Tiraspol is the capital and largest city 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 culture, economy, tourism, and 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 (29 mi) east of Piatra Neamț, in Neamț County at the confluence of the rivers Siret and Moldova.
Choreia is a circle dance accompanied by singing, in ancient Greece. Homer refers to this dance in his epic poem, the Iliad.
Petru Lucinschi is a former Moldovan politician who was Moldova's second President from 1997 to 2001. He currently serves as the founder and head of the Lucinschi Foundation of Strategic Studies and International Relations.
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.
Ștefan Stoica is a Romanian professional football coach and a former player. He is the head coach of Moldova U21.
Stanislav Namașco is a Moldovan professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Moldovan Super Liga club Bălți. He has made 57 appearances for the Moldova national team.
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 river in Eastern Europe. It is a left tributary of the Danube, and is 953 km (592 mi) long. Part of its course 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.
Nicolae Milinceanu is a Moldovan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ethnikos Achna.
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 AEL and the Moldova national team.
Stefanos Evangelou is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Hungarian club Zalaegerszegi.
Oleg Reabciuk is a Moldovan professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Russian Premier League club Spartak Moscow and the Moldova national team.
Georgios Athanasiadis is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Cypriot club AEK Larnaca and the Greece national team.
Maksym Maksymenko is a Ukrainian professional footballer who last played as a centre-back for DFK Dainava.
