People in Moldova have backed the Eastern European country's proposed changes to its constitution and commitment to joining the EU by the thinnest of margins in a referendum. Official data put Yes on 50.46% and No on 49.54% on Monday afternoon, with more than 99.6% of votes counted.

CHISINAU, Moldova -- Moldovans voted by a razor-thin majority in favor of securing the country's path toward European Union membership, electoral data showed Monday, after the pro-Western president accused foreign interference and "criminal groups" of trying to undermine the vote in the former Soviet republic.