Odessa, 18/03/2008 (Agence Europe) - Following extension of its mandate till November 2009, the European Union Border Assistance Mission (EUBAM) to Moldova and Ukraine has entered its fifth phase. Since 2005, the mission has continued to provide assistance to customs services and to the Moldovan and Ukrainian border guards operating in a highly politicised context given the frozen conflict in the self-proclaimed region of Transnistria (the official denomination being the Transnistria region...