Romanian President Passes Law On Remembrance Day For Victims Of Fascism And Communism

Last month, the Chamber of Deputies approved the law making these two days official holidays in Romania. The law had been previously adopted by the Senate.

August 23 was a national holiday in Romania between 1948 and 1989, celebrating the coup d’état organized by King Michael during World War II, when Romania switched sides from the Axis to the Allies.

The 1989 revolution that toppled the communist regime in Romania began as a series of protests in Timisoara on December 16, 1989 that had spread to Bucharest by December 21.