Scînteia Poporului, Anul I Nr. 1 (23 December 1989): front page of the National Salvation Front's first daily
Front page of the first number of a daily launched the day after the fall of the Ceaușescu government, under a banner headline 'Glory to the free fatherland, to the heroic people!' and a lead 'Long live freedom, long live responsibility!' beside the Front's 'Communiqué to the country'. The tell is the stack of virtue words (glory, freedom, responsibility, the people) carrying the new authority's first message.
- Date
- December 23, 1989
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- Council of the National Salvation Front (provisional authority, Bucharest); organ published under the masthead 'Scînteia Poporului'
- Country
- Romania
- Medium
- Newspaper pages
- Issuer type
- State
- Leader
- Ion Iliescu
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Reassure
- Techniques
- Glittering generalities
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Europeana 1989 collection, Cluj contributor (BJC0378), via Europeana, retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- CC BY-SA 4.0 (Europeana record; contributor states CC BY-SA 3.0 PL)
Europeana 1989 / Octavian Goga Cluj County Library (BJC0378), CC BY-SA
Text on the object
GLORIE PATRIEI LIBERE, POPORULUI EROU! SCÎNTEIA POPORULUI COTIDIAN POLITIC ȘI SOCIAL Anul I Nr. 1 Sîmbătă 23 decembrie 1989 4 PAGINI — 50 BANI TRĂIASCĂ LIBERTATEA, TRĂIASCĂ RĂSPUNDEREA! COMUNICATUL CĂTRE ȚARĂ AL CONSILIULUI FRONTULUI SALVĂRII NAȚIONALE Cetățeni și cetățene, Trăim un moment istoric. Clanul Ceaușescu, care a dus țara la dezastru, a fost eliminat de la putere. [remaining paragraphs of the communiqué and the lead article not transcribed; partly illegible] 1. Abandonarea rolului conducător al unui singur partid și statornicirea unui sistem democratic pluralist de guvernămînt. 2. Organizarea de alegeri libere în cursul lunii aprilie. 3. Separarea puterilor legislativă, executivă și judecătorească [rest of point 3 and points 4 to 10 not transcribed]
GLORY TO THE FREE FATHERLAND, TO THE HEROIC PEOPLE! SCÎNTEIA POPORULUI [The People's Spark] POLITICAL AND SOCIAL DAILY Year I No. 1 Saturday 23 December 1989 4 PAGES — 50 BANI LONG LIVE FREEDOM, LONG LIVE RESPONSIBILITY! COMMUNIQUÉ TO THE COUNTRY OF THE COUNCIL OF THE NATIONAL SALVATION FRONT Citizens, We are living a historic moment. The Ceaușescu clan, which led the country to disaster, has been removed from power. [remaining paragraphs of the communiqué and the lead article not transcribed; partly illegible] 1. Abandoning the leading role of a single party and establishing a pluralist democratic system of government. 2. Organising free elections in the course of April. 3. Separation of the legislative, executive and judicial powers [rest of point 3 and points 4 to 10 not transcribed]
Only the display lines, the first sentences of the communiqué and its points 1 to 3 are transcribed; the lead article and the rest of the communiqué are in small type, partly shadowed in the photograph. Bracketed passages are editorial markers. Translation by machine, not verified by a fluent reader.
