For as long as I can remember, I have struggled to explain to people where I’m from. Americans know of the Soviet Union but have little idea of the different characters of the republics that ...

Moldova marks 30 years of independence from Soviet rule Moldova’s pro-Western president has been joined in the capital Chisinau by her counterparts from Romania, Poland, and Ukraine to celebrate ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was invited as special guest at the opening ceremony of the Danish EU presidency, ...

But with the end of the Soviet Union, Moldova, like other Republics, gained independence, and post-Soviet Russia's embrace has been difficult to shake off, particularly with Vladimir Putin and the ...

Sandwiched between Romania and Ukraine, Moldova has veered between pro-Western and pro-Russian courses since it emerged as an independent country from the ruins of the Soviet Union.

CHISINAU, Moldova — Sandwiched between Ukraine and Romania, the country of Moldova has often been at the center of a struggle between Moscow and the West. It finds itself in that un… ...

Moldova has been part of the buffer zone for 30 years and for us this meant poverty, corruption, bad governance, emigration. We want to be part of the democratic world.” ...

The struggle to save Gagauz, a Turkic tongue used by dwindling numbers of people in an ethnic enclave of Moldova, reflects the emotional power of language loyalties across the former Soviet Union.

The president on wresting her country from Russia’s influence, cleaning up corruption — and why politics hasn’t made her rich ...