Revolution Square in Bucharest, Romania, is one of the country’s most historic landmarks and a powerful symbol of freedom.

Twenty years ago this week Romania’s hated dictator Nicolae Ceaucescu and his wife Elena were executed, bringing to an end a series of revolutions in 1989 in which the nations of the Eastern bloc ...

BUCHAREST, Romania - It was founded by a shepherd, according to local legend, and was later nicknamed the Paris of the East. But Bucharest's idyllic roots and elegant reputation eventually gave way to ...

I was 4 years old when I watched the execution of Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife by firing squad live on national television on Christmas day, 1989. The former Romanian dictator had been deposed amid ...

Protesters confront security forces in Bucharest during Romania’s 1989 revolution. (Photo: National Museum of Romanian History / Project Communism in Romania Collection) (CN) — Thirty-six years after ...

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In this Dec. 17, 2009 file photo, former Romanian President Ion Iliescu speaks to the Mainichi Shimbun about the 1989 Romanian Revolution, in Bucharest. (Mainichi/Takuji Nakao) Dan Voinea, former head ...

FILE - In this March 24, 2013 file photograph taken with a long exposure, Romanian Catholic worshipers attend a Palm Sunday religious service at the St. Joseph cathedral in Bucharest, Romania.