Moldova's Transdniestria Region Jan-Oct Industrial Output Rises 42%

The region's industrial production through October totalled $928.1 million (737 million euro), the ministry said in a statement.

The output of the power generating sector rose by 49% to $120 million in the first ten months of the year. The production of the region's main industrial sector, ferrous metallurgy, grew by an annual 39% to $430.2 million.

Transdniestria is located on the eastern bank of the River Dniestr in eastern Moldova. It broke away from Moldova in 1990 as its largely Slavic, pro-Russian population feared that the country's Romanian-speaking majority would unite with neighbouring Romania.

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