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The process of voluntary unification of mayoralties will become simpler, more flexible and more adapted to the needs of communities. Amendments to the current mechanism were approved today by the Cabinet of Ministers.
The Chisinau Municipal Council, with the votes of 27 councillors, approved the rates of local taxes and abolished the so-called sanitary levy, excluding it from the list of taxes that will be in force this year. This gives the green light to the procedure of adopting the budget for 2026. However, according to the councillors, in all likelihood this will not be possible until after the Easter holidays.
The parliamentary majority presented a draft Code on the Organization and Functioning of Parliament. In addition to limiting the time of debate in plenary sessions, it enshrines the right of parliament to suspend the activities of local authorities.
Two earthquakes were recorded in Romania early this morning, a few minutes apart. They were recognized by experts as weak and did not cause any damage.
To limit the harmful impact of substances with signs of petroleum products found in the Byk River, specialists of the Environmental Protection Inspectorate installed protective sorption barriers using special materials for their neutralization.
On March 22, the Bikers’ Alley was opened on Iurie Gagarin Boulevard in Chisinau, which should become a new attraction of the capital and a place of attraction for tourists.
Laboratory data show that at present the water in the Dniester does not pose a danger to the Chisinau municipality. This was stated during the meeting of the Municipal Commission for Emergency Situation. The specialists also discussed the information about the stains that appeared in the river Byc.
The drinking water supply was resumed today in Balti mun. as well as in Soroca, Singerei and Floresti districts. This was announced by Prime Minister Alexandru Munteanu. He is making a working visit to the northern region of the country to check the functioning of the water supply systems. An intensified control of the water quality will be carried out in all the settlements where it has been restored.
Almost 75% of buildings in Moldova were commissioned before 2005 and built without modern energy efficiency standards. By 2050, the authorities plan to reduce consumption in the residential sector by 40.8%, and by 2030 to reduce energy consumption to 2.8 million tons of oil equivalent (or 3 million tons of primary energy).
Apă-Canal Chișinău specialists say there is no danger to Chisinau’s water supply. Laboratory data on the quality of water from different points of the Dniester River, collected by Apă-Canal Chișinău specialists, are positive. At the moment, there is no danger of water supply shutdown in the capital. This was announced today by Chisinau Mayor General Ion Ceban.
An extraordinary meeting of deputies of the People’s Assembly (Parliament) of Gagauzia on March 17 approved the date of PAG elections – June 21, 2026.
In Moldova, one mayor’s office has, on average, about 2,700 inhabitants. This is 18 times less than, for example, in Latvia, with which Moldova is comparable in terms of territory and population. The density of mayoralties makes Moldova one of the most fragmented in Europe: there are 27 mayoralties per 1,000 km², while in Georgia there are almost 30 times fewer.
Urban mobility and “green agenda” are among the priorities of Ungheni local authorities to improve the quality of life of citizens.
The Agency for Regional Development “Centru” (ADR Centru), Ungheni municipality and the company Aedificator S.R.L. have signed a construction contract for the implementation of the project “Modernization and reconstruction of road infrastructure to ensure access to the free economic zone (FEZ) “Ungheni-Business”.
The real estate market of Moldova is far from the real market and lives according to its own laws. This has long been perceived as an axiom.
With the support of the Government of Canada, local authorities from Balti municipality will modernize sanitary blocks at the Maxim Gorky Theoretical Lyceum. The total cost of the project is 80 thousand Canadian dollars (over one million lei). Up to 60 thousand Canadian dollars (about 760 thousand lei) is provided by the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives program, and the rest of the sum is invested by the local authorities of the “northern capital”.
The Government is launching a pilot program to replace elevators in apartment buildings. At the initial stage, the program will be a pilot one, and its implementation will last for one year. 40 million lei has been allocated for the first stage.
Projects under the program “Europe Nearby”, through which the modernization of local roads is financed, continue to be implemented in many settlements of the republic. In February, 74 road repair projects were financed under this program. One project, in Ciorescu commune, Chisinau mun. Chisinau, has been completed. This is evidenced by the data provided by the National Bureau of Regional and Local Development.
In order to unblock the situation with the approval of the municipality’s budget for the current year, the Mayor’s Office is ready to waive the sanitary tax (taxa de salubrizare). It was 10 lei per month (120 lei per year) for each registered adult resident.
As of today, the Chisinau municipality will have four deputy mayors, as it has been the case for the last six years. These are Olesa Pshenicki, who will be responsible for the financial sector in the capital’s activity, and Victor Pruteanu, responsible for the social direction.
