Entire neighbourhoods of Bucharest, lined with Belle Epoque ... such as Mobuto in Zaire and the Ayatollah in Iran for materials, Ceausescu’s palace, not quite completed by the time of his ...

From Stalin’s secret underground super bunkers in Moscow to Hitler’s clandestine Riese headquarters to Ceausescu ... his home in Bucharest as his main base of operations. The Palatul Primăverii – ...

Almost 35 years since the fall of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu's regime, Bucharest wants to regain a foothold in Africa. It will make use of a network of Africans who studied in its ...

As the decade ground on and the harsh austerity regime led to frequent power cuts, fuel shortages and an escalation in poverty while vast sums were being ploughed into the needless destruction and ...