1989 To Present-day
During the Romanian Revolution of 1989, which began in Timişoara, Bucharest was the site of the rapid succession of major events between December 20 and December 22, leading to the overthrow of Ceauşescu's communist regime. Unhappy with some results of the revolution, students' leagues and other organizations, including the Civic Alliance, organized mass protests against the National Salvation Front government in 1990 (in what became known as Golaniad); these were violently suppressed by the miners of Valea Jiului - the Mineriad of June 14–15. Several other Mineriads followed - only one of them (the September 1991 Mineriad) succeeded in reaching Bucharest, being responsible for the fall of the Petre Roman government.
After the year 2000, due to the advent of Romania's economic boom, the city has modernized and several historical areas have been restored. In 1992, the first connection to the Internet took place at the Polytechnic University of Bucharest.
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