municipal council

There is a paradoxical situation in the municipal council. Since December 3, attempts have been made to hold a meeting, but it cannot not only take place, but even close due to the lack of quorum. Therefore, the meeting is constantly postponed. Even more paradoxical is the fact that about a month has passed since the last, ninth attempt to approve the municipality’s budget for 2025. But neither it, nor the budget for the next year 2026 is discussed in the council today.

The Chisinau Municipal Council approved at its November 28 meeting the payment of funds for teachers’ salaries, Logos Press reported.

The ninth attempt to vote for the capital’s 2025 budget failed again. The draft adjustment of the provisional budget of Chisinau, proposed in connection with the latest changes in the state budget indicators, did not get the necessary number of votes and was rejected on November 25. Despite the fact that it is the end of the year, the document has not yet been approved, and tensions between factions in the municipal council continue to hinder the finalization of the process.

On Wednesday, October 15, the issue of approving the budget – 2025 was on the agenda of the municipal council meeting, but then withdrawn, according to Logos Press.

On July 10, 2025, the Moldovan Parliament approved, in the second reading, a draft law exempting from customs duties used passenger buses intended for replenishing public transport in Balti. Previously, these buses operated in Resita (Caras-Severin county in western Romania), but the municipal authorities of the Romanian twin city decided to donate them to Balti.