News about Municipalities

The forthcoming reform of local public authorities continues to agitate the villages. On Sunday, May 17 this year, a general meeting of the village was held in Petresti commune, Ungheni district. Two important topics were discussed: the results of the 2024 census and the initiative of voluntary unification.

The number of cars registered in Moldova in 2025 exceeded 1.38 million, increasing by 210 thousand units over three years. Dense traffic is especially felt in the capital. In Chisinau, about 400 thousand cars travel daily, which provokes constant traffic jams, worsens the environmental situation and overloads the city’s infrastructure.

On May 16, the activities within the program “Sports Capital 2026” were officially launched at the city stadium of Nisporeni.

Road works on Burebista Street in the Botanica sector of the capital started on Sunday night. The reconstruction is planned on the section between Dacia Boulevard and Sarmizegetus Street. It is part of the municipal road infrastructure rehabilitation program.

There are ten youth centers and a municipal business incubator in Chisinau municipality. For their functioning, the capital authorities allocate 60 million lei annually in the municipal budget. According to the Mayor’s Office, this amount has increased thirty times in the last few years.

Sfânta Treime Municipal Teaching Hospital plans to acquire a state-of-the-art angiography system designed for cardiovascular, vascular and neuroradiologic interventional procedures. The new equipment will allow for hybrid interventions, 3D rotational angiography and other minimally invasive procedures for adult patients.

Representatives of local and regional authorities of Latvia shared their experience of transformation of local public administration and effective utilization of European funds.

After the enlargement of localities, the key change should be not just a new administrative structure, but also the expansion of local authorities’ powers. According to the chairwoman of the parliamentary commission for public administration and regional development, Liliana Iaconi, larger mayoralties should receive additional tools in the field of local tax policy, which will make it possible to increase the investment attractiveness of the territories.

The Culture Ministry will allocate 6 million lei for the elaboration of a technical project of the Universul cultural center on the basis of a former publishing house in the capital’s center.

Local elections and referendums will be held on Sunday in 12 Moldovan localities. 40 polling stations will be opened for them. For this reason, almost 70,000 ballot papers have been printed.

Interview with Liliana Iaconi, Chairperson of the Parliamentary Commission for Public Administration and Regional Development.

The Old Orhei Cultural and Natural Reserve won the regional competition “Destination of the Year 2026 in the Republic of Moldova”, one of the most important initiatives aimed at promoting authentic and sustainable tourist destinations in Romania and the Republic of Moldova.

This was stated by Dumitru Roibu, chairman of the “Alliance of Moldovans” party, on the air of a national TV channel, commenting on the local self-government reform carried out by the authorities and on the process of merging mayoralties.

As of today, in Moldova it is forbidden to cancel flights carried out in the mode of permanent road intercity transportation.

The People’s Assembly of Gagauzia (legislative body of the autonomy) sent an official appeal to the members of the delegation of the Council of Europe’s Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities with an invitation to visit the autonomous territorial unit of Gagauzia.

The Chisinau municipality signed an Action Plan for 2026-2027 on the prevention of the use of harmful and psychotropic substances. It includes the creation of a special commission for monitoring and combating this phenomenon.

Moldova will host the 135th ministerial session of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. About 50 delegations of member states, including more than 20 foreign ministers, are expected to participate. The official event will take place on May 15, but delegations will start arriving as early as Thursday, May 14. In this regard, from May 14 to 17, 2026, a special regime of access and movement will be introduced in a number of central zones of the capital, as well as on the routes leading to the airport.

The project is implemented by the Mayor’s Office with the support of Expert-Grup Center within the framework of the Local Authorities Capacity Building Program, financed by the Embassy of the Netherlands in Moldova. The financial intermediary for the bond issue will be Victoriabank, with which a corresponding agreement has already been signed.

From 16-17 May and 30-31 May 2026, Chisinau will host a “Civic Assembly” organized by the Parliament, the European Partnership for Democracy and the Centre for Politics and Reforms.

Taraclia district mayors warn: the current formula of merging the mayoralties ignores geographical and ethnic specificity, threatening the disappearance of 80% of the villages, local identity and service infrastructure.