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	Politics of Moldova - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mircea Snegur was elected president of Moldova in October 1990 by the Parliament.
		The population of the Moldovan region of Transnistria is 30% Romanian, 30% Ukrainian, and 30% Russian.
		Moldova is divided in 10 juletule (singular - juletul), 1 municipality* and 1 autonomous territorial unit: Balti, Cahul, Chisinau, Chisinau, Dubasari, Edinet, Gagauzia*, Lapusna, Orhei, Soroca, Tighina, Ungheni.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_Moldova (1680 words)

	Encyclopedia: Moldova (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Coat of arms of Moldova The coat of arms of Moldova consists of an eagle holding a cross in its beak and a sceptre and a branch in its claws.
		Moldova is divided into 9 counties, or judeţe, a municipality (the capital), and two territorial units.
		Moldova is divided into 32 Rayons, or judeţe, 3 municipalities (Chişinău, Bălţi and Bender), two semi-autonomous regions (Gagausia) and the breakaway region of Transnistria, whose status is still disputed.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Moldova (1312 words)

	Moldova. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		In Aug., 1991, Moldova, which is the Romanian name of the region, was declared an independent republic; Mircea Snegur was elected president, and it reluctantly joined the Russian-dominated Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).
		A Russian-sponsored accord on the Trans-Dniester Region was rejected in Nov., 2003, after mass demonstrations against it by Moldovans; the agreement would have permitted Russian troops to stay in the region in a buffer zone until 2020.
		An attempt by Trans-Dniester to force the use of the Cyrillic alphabet in its Moldovan-language schools led to heightened tensions between the breakaway region and Moldova in 2004.
	www.bartleby.com /65/mo/Moldova.html (1001 words)

	Moldova - A bit of history
		The eastward Romanian movement was pre-nationalist and chiefly non-political and could be considered natural.' In their eastward drive the Romanians reoccupied the whole region between the eastern Carpathian range and the surrounding hills to the Dnestr, and crossed the Dnestr in mass as well as in scattered groups.
		From a Romanian point of view, the reunion of Bessarabia and Bukovina with the mother country was the final act in the struggle for reunification of the Romanian land and people.
		The Romanian representatives asked the Russians to leave the boundary problem to be settled at the end of the war by the peace conference.
	perso.wanadoo.fr /dreico/ilascu.org/moldova.htm (11313 words)

	Republic of Moldova - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		During the Middle Ages the territory of Republic of Moldova (including most of present-day Moldova but also including districts to the north and south, known as Northern Bukovina and Budjak) formed the eastern part of the principality of Moldavia (which, like the present-day republic, was known in Romanian as "Moldova").
		After the Soviet Union occupied the region of Bessarabia during World War II from Romania, the Soviets began a campaign to create an Moldovan ethnic identity different from the one of the Romanians, who were said to be "capitalist oppressors".
		Moldova is divided into 32 districts (raion, pl. raioane), 3 municipalities (Chişinău, Bălţi and Tighina), two semi-autonomous regions (Găgăuzia and the breakaway region of Transnistria, whose status is still disputed).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Moldova (3715 words)

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		In 1940, the region of Bessarabia was annexed by the Soviet Union.
		Romanian literature was taken from the libraries and Romanian history was taken from the curriculum.
		The Romanian language was removed from the schools and from the republican administration.
	www.timisoara.com /msoccer/sovetizare.htm (654 words)

	MOLDOVA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Moldova is divided into 32 districts, 3 municipalities, two semi-autonomous regions.
		The part of Moldova east of the Dniestr River, Transnistria - which is more heavily industrialized and is populated by a larger proportion of ethnic Russians and Ukrainians - claimed independence in 1992, fearing Moldovan unification with Romania.
		Moldova must import all of its supplies of oil, coal, and natural gas, largely from Russia.
	www.yotor.org /wiki/en/mo/Moldova.htm (907 words)

