On the day of Ion Iliescu’s funeral, the polarizing legacy of Romania’s first elected president after the fall of communism ...

Romania's first post-communist president, Ion Iliescu, was buried on Thursday amid stark divisions over his legacy. He died ...

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

As a three-term president, he guided the country toward democracy, but he was called an authoritarian at heart and accused of ...

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

Romania's former President Ion Iliescu, who led its transition from communism and set it on the path to European Union and ...

Romania's former president Ion Iliescu, who died aged 95 on Tuesday, was long hailed as Romania's "little father" but faced ...

President Asif Ali Zardari has expressed deep sorrow over the demise of former Romanian President Mr. Ion Iliescu.

As president, he steered the country through its transition to democracy. He was later accused of crimes against humanity.

Ion Iliescu, Romania’s first president after the fall of communism in December 1989 and one of the country’s most influential ...

Iliescu has a complex legacy. He will be remembered as the country’s first democratic leader, and for his brutal crackdown ...

Romania is holding two days of state funerals for former president Ion Iliescu, the country’s first elected head of state ...