MOLDOVA
Private/Passenger
(A) As part of the Soviet Union
(B) 1992: Country abbreviation is MLD
(C) 1993: Country abbreviation changed to MD. Black on yellow emblem sticker.
(D) 1995: Yellow sticker replaced by moulded national emblem attachment.
(E) 2011: Blue band (left side) with coat-of-arms.
(F) 2015: Blue band with country flag; all serial without town or county coding.
(B) 1992: Country abbreviation is MLD
(C) 1993: Country abbreviation changed to MD. Black on yellow emblem sticker.
(D) 1995: Yellow sticker replaced by moulded national emblem attachment.
(E) 2011: Blue band (left side) with coat-of-arms.
(F) 2015: Blue band with country flag; all serial without town or county coding.
Plate History
Non-Passenger/Other
(A) TACIS = Technical Assistance to the Commonwealth of Independent States
2010 - 2015
Transnistria
Transnistria is a region of Moldova east of the River Dniester which seceded in
1992. This secession is internationally not recognized but it has not been disputed
by either Russia or Moldova.
Since 1995, the region has issued its own plates for private and state-owned vehicles.
Since 1995, the region has issued its own plates for private and state-owned vehicles.
Country Information
| Location | Eastern Europe |
| Capital | Chisinau |
| Main Religion | Christianity (orthodoxy) |
| National Language | Moldovan. The other official language is Russian. (Ethnologists differ on whether Moldovan is a separate language from Romanian.) |
| History | Moldova seceded from the Soviet Union in 1991. Transnistria (see this page) seceded unilaterally from Moldova in 1992. The region of Gagauzia is autonomous. |
| International Oval | MD |
| ISO Code | MD |
Credits
Photo & data contributors
(1) Jim Fox/Greg Gibson(2) John Perez(3) Dirk Elbers(4) Cedric Sabine