The head (bashkan) of the Gagauzia autonomous region of Moldova, Evghenia Guțul, was detained at Chisinau airport. She is a suspect in a criminal case involving accusations of receiving money ...

In Moldova's recent EU referendum, 95% of voters in the region of Gagauzia voted against the EU. Why do people there lean towards Russia despite support from the EU and Russia's war in Ukraine? DW ...

Moldova's pro-European government faces a new challenge from its restive pro-Moscow Gagauzia region after its leaders denounced proposed judicial reforms and demanded enhanced status for the ...

The leader of Moldova's minority Gagauzia region, at odds with the ex-Soviet state's central authorities over her pro-Moscow sympathies, returned on Wednesday from her second trip to Russia in a ...

A Moldovan court on Tuesday opened the trial of the Gagauzia region's Kremlin-allied governor who is accused of channelling funds from Russia to a pro-Moscow party. Evgenia Gutul, who emerged out ...

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 and a ...

Relations between Chisinau and Comrat sharply deteriorated following Gutsul’s 2023 election as head of Gagauzia. Gutsul, an opposition candidate, expressed her intent to strengthen the region ...

The Kremlin is hoping to use Transnistria and Gagauzia to conduct hybrid operations to destabilise Moldova in the run-up to EU accession talks and presidential elections. Source: Institute for the ...

The head of Moldova’s autonomous Gagauzia region, Yevgenia Gutsul, said that she was against the current government's policy of severing ties with Russia. "We are not separatists, as they call us.