Romanian is the official and main language of Romania and Moldova. As a minority language it is spoken by stable communities in the countries surrounding Romania, and by the large Romanian diaspora. In total, it is spoken by 28–29 million people as an L1+L2 language, of whom c. 24 million are native speakers. In Europe, Romanian occupies the 10th position among 37 official languages.
Tiraspol, occasionally also known in Romanian as Tirișpolea, is the de facto capital of Transnistria, a breakaway state of Moldova, where it is the third largest city. The city is located on the eastern bank of the Dniester River. Tiraspol is a regional hub of light industry, such as furniture and electrical goods production.
The Dniester is a transboundary river in Eastern Europe. It runs first through Ukraine and then through Moldova, finally discharging into the Black Sea on Ukrainian territory again.
Roman is a city located in the central part of Western Moldavia, a traditional region of Romania. It is located 46 km east of Piatra Neamț, in Neamț County at the confluence of the rivers Siret and Moldova.
Petru Lucinschi is a former Moldovan politician who was Moldova's second President (1997–2001).
Nikolai Spathari, also known as Nicolae Milescu and Nicolae Milescu Spătaru, or Spătarul Milescu-Cârnu, was a Moldavian-born writer, diplomat and traveler, who lived and worked in the Tsardom of Russia. He spoke nine languages: Romanian, Russian, Latin, both Attic and Modern Greek, French, German, Turkish and Swedish. One of his grandsons was the Spătar (Chancellor) Yuri Stefanovich, who came to Russia in 1711 with Dimitrie Cantemir.
Ethnogenesis is "the formation and development of an ethnic group". This can originate by group self-identification or by outside identification.
Igor Bugaiov is a Moldovan footballer who plays as a striker for FC Tighina in the Moldovan "A" Division.
The Greeks in Moldova comprise approximately 3,000 to 4,000 Moldovan citizens of Greek origin. Thirty Greek companies were active in Moldova in 2003, while total invested Greek capital amounted to $5.3 million. In 2006, a team of researchers discovered that the oldest house in Chișinău had once been the headquarters of the Filiki Etaireia, the secret society that initiated the Greek War of Independence in 1821.
Valeriu Matei is a Moldovan writer and politician. He served as a member of the Parliament of Moldova from 1990. Matei is a member of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova and an honorific member of the Romanian Academy since 2011. He ran in the 1996 Moldovan presidential election.
The Prut is a 953 km (592 mi) long river in Eastern Europe. It is a left tributary of the Danube. In part of its course it forms Romania's border with Moldova and Ukraine.
Roman Borvanov is a professional tennis player who represents Moldova. He played NCAA collegiate tennis at the University of Portland. He represented the United States until the end of 2005.
Greece–Moldova relations are the bilateral relations between Greece and Moldova. Greece is represented in Moldova through its embassy in Kyiv and an honorary consulate in Chișinău. Moldova is represented in Greece through its embassy in Athens, which opened in 2003.
Nicolae Milinceanu is a Moldovan professional footballer who plays as a forward.
The Moldova national football team represents Moldova in association football and is controlled by the Federația Moldovenească de Fotbal (FMF), the governing body of the sport in the country. It competes as a member of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), which encompasses the countries of Europe.
Victor Stînă is a Moldovan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Greek Super League 2 club Panserraikos.
Stefanos Evangelou is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Croatian Football League club Osijek.
Oleg Reabciuk is a Moldovan professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Super League Greece club Olympiacos and the Moldova national team.
Georgios Athanasiadis is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Super League club AEK Athens.
Maksym Maksymenko is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Greek Super League 2 club AEL.
