After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Gagauzia, a Russian-speaking region, wary of the largely Romanian-speaking authorities in Chisinau, Moldova’s capital, declared itself a separate state.

Gagauzia is an autonomous region in southern Moldova that is home to 160,000 people, most of them Orthodox Christians of Turkic origin.

Afterward, he posted on his Twitter account that he "underlined in Comrat" that the Association Agreement is "a nationwide project for Moldova" with a role for all regions, including Gagauzia.

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.

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 ...

Gagauzia, in Moldova's south, is increasingly at odds with Moldova's pro-European President Maia Sandu over the election last year of Eugenia Gutul as "bashkan", or leader.

Moldova’s national anticorruption body announced Wednesday that it detained the governor of the autonomous Gagauzia region. Evghenia Gutul was detained Tuesday at the Chisinau International ...

Gagauzia is Moldova’s poorest region, populated by a Russian-speaking Turkic minority that settled in Ottoman times. Now, the European Union, Russia and Turkey are competing for influence in the ...