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Pro Western Prime Minister For Moldova

by AlvarezGalloso | September 25, 2009 at 10:11 am

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The Moldovan Parliament has approved the selection of Vlad Filat as the nation's prime minsiter. The selection of Mr. Filat comes after the political crisis in Moldova following the first elections in the springtime and then a repeat election in the summer which saw the governing Communist Party lose their majority.

While the next problem for Moldova is the selection of a new President which requires a 66% majority, Mr. Filat states that his priority is to integrate Moldova into the "European Community". The EU appears to have responded positively to the election and to the desire of the new Moldovan Government to broaden its relationship with Europe.

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Babel-Fish

at 13:30 on September 25th, 2009

q url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moldova"]

Moldova /mɒlˈdoʊvə/ (help·info), officially the Republic of Moldova (Republica Moldova) is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east and south.

In antiquity, the territory of the present day country was part of Dacia, then fell under the influence of the Roman Empire. In the Middle Ages, most of the present territory of Moldova was part of the Principality of Moldavia. In 1812, the eastern part of this principality was annexed by the Russian Empire and became known as Bessarabia. Between 1856 and 1878, two southern counties were returned to Moldavia, which in 1859 united with Wallachia to form modern Romania.

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I must admit I had never heard of the place before and I expect I am not alone...?