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"În suflet eram (și sunt) mai român decât mulți dintre învinuitori." [41] "In my soul I was (and am) more Romanian than most of my accusers." Vladimir Voronin, President of Moldova (2001–2009), an adversary of the common Romanian-Moldovan ethnic identity, acknowledged at times the existence of a common language:
Moldovans, sometimes referred to as Moldavians (Romanian: moldoveni, Moldovan Cyrillic: молдовень, pronounced [moldoˈvenʲ]), are the ethnic group native to the Moldova, who mostly speak the Romanian language, locally referred also as Moldovan. 77.18% of the Moldovan population declared Moldovan ethnicity in the 2024 Moldovan census, and Moldovans form significant communities in ...
Another poll made between 5 May and 14 May showed 34.7% of Moldovans supported union and 49.7% of them opposed it. [175] In May 2022, a poll in Moldova found that 30.7% supported reunification, while 27.1% were in favour of recognizing Transnistria's independence. [176] In June 2022, another Moldovan poll found 35.2% supported unification. [177]
Electoral speech by Mihail Garbuz [Wikidata] affirming Moldovan identity. Moldovenism is a term used to describe the political support and promotion of a Moldovan identity and culture, including a Moldovan language, independent from those of any other ethnic group, the Romanians in particular.
In contrast, regarding the usually spoken language (limbă vorbită de obicei; distinct from the mother tongue) in 2024 Moldovan census, 46.0% declared it to be "Moldovan" and 33.2% declared it to be Romanian, with both adding up to 79.2%. The two had together an increase of 0.5% compared to the 2014 census, and there was a significant increase ...
As of 2022, the country's population density is 82.8 inhabitants per 1 km 2, and average life expectancy was 71.5 years (67.2 for males, and 75.7 for females). [179] There are 100 women per 90 men in Moldova, and employed women have significantly higher levels of education, though women continued to earn 13.6% less than men on average. [ 179 ]
Three years of war with Russia and the threat of U.S. support dwindling has many Ukrainians ready for a ceasefire, but they want some guarantees.
On 2 March 2023, the Moldovan parliament voted to replace the phrases "Moldovan language", "state language" and "official language" in Moldovan legislation with the phrase "Romanian language". The change was presented not as a constitutional change, but only a technical one, as it would implement the 2013 decision of the Constitutional Court of ...