By Tom Balmforth and Alexander Tanas CHISINAU (Reuters) -Moldovan President Maia Sandu said Sunday's twin votes faced an "unprecedented" assault from outside interference after preliminary results showed the election heading for a tight run-off and an EU referendum going to the wire.

Pro-western Maia Sandu witnesses a major test as partial results for the EU referendum indicate that Moldova might say ’no’ to a constitutional amendment which will pave the way for it to join the reg

Moldova's pro-Western president, Maia Sandu, accused criminal groups of attempting to derail a referendum on EU membership, despite winning the first presidential race round. As diaspora votes are counted,