News about Municipalities
Today, the draft city budget for 2026 was once again submitted for consideration at a meeting of the Chisinau City Council. The plan is to vote on it in two readings.
The Ministry of Education and Research has decided that “first-graders should study alongside third- or fourth-graders. Fourth-graders should serve as mentors.”
The authorities have decided not to change course and to continue reforming local public administration (LPA) through voluntary consolidation. They plan to revisit the issue of municipalization during the next election cycle.
A landfill in the town of Porumbeni, in the Criuleni District, became the subject of an investigation after environmental activists published photos showing hazardous medical waste, large amounts of plastic, and hundreds of Romanian driver’s licenses dumped at the site.
On Friday, July 10, 2026, during an auction organized by the capital city’s municipality, land parcels were sold for a total of 59 million lei.
Wizz Air announced today the launch of a new route from London Gatwick Airport to Chisinau, Moldova.
Local authorities in Romanian cities are unable to collect tens of millions of lei in unpaid traffic fines. Some of these debts have been on the books for more than 25 years.
Amid government announcements regarding the completion of the voluntary merger of city governments, the Congress of Local Authorities of Moldova (CALM) issued a statement condemning the central government’s methods of exerting pressure on local elected officials.
The process of voluntary municipal mergers will conclude on July 31, and starting in August, the government will begin the process of regulatory consolidation.
Since it will be possible to pay local fees using a QR code starting next year, the code will be included on seven types of relevant payment notices. The authors of the amendments emphasize that this will simplify the tax payment process.
On July 9, the Constitutional Court of Moldova announced its decision on the Ministry of Justice’s petition regarding a number of powers of the Gagauz Yeri Autonomous Region, as enshrined in the Law “On the Special Legal Status of Gagauzia” No. 344 of December 23, 1994.
According to data from the State Population Registry, as of June 30, 2026, 366,830 people lived in the settlements on the left bank of the Dniester and in the Bender Municipality, of whom 359,867 are citizens of the Republic of Moldova.
The National Road Administration has announced a public tender for the development of the “Public Roads Registry” Information System—a unified digital platform for tracking Moldova’s road infrastructure.
Chisinau City Hall emphasizes the need for clear answers regarding school management before the RESTART reform begins, so as not to disrupt school operations or infringe on employees’ rights.
Leaders of the capital’s union-affiliated educational organizations have expressed concern about the impact the RESTART reform may have on the municipality’s education system.
A project to modernize urban infrastructure in Nisporeni, costing approximately 22.3 million lei, is getting underway. Over the next year, pedestrian areas in the Satul Nou neighborhood will be renovated, the area around the kindergarten will be landscaped, and new parking facilities will be built.
PAS Party Representative Alexandr Trubca held a press conference at which he provided clarification regarding a construction project in the municipality of Trushen involving his firm, Q&A Consulting. With his statement, he took the initiative, responding to an investigation into his real estate investments that had been announced by one of the television channels.
Experts from the French Ministry of Culture’s Office for Cultural Heritage and Real Estate (OPPIC) will make a technical visit to the urban estates of V. Herza and M. Kligman in Chisinau. The purpose of the visit is to assist in developing a preliminary feasibility study that will identify the conservation and restoration needs of these two architectural monuments.
The Chisinau City Hall signed a grant agreement for the project “Energy Efficiency in Chisinau’s Kindergartens” in the amount of approximately 140 million lei.
A discussion organized by PAS lawmakers during a meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on Economy, Budget, and Finance regarding the situation surrounding the public utility Apă-Canal Bălți, Apă-Canal Soroca S.A. and Acva-Nord S.A.—operators providing water supply to the municipalities of Bălți and Soroca, as well as a number of settlements in the north of the country—sparked a scandal in Parliament.
