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Moldova: Zelenskyy presses NATO, EU case at Moldova summit close to Ukraine's border
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Moldova: Zelenskyy presses NATO, EU case at Moldova summit close to Ukraine’s border

BULBOACA: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pressed his case for Ukraine to be part of the NATO military alliance as he joined European leaders on Thursday in…

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Moldovan: Moldovan oligarch sentenced to 15 years in $1B bank theft
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Moldovan: Moldovan oligarch sentenced to 15 years in $1B bank theft

CHISINAU: A fugitive Moldovan oligarch and opposition party leader was sentenced in absentia Thursday to 15 years in jail for his role in a one-billion-dollar…

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Georgian ruling party withdraws ‘foreign agents’ bill after two nights of protest

TBILISI: Georgia’s ruling party said on Thursday it was dropping a bill on “foreign agents” after two nights of violent protests against what opponents said…

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Zelensky: Zelensky says if China aligns with Russia, there will be a world war
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Zelensky: Zelensky says if China aligns with Russia, there will be a world war

BERLIN: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned China in a newspaper interview on Monday against supporting Russia in its war on Ukraine and said doing so…

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Romania: Romania detects suspicious weather balloon in its airspace

BUCHAREST: The Romanian Air Force‘s surveillance system detected an aerial object that looked like a weather balloon flying in the country’s airspace, the defence ministry…

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Moldova: Moldova closes airspace, one day after warning of Russian coup plot
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Moldova: Moldova closes airspace, one day after warning of Russian coup plot

CHISINAU: Moldova temporarily closed its air space on Tuesday, one day after the tiny east European country’s president accused Russia of plotting to bring down…

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Russia denies claims it plans to destabilize Moldova
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Russia denies claims it plans to destabilize Moldova

MOSCOW: Russia on Tuesday angrily rejected the Moldovan president’s claims about an alleged plot by Moscow to overthrow her government and accused Moldovan authorities of…

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Moldova president says Russia plans to topple govt, derail joining EU

CHISINAU (MOLDOVA): Moldova‘s president outlined on Monday what she described as a plot by Moscow to use external saboteurs to overthrow her country’s government, put…

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Moldova: Moldova's President outlines Russian 'plan' to topple govt
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Moldova: Moldova’s President outlines Russian ‘plan’ to topple govt

CHISINAU: Moldova‘s President outlined on Monday what she described as a plot by Moscow to use external saboteurs to overthrow her country’s government, put the…

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Moldovan prime minister announces government's resignation
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Moldovan prime minister announces government’s resignation

CHISINAU: Moldovan Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilita announced on Friday that her government was resigning, after a turbulent 18 months in power marked by economic turmoil…

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