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The Moldovan parliament: set to vote on the country's president on Monday (Photo: Moldovan government)

Moldova faces crunch vote on new president

The Moldovan Parliament on Monday (7 December) is set to make a renewed attempt to elect the country's president. Failure to do so would trigger early elections next year and alarm international lenders and the EU, says Marian Lupu, the only candidate for the job.

"I am the only contender because the Communist Party decided not to put forward a counter-candidate. But this is not against Moldovan law," Mr Lupu told this website last week, while in Brussels for a series of meetings with E...

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The Moldovan parliament: set to vote on the country's president on Monday (Photo: Moldovan government)

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