 Capital: Chişinău
Population: 4 millions
The Republic of Moldova lies in the central part of Europe in the northwestern Balkans. Moldova occupies an area of 33,843.5 km2.
The capital of Moldova is Chisinau. On the North, East and South Moldova is surrounded by Ukraine, and on the West it is separated from Romania by the Prut River. |
The head of the parliamentary group of friendship with Moldova, Josette Durrieu, believes that Moldova is close to its being lifted the Council of Europe's monitoring procedure.
Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin yesterday received the director general for external economic relations at the Austrian Federal Economy and Labour Ministry, co-head of the Moldovan-Austrian inter-governmental commission for economic cooperation, Johann Sachs, on a visit to Moldova, according to the presidential press service.
President Vladimir Voronin, on a working visit to Bulgaria, yesterday met Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov, according to the presidential press service. .
