Romanian president Traian Basescu said today the country should reconsider its loan agreement with the International Monetary Fund in October. During a meeting with IMF mission

The constitutional referendum held Sunday on directly electing the Moldovan president was declared invalid after turnout fell short of the 33 percent minimum required, official results showed. “The provisional turnout figure of 29.67 percent is representative of the results and is considered quasi-final,” the head of the Central Election Commission …

Moldova’s Acting President Mihai Ghimpu said on Sunday he was convinced Moldovans would go to the polls and end the country’s political deadlock. Moldova held the first-ever referendum Sunday to decide whether the country would transfer the power of electing a president from parliament consent to popular votes.