INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
As Moldova gears up for its presidential election and EU referendum this Sunday, President Maia Sandu is banking on both her victory and a
candidates are vying for the presidency in the Oct
Current opinion polls favor Sandu, who represents the Party of Action and Solidarity, followed by pro-Russian candidate Alexander Stoianoglo
Moldova tomorrow, but I am afraid of the war, Russian rockets, explosions," said Brega, who left Moldova for Romania over 30 years ago for
Mihailescu / AFPMoldovans account for 40% of immigrants to Romania (285,000 people)
In our town, we had only one ethnic Gagauz person and one Russian, but we still had to speak Russian, even though we were Romanian
When Moldova was a part of the U.S.S.R., Romanian was written in the Cyrillic alphabet to distance citizens from their Romanian roots.In
across to Moldova to vote in buses, some of whom had been told to vote against Sandu
were planning to undermine the presidential election and EU referendum by bussing in voters to polling stations at the Moldovan Embassy in
million into paying Moldovans to vote against EU accession and to influence the presidential election result, likely against Sandu
26-year-old Ionut, the owner of a car repair business in the southern Moldovan city of Cahul
with Russia as their neighbor
diversifying electricity sources by connecting to European grids via Romania
held by Evghenia Gutul, the Bashkan (governor) of Gagauzia, who was photographed with Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier this
Soviet states, Mamulashvili said that the Oct
Around 80% of Georgians support EU accession, but a raft of legislation passed by the ruling Georgian Dream party threatens to derail the
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