	Romanians -
		The Romanians (români in present-day Romanian and rumâni in historical contexts) are an ethnic group; they are the majority inhabitants of Romania and of Moldova (where they are also called Moldovans); each of these countries also have other significant ethnic minorities, and the Romanians constitute an ethnic minority in several nearby countries.
		By the 19th century, Austrians were awarded the region of Bukovina by the Ottoman Empire and in 1812, the Russians occupied the eastern half of Moldavia, known as Bessarabia.
		Romanian Catholics are present in Transylvania, Bucharest, and parts of Moldavia, belonging to both the Eastern Rite (Romanian Catholic Church) and the Roman Rite (Roman Catholic Church).
	www.psychcentral.com /psypsych/Romanians (1770 words)

	Budjak - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		During the Napoleonic Era Budjak was overrun by Russia in the course of the Russo-Turkish War of 1806-1812 and Treaty of Bucharest, 1812 transferred Budjak and all of Moldavia east of the Prut River to Russia.
		Like Moldova, Budjak is home to a small minority of Gagauzes, Orthodox Christian Turkic peoples who arrived from the Balkans in the late 18th and early 19th centuries and settled the area vacated by the Nogais.
		In the Izmail rayon 29% of the population is Ukrainian, 28% Romanian and 26% Bulgarian.
	www.vacilando.org /_cliextra/baghdadmuseumorg/includepage.php?title=Bugeac&action=edit (1174 words)

	Moldova
		During the Middle Ages the territory of Republica Moldova (including most of present-day Moldova but including also districts to the north and south, known as Northern Bukovina and Bugeac) formed the eastern part of the principality of Moldavia (which, like the present-day republic, was known in Romanian as "Moldova").
		Moldova is divided into 32 districts (raion, pl. raioane), 3 municipalities (Chişinău, Bălţi and Bender), two semi-autonomous regions (Găgăuzia and the breakaway region of Transnistria, whose status is still disputed).
		Moldova remains the poorest country in Europe in terms of GDP per capita.
	creekin.net /n123-moldova.html (1177 words)

	Moldova (08/05)
		The population of the Moldovan region of Transnistria is approximately 40% Romanian/Moldovan, 28% Ukrainian, and 23% Russian.
		In May 2003, Ukraine and Moldova reached an agreement under which Ukraine would no longer recognize Moldova's obsolete customs stamps, which were still being used by the Transnistrians; in reality, however, the Moldovans exercise little control over their border with Ukraine and illegal trade remains an issue in the region.
		Moldova's Parliament approved the country's membership in the Commonwealth of Independent States and a CIS charter on economic union in April 1994.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/5357.htm (3649 words)

	Background Notes Archive - Europe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		After the Russo-Turkish War of 1806-12, the eastern half of Moldova (Bessarabia) between the Prut and the Dniester Rivers was ceded to Russia, while Romanian Moldova (west of the Prut) remained with the Turks.
		Moldova's Government was restructured somewhat with parliament's approval of a new cabinet in April 1994.
		The Trans-Dniester Region The population of the Trans-Dniester ethnic area is 40% Moldovan, 28% Ukrainian, and 23% Russian.
	dosfan.lib.uic.edu /ERC/bgnotes/eur/moldova9603.html (2861 words)

	Moldova vs. Trans-Dniester
		Romanian was proclaimed the official language of the country and it was decided that all the official business from then on should be conducted in the official language.
		All those who lived in Moldova and didn't know Romanian were required to learn it within a period of seven years (it's quiet a long period of time compared to the one night all Moldovans had, to start speaking Russian in 1944).
		The government of Moldova wanted Trans-Dniester to remain part of Moldova, because almost all of the republic's industry is concentrated there and because the majority of the population is still comprised by Romanians.
	www.east-west-wg.org /cst/cst-mold/trans.html (2986 words)

	Top20Moldova.com - Your Top20 Guide to Moldova! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		During the Middle Ages the territory of Republica Moldova (including most of present-day Moldova but also including districts to the north and south, known as Northern Bukovina and Bugeac) formed the eastern part of the Romanian principality of Moldavia (which, like the present-day republic, was known in Romanian as "Moldova").
		The part of Moldova east of the Dniestr River, Transnistria—which is more heavily industrialized and is populated by a larger proportion of ethnic Russians and Ukrainians—claimed independence in 1991, fearing Moldovan unification with Romania.
		Moldova (Romanian region), an adjacent region of Romania.
	www.top20moldova.com (2102 words)

