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Resignation of new East German Politburo and Central Committee
amid revelations of Communist leaderships misrule and corruption.
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NATO Summit Meeting in Brussels. US President George Bush briefs
NATO leaders on his talks with Soviet President Gorbachev at the
US-Soviet Summit Meeting in Malta on 2-3 December. The Summit Meeting
of leaders of the Warsaw Treaty Organisation in Moscow publishes
a joint statement denouncing the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia
by Warsaw Pact forces and repudiates the Brezhnev Doctrine of limited
sovereignty.
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Resignation of President Gustav Husak and formation of coalition
government in Czechoslovakia. NATOs Atlantic Award for 1989 is
bestowed on Sir Michael Howard, President and co-founder of the
International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS).
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Popular demonstrations in Bulgaria lead to the promise of free
elections and renunciation of the leading role of the Communist
Party.
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Ministerial Meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Brussels.
Foreign Ministers review accelerating political change in Central
and Eastern Europe.
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Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze visits NATO Headquarters
for talks with NATO Secretary General Manfred Woerner and Permanent
Representatives of NATO countries the first such visit by a Minister
of a Central or Eastern European government.
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Troops and police open fire on thousands of anti-government protesters
in the Romanian town of Timisoara.
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Fall of Ceausescu regime. Nicolai Ceausescu is arrested by the
Romanian armed forces and executed on 25 December. The National
Salvation Front headed by Ion Iliescu takes control and promises
free elections.
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The Polish Parliament abolishes the leading role of the Communist
Party and restores the countrys name as the Republic of Poland.
Vaclav Havel is elected President of Czechoslovakia.
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