Moldovan Business Environment

Introduction:

The Republic of Moldova is a small, densely populated country, which gained its independence and became a sovereign state on 27 August 1991. It is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. The capital city is Chisinau (Chi?inau).

Teritory:

The distance between the North and the South extremities is 350 km, and from East to West is 150 km. Moldova shares borders with Romania and Ukraine.

Moldova is currently divided into 37 first-tier units, including 32 districts, three municipalities (Chisinau, Balti, Bender), one autonomous territorial unit (Gagauzia) and one territorial unit (Transnistria).