Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova accused Romania of occupying Bessarabia until 1940. She was angered by a Romanian Foreign Ministry announcement praising the replacement of the ...

Landlocked Moldova doesn't have a navy, and isn't known as a regional military heavyweight, but that isn't keeping it from battling with Romania over the existence of a "Moldovan" language. The ...

Moldovan lawmakers on Thursday voted in favor of a divisive bill that will replace references to the country’s official national language from Moldovan to Romanian in the Constitution and in ...

~ BORDERS ~ ROMANIAN ACROSS BORDERS: IDENTITY, MIGRATION, CULTURE, AND LINGUISTIC CHANGE IN THE ROMANCE FAMILY The conference aims to delve into the unique evolution of Romanian as a Romance language ...

Moldovan leaders on Thursday celebrated 'Romanian Language Day' - although some pro-Russian politicians still resent the term and insist the language should be called 'Moldovan'. Over 450 people ...

Romanian President Ion Iliescu late last month signed new legislation which grants ethnic minorities the right to use their language, under certain conditions, in local administrations. Romania's ...

A leading academic institution in Romania has slammed Moldovan President Igor Dodon for claiming that his country has its own language, calling the theory a Soviet-era distortion. Moldovan President ...

Romanian President Klaus Iohannis on Monday encouraged Romanian families worldwide to teach their children the national language, while Prime Minister Victor Ponta stressed the Romanian language is ...