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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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Symbolic illustration: a summer football pitch with a ball in the foreground and teenagers training in the background, seen from a distance, with no identifiable faces.
LOCAL

July 4, in France: children from Ungheni district play in the “Friendship Cup”, alongside Ukraine and Romania

FC Zagarancea, the team of a commune in Ungheni district, represents the Republic of Moldova on July 4 in Montmorillon, France, at the international youth tournament the “Friendship Cup” — alongside the French hosts, Romania and Ukraine. The boys, gathered by physical-education teacher Sebastian Andriuța, got there through a chain of town twinnings: Zagarancea twinned with Putna in January 2025, and Putna has been linked with Montmorillon since 2013. At the first edition, held last year in Putna itself, the team from Zagarancea won.

Ion Calmis·28 June 2026· News
A craftswoman in a traditional embroidered blouse, sunglasses pushed up on her forehead, sits at a table covered with hand-stitched embroideries and towels; behind her, a white blouse on a hanger and a stall of handmade objects.
LOCAL

How the embroidered shirt became a peace tool in Costuleni: refugee and local women at one festival

The village of Costuleni in Ungheni district hosted the festival "Thread by thread — traditions, peace and hand-sewn shirts," closing a community initiative led by a group of women. Beyond the embroidered shirts on display, the event was the visible end of a project funded by UN Women Moldova through the Women's Peace & Humanitarian Fund — one that uses craft as a bridge between local women and refugee women.

Ion Calmis·28 June 2026· News
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Aerial view at dawn over four Moldovan villages scattered among fields, orchards and vineyards, linked by roads that converge toward a single administrative building — a symbolic image of four communes debating the merger of their town halls.
LOCAL

Four communes, one town hall: Sculeni opens consultations, proposals due by July 8

The Sculeni Communal Council has formally launched the draft decision on the voluntary merger of the communes of Sculeni, Cioropcani and Buciumeni (Ungheni district) with Taxobeni (Fălești district). Residents' proposals are being collected between June 23 and July 8, by e-mail or at the town hall, and the notice is posted on the national platform particip.gov.md. It is, however, only an early transparency step — the full draft and the public consultations themselves come later.

Ion Calmis·28 June 2026· News
Illustration: a blazing sun in a scorching sky over a small town in Moldova, hot asphalt and air shimmering with heat, with no identifiable people.
LOCAL

Heat to hit 38 °C in Ungheni from Tuesday, with tropical nights — orange code, red in the south

The Authority for Meteorology and Environmental Monitoring has issued a heatwave warning for 28 June – 1 July. In Ungheni, in the centre of the country, the code rises from yellow (28–29 June, +33…+35 °C) to orange (30 June – 1 July, +36…+38 °C), while the south falls under a red code with +39…+41 °C. Nights stay above 20 degrees, and for the people of Ungheni the practical point is simple: how to cool off without becoming a statistic — in the municipality, only the Prut and Delia beaches have lifeguards.

Ion Calmis·28 June 2026· Explainer
A young father cradling a newborn by a window in a modest room, soft morning light; documents and a work record book on the table in the foreground
NATIONAL

From 1,393 to 732 births in seven years: what Parliament's new guarantees bring to parents in Ungheni

Parliament voted, in the first reading, on a package of guarantees for employees with children: paternity leave will count toward the pension record, the Labour Code gains the notion of an 'employee with family responsibilities,' and single parents can no longer be put on night shifts without written consent. A confusion to avoid: for mothers, maternity leave already counted toward their pension — the novelty concerns fathers. And in Ungheni district, where births have fallen from 1,393 to 732 in seven years, the guarantees reach ever fewer families.

Ion Calmis·27 June 2026· ExplainerWHAT'S AT STAKE
An elderly person's hands holding an envelope with a pension slip at a modest kitchen table, warm window light; a faded family photo on the wall
EU & ROMANIA

Ungheni residents who worked in Italy or Romania can pool their years for a pension — 3,300 Moldovans already receive one from abroad

Parliament voted, in the first reading, to connect the Republic of Moldova to the European system for exchanging social security data. The law will only take effect upon EU accession — but the mechanism that really matters already works: years worked in two countries are added together for a single pension, paid proportionally across borders, through bilateral agreements, including with Italy (since September 2025) and Romania (since 2011). For an ageing, emptying district like Ungheni — with 19,709 pensioners and heavy emigration to Italy — this is no technical detail.

Ion Calmis·27 June 2026· ExplainerWHAT'S AT STAKE
AI-generated illustration: a football on the grass of a stadium pitch in summer light, evoking a pre-season friendly.
LOCAL

FCM Ungheni lose 0-1 at Bacău to an own goal — their first test against a Romanian side

The city's club narrowly lost its first pre-season friendly against a team from outside Moldova: 0-1 away to FC Bacău, a Romanian second-division club. The only goal was an own goal by defender Octavian Vatavu after a shot from the hosts. Unlike the matches against Dacia Buiucani and Zimbru, this time Ungheni faced an opponent from their own tier.

Ion Calmis·27 June 2026· News
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A renovated public square in a small Eastern European town — new benches and clean paving in warm evening light, with people strolling unhurriedly
EU & ROMANIA

€40,000 for ten cities in Moldova and Ukraine: Ungheni is eligible for the EU programme until 16 July

The State Chancellery has opened, for Moldova's towns and municipalities, a call under the European URBACT programme: ten cities from Moldova and Ukraine will each receive €40,000 for a pilot urban project, with a 16 July deadline. Ungheni, as a municipality, is among the roughly fifty right-bank towns and cities that can apply — in a competition that also includes every city in Ukraine. A newsroom calculation shows how narrow the gate is and what European experience Ungheni brings to the table.

Ion Calmis·27 June 2026· ExplainerWHAT'S AT STAKE