5049>by Dan Ionescu The year 1997 started in the shadow of the November-December presidential election, which brought about a significant change in Moldova’s leadership. President-elect Petru Lucinschi on 9 January handed in his resignation as parliament speaker. On 15 January, he was sworn in as the country’s second president since Moldova declared its independence from the Soviet Union in August […]
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