News about Municipalities
Ceadir-Lunga Municipality is planning the third issue of municipal bonds for a total amount of 8 million lei. Following an open tender, the commercial bank maib was appointed financial intermediary for the placement of the issue. Today, the sides signed a contract on financial mediation.
According to the capital’s general mayor Ion Ceban, a tender for the reconstruction of the Chisinau City Administration building has been announced.
Repair works on the paved section of the road will be carried out by a private company Robricons SRL, which won the tender and is ready to start work in the near future.
The Moldovan authorities have included several scenarios in the National Response Plan in case of a possible mass influx of internally displaced persons from Ukraine. According to the document, these are planned “hypothetical” scenarios intended to prepare response measures. They do not mean the automatic introduction of a state of emergency or other emergency measures.
The Finance Ministry is preparing a draft government decision on the allocation of 1,805,626 lei to compensate the persons subjected to political repressions or their heirs.
Most of the issues related to the voluntary merger of mayoralties and more broadly to local government reform concern the Ministry of Finance, as the central problem remains the system of financial resource allocation.
The Chisinau Zoo celebrates its birthday on May 9. It was opened in 1978 and over the decades it has become one of the favorite places of recreation for residents and guests of the capital, as well as the only zoo of this scale in the Republic of Moldova.
Mayors are once again calling for broad consultation on the concept of local government reform recently published by the government. Their proposals and concerns regarding its implementation were aired on a domestic TV channel.
On May 9, Moldova held events dedicated to Victory Day and the memory of those who died in World War II. The country’s leadership laid flowers in memory of the fallen, a large Victory March with the participation of veterans and a car rally took place in Chisinau, and the parliamentary faction “Our Party” traveled to Berlin to lay flowers at the Warrior-Liberator Memorial in Treptow Park.
Passenger traffic at Chisinau International Airport in April increased by 24.6% compared to the same month last year and reached 483,722 people. According to the airport administration, the traffic increased by more than 95.6 thousand passengers over the year.
The National Bureau of Statistics has published data on the results of the 2024 housing census. Experts have made a number of alarming conclusions.
Moldova celebrates two official holidays on May 9: Victory Day and the memory of the heroes who fell for the independence of the Motherland, and Europe Day. This year the holidays fell on a Saturday. In normal years, both holidays are listed in the Labor Code as non-working days.
The model for the valuation of commercial and industrial real estate for tax purposes has been published and is in effect.
When economists talk about “weak states,” they usually mean central government – its inability to collect taxes, enforce contracts, and produce public goods.
The authorities intend to accelerate the development of regional waste management infrastructure by recognizing the relevant works as objects of public necessity of national importance and introducing legislative measures to ensure their prompt implementation.
The local government reform launched by the authorities is not well thought out and due to haste may become a problem in the process of Moldova’s accession to the EU, said Balti Mayor Alexandru Petcov.
More than 80% of Moldova’s housing stock is located in rural settlements. This is evidenced by the final data of the population and housing census presented by the National Bureau of Statistics.
MAIA announced that 53 local action groups (GALs) have been selected for funding under the LEADER program for the period 2026-2027.
The town of Cricova, part of the Chisinau municipality, is facing an acute shortage of burial places, forcing the local authorities to look for a solution to expand the existing cemeteries. In this context, a group of deputies proposes to transfer a land plot of 0.8754 hectares from the state property to the Cricova City Hall.
Six out of ten crimes in the Republic of Moldova are committed in urban areas, according to data on crime dynamics for 2025. According to statistics, 64% of all registered offenses occur in urban environments, which confirms the concentration of criminal activity in large population centers.
