French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed the results of the referendum and presidential elections in Moldova. As INFOTAG reports, macron wrote on social networks.

Vladimir Voronin, former president of Moldova and chairman of the Party of Communists, has promised to challenge the results of the referendum on European integration. He practically repeated the statement of fugitive oligarch Iilan Shor, who in Moscow also said that the result of the referendum will be challenged.

The Central Election Commission (CEC) has released the preliminary election results after counting 100% of the voting protocols. According to INFOTAG, none of the 11 candidates won a majority of votes. In the second round of the presidential election went to the incumbent president Maia Sandu, who ran from the PAS party and former Prosecutor General Alexander Stoianoglo, who is supported by the Party of Socialists.

In the referendum on Moldova's European integration 50,38% answered “YES”, “NO” - 49,62%. As the news agency INFOTAG reports, these are the preliminary voting results published on the CEC website after processing 100% of the voting protocols.

On Sunday, 1,562,238 voters took part in the Moldovan presidential election, which is 51.67% of the number of voters included in the voting lists. As “INFOTAG” reports, this was announced at a briefing on Monday by the Chairperson of the Central Election Commission (CEC) Angela Caraman.

Former Minister of Labor and Social Protection Marcel Spatari believes that the results of the referendum should mobilize the electorate in the second round of presidential elections. As the agency INFOTAG reports, he wrote about it on his Facebook page.

Moldovan incumbent President Maia Sandu, who ran from the PAS party, and former Prosecutor General Alexandr Stoianoglo, who is supported by the Party of Socialists, have entered the second round of the presidential election. According to the INFOTAG news agency, this is evidenced by the preliminary election results, which were released Monday morning by the Central Election Commission.

At the referendum on Moldova's European integration, the votes of voters were almost equally divided. As the agency INFOTAG reports, this is evidenced by the results published on Monday morning on the website of the Central Electoral Commission.

Independent presidential candidate Alexandr Stoianoglo, who enjoys the support of the Party of Socialists (PSRM), voted for a peaceful, modern and prosperous Moldova. He announced this at the polling station in Chisinau, where he came together with his wife and two daughters.

Moldova holds on Sunday presidential elections and a constitutional referendum on European integration. According to the INFOTAG news agency, polling stations across the country opened at 7.00 am. They will be open until 21.00.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said that the alliance will help Moldova to counter Russian interference in the electoral process in the republic. As INFOTAG reports, he said this at a briefing in Brussels, after a meeting of NATO defense ministers held on Friday.

The Republic of Moldova has a rather simple choice, to move either towards the Russian model or towards the European model, says French President Emmanuel Macron. He said in an interview with the Moldovan TV channel RLive that Moldovan citizens will have to choose between these two models at the constitutional referendum on October 20, INFOTAG reports.

Maia Sandu is the favorite in the electoral race, more than 35% are ready to vote for her. As INFOTAG reports, this is confirmed by the data of the opinion poll conducted by CBS-AXA at the request of the WatchDog.MD community.

“The situation in Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia will be discussed at the summit of the European Union Council,” announced President of the European Union Charles Michel.

Russia is seeking to disrupt the upcoming presidential election in Moldova and has spent millions of U.S. dollars to do so. The INFOTAG news agency reports, citing RFI, that John Kirby, the National Security Council's coordinator for strategic communications under the U.S. president, said.

Alexei Arestovich, former advisor to the head of the Ukrainian president's office, believes that Moldova should take care of its security. As "INFOTAG" reports, he said this during a program on the YouTube channel of Ukrainian journalist Yuriy Romanenko.

“Coalition for Unity and Welfare” has sent an open letter to European Union Ambassador Janis Mazeiks on the issue of excluding the party's candidate Igor Munteanu from the presidential race. As INFOTAG reports, in the letter Munteanu criticizes the CEC decision, considering that in this way “candidates inconvenient to the ruling party are excluded from the race”.

In Moldova, unlike in Russia, citizens have the right to make a free choice. Foreign Minister Mihai Popşoi said this on Tuesday, answering journalists' questions, at a press conference together with representatives of the North-Baltic Eight countries, INFOTAG reports.

Independent MP Victoria Cazacu, who was earlier expelled from the ruling Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS), joins “Our Party.” She announced this at a briefing on Tuesday.

The observers of the European Network of Election Monitoring Organizations (ENEMO) have found attempts to interfere in the electoral processes in Moldova. This is stated in the preliminary report of the organization, prepared during the first stage of monitoring the election campaign for the presidential elections and the constitutional referendum.