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Medevac helicopter crash: Moldovan government offers financial aid to families of dead crew

June 8, 2016

The Moldovan government announced on Wednesday an aid of one million Moldovan lei (more than 44,000 euros) from its reserve fund to the families of the four members of the crew killed in the crash of a Romanian medevac helicopter last Thursday, in Moldova. A release of he Executive in Chisinau to Agerpres quotes Prime […]

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