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 ...

Gagauzia's 140,000 residents, mainly ethnic Turks who adhere to Orthodox Christianity, have had uneasy relations with central authorities since Moldova threw off Soviet rule in 1991.

Like 95% of voters in Gagauzia, she voted "no" in the referendum on October 20, rejecting the proposal to anchor Moldova's ambition to join the European Union in the country's constitution.

CHISINAU, May 12. /TASS/. The Chisinau District Court ruled to extend by 30 days the house arrest for Yevgenia Gutsul, the head of the autonomous region of Gagauzia in Moldova, who is under ...

CHISINAU, May 20. /TASS/. Evghenia Gutsul, the leader of Moldova’s autonomous region of Gagauzia, said after a court hearing that she would continue her political struggle.

Brussels sanctioned Gagauzia’s Governor Evghenia Gutul and four other regional officials on Monday for promoting separatism and “attempting to overthrow the constitutional order” of Moldova, ...