Chisinau mayor presents second yearly activity report in public square

Dorin Chirtoaca, deputy head of the Liberal Party and Chisinau mayor, presented his second yearly activity report (a sort of State of the Union address for Chisinau).

Just like last year, Mr. Chirtoaca spoke in Chisinau's Europe Square in the Stefan Cel Mare public park downtown.

The mayor said that his successes include the full payment of Chisinau's 500-million-leu debt (a little over 50 million U.S. dollars), salary hikes for public servants, and the new free Wi-Fi internet access system in the public park.

In terms of failures, Mr. Chirtoaca pointed to problems with providing heating bill subsidies to socially vulnerable individuals, as well as the ongoing issues with Chisinau's waste disposal and purification system (the capital has become notorious in the last few years for the occasional unpleasant smell that spreads throughout the entire city).