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EU steps in to reverse Russian embargo on Moldovan fruits

Moldova's farmers hail the EU's help to counter a Russian embargo as a show of solidarity and economic opportunity.

The European Parliament voted to allow Moldova to export up to 60,000 tonnes of fruit without paying taxes. [AFP]

The Central Electoral Bureau (BEC) has handed out, on Thursday, the mandates proving their election as MEPs following the vote on May 25.

The PSD-UNPR-PC alliance of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), the National Union for Romania's Progress (UNPR) and the Conservative Party (PC) won 16 seats in the European Parliament in the May 25 European elections in Romania, spokesman for the Central Electoral Bureau Marian Muhulet announced on Thursday.