Language rules changed: Parliament made Romanian the sole working language and ended routine Russian translations, citing its status as the official state language. Opposition backlash: Pro-Russian ...

"About 25% of Moldova’s population is Russian-speaking," Igor Dodon noted MOSCOW, June 15. /TASS/. Moldova's authorities will not be able to ban the Russian language, as it is actively used by up to a ...

Wedged between Ukraine and EU member Romania — with which it shares a common language — Moldova has long been divided over closer ties with Brussels or ...

The Kremlin has approved new measures allowing citizens from Moldova’s breakaway region of Transnistria to gain Russian citizenship more easily, Russia’s state media reported Friday night. A new ...

CHISINAU, May 17 (Reuters) - Moldovan leaders denounced as a threat Russian President Vladimir Putin's offer of simplified Russian citizenship for the country's pro-Russian Transdniestria separatist ...

The accusations that Russia is ‘violating the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Republic of Moldova’ do not stand up to criticism and look like a hypocritical attempt to cover up double ...

MOSCOW, April 21 (Reuters) - The safety of Russian citizens in Moldova's breakaway Transdniestria region is currently under threat and Moscow will take all steps to protect them, Sergei Shoigu, the ...