	Contemporary Review: Moldova: independence, unification, disintegration? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Moldova was the smallest of the fifteen union republics, roughly the same size as Belgium.
		The area of the Republic of Moldova situated between the Prut and Dnestr rivers was a part of the Kingdom of Romania between the two world wars.
		In addition to the mass deportation of ethnic Romanians and the influx of ethnic Slavs into the republic, a major element of this effort was the stress on the existence of a 'Moldovan' language and ethnicity separate from Romanian.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m2242/is_n1529_v262/ai_14414145 (1329 words)

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		The main reason for the tension is the unwillingness of their administration to register with the Dniester education authorities and observe Dniester legislation.
		However, the Romanian schools stubbornly continue to refuse to observe Dniester legislation.
		At one of the meetings, Bomeshko said, Moldova explained that it took this position because it is not satisfied with the Dniester education programmes.
	www.asu.edu /educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art4273.txt (419 words)

	GeoNative - Moldavia - Gagauz - Transdniestr - Norhertn Bukovina
		Languages: Romanian (called officially Moldavian in the soviet period, as if it was another language, which is not) 2.7 m, russian (1 m), ukrainian (370.000), gagauz (140.000).
		This easternmost region of Moldavia, east of Dniestr river, is mainly populated by Russians and Ukrainians, and Russian is the mayor language there.
		In 1939 multiethnic Bukovina, the region around Chernivtsi, with a great Romanian population was included in the Soviet Union.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/9479/moldova.html (754 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Europe \| Country profiles \| Country profile: Moldova
		Two-thirds of Moldovans are of Romanian descent, the languages are virtually identical and the two countries share a common cultural heritage.
		Moldova is one of the very poorest countries in Europe and has a large foreign debt and high unemployment.
		Moldova's parliament returned Mr Voronin of the Communist Party for a second term as president in April 2005.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/3038982.stm (688 words)

	RUSNET :: Moldova, Transdnestr Dial Up a Phone War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The latest conflict between Moldova and the self-proclaimed republic of Transdnestr is a tit-for-tat phone war, which escalated last week between Moldova's state telecommunications company and the Transdnestrian phone network.
		Moldova's Communication Ministry accuses the authorities in Transdnestr of sending powerful radio signals on frequencies used by GSM networks to jam communications across the Dnestr River in Moldova.
		Transdnestr, a Russian-speaking region in Romanian-speaking Moldova, declared independence before the fall of the Soviet Union but is not recognized by any country.
	www.rusnet.nl /news/2003/09/19/print/currentaffairs_03_5821.shtml (378 words)

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		Greek Foreign Minister Karolos Papoulias warned his Bulgarian and Romanian counterparts, Georgi Pirinski and Teodor Melescanu, that a "deal should be reached fast," because expected EU financing of the project "will not wait for ever." Melescanu told Romanian TV on 27 August that the problem will be discussed by the three countries' ministers of transportation.
		The Romanian daily Libertatea on 23 August reported that a book published by the Romanian government's Information Department, called Romanians Hunted Down in Their Own Country, has "poured oil on the fire" of the Romanian-Hungarian interethnic conflict.
		Romanian media and Reuters on 24 August reported that Romania's Aerostar consortium and the Israeli company Elbit have launched a project to update 100 Romanian MiG-21 fighters in line with NATO standards.
	www.b-info.com /places/Bulgaria/news/95-08/aug28.omri (1918 words)

	@rgumente » Strategy » Romanian pop music
		Moldova was part of Romania for only 22 years in the last century.
		Roughly a third of Moldova's population is ethnically non-Romanian.
		I was born in the Republic of Moldova.
	www.argumente.ro /strategy/0260121849/index_html?view=flat&pid=6057519022 (2691 words)

	seeurope.net :: View Story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Romanian President Traian Basescu said yesterday that he was eager to build closer ties between his country and neighboring Moldova, which until 1940 was part of Romania.
		Basescu has made improving relations with Moldova one of his top foreign policy goals, and his one-day visit yesterday to Moldova was his first foreign trip as Romania’s president.
		Basescu pledged his country’s strong support for Moldova, saying that Romania was ready to provide its neighbor with electricity, which Moldova needs after Trans-Dniester, a Russian-speaking separatist province in eastern Moldova, cut electricity supplies from plants in the east.
	www.seeurope.net /en/Story.php?StoryID=54495&LangID=1 (202 words)

