Countries

Moldova

Moldova is a landlocked country between Romania and Ukraine, with the Prut river along its western border. It declared independence from the Soviet Union on 27 August 1991. Its official language is Romanian, and its cellars at Milestii Mici hold a record wine collection.

Stone houses with tiled roofs below bare hills at Orheiul Vechi, Moldova

Orheiul Vechi

Photo: Intero Tillen, CC BY-SA 4.0

Blue, yellow and red, the same colours as Romania's tricolour, set apart by the coat of arms: an eagle holding a cross, over a shield with an aurochs head. Adopted in 1990.

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