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Wed 09 Sep 2009Moldova still frozen in cold war limbo between East and West

CHISINAU LETTER: The EU is determined not to admit a country with an unresolved territorial dispute, writes ANGELA LONG

THIS PLEASANT, park-dotted city of 750,000 is the capital of Moldova, the poorest country in Europe. And that’s not hyperbole, but statement, supported by woeful GDP of about €750 per head.