{"id":5314,"date":"2020-10-01T20:13:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-01T17:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zdg.md\/en\/?p=5314"},"modified":"2020-10-04T21:45:25","modified_gmt":"2020-10-04T18:45:25","slug":"moldovas-gross-external-debt-reaches-half-of-the-countrys-gdp-what-do-the-numbers-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/moldovas-gross-external-debt-reaches-half-of-the-countrys-gdp-what-do-the-numbers-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Moldova&#8217;s Gross External Debt Reaches Half of the Country&#8217;s GDP. 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