La chute du communisme

1987-1989 : Ceausescu rejected Gorbatchev’s proposition to establish the perestroïka and glasnost.
17 December 1989 : beginning of the Romanian Revolution against the communist regime in Timisoara. The Romanian revolution was the only revolution with heavy bloodshed in all the zones which were formerly communist in east Europe.
22 December 1989 : the Ceasescu family was arrested in Bucarest thanks to the pressure put by the demonstrators and on 25 December 1989, Nicolae and Elena Ceausescu were executed after a rapid court case.
9 February 1990 : the Temporary Council National Union was established as the first democratic structure after the communist period.