Moldova, officially the Republic of Moldova, declares its independence from the Soviet Union. Moldova s a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, with an area of 33,843 km2 (13,067 sq mi) and a population of 2.38 million.
Moldova is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. Moldova is a unitary parliamentary representative democratic republic with its capital in Chișinău, the country's largest city. More