Romania's first elected president after communism, Ion Iliescu, was buried Thursday amid stark divisions over his legacy. A religious ceremony was held at the presidential Cotroceni Palace before ...

BUCHAREST, Romania — The casket carrying the body of Ion Iliescu, Romania’s first elected president after the bloody fall of communism in 1989, was transferred on Wednesday from the hospital where he ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Then Romanian President Ion Iliescu looks at a sumptuously decorated room at Sanssouci Palace in Potsdam. Romania's former ...

The communist regime in Romania was "a criminal" one, "an executioner" of the Romanian people, which led to the moral and political destruction of the nation, Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca stated on ...

BUCHAREST, Romania — On the day of Ion Iliescu’s funeral, the polarizing legacy of Romania’s first elected president after the fall of communism was laid bare. While many dignitaries paid their ...

A man stands by tombstones carrying names of Romanian military personnel killed in fighting around the Otopeni airport during the anticommunist uprising 25 years ago, outside Bucharest, Romania, ...

Decades after the bloody overthrow of Nicolae Ceausescu, tourism based on landmarks from Romania's communist era has become a thriving industry. BUCHAREST -- Christian Scutariu laughs when asked why ...

BUCHAREST, Romania -- Thirteen years after it cast off communism, Romania is struggling with poverty, corruption, dysfunctional politics, incomplete economic reform -- the list goes on and on. But ...

This documentary explores how Nicolae Ceaușescu reshaped Romanian communism around national sovereignty. His condemnation of the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia elevated him domestically and ...

TIMISOARA, Romania — With chants of "Liberty," grizzled former fighters in this snow-dusted city Wednesday relived their role in toppling communist Eastern Europe’s most repressive dictator. But most ...