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A woman walks by graffiti done in 2016 by Moldovan artists celebrating 25 years since the country declared its independence from the Soviet Union, in Chisinau, Moldova, Monday, Nov. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Votes of expats tipped the scales for Sandu in a pivotal election; critics cry fraud

By Stephen McGrath and Nicolae Dumitrache - Associated Press

Moldova's President Maia Sandu prepares to cast her vote during a presidential election runoff, in Chisinau, Moldova, Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Moldovans choose president in decisive runoff overshadowed by fraud and intimidation claims

By Stephen McGrath and Vadim Ghirda - Associated Press

Moldova's President Maia Sandu, right, walks by Moldova's Prime Minister Dorin Recean, left, after the polls closed for the presidential election and the referendum on whether to enshrine in the Constitution the country's path to European Union membership, in Chisinau, Moldova, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Moldovans narrowly vote to secure the country’s path toward EU membership

By Stephen McGrath - Associated Press

A woman holds a child as she casts her vote in Chisinau, Moldova, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024, during a presidential election and a referendum on whether to enshrine in the Constitution the country's path to European Union membership. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Moldovans cast votes to choose president and decide on EU path as Russian interference claims spike

By Stephen McGrath - Associated Press

Moldova's President Maia Sandu speaks to people in Magdacesti, Moldova, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, as she seeks a second term in office ahead of a presidential election and a referendum of whether to enshrine in Moldova's Constitution its path to European Union membership taking place on Oct.20. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

EU candidate Moldova to hold two pivotal votes as officials denounce Russian ‘hybrid attacks’

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, speaks during a joint press conference with EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at Mariinsky Palace in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024. The European Union agreed Friday, June 21, 2024, to start membership negotiations with embattled Ukraine and Moldova, another step in the nations' long journey to move closer to the West and mute Russia's influence. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)

EU nations agree to start membership negotiations next week with Ukraine and Moldova

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A boy runs past a statue of Soviet Union founder Vladimir Lenin in Tiraspol, the capital of the Russia-backed breakaway region of Transnistria, in Moldova on Nov. 1, 2021. Since Russia fully invaded Ukraine two years ago, a string of incidents in Transnistria have periodically raised the specter that European Union candidate Moldova could also be in Moscow's crosshairs. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, File)

How events in Moldova’s breakaway Transnistria region raised fears of Russian interference

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Moldova's Foreign Minister Mihai Popsoi speaks during joint statements with Romanian counterpart Luminita Odobescu in Bucharest, Romania, Feb. 6, 2024. Moldova's foreign minister says the past two years for his country have been the hardest and most tumultuous for European Union candidate Moldova in more than three decades as it faces threats from Russia in multiple spheres of public life. (AP Photo/Alexandru Dobre)

Moldova faces multiple threats from Russia as it turns toward EU membership, foreign minister says

By Stephen McGrath and Aurel Obreja - Associated Press

An elderly Moldovan woman is helped to cast her vote, at a hospital, during local elections in Chisinau, Moldova, Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023. Moldovans are casting ballots in nationwide local elections amid claims by Moldovan authorities that Russia has been conducting “hybrid warfare” to undermine the vote in the European Union candidate country. (AP Photo/Aurel Obreja)

Moldova’s pro-Western government hails elections despite mayoral losses in capital and key cities

By Stephen McGrath and Aurel Obreja - Associated Press

A woman casts her vote during local elections in Chisinau, Moldova, Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023. Moldovans will cast ballots in nationwide local elections on Sunday amid claims by Moldovan authorities that Russia has been conducting a "hybrid warfare" to undermine the vote in the European Union candidate country. (AP Photo/Aurel Obreja)

Moldova is voting in local elections as authorities accuse Russia of meddling

By Stephen McGrath and Aurel Obreja - Associated Press

Scales of justice. Photo credit: Daniel Tadevosyan via Shutterstock. *FILE*

Can a prominent politician get a fair trial?

