Moldova Court Rules Official Language is Romanian

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Moldova Court Rules Official Language is Romanian
Madalin Necsutu

The Constitutional Court backed a proposed constitutional amendment from pro-European MPs saying that the country’s official language should be called Romanian rather than Moldovan.

The Constitutional Court on Tuesday approved a draft bill signed by 35 MPs to amend the law so that the official language is classified as Romanian instead of Moldovan.

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What is currently referred to in the constitution as Moldovan is the same language as Romanian, although written in the Cyrillic alphabet. It was renamed Moldovan when the country was under Soviet control.

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