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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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Four women in Moldovan folk costumes stand under a marquee beside a banner showing the Moldovan flag and the words “IPA Ungheni Territorial Bureau”, at an outdoor event.
LOCAL

Ungheni police officers cooked Moldovan dishes at an international contest in Alba, under the motto “service through friendship”

Members of the Ungheni Territorial Bureau of the International Police Association (IPA) cooked on 20 June at the “Culinary Adventures” gastronomic contest in the commune of Ighiu, Alba County, Romania. Under the banner “IPA Ungheni Territorial Bureau”, they showcased Moldovan cuisine across the Prut — a form of diplomacy through friendship, IPA's decades-old motto.

Ion Calmis·20 June 2026· News
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Two representatives of the Ungheni Vocational School present the school's trades offer in front of a screen showing the study programmes, in a bright room.
EDUCATION & HEALTH

Ungheni district is emptying out, but its only vocational school has 538 students — more than three years ago

From March to May, the Ungheni Vocational School — the only one in the district — took its trades offer into the lower-secondary schools of four districts through a campaign it called the 'Trades Caravan 2026'. Behind a routine recruitment drive sits a trend that runs against the demographics: while the district lost almost 22,000 residents in 11 years, the school has reached 538 students, nearly a third more than three years ago, and vocational education is rebounding nationwide too. Here is what a lower-secondary graduate from Ungheni can study at home in 2026 — and why it matters.

Ion Calmis·19 June 2026· Explainer
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The FC Barsa Ungheni football squad, in lime-green and navy kit, poses on a grass pitch under a clear sky before a match.
LOCAL

5-2 at Cioropcani: FC Barsa Ungheni reaches the district Cup and claims it won the Division B first half

The Ungheni Territorial Football Association confirmed the score: in Division B of the district championship, FC Barsa Ungheni beat FC Florești 5-2, on the pitch in Cioropcani. The club says it finished the first half of the season on top and is moving on to the district Cup, where it will play the winner of FC Start Pîrlița versus FC Haiduc Bumbăta. This is the amateur football of the district's villages — a different tier from FCM Ungheni.

Ion Calmis·19 June 2026· News
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Illustration: a small provincial business — a workshop or small café — with a stack of banknotes and a faint rising graph line, warm morning light, no people.
ECONOMY & FEZ

Nine firms in the Ungheni district won ODA grants worth 3.8 million lei — in a year the local economy shrank

The “National Entrepreneurship Tour” stopped in Ungheni, with officials and speeches about opportunity. Beyond the event, though, the question that matters for an Ungheni resident with a business is plainer: how much state support for entrepreneurs actually reaches the district. The answer is in the open data — in 2024, nine firms from the Ungheni district drew ODA grants worth 3.81 million lei, more than neighbouring districts. And that in a year when the district lost both jobs and turnover.

Ion Calmis·19 June 2026· Explainