31 October 2020 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General
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Bender or Tighina (
Romanian) is a city within the internationally recognized borders of
Moldova under control of the unrecognized
Transnistria since 1992. It is located on the western bank of the river
Dniester in the
Romanian historical region of
Bessarabia. Together with its suburb
Proteagailovca, the city forms a municipality, which is separate from
Transnistria (as an administrative unit of Moldova) according to Moldovan law. Bender is located in the
buffer zone established at the end of the 1992
War of Transnistria. While the
Joint Control Commission has overriding powers in the city, Transnistria has administrative control. The fortress of Tighina was one of the important historic fortresses of the
Principality of Moldova.
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