The Latest Breaking News from Nicolae Ceaușescu

From power struggles to global crises, explore how major events between 15 and 21 December were captured on The Independent’s front pages

Artistic director says monsters are ‘fil rouge’ this year, as Guillermo del Toro unveils his vision of Shelley’s classic

The late Queen found the dictator and his wife "so objectionable, so charmless, she had absolutely nothing to say to them."

With a recession looming, is now a good time to debut a show about a rich man with problems? Sadly, yes

Just as in the Oval Office this week, history shows the royals can be deployed to serve British interests – whether they like it or not

In 1966, Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu introduced extreme policies to increase the country’s birth rate. This led to the widespread abandonment of children, who ended up in orphanages in appalling conditions where they received no care, attention or love. Though tragic, this infamous “natural experiment” has allowed us to learn…

On 16 December 1989, an attempt by Nicolae Ceaușescu’s security forces to evict a cleric in the town of Timișoara sparked eastern Europe’s bloodiest anti-communist revolution

Ornate architecture, storybook castles and a city brimming with historical tales

Spy/Master follows a dictator’s right-hand man on the run. Plus, the gripping finale of Traces. Here’s what to watch this evening