• Landlocked country in Eastern Europe
• Area: 33,843 km2; Population: 2.38 million
• Borders: Romania (west) and Ukraine (north, east, south)
• Capital: Chișinău; parliamentary democratic republic

• Part of the Principality of Moldavia from the 14th century
• Became known as Bessarabia after 1812
• Briefly autonomous after the 1917 Russian Revolution
• Declared independence in February 1918; integrated into Romania
• Transferred to the Soviet Union in 1940; developed into Moldavian SSR

• Independent Moldova declared on 27 August 1991
• Transnistria under de facto control since 1990
• Constitution adopted in 1994; pro-Western government under Maia Sandu since 2020
• EU candidate status achieved in June 2022; accession talks began December 2023
• Poorest country in Europe by GDP; service sector dominates economy

List of newspapers published in Moldova.