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The president of Moldova has refused to sign into law a measure that would have called for the chemical castration of foreigners and Moldovans convicted of sexually abusing children in Moldova.
Moldovan Prime Minister Vlad Filat said Communists are undermining the country's flag
After more than 900 days without a president, Moldovan lawmakers chose Nicolae Timofti. But can the soft-spoken judge advance reform and European integration in a country where political power is evenly divided between the pro-Western ruling coalition and the opposition Communists?
Moldovan legislators have elected a new president, ending a political deadlock that had left the country without a full-time head of state since 2009.
Yevgeny Shevchuk, the newly-elected leader of the breakaway Moldovan territory of Transdniester, has told a meeting of the separatist Supreme Council that almost all of Transdniester's currency reserves disappeared under the administration of his predecessor, Igor Smirnov.
