The district electoral councils registered about 60,000 candidates as contenders in the November 5 local general elections. Over 3,900 candidates will contend for the 898 posts of mayor and more than 56,000 persons will compete for the 11,058 posts of local councilor, IPN reports, with reference to the Central Election Commission.
Some 92% of the candidates for mayor in the administrative-territorial units of the first level represent political parties and electoral blocs. 31% are women, while 69% are men. 8% are independent candidates: 28% women and 72% men.
Twenty-seven candidates will compete for the post of mayor general of the municipality of Chisinau, while 15 candidates will contend for the mayoralty of Balti.
- Andrei Uncuta, appointed as State Secretary at the Ministry of Health
- Saints Constantine and Helena, celebrated by old style Orthodox Christians
- Moldovan MPs visit Brussels to assess progress on European path
- The President of Romania urgently convenes the CSAT following the drone attack in Galati
- Two people injured in Galati, Romania, after a drone exploded and hit a residential building
