 | AN ANCIENT CIVILIZATION once existed on the left bank of the Dniester. Find out how, for more than 5,000 years, the river formed an international border between two separate and very distinct cultures. [more] |  | | |  | A RIVER OF BLOOD was the promise to Moldova's Slavic minority in 1990. Ethnic conflict played a role in independence struggles on both sides of the Dniester river. [more] |
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Chisinau, the capital of Moldova. The EU's Javier Solana rules out EU membership for the country which is mired in corruption
This photo is from the following article:European Union membership is out of the question for Moldova until it first solves the territorial status of Transdniester. European officials also say that any solution must comply with the will of Transdniestria's voters. The inhabitants of the 'de facto' country are overwhelmingly in favor of independent statehood. [more]
