Topic: Transnistria
CHISINAU (Reuters) - A court in Moldova's breakaway Transdniestria region has sentenced a Moldovan man to 14 years in jail after convicting him of espionage.State security officials in the separatist region detained Ilie Cazac, 25, a tax inspector from the town ...
Transnistria is a small, de facto independent republic in the nation of Moldova. Following the October Revolution in Russia, the Ukrainian SSR, which had claimed control over the region of Transnistria, was formed.In the 1940s the Moldavian SSR was formed, incorporating ...
The other day I was at a Washington dinner party (I know, sounds elitist already) when I found myself engaged in the time-honored, obnoxious pastime indulged in by travelers everywhere: country-counting. (Yes, or to borrow from Dr. Seuss: "A country is a ...
4,267,000 (including some 600,000 persons working abroad) Capital: International efforts to resolve the 12-year dispute between Moldova and the breakaway Transnistria territory dominated politics for much of 2003. Voronin unveiled these plans shortly after a meeting in the White ...
4,206,000 (including more than a quarter million persons working abroad and about 600,000 persons in Transnistria) Capital: Moldova's parliamentary elections held on March 6, 2005, saw a reform-based consensus among previously divergent parties. In June 2005, while on ...
4,216,000 (including more than a half million persons working abroad and about 600,000 persons in Transnistria) Capital: On August 1 Moldova imposed economic sanctions and severed transport links with Transnistria, despite an earlier warning from the Russian Foreign Ministry ...
A turning point in Moldova's post-Soviet history was marked on July 5, 2000, when an overwhelming majority in Parliament passed an amendment to the 1994 constitution transforming the country from a semipresidential into a parliamentary republic. Elections for a new Parliament ...
33,843 sq km (13,067 sq mi), including the 4,163-sq-km (1,607-sq-mi) area of the disputed territory of Transdniestria (Transnistria; Pridnestrovie) Population(2009 est. Presidents Vladimir Voronin and, from September 11, Mihai Ghimpu (acting) Head of government: Prime Ministers Zinaida ...
33,843 sq km (13,067 sq mi), including the 4,163-sq-km (1,607-sq-mi) area of the disputed territory of Transdniestria (Transnistria; Pridnestrovie) Population (2008 est. Moldovan Pres. Vladimir Voronin met in January 2008 with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, and on ...
The prospects of stability for the republic were greatly enhanced by the announcement on April 19 of the staged withdrawal from Transdniester of the Russian 14th Army and the resignation in June of its commander, Lieut. Gen. Aleksandr Lebed. Without the underpinning ...
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