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Category: City & Regions
The Congress of Azerbaijanis of Moldova (CAM) congratulated its vice-chairman Ramiz Ansarov on winning the second round of local elections of Orhei mayor held on May 31, 2026.
The Central Electoral Commission (CEC) presented the results of the second round of local elections in the three localities that elected mayors on Sunday, May 31, 2026. They will govern for the remaining one and a half years until the next local elections.
The local self-government reform is necessary, but its success depends on financial instruments, said Edinet mayor Constantin Cojocaru.
In 2025, 1055 settlements in Moldova will have access to centralized water supply systems, which is 69.1% of the total number of towns and villages in the country, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.
One of the main mistakes of Moldovan territorial development policy is that territory is too often seen as an administrative unit rather than a historically established economic system. The authorities look at a map and see districts, mayoralties, settlements, budgets, roads, schools, hospitals, population. But this map almost always hides another, much more important map – the map of lost functions.
Due to climate change, the Republic of Moldova will increasingly face natural disasters such as the recent floods. This fact requires citizens to carefully consider risks at the stage of housing construction in order to minimize threats, and authorities at the central and local levels to have clear policies to prevent major losses and tragedies.
Chisinau City Hall will organize festive events from 30 May to 1 June 2026, dedicated to the International Children’s Day.
Today, during a meeting of the Chisinau Municipal Council, Svetlana Dogotara was elected vice mayor of the capital. Councillors of the PAS faction consider this decision illegal.
Today, the Green Theater of Chisinau will host the official opening of the summer season. A musical show with the participation of famous artists is prepared for residents and guests of the capital. The entrance to the concert is free.
The Chisinau authorities inform that the Municipal Center for Training and Education is launching the program “Employment for All” of the 2026 edition.
When they talk about local elections in Moldova, they almost always discuss people. Who will win, who will lose, which party will be strengthened, who is behind whom, who has made a deal with whom, and how this will affect the big political game. Then the elections pass, the passions gradually subside, the elected mayors return to their daily work – and it turns out that the main issue has been left aside again.
Romanian Prime Minister Ilie Bolhogan congratulated the Moldovan authorities for the “determination” shown in the implementation of the administrative reform on voluntary unification of settlements. He emphasized that this model, based on reducing costs and increasing the efficiency of institutions, is an urgent need for Romania as well.
Moldovan President Maia Sandu compared the reform of the local public administration to a long-standing popular tradition of mutual assistance – “claca”. The head of state said that historically, in our villages, big things were done together, through mutual assistance, and this reform is, in fact, a “claka” between villages.
The Leova City Administration is preparing to issue municipal bonds for a total amount of 9 million lei, intended to finance projects for the reconstruction of the urban environment and infrastructure development of public spaces in the central district of the city.
Administrative reform and its necessity have been discussed in Moldova for many decades. The problem of empty villages, incapable of development and dependent on central budget transfers, did not arise yesterday.
Details of the reform of the education system have emerged. It involves the transfer of education departments and, consequently, schools from local authorities to the direct subordination of the Ministry of Education and Research. In this context, the government proposes to reduce the share of personal income tax that remains in the budgets of Chisinau and Balti municipalities from 50% to 45% of the amount collected.
The first stage of the project “Energy Efficiency of Kindergartens in Chisinau”, an initiative to modernize the municipal educational infrastructure, will start in 12 kindergartens in the capital.
The Chisinau City Hall announced the launch of a tender for the reconstruction and creation of the “Eugen Doga” Center.
The Congress of Local Authorities of Moldova (CALM) criticizes the government’s new decree on administrative-territorial reform and accuses the executive branch of lacking real consultation with local authorities.
The authorities have abolished the condition that set a maximum distance of 25 kilometers between the administrative centers of the administrative-territorial units involved in the process of voluntary unification (amalgamation). The decision was adopted by the government on Wednesday, May 27.
