The establishment of UTA Gagauzia. History-making Events

MoldovaLive, 12 May 2025 13:50

The Autonomous Territorial Unit Gagauzia (Gagauz-Yeri) is an autonomous region in the south-west of the Republic of Moldova, inhabited mainly by Gagauz, an ethnic group culturally close to the Turks, but of Christian Orthodox faith. A separatist entity in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Gagauzia eventually accepted the sovereignty of Chisinau. The law on […] The post The establishment of UTA Gagauzia. History-making Events appeared first on Moldova.

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17 May 2025
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