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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29 October 2020 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General
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Dubăsari is a city in
Transnistria region of the
Republic of Moldova , with a population of 23,650 and functions as the seat of the
Dubăsari (Dubossary) District . The origin of the town name is the plural form of the
Romanian archaic word
dubăsar (“boatman”), a derivative of
dubă (“a small wooden
boat “), so “Dubăsari” means “boatmen”.
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28 October 2020 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General
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Soroca is a city and municipality in
Moldova , situated on the
Dniester river about 160 km north of
Chișinău . It is the administrative center of the
Soroca District . Soroca had an estimated 37,500 inhabitants. The city has a sizable
Romani (Gypsy) minority and is popularly known as the “Romani capital of Moldova.”
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