"Fear of talking was there since the early '80s," the former student remembers. On Christmas Day, the Ceausescus were executed by firing squad in a show-trial that accused them of crimes against ...

For me, part of the pathos of the rise and fall of both Muammar Gaddafi and the Ceausescus (Nicolae and Elena) is that they are both illustrations of what happens when simple peasants find ...

An old joke went that in Romania, only books by the Ceausescus or about the Ceausescus were sold. State television devoted half of its programming to the couple and the titles of the special ...

The planned opening date of August 25, 1990, came too late for the Ceausescus. Shot against a wall while on the run in the ...

Both Ceausescus were sentenced to death after a summary trial on Christmas Day 1989. Nicolae met the firing squad singing left-wing anthem the Internationale, while Elena screamed obscenities.

Put aside the offensive notion that American greatness hinges on the size of taxpayer-funded public works projects — a notion more closely associated in my mind with Stalin or the Ceausescus.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

Stranded on an island, Robinson Crusoe is helped by a group of animals. New adaptation of the Defoe classic. Is Hlynur the father of the child of the lover of his mother? Enjoyable fare from way up ...

From neighbourly disputes over garlicheavy cooking to memories of Ceausescus heatless winters this film explores the universe of a Romanian apartment building It follows the story of the ambitious ...

The Ortega-Murillo family have large but ill-defined interests in TV stations, fuel companies, and the proposed trans-Nicaragua rival to the Panama Canal. Gangs linked to the ruling Sandinista ...