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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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Symbolic illustration: a bright nursery room with small cots, toys and large windows, with no children in the frame — suggesting new places for the little ones.
NATIONAL

Three Ungheni kindergartens get nursery groups under a national programme: “Andrieș”, “Delia” and “Licurici”

The government has added three nursery projects for the municipality of Ungheni to the Single Programming Document — new groups for children under three at the “Andrieș”, “Delia” and “Licurici” kindergartens. They are 3 of the 99 projects funded across the country, and the town had prepared them since January, when a public consultation estimated a shortfall of 150–200 nursery places. The stakes are higher than they seem: although the district now has half as many births as a decade ago, demand for nurseries has shifted to the town, where parents need a safe place so they can return to work. The flip side: the programme is open only to localities of at least 3,000 residents, so the district's villages are left out.

Ion Calmis·1 July 2026· ExplainerWHAT'S AT STAKE
Symbolic illustration: a bright, empty school corridor with a schoolbag left on a bench, in soft morning light — evoking concern for children's safety without showing any faces.
NATIONAL

Criminal record certificate and psychiatric clearance for anyone working with children: what the proposed law changes in Ungheni's schools — and why it is contested

A bill from the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection, now in first reading in Parliament, seeks to bar from working with children anyone convicted of offences against them — but also those under criminal proceedings, with suspension from duty as soon as prosecution begins. At every hiring in a school, kindergarten, sports club or camp, a detailed criminal record certificate, a sworn declaration and a psychiatric certificate would become mandatory. In the Ungheni district, the measure affects a network of over 1,270 teachers — at a moment when the district is entering the new year with dozens of vacant posts. The bill has firm backing from the Ombudsman for children's rights, but also two serious objections: the presumption of innocence and the risk of stigmatising people who ever consulted a psychiatrist.

Ion Calmis·1 July 2026· ExplainerWHAT'S AT STAKE
Symbolic illustration: a strip of river separating two banks, a bridge and a road fading into the distance, in cold morning light — a metaphor for the border and the road toward exploitation.
NATIONAL

Immediate help for trafficking victims, without waiting for a criminal case: what the government-approved bill changes for a border district like Ungheni

The government has approved a package that breaks an old condition: support for trafficking victims will no longer depend on their status in a criminal case — assistance comes as soon as there are 'reasonable indications' that a person was exploited. The bill, drafted by the Ministry of Justice to align the law with a European directive due 15 July 2026, now goes to Parliament. Against this backdrop, Moldova remains on 'Tier 2' in the U.S. trafficking report, with 149 victims identified in 2024 — fewer than in 2023. For Ungheni, a border district on the Prut and on the route of work abroad, the real stake is for protection to reach the villages too, where services arrive with difficulty.

Ion Calmis·1 July 2026· ExplainerWHAT'S AT STAKE
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A new wooden bench with wrought-iron arms, set on a concrete base by a road in the village of Costuleni; in the background, a roadside crucifix and a white decorative fence.
PUBLIC SERVICES

Ten new benches in Costuleni, requested by the village's own seniors, through a German-funded project

Ten benches have been installed in the village of Costuleni — rest spots for all ages. The need was flagged by the local elderly mutual-support group, and the benches came through a partnership between the natives' association, Costuleni City Hall and HelpAge Moldova, under a project funded by the German government. A small gesture, in a district where nearly a quarter of residents are over 60.

Ion Calmis·1 July 2026· News
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Illustration: a teacher works at a laptop in a modern classroom, with an interactive whiteboard in the background.
EDUCATION & HEALTH

Ungheni teachers can enrol for free in a new stage of the DigiProf digital-skills programme

More than 8,000 teachers across the country — from kindergarten staff to high-school teachers and mentors — can join a new round of free digital training through the DigiProf programme, launched by the Ministry of Education with EU support. The training is free and runs in Romanian and Russian. For Ungheni district, which enters the school year with one of the country's largest teacher shortages, the bet is on the teachers already at the blackboard.

Ion Calmis·1 July 2026· News
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Two Ungheni District Council staff sit at a table with a laptop in front of a roll-up banner of the European MedAccess dental-services project.
LOCAL

A 1.18-million-euro EU project promises to digitalise Ungheni's regional dental centre and a mobile dental ambulance for villages

Together with the “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Iași, the Ungheni District Council leads the cross-border MedAccess project, funded through Interreg NEXT Romania–Republic of Moldova. Of the 1.18 million euros, 678,800 go to Ungheni district. The money is meant to bring CAD/CAM technology to the regional dental centre, a mobile dental ambulance for isolated villages and a telemedicine platform, by July 2027. It is the third EU health project linking Ungheni to Iași.

Ion Calmis·1 July 2026· News
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A yellow asphalt paver lays a fresh layer of asphalt on Burebista Street in Ungheni, with workers around it and a dump truck feeding the machine.
LOCAL

Burebista Street in Ungheni: paving begins on a second, 700-metre section, funded from the local budget

On the very day the 1 July deadline cited for the 10.3-million-lei project ran out, Mayor Vitalie Vrabie said the “Europe Is Close” works are continuing, while the city hall separately began paving a second section of Burebista Street — more than 700 metres between Petru Rareș and Zamfir Arbore, from the local budget. Arcașii lui Ștefan and Mihai Viteazul streets are next.

Ion Calmis·1 July 2026· News
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Symbolic illustration: the interior of a modern car at dusk, seen from the rear seat toward the windshield; a red emergency button glows on the overhead console, with a stylized signal radiating from it toward a cold map in the background showing a winding road and a border river. No identifiable people, no real accident scene.
NATIONAL

87 dead in ten years on Ungheni's roads: the «car that calls 112 by itself» reaches Parliament

Moldova is laying the groundwork for eCall — the technology that, in a crash, automatically dials 112 and transmits the point of impact, even if no one in the car can still make the call. The bill that introduces it into the 112 Service Law is due for a first reading; it is not yet law, and it takes effect only in 2027. In the Ungheni district, where road accidents killed 87 people and injured more than 400 over a decade, the promise is the «golden hour». But the benefit lands slowly: eCall comes only on new EU-approved cars, and more than 80% of Moldova's cars are older than ten years.

Ion Calmis·1 July 2026· ExplainerWHAT'S AT STAKE
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Three students in blue medical scrubs practise on a simulation manikin, with a stethoscope and a blood-pressure cuff, in a bright clinical skills lab.
EDUCATION & HEALTH

94 fewer nurses in eight years: Ungheni Medical College opens its 2026 admissions

Ungheni Medical College has announced its 2026 admissions: applications run from 20 July to 7 August, along two routes to the nurse qualification — five years after gymnasium, or three years with a baccalaureate. Behind a promotional poster lies a more serious stake: over eight years, the district has lost 94 nurses and 26 doctors, and this college is, in effect, the only local nursery that replaces them.

Ion Calmis·1 July 2026· News
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