and schools were closed and hundreds of thousands took the streets in the largest strike in years.

There were no reports of injury or damage but footage from central Athens showed some protesters throwing Molotov-cocktails at the police and security forces fighting back with tear gas.

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