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During the remainder of the Games, where she won three gold medals, she would receive the highest possible score six more times, becoming one of the most iconic sporting legends of all time - as well as a silver bullet for the Romanian regime in terms of international propaganda.

The violent events of 13-15 June 1990 remained known in post-communist memory as "Mineriad of 13-15 June 1990" and refer to the repression, by law enforcement forces, with the help of miners, of protest rallies in the University Square of that period.

The December 1989 uprising against Ceausescu saw hundreds of thousands of Romanians of all ethnic origins risk their lives to bring down a repressive regime.

But events took an ugly turn between March 19 and 21, 1990, as mobs of Romanians and Hungarians in the Transylvanian town of Targu Mures fought each other to the death.

Thirty years ago, on 11 March 1990, in the Piata Operei (Operei Square) of western Timisoara a manifestation took place staged by the "Timisoara", "Europa" societies and the "16 Decembrie" Confederation, wherein a document dubbed "Proclamation of Timisoara" was adopted, according to "History of Romania in data" (Enciclopedica Publishing House, 2003).

On February 6, 1990, the National Salvation Front (FSN) registered with the Bucharest Municipal Court after a decision to run in elections as a political formation with its own manifesto, according to 'Romania. Data and Facts. 1989-2009,' published by the AGERPRES National News Agency (2010).

Two months had then passed since the fall of the Berlin Wall. Central and Eastern Europe had started to enjoy the long-awaited freedoms they were denied for half a century by their Soviet masters.

But as that part of the continent was festively breaking free from its shackles, Romania remained untouched by the winds of change under the monolithic rule of a recalcitrant megalomaniac.

The "Romanian Revolution of December 1989 - 30 years," including images of AGERPRES' Photo Archive, was opened at the Council House of Brasov on Friday, as part of an event organised by the County Museum of History. The event of the museum also included the opening of the exhibition "A few moments of freedom," presenting Florin Man's photographs collection.

Until we've had stability and the rule of law nothing can happen or will not happen, and the United States of America want to have Romania as an independent and strong economic partner, new Ambassador of the United States of America in Bucharest Adrian Zuckerman told AGERPRES in an interview.

President Klaus Iohannis stated on Monday that the state has "delayed for far too long" the discovery of the truth about the Revolution in 1989 and emphasized that justice must hold those guilty accountable. "After 1990, there were different initiatives through which the memory of those who gave their lives in December 1989 was honored.

One of the iconic figures of Greek journalism, George Georgiadis, has passed away at the age of 62. The veteran war correspondent, who successfully covered conflicts throughout the Middle East, including in Lebanon, Palestine, Yemen and across north Africa, died Saturday morning after a long battle with cancer.