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.
An environment minister is a cabinet position charged with protecting the natural environment and promoting wildlife conservation. The areas associated with the duties of an environmental minister depends largely of the needs of an individual countries or states. Some powers pertaining to environment protection might be also found within transport ministers,energy ministers,etc.
The president of the Republic of Moldova is the head of state of Moldova. The current president is Maia Sandu,who assumed office on 24 December 2020.
The post-Soviet states,also referred to as the former Soviet Union (FSU) or the former Soviet republics,are the independent sovereign states that emerged/re-emerged from the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. Prior to their independence,they existed as Union Republics,which were the top-level constituents of the Soviet Union. There are 15 post-Soviet states in total:Armenia,Azerbaijan,Belarus,Estonia,Georgia,Kazakhstan,Kyrgyzstan,Latvia,Lithuania,Moldova,Russia,Tajikistan,Turkmenistan,Ukraine,and Uzbekistan. Each of these countries succeeded their respective Union Republics:the Armenian SSR,the Azerbaijan SSR,the Byelorussian SSR,the Estonian SSR,the Georgian SSR,the Kazakh SSR,the Kirghiz SSR,the Latvian SSR,the Lithuanian SSR,the Moldavian SSR,the Russian SFSR,the Tajik SSR,the Turkmen SSR,the Ukrainian SSR,and the Uzbek SSR. In Russia,the term "near abroad" is sometimes used to refer to the post-Soviet states other than Russia.
Ocnița is a district in the north of Moldova,with the administrative center at Ocnița. The other major cities are Otaci and Frunză. As of 1 January 2011,its population was 56,100.
The Cabinet of Moldova is the chief executive body of the Government of Moldova. Its function according to the Constitution of Moldova is "to carry out the domestic and foreign policy of the State and to apply general control over the work of public administration".
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is one of the fourteen ministries of the Government of Moldova.
Moldovan-Spanish relations are foreign relations between Spain and Moldova. On 30 January 1992,Spain established diplomatic relations with Moldova. Spain is represented in Moldova via its embassy in Bucharest in Romania.
Iuliana is a feminine given name. It may refer to:
Valeriu Cosarciuc is a Moldovan politician,who served as Deputy Prime Minister in the Dumitru BraghișCabinet,coordinating the government's activities in the field of industry,energy,agriculture,communications and the environment. He was the Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry in the First Vlad Filat Cabinet. He is a member of the Party Alliance Our Moldova.
Gheorghe Duca is a Moldovan academic and politician who is a former president of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova,an honorary member of the Romanian Academy,and former Moldovan Minister of Environment,Public Works and Regional Development.
Denmark –Moldova relations refers to the current and historical relations between Denmark and Moldova. Neither country has a resident ambassador. The Moldovan Ambassador to Denmark is Igor Corman,who resides in Berlin and was appointed in 2005. The Danish Ambassador in Moldova is Ole Harald Lisborg,who resides in Bucharest. Denmark is a member of the European Union,which Moldova applied for in 2022. Both countries are full members of Council of Europe.
Valeriu Munteanu is a Moldovan-Romanian politician,who served as Minister of Environment from 2015 to 2017,member of Parliament of Moldova from 2009 to 2015 and mayor of Floreni from 2007 to 2009. He also held the position of Deputy Chairman of the Liberal Party from 2010 to 2018. He has been Chairman of Save Bessarabia Union (USB) 2019—2021. Currently,he is a vice-president of Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR). He was elected into the Chamber of Deputies of Romania in 2024,representing AUR.
Iuliana Gorea-Costin is a diplomat and politician from the Republic of Moldova. She is a philologist and lawyer by education and served as the first Permanent Representative of Moldova to the Council of Europe and the first director of the "Mircea Eliade" Romanian-English High School in Chişinău. She ran as an independent candidate in Moldovan presidential election,1996. and Chișinău election,2005.
Maia Sandu is a Moldovan politician who has been president of Moldova since 24 December 2020. She is the founder and former leader of the Party of Action and Solidarity and was prime minister of Moldova from 8 June 2019 until 14 November 2019,when her government collapsed after a vote of no-confidence. Sandu was minister of education from 2012 to 2015 and member of the parliament of Moldova from 2014 to 2015,and again in 2019.
Group D of the UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying competition consists of five teams:Spain,Czech Republic,Poland,Moldova,and Azerbaijan. The composition of the nine groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 21 February 2019,13:30 CET (UTC+1),at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon,Switzerland. with the teams seeded according to their coefficient ranking.
Nicolae "Nicu" Popescu is a Moldovan diplomat,oligarch,and politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of Moldova from 6 August 2021 until 26 January 2024 in the Gavrilita and then Recean cabinets. He was also Moldova's Foreign Minister from 11 June to 14 November 2019 in the Sandu Cabinet. Until his appointment,he was the director of the Wider Europe programme of the European Council on Foreign Relations and visiting professor at Sciences Po-Paris.
Iuliana Colnic is a Moldovan footballer who plays as a forward for lithuanian club MFA Žalgiris-MRU and the Moldova women's national team.
The Gavrilița Cabinet was the Cabinet of Moldova,led by former Finance Minister Natalia Gavrilița from 6 August 2021 until 16 February 2023.
