Bucharest

La Romania celebra i 20 anni dalla rivolta anti-comunista che demolì il regime di Nicolae Ceausescu.

Romanian soldiers hold their hats as they pay respect to those killed 20 years ago in an anti-communist uprising during a commemoration at the Hero’s Cemetery in Bucharest, Romania, Monday, Dec. 21, 2009. This week Romanians commemorate 20 years since communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu fled Bucharest during a popular uprising on Dec. 22, 1989, after ruling Romania for 25 years. Ceausescu was executed together with his wife Elena on Dec. 25, 1989. More than a thousand people are reported to have lost their lives during the Romanian revolution.
(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)