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Ion Calmîș

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Founder and editor-in-chief of Triunghi.md. Ion (Nalyk) Calmîș has worked at the intersection of journalism and technology in the Republic of Moldova for over two decades — a road that began in Ungheni, as a reporter at the newspaper Unghiul. He is CTO of Studio Technologies, the company behind the platforms of some of the country's most-read newsrooms (unimedia.info, jurnal.md, jurnaltv.md, tvrmoldova.md), and Head of AI Ecosystem at Esempla Systems (Moldova's GovStack infrastructure); he co-founded the newsroom Replica Media. At Triunghi.md he puts that experience — and artificial intelligence, at scale — in the service of local journalism built on source triangulation (People, Documents, Data) and on impartiality.

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A modern, brightly lit meeting room in a health centre: on a long wooden table lie folders and binders with sheets of charts, and a stethoscope rests on top of one folder; at the head of the table, beside a large window, an empty office chair; through the window a Moldovan rural landscape is visible, with a hill and a village in the valley.
LOCAL

Six health centres in Ungheni call the diaspora onto their boards — with a vote, but unpaid

A month after merging the district's health centres — from 11 down to 6 —, the Ungheni District Council is rebuilding their governing boards and inviting doctors who have left the country, as well as people from the community, to take a seat on them. The post carries a vote on the institution's strategy, budget and procurement, but it is unpaid, on a voluntary basis. Applications are due by the end of July — 24 July at the Ungheni Health Centre, 27 July according to the District Council's notice for all six centres.

Ion Calmis·16 July 2026· News
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Symbolic illustration: an empty university lecture hall, rows of seats arranged in a semicircle, warm light falling from the blackboard, suggesting the places waiting for their students.
NATIONAL

9.013 budget-funded university places, most of them for teachers — the very field where Ungheni has 73 empty posts

The government has approved the state order for 2026–2027: state universities are opening 9.013 places with budget funding, and the largest share, as last year, goes to teacher training. For a graduate from Ungheni, the stakes are double — the district enters the new school year with 73 uncovered teaching posts, the fifth-largest shortfall in the country, and admissions, entirely online, start on July 27. On top of that comes a second door, the one in Romania, which closes even earlier.

Ion Calmis·16 July 2026· ExplainerWHAT'S AT STAKE
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Illustration of a reimagined city: a street with pedestrian zones, bike lanes, green spaces and benches, overlaid with survey graphics and digital urban maps.
LOCAL

Ungheni City Hall invites residents to an anonymous 15-minute survey about the city's future

The city of Ungheni is asking residents for their views on mobility, public spaces, green areas and digital services through an anonymous online questionnaire that takes 15–20 minutes. The survey is part of the European project CORESpaces, funded through the Horizon Europe Programme, in which Ungheni is one of the nine urban “living labs” in Europe. Through the project, concrete measures are planned in Ungheni — from green corridors at the French Park and Delia Lake to a study for an electromobility hub — and the answers will help set the city's development priorities.

Ion Calmis·15 July 2026· News
Symbolic illustration: ten country roads converging from villages scattered among hills toward a single administrative building, seen from above in evening light.
LOCAL

Ungheni's single mayor's office, put on paper: 128 positions instead of 152. Votes start Friday

The document describing how the merged administration of Ungheni municipality and nine neighboring localities would work — 78 pages, published on particip.gov.md — was presented on Wednesday, July 15. The administrative apparatus would shrink from almost 152 positions to 128, yet would be „present in every locality”. The same day, in Rădenii Vechi, residents discussed the draft decision of the Pîrlița cluster at the village assembly. The voting calendar is already fixed in official acts: Florițoaia Veche — July 17, Pîrlița — July 27, Sculeni — scheduled for July 31.

Ion Calmis·15 July 2026· News
Ungheni Sports School’s children’s team, in light-blue kit reading ‘UNGHENI’, lined up on a synthetic-turf pitch beside their coach; in front, on the grass, the flag of the Republic of Moldova and a banner reading ‘CHAMPIONS’.
LOCAL

Silver at Mamaia for the youngest footballers of Ungheni Sports School

The group of children born in 2018 — the youngest athletes at Ungheni District Sports School — returned with the silver medal from the ‘Junior Mamaia Cup’, a children’s football tournament held in Mamaia, Romania. It is the youngest link in a district school that, in the same summer, promoted its U16 juniors to the National League and that already held, since 2023, a national bronze in beach football. Behind the trip are coach Constantin Lungu and the parents who accompanied the little ones.

Ion Calmis·15 July 2026· News
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A children's play corner in a public institution: a soft rug, shelves with books and colourful games, small rounded furniture, warm light.
ECONOMY & FEZ

A children's space has opened at the Ungheni employment office, while parents look for work

The Territorial Employment Structure in Ungheni has set up a “child-friendly space” — a secure area equipped with games and books, where young children can stay supervised while their parents, especially mothers, attend job interviews or retraining courses. The idea starts from a real barrier: many women postpone returning to work because they have no one to leave their child with during visits to the office. The space was created through a project of the International Labour Organization, funded by the Government of Switzerland.

Ion Calmis·15 July 2026· News
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A village view in the Prut valley at golden hour: a country road links several clusters of houses with tiled roofs and gardens on gentle hills, with a modest public building in frame.
LOCAL

Bușila, Chirileni and Negurenii Vechi want to merge: three mayoralties into one, above the 3,000-resident threshold

Three neighbouring communes in Ungheni district — Bușila, Chirileni and Negurenii Vechi — have started the voluntary amalgamation process and are now consulting their residents. Each council voted, in the spring, to initiate the merger, and together the three would gather 3,533 residents — above the 3,000 threshold that the administrative reform requires of a mayoralty. The idea of a single administration for three villages divides people: some see it as a chance for better services, others fear they will lose their home mayoralty. Here is what has been decided so far, what comes next and what the two camps say.

Ion Calmis·15 July 2026· News