Rome wasn’t burned in a day, and Britain won’t be either.

Still haunted by the legend of a vampire count and the legacy of a communist dictator, Romania is complex – with an epic ...

Two out of three Romanians believe that Ceaușescu was a good leader for Romania, according to a survey by INSCOP Research and the Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes. Pro-EU president ...

Iliescu has a complex legacy. He will be remembered as the country’s first democratic leader, and for his brutal crackdown ...

Romania's first post-communist president, Ion Iliescu, was buried on Thursday amid stark divisions over his legacy. He died at 95, symbolising Romania's tumultuous transition.

Romania's former president Ion Iliescu died on Tuesday in Bucharest at the age of 95. Sorin Grindeanu, interim leader of ...

Former apparatchik played leading role in regime change and country’s pivot to west but also brutally repressed dissent ...

A recent survey reveals 66.2% of Romanians believe Nicolae Ceaușescu was a good leader, despite his repressive regime. In a surprising result from today's Romania, most citizens believe that ...

Romania’s growing bear population has turned conservation into confrontation for people living in the shadows of the ...

Later it was brutally disfigured by the communist dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu, who left behind a starkly Socialist-style residential zone and the city's main landmark – the Palace of the Parliament.