European country twice the size of Wales with 400,000 residents – but it 'doesn't exist'
The state of Transnistria isn't recognised by most major world powers, but a traveller who visited the former Soviet state says it's the cheapest holiday ever ...
Inside European country that's 'cheapest on continent' – but which doesn't actually exist
Drew Binsky, who has visited 194 of the 197 recognised countries in the world, headed to Transnistria to see just how far $10 could be stretched in the breakaway state ...
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Moldova's breakaway Transnistria region opts for self-imposed energy blockade
By Iulian Ernst in Bucharest With no natural gas and insufficient electricity produced from its limited coal reserves, the pro-Russian separatist Transnistria region in Moldova has chosen to live ...