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Moldova's pro-Western president, Maia Sandu, has announced her intention to seek reelection next year and has called for a referendum on the country's potential EU accession. Sandu emphasized that Moldova's future lies in the European family and called for a clear decision on the country's path.
Moldovan President Maia Sandu on Sunday said she would seek a second term next year as she looks to steer the former Soviet republic to EU membership.Sandu, a 51-year-old former World Bank economist, is leading polls for the presidential vote to be held by late next year.
In a post on Facebook, Sandu said she would run in the 2024 election.
Moldova's pro-European President Maia Sandu said on Sunday she intends to run for a second presidential term in late 2024 to bring the issue of the country's European integration to its logical conclusion. "We still have important steps to take and I pledge to continue, if you will give me your trust for a new term," Sandu said in a statement published on the presidential website. Sandu, a former World Bank economist who favours closer ties with the European Union, defeated the pro-Moscow incumbent Igor Dodon in a run-off vote in December 2020.
An unknown person threw a stun grenade into a party attended by journalists from the BBC Russian Service in a bar in Riga, Latvia, according to reports by Novaya Gazeta Europe and German broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW), citing eyewitnesses, including BBC staff.