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Description: The Republic of Moldova (Republica Moldova) is a landlocked country in eastern Europe, located between Romania to the ... more

Moldova ... west and Ukraine to the north, east and south. Historically part of the Principality of Moldavia, it was annexed by the Russian Empire in 1812 and reunited with other Romanian lands in Romania in 1918. After changing hands during World War II and being annexed by the Soviet Union, it was known as the Moldavian SSR between 1945 and 1991, and finally declared its independence on 27 August 1991. Moldova is a parliamentary democracy with a President as its head of state and a Prime Minister as its head of government. The country is a member state of the United Nations, WMO, UNICEF, GUAM, CIS, BSEC and other international organizations.

Newest Review: ... or Chinese. Of course it is possible to eat Moldovan food too and I have described this in more detail further on. Only in Moldovan terms can Chisinau be considered cosmopolitan. However it is a pleasant city which is much less oppressive than other Eastern European capitals. It is the transport hub for the whole country - it is almost impossible to get anywhere without passing through the ... more

... city. I think it is this which makes it so busy; country people arrive early with buckets of fruit or huge slabs of homemade cheese. In the afternoon students join commuters to try to get out of the city to their homes. Chisinau is also the political ...more

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It'll have a Moldova you! (3586 words)
by fizzywizzy - written on 04/09/06 (Very useful, 293 readings)
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Moldova. Ever heard of it? Since I first mentioned to people that my plans for my trip around the Black Sea would in take in a detour to visit Moldova, I have been horrified by the geographical ignorance of my friends and colleagues. I guess as a fan of all things eastern European I should be more tolerant and be less surprised at how little people know of this fascinating and scenic little country. Not to be confused with the region of Moldavia in north eastern Romania (the region borders Moldova), Moldova is a landlocked country nestling between Ukraine and Romania. It has a reputation of being Europe's poorest state but will reward the visitor with enough ...

Moldova-Historic with Vampires and Werwolves (1646 words)
by Cammij - written on 08/06/01 (Very useful, 149 readings)
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So I am laying around in Moscow, Russia not Texas, and my wife and her mother decide that they want to go to Moldova to see my wife's aunts. Two of them had married Moldovan men back when the evil empire was still in business and they had raised their children and had a pretty colorful life in this exotic strip of mountain breeze between the Ukraine and Romania. All I knew was that Moldova made wine and they had recently shook down the west to buy all their Jetfighters the Soviets left behind or they would sell them to IRAN. I didn't know where Moldova was. Now amongst my generation of males the only polite way to tell somebody where somethings general ...

Moldova: POOREST COUNTRY IN EUROPE - ONION DOMES, OLD-FASHIONED FARMS ... (1633 words)
by Aang - written on 24/02/01 (Very useful, 1362 readings)
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Want a great adventure in a place few tourists visit? Want to see a circus? Want a cheap Hugo Boss shirt? Want to visit a country where people survive on 60 pence a day? Moldova is where Alexander Pushkin was exiled. Lucky chap! Where's Moldova? Between Rumania and Ukraine; it used to be part of Russia. Fly Austrian Airlines (Tyrolean), via Vienna, to Chisinau capital of Moldova. Regent Holidays ( www.regent-holidays.co.uk ) does trips to Chisinau from £425, flying with Turkish Airlines or Austrian Airlines. CHISINAU, built on seven hills and with the River Byk flowing through it, is a place of: 1.Onion domed ...

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