On 3 December, the Moldovan government announced that, in partnership with the European Union and the United States, it is ...

Nestled between Moldova and Ukraine, Transnistria, a Soviet-era relic, maintains its own flag, army, and currency, yet lacks international recognition. This self-declared republic, with Russian troops ...

Soaring statues of Lenin, postcards of Putin, and a tourist-filled T-34 tank: it’s a trifecta you’ll only find in Europe’s most notorious breakaway state. Officially known as the Pridnestrovin ...

Moldovans have voted for Europe. Can President Sandu end a frozen conflict with Russia-backed Transnistria and pull her country closer to the EU? Moldova’s parliamentary elections on Sunday delivered ...

NOVOKATOVSK, Transnistria — In this tiny, hardscrabble village that could easily be mistaken for the fictional Anatevka in “Fiddler on the Roof,” farmer Or Cohen, 35, lives with his wife, Anya, and ...

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President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday that Ukraine was prepared to send coal to fuel a major power plant in the Moldovan breakaway region of Transnistria, hit by an unprecedented energy crisis.

The crisis prompted a question: will the breakaway region, occupied by Russia since 1992, survive without Russian gas? Free-of-charge Russian gas had been the backbone of Transnistria's economy and ...

Moldova’s breakaway region of Transnistria has cut off the supply of heating and hot water to households after Russia suspended the transit of natural gas via Ukraine at the start of the year. The ...

The Moldovan breakaway region of Transnistria has started turning the gas taps off ahead of the expiry of a gas transit deal between Russia’s Gazprom and Ukraine’s Naftogaz after Volodymyr Zelensky ...

“Everyone is welcome, except journalists,” announces the guide as her group have their passports checked on entering Transnistria, a diminutive pro-Russian breakaway enclave that belongs in ...

Since Russia invaded Ukraine two years ago, fears have risen in neighboring Moldova that it could also be in Moscow’s crosshairs. Like Ukraine, Moldova is a former Soviet republic that has aligned ...