A bloody revolution was under way that would end Ceausescu's 21-year despotic reign, and 42 years of communist rule in Romania. The following day the dictator and his wife, Elena, fled Bucharest's ...
The media coverage of the event showed the revolution spreading across the country. Anti-Ceausescu groups were readily identified by the "empty flags". The act of cutting a hole in the former flag ...
through the courage of those who died during the Romanian Revolution, these values stand as a guarantee for peace, security and prosperity for all Romanian citizens, wherever they may live." ...