Transnistria broke away from Moldova during the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, and the region is home to people who are linked almost equally to Russia, Romania and Moldova.

A series of unexplained explosions have occurred in parts of Transnistria, a breakaway territory within Moldova that has housed Russian troops for decades, sparking fears that Moscow’s war could ...

TIRASPOL, Transnistria — The hammer-and-sickle still flutters proudly over the park-lined thoroughfares in this capital of a country that doesn’t exist. The top of City Hall bears the Soviet ...

Transnistria declared its independence from Moldova shortly after the fall of the Soviet Union, and has only continued to exist since then because of Russian money andpeace-keeping forces. It was ...

By Iulian Ernst in Bucharest The separatist region of Transnistria in Moldova is facing a deepening economic crisis following ...

1. What is Transnistria? Transnistria – officially called the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic – is a narrow strip of land between Moldova and western Ukraine that is home to about 500,000 ...

In the southwest Ukraine borders with an unrecognized territory – Transnistria or PMR (Prednistrovian Moldavian Republic), a self-proclaimed republic, that broke away from Moldova in 1990. Since then, ...

Transnistria contains most of Moldova's industrial infrastructure, but its economic potential is limited by its international isolation. It has its own currency, constitution, ...

The head of Moldova’s breakaway region Transnistria has urged residents to burn firewood for heating and warned that blackouts cannot be avoided, after Moscow stopped supplying gas via Ukraine.

Transnistria seems to be well aware of the complexity of its current situation. According to Moldovan deputy prime minister Serebrian, the Transnistrian authorities have taken an ambivalent position.

This Tiny nation is known as the least visited country in the world, attracting only around 3,700 tourists each year, and is ...