"We could have all of this in America. As a country, we're far wealthier. But all of our wealth is centered in a tiny sliver ...

Separatist region says imports, exports hit by energy crisis Region hit by daily blackouts, shutdown of industry Moldova's pro-European president calls meeting on energy issues CHISINAU ...

After splitting from Moldova in 1990 as the Soviet Union crumbled ... schools and colleges have extended the winter vacation until January 20, far later than scheduled. Many kindergartens have ...

In the capital of Transnistria, a Kremlin-backed microstate sandwiched between Moldova and Ukraine, the festive New Year’s lights have gone dark ahead of schedule. This separatist sliver of Moldova ...

The head of Moldova’s breakaway region Transnistria has urged residents to burn firewood for heating and warned that blackouts cannot be avoided, after Moscow stopped supplying gas via Ukraine ...

A renegade part of Moldova once boasted it would become a Russian-speaking Switzerland. Now without gas, its leader assured residents, “We will not allow a societal collapse.” A renegade part ...

But not in Moldova. Russia is seeking to use the cutoff, analysts and officials say, as a part of a concerted effort to weaken the pro-Western government in the small nation, which is sandwiched ...

End of Ukraine gas transit deal plunges Moldova region into crisis Local officials announce longer rolling blackouts Industry closed down, residents without heating, hot water KYIV, Jan 4 (Reuters ...

This week's cut-off of Russian gas supplies could create a humanitarian crisis in the breakaway Transnistria region, sparking public discontent and that might threaten Moldova's path towards the ...

Moldova’s pro-Moscow breakaway region of Transnistria halted almost all industrial activity except for food production, following the end of Russian gas flows through Ukraine, Interfax reported ...

Russian-owned gas giant Gazprom announced in December it would halt gas supplies to Moldova over a dispute over an alleged $US709 million ($1.1 billion) debt for past ...