The February 2 referendum asked locals if they favor closer relations with the EU or the CIS Customs Union, and whether Gagauzia should be able to declare independence in the event that Moldova ...

Turkey and Russia are competing influences in Moldova’s only autonomous region, where most locals eye Moldova’s courtship of the EU with suspicion.

The struggle to save Gagauz, a Turkic tongue used by dwindling numbers of people in an ethnic enclave of Moldova, reflects the emotional power of language loyalties across the former Soviet Union.

About 10 percent of the graduating students in the Gagauz Autonomous Region of Moldova failed their final exams in Romanian language and literature this year. The poor showing sent tremors through ...

Russia on Wednesday condemned the arrest of the leader of Moldova's pro-Russian Gagauz ethnic minority, saying it was a blatant example of trying to use the methods of a police state to neutralise ...

Interestingly, the detailed study of microsatellite haplotypes revealed some sharing between the Gagauz and Turkish lineages, providing some support of the hypothesis of the "Seljuk origin" of the ...

Independent Moldovan news outlet NewsMaker published an article about the Gagauz people, who live both in Moldova and Ukraine. Global Voices translated the article, edited for clarity, and republished ...

(Bloomberg) -- The European Union sanctioned top officials of Moldova’s autonomous region of Gagauzia for attempting to undermine the country’s sovereignty, days before presidential elections ...

Twelve Russian soldiers have fled their positions in the temporarily occupied Kherson region. They were reportedly dressed in civilian clothing, according to the Telegram channel of the partisan ...