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The White House administration has unveiled the design for a 76-meter (250-foot) arch that President Donald Trump wants to erect in the U.S. capital.

On Easter night public transport of the capital will work on a special schedule, and after midnight travel for passengers will be free.

Administrative-territorial reform should be streamlined as part of a large-scale fiscal decentralization reform, economists at the Expert-Grup think tank recommend.

Parliament passed the first reading of a draft law on amendments to some normative acts (“improving the mechanism of voluntary unification of administrative-territorial units”). It will allow decisions on the unification of mayoralties to be made by a simple majority of votes of local councilors instead of two-thirds as it is now.

In March, the government allocated more than 87 million lei through the National Fund for Regional and Local Development (FNDRL) for the implementation of the programs “European Village” (II edition) and “Europe Nearby”. The total volume of investments amounted to 65.24 million lei.

On April 8, the government presented the concept of local self-government reform. The administrative-territorial reform planned by the authorities is criticized both by independent analysts and opposition politicians, as well as by many mayors – both its concept and methods of implementation.

UPDATED. Citizens living in the state housing stock on the terms of rent will have the opportunity to privatize housing for three more years – until May 31, 2029. The corresponding initiative was considered at a meeting of the parliamentary commission for economy, budget and finance. The document will be sent to Parliament for consideration in the first reading.

At least 3,000 people should live in a village, and the government plans to keep 10 out of 32 districts. At the same time, the package of financial incentives for the unification of mayoralties will amount to 6,491 billion lei.

In accordance with the current regulatory framework, as well as the “almost twofold increase in the price of fuel”, the fare for public transportation in the capital has been adjusted. From May 1, it will amount to 7 lei, according to the website of the mayor’s office.

“Democracy is a path that requires constant attention and consistent action,” said Alexei Buzu, secretary general of the government, at the 50th session of the CoE Congress. He addressed the forum on April 1 on behalf of Moldova’s chairmanship of the CoE Committee of Ministers.

The prime minister said that as early as next week, the government may go to parliament with ready documents and propose the lifting of the state of emergency regime. The Cabinet of Ministers will not extend it “for a single day longer than necessary”.

Moldova occupies a unique place in European economic geography – and not a place to be proud of. The country is both peripheral to Western Europe and a donor of human capital to countries that are themselves peripheral. This is not a rhetorical exaggeration – it is a structural diagnosis that follows from a body of theoretical and empirical work on regional development, institutions and spatial economics. This article is an attempt to synthesize these works in relation to the Moldovan reality – without illusions, but also without hopelessness.

The Congress of Local Authorities of Moldova (CALM) issued a negative opinion on the draft amendments concerning the voluntary unification of administrative-territorial units (ATU).

On April 1, the enrollment of children in the first grade for the 2026-2027 school year will start in Moldova. The process will take place in two stages.

According to the census-2024, of the 2,409,200 permanent residents of the country, 1,119,000 people chose to live in urban areas (46.4%) and 1,290,200 people chose to live in rural areas (53.6%).

Moldova Art Week was built on a simple idea: companies that work with public attention have a responsibility toward culture. Two years later, the project has reached 104 artists, two cities, and nearly €80,000 worth of donated advertising space.

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 pollution of the Dniester became another test of Moldova’s crisis preparedness – and showed that there are more vulnerabilities than answers.

Property owners can check and challenge the valuation of their house or apartment until April 30 this year, using the online platform geodata.gov.md.