World leaders will now be taking a crash course on the politics of
Transnistria, a breakaway province of Moldova that is recognised by few spell-checkers or UN member states.
General Breedlove raised concerns about the position of
Transnistria, a restive part of western Moldova where separatists have already demanded to join Russia.
US Air Force General Philip Breedlove said the region of
Transnistria, which backs Moscow, may be next.
Spurs could clinch their place in the Europa League knockout stages against Moldovan champions Sheriff in, er, the breakaway republic of
Transnistria. It has its own army, currency, passports, flag and postal service - as long as you don't expect the postcards to travel far.
The communist state of
Transnistria has its own currency, police, army and border guards, although remains unrecognised by any sovereign nations.
The communist state of
Transnistria has its own currency, police, army and border guards, although remains unrecognised by It is considered part of Moldova, whose football league Sheriff Tiraspol have won 11 times since 2000.
The two sides also talked about regional issues, including Georgia, Nagorno-Karabakh and
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Recognising progress in the negotiations on certain aspects of a settlement of the Transnistrian conflict within the 5+2 framework (
Transnistria, Moldova, Ukraine, Russia, the OSCE, the US and the EU), the Council lifted a travel ban on the former leaders of the breakaway region, located on the Moldova-Ukraine border.
Independence day (
Transnistria, unrecognised), National Day, celebrates the independence of Vietnam from Japan and France in 1945
In August 1991, Moldova's transition to democracy initially had been impeded by an ineffective Parliament, the lack of a new constitution, a separatist movement led by the Gagauz (Christian Turkic) minority in the south, and unrest in the
Transnistria region on the left bank of the Nistru/Dniester River, where a separatist movement declared a "Transdniester Moldovan Republic" in September 1990.
But its location, adjacent to Romania, (one of the two most recent European Union (EU) member states, Ukraine, the Black Sea and the disputed, politically uncertain region of
Transnistria (which remains formally part of Moldovan territory, while its government has little authority there), is extremely familiar, and favoured, by counterfeit cigarette producers and traffickers.