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In 16 communes and villages of Ungheni district, the heating was turned on by 24 October in kindergartens, at the mayoralty buildings and in other institutions of the mayoralties, as a rule 2 to 14 days later than last year. For the schools and the apartment blocks in Ungheni municipality there is, as of 24 October, no public start date.
FCM Ungheni won their home match against Vulturii Cutezători 6-1 on Saturday, 24 October, in round 11 of Liga 1, after losing 1-3 to the same side in round 1. Andrei Stratan scored three times. The town's team stays third in Group A with 18 points, four behind Vulturii Cutezători and FC Iskra. Four rounds remain in the first phase, and only the top two places lead to the group that decides the Liga 1 winner.
The State Hydrometeorological Authority issued an orange code on 23 October for the Prut on the Costești–Brânza stretch, which runs through Ungheni: on 24–30 October, the flow will be 20-30% of the long-term monthly average. In August, on the same stretch, it was 25-35%. The Authority writes that the rain will not significantly change the situation.
Seven of the 33 town halls in Ungheni district are led by women today. In the amalgamation map voted by local councils in July and August 2026, which leaves eight town halls, six of them merge into town halls with their centre in another locality: Mănoilești and Morenii Noi join the Ungheni municipality group, Hîrcești, Condrătești and Năpădeni the Boghenii Noi group, Negurenii Vechi the Bușila group. Only the town of Cornești, led by Angela Vatamaniuc, becomes the centre of a future town hall. Of the eight centres, seven have a male mayor today.
The veterinary service has confirmed cases of rabies in the village of Cetireni and in the village of Hristoforovca in Pîrlița commune, and on 22 October the district crisis-management commission approved a plan of 16 measures: a census and immunisation of animals within five days, a halt to the movement of animals and a ban on collecting and selling animals in the village for 30 days after the last case. It is the fifth outbreak plan approved in the district since the end of July, after Rezina, Măgurele, Costuleni and Sculeni; the commission's decisions now name six localities with confirmed rabies in three months. For the whole of 2025, ANSP reported four cases in animals in the district. After any bite, go to a doctor immediately; rabies vaccination is free.
ADR Nord signed a new 63.4 million lei contract on 22 October for the Prut–Fălești water pipeline, with a supply line to the village of Gherman in Sculeni. The February contract was terminated after the contractor refused to carry out the works, according to the agency.
The 24 September 2026 deadline on the construction site board of the Lake Delia promenade has passed, and the works are continuing. The tender documents, however, require 5 months of execution from the notice to proceed (start order), and the contract is valid until 31 December 2026. Counted from the start date on the board, 24 June, the 5 months would end on 24 November. According to the model agreement approved in Ungheni, the money from Cluj-Napoca is paid after the works are accepted.
On 22 October Parliament adopted the package of fiscal and customs policies for 2027. The personal exemption rises from 29,700 to 40,020 lei a year, and the exemption for children from 9,900 to 11,040 lei. At the 12% rate, an employee entitled to the personal exemption pays about 1,238 lei less tax a year. Ungheni district had 15,935 employees at the end of 2025, so the effect of the personal exemption across the district comes to at most 19.7 million lei a year. Compared with the August draft, cereals and oilseeds stay at 8% VAT until 31 December 2027, while livestock farming, crop farming and horticulture move to 12%.
Apă-Canal Ungheni announced a drinking water cut on Thursday, 22 October, between 15.00 and 17.00 (estimated) on O. Ungureanu, Victoria and T. Arghezi streets and part of M. Sadoveanu Street, to fix an unforeseen leak on the 150 mm pipe at 15 O. Ungureanu Street. The day before, the operator had announced a water cut on the same four streets between 08.00 and 17.00 for reconnection works at the same address.