	Moldova
		Moldova (formerly Moldavia) is a landlocked republic of hilly plains lying east of the Carpathian Mountains between the Prut and Dniester (Dnestr) rivers.
		Moldova - Moldova, officially Republic of Moldova, republic (2005 est.
		Moldova: History - History A historic passageway between Asia and S Europe, Moldova was often subject to invasion and...
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0107787.html (794 words)

	Romanian Register
		I was to observe a fact finding meeting in Suceava (part of the Romanian region of Moldova) this Tuesday so Paul suggested that we drive there.
		I had mici (pronounced meech), skinless sausage that is a Romanian specialty) for the first time since I came back to Romania and it was superb.
		During the discussion, a Romanian told me that it was an old saying that "the best vegetable is pork." I agree completely.
	home.xnet.com /~jkelley/RomRegister.fldr/RomRegister06.html (1527 words)

	Moldova.org - Music - Interview - O-Zone Breathes Fresh Air Into European Pop Music Scene (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The song was a success in Romania last summer, especially in the disco clubs of the Romanian Black Sea coast.
		O-Zone is not the first East European, or even the first Romanian band to make it in the West.
		Moldova was part of Romania until World War II, and 65 percent of its population of 4.5 million is Romanian.
	muzica.moldova.org /articole/eng/330 (1246 words)

	Moldova Slaps Sanctions on Russian-Speaking Dnestr Region - NEWS - MOSNEWS.COM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Ex-Soviet Moldova slapped sanctions on its separatist Dnestr region on Friday but said they would be lifted if the hardline Slavs running the enclave allowed Romanian-language schools to function, Reuters reported.
		It fought a brief war with mainly Romanian-speaking Moldova in 1992 in the aftermath of the collapse of Soviet rule.
		In response, the Moldovan government ordered all export certificates to be stopped from Dnestr, a largely industrial region which first broke away from Moldova in 1990 when it was a Soviet republic.
	www.mosnews.com /news/2004/07/30/dnestr.shtml (602 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		13, 2004 Parents, teachers and pupils from Romanian-language schools in Moldova's breakaway Dniester region have attended a protest rally in Chisinau organized by journalists who accuse Teleradio-Moldova management of firing staff critical of the government.
		A row broke out between Moldova and Dniester earlier this summer after the authorities in the predominantly Russian-speaking region refused to register schools which use the Latin alphabet.
		The protestors adopted a resolution in which they expressed their indignation that "two months after Smirnov's regime organized acts of terror against children, parents and teachers of the Dniester region schools with tuition in the Latin script, the schools problem still remains unsolved, and the ideologists and executors of the criminal actions remain unpunished".
	www.asu.edu /educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art4658.txt (246 words)

	License Plates of Moldova (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Transdniester Region is a part of Moldova that declared itself independent in 1990.
		Moldova seceded from the Soviet Union in 1991.
		The region of Transdnistria seceded unilaterally from Moldova in 1990.
	www.worldlicenseplates.com /world/EU_MOLD.html (51 words)

	Articles - Eastern Moldova (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The name eastern Moldova (usually with either a lowercase "e") refersâ€”usually in a historical contextâ€”to the eastern territory of the old Principality of Moldova, roughly equal in territory to the present-day Republic of Moldova, minus Transnistria.
		This territory was annexed in 1812 by the Russian Empire together with Ottoman Bessarabia, a region that had at that time been part of the Ottoman Empire for 328 years.
		While Ottoman Bessarabia corresponded mainly to what now is known as Budjak and is part of Ukraine (along the Black Sea south of Moldova), the Russians applied the name Bessarabia to the entire annexed territory.
	www.mountainbikescenter.com /articles/Eastern_Moldova (267 words)

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