Ion Iliescu, Romania’s first freely elected president after Communism, helped bring down the country’s dictatorship and led ...

Narrowly losing a presidential election to a progressive candidate could be a worrying signal for nationalist movements across Europe, including those with ties to conservatism like George Simion's ...

The casket carrying the body of Ion Iliescu, Romania’s first elected president after the bloody fall of communism in 1989, ...

Initially hailed as the man who would lead Romania into a new democratic era, Iliescu's legacy soon became more complicated.

Iliescu, who held de facto military authority during the anticommunist revolt, assumed power after Communist dictator Nicolae ...

Iliescu had been admitted to hospital with lung cancer roughly two months ago. "History will judge Ion Iliescu, the main ...

Mr Iliescu assumed power after Communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife Elena were executed on December 25 1989.

He is survived by his loving wife, Anna, and son Marco. The President of Romania, Nicusor Dan, paid tribute on social media. He said: "I learned with deep sadness the news of Mihai Leu's passing.

He is survived by his loving wife, Anna, and son Marco. The President of Romania, Nicusor Dan, paid tribute on social media. He said: "I learned with deep sadness the news of Mihai Leu's passing.

Romania's newly elected president Nicusor Dan reviews the honour guard during a welcoming ceremony at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace, after being sworn in at the parliament, in Bucharest ...

Romania's newly elected president Nicusor Dan reviews the honour guard during a welcoming ceremony at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace, after being sworn in at the parliament, in Bucharest ...