made plans to create 'pure Soviet wines' to compete with French Burgundy and Bordeaux wines. Moldova, known for its good climate and fertile soil, was at the center of this initiative. Khrushchev ...

These wines generally are made with unfamiliar grapes or come from lesser-known regions. That’s what makes them great values. By Eric Asimov So many issues swirl around wine these days.

You can probably assume that the tequila shot staring at you from the sticky bartop isn’t good for you. But what about that glass of red wine at dinner?

I'm RFE/RL Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak, and this week I'm assessing the chances that Transdniester could abandon Russia and rejoin Moldova. What You Need To Know: When speaking to European ...

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Moldova on Thursday “urgently” summoned Russia’s ambassador after drones from the war in neighboring Ukraine exploded on its territory, while NATO member Romania reported its airspace had been ...

Winemaker Maxime Chapoutier would be arrested if he tried to sell two of his newest wines in his native France. "There would likely be outrage about these wines in France, and that would be a good ...

In the wake of the latest developments in Moldova and TRM’s withdrawal from the forthcoming Eurovision Song Contest 2025, ESCToday reached out to the EBU for a statement regarding this matter.

Ilan Shor is a 37-year-old former politician in Moldova wanted by that country’s authorities for what officials there have dubbed “the theft of the century” that took place about a decade ago.

"Now Russia is holding hostage, one might say, all of Transnistria, the Transnistrian region of Moldova. It caused a jump in electricity prices in most of Moldova. And we all see it. It is not ...

An energy crisis that has left hundreds of thousands of people without heating and hot water in the breakaway region of Transnistria could soon end, officials in Moldova said Monday The Moldovan ...