By Tim Constantine

Travelers crowd the entrance to the Chisinau airport in Moldova Friday, June 30, 2023, as it reopened after a lock down prompted by a shooting inside the terminal that left two people dead. A Tajikistan national who was denied entry into Moldova at its main international airport grabbed a guard's weapon and fatally shot two security officers Friday, officials said. One traveler also was wounded.(AP Photo/Aurel Obreja)

Moldova’s prime minister accepts resignation of interior minister after fatal airport shooting

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Travelers crowd the entrance to the Chisinau airport in Moldova Friday, June 30, 2023, as it reopened after a lock down prompted by a shooting inside the terminal that left two people dead. A Tajikistan national who was denied entry into Moldova at its main international airport grabbed a guard's weapon and fatally shot two security officers Friday, officials said. One traveler also was wounded.(AP Photo/Aurel Obreja)

Tajik man who fatally shot 2 at Moldova airport is wanted in a kidnapping case in his native country

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FILE - Clouds pass above the international airport in Chisinau, Moldova, on Aug. 16, 2022. Moldovan authorities say that two people have been fatally shot at the airport in the capital Chisinau by a foreign citizen who was denied entry into the country. As the perpetrator was being escorted by officials at Chisinau International Airport on Friday, June 30, 2023, the individual “took the gun of a border guard” and fatally wounded the two people, authorities said. (AP Photo/Cristian Straista)

A Tajik man fatally shot two officers at Moldova’s airport after he was denied entry, officials say

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Riot police officers stand in line in front of protesters during a protest initiated by the Movement for the People and members of Moldova's Russia-friendly Shor Party, against the pro-Western government and low living standards, in Chisinau, Moldova, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. Thousands of protesters returned to Moldova's capital Tuesday to demand that the country's new pro-Western government fully subsidize citizens' winter energy bills amid skyrocketing inflation. (AP Photo/Aurel Obreja)

U.S. sanctions Russia-backed actors over Moldovan destabilization protests

By Fatima Hussein - Associated Press

Moldova's President Maia Sandu, right, walks with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during arrivals for the European Political Community Summit at the Mimi Castle in Bulboaca, Moldova, Thursday, June 1, 2023. Leaders are meeting in Moldova Thursday for a summit aiming to show a united front in the face of Russia's war in Ukraine and underscore support for the Eastern European country's ambitions to draw closer to the West and keep Moscow at bay. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

European summit in Moldova tackles Ukraine war, regional conflicts

By Justin Spike - Associated Press

A woman runs past the government building, decorated with European Union and Moldovan flags in Chisinau, Moldova, Wednesday, May 31, 2023. Moldova will host the Meeting of the European Political Community on June 1, 2023. Preparations for a major summit of European leaders were still underway in Moldova on Wednesday, a sign of the Eastern European country’s ambitions to draw closer to the West and break with its Russian-dominated past amid the war in neighboring Ukraine. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

EU aspirant Moldova prepares to host major international summit

By Justin Spike and Raf Casert and Jim Heintz - Associated Press

Ships are docked in the Black Sea port of Constanta, Romania, Tuesday, June 21, 2022. Neighbors Romania, Ukraine, and Moldova signed joint agreements on Thursday, April 13, 2023, in Romania's capital after a trilateral security meeting that focussed on ways to strengthen security in their Black Sea region to counter threats posed by Russian aggression. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)

Ukraine, Romania, Moldova boost ties at security meeting

By Stephen McGrath - Associated Press

European Council President Charles Michel, left, arrives with Romanian President Klaus Iohannis for joint statements at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace in Bucharest, Romania, Monday, March 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

European Council chief vows support, ammunition for Ukraine

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Riot police officers stand in line in front of protesters during a protest initiated by the Movement for the People and members of Moldova's Russia-friendly Shor Party, against the pro-Western government and low living standards, in Chisinau, Moldova, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. Thousands of protesters returned to Moldova's capital Tuesday to demand that the country's new pro-Western government fully subsidize citizens' winter energy bills amid skyrocketing inflation. (AP Photo/Aurel Obreja)

Moldova police say they foiled Russia-backed unrest plot

By Aurel Obreja and Stephen McGrath - Associated Press