BUCHAREST, Romania — The Palace of Spring, the official residence of Nicolae Ceausescu, has opened its gilded doors to the public more than two decades after the dictator and his wife were shot ...

In the bad old days of Romanian megalomania – that is, until about a week ago – Nicolae Ceausescu used to pop over to his new palace once or twice a week to see how the workmen were getting on.

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — The Palace of Spring, the official residence of Nicolae Ceausescu, has opened its gilded doors to the public more than two decades after the dictator and his wife were ...

recalled in an interview last year that Ceausescu, who was tried and executed on Christmas Day 1989, and never got to use the palace, as being obsessed with detail, constantly inspecting the site.

Anca Petrescu inside the People's Palace Credit: Photo: AP Anca Petrescu, who has died following a road accident aged 64, was an architect known as the “Albert Speer of Communism”, responsible ...

“The people’s most beloved son,” as he used to be called, is depicted on a carpet that was once in the People’s Palace, the huge building that now houses Romania’s Parliament. Ceausescu ...