Moldova,officially the Republic of Moldova,is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe,on the northeastern corner of the Balkans. The country spans a total of 33,483 km2 (12,928 sq mi) and has a population of approximately 2.42 million as of January 2024. Moldova is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north,east,and south. The unrecognised breakaway state of Transnistria lies across the Dniester river on the country's eastern border with Ukraine. Moldova is a unitary parliamentary representative democratic republic with its capital in Chișinău,the country's largest city and main cultural and commercial centre.
The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) is a regional intergovernmental organization in Eurasia. It was formed following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991,and is its legal successor. It covers an area of 20,368,759 km2 (7,864,422 sq mi) and has an estimated population of 239,796,010. The CIS encourages cooperation in economic,political,and military affairs and has certain powers relating to the coordination of trade,finance,lawmaking,and security,including cross-border crime prevention.
Transnistria,officially known as the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR),is a breakaway state internationally recognized as part of Moldova. Transnistria controls most of the narrow strip of land between the Dniester river and the Moldova–Ukraine border,as well as some land on the other side of the river's bank. Its capital and largest city is Tiraspol. Transnistria is officially designated by the Republic of Moldova as the Administrative-Territorial Units of the Left Bank of the Dniester or as Stînga Nistrului.
BBC Newsline is the BBC's national television news programme for Northern Ireland,broadcast on BBC One Northern Ireland from the headquarters of BBC Northern Ireland in Ormeau Avenue,Belfast.
The GUAM Organization for Democracy and Economic Development is a regional organization of four post-Soviet states:Georgia,Ukraine,Azerbaijan,and Moldova.
Mircea Snegur was a Moldovan agronomist and politician who served as the first President of Moldova from 1990 to 1997. Prior to that,he served as the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Moldavian SSR from 1989 to 1990 and chairman of the Supreme Soviet from 27 April to 3 September 1990.
Moldova elects a legislature at national level. The Parliament (Parlamentul) has 101 members,elected for a four-year term by proportional representation with a 6% electoral threshold. The President used to be elected for a four-year term by a constitutional majority of 60% members of the Parliament,but a Constitutional Court's ruling on 4 March 2016,reverted the election method of the President to a two-round system direct election.
Relations between the European Union (EU) and Moldova are currently shaped via the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP),an EU foreign policy instrument dealing with countries bordering its member states.
Shahram Jazayeri Arab is an Iranian oligarch who was involved in a high-profile corruption case.
The War in Abkhazia in 1998 took place in the Gali district of Abkhazia,after ethnic Georgians launched an insurgency against the Abkhazian separatist government. The conflict is sometimes referred to as the Six-Day War of Abkhazia;however,this name only takes into account the Abkhazian offensive that lasted from 20 to 26 May 1998,while hostilities and insurgent attacks had already occurred before that date.
Early parliamentary elections were held in Moldova on 29 July 2009. The Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova (PCRM) won 48 of the 101 seats,but lost the majority they had won in the April elections.
The Alliance for European Integration was a centre-right anti-communist ruling coalition in Moldova from the July 2009 election until it lost to a no confidence vote in the Parliament on February 13,2013. It was succeeded by the anti-communist Pro-European Coalition.
Gheorghe E. Cojocaru is a historian from the Republic of Moldova.
Dorin Recean is a Moldovan economist and politician serving as Prime Minister of Moldova since February 2023. Since 2022 he has also served as Presidential Advisor on Defense and National Security,and Secretary of Moldova's Supreme Security Council. He previously served as Minister of Internal Affairs of Moldova from July 2012 to February 2015. He has extensive experience in the private sector and in the IT industry with a specialisation in data,including big data,and information analysis. He also worked in development institutions and was previously a lecturer at several universities.
Events in the year 2014 in Moldova.
This article contains the list of candidates associated with the 1996 Russian presidential election.
The Chief of the General Staff of the Moldovan National Army also known as the Commander of National Army is the professional head of the Moldovan National Army and the larger Armed Forces of the Republic of Moldova. The position was established on 26 April 1994,two days after the general staff of the national army was established.
Vasile Drăgănel is a Moldovan police general who held the office of Minister of Internal Affairs of Moldova in the First Vasile Tarlev Cabinet.
Andrei Cucu is a Moldovan economist who served as the Minister of Economy of Moldova from 2000 to 2002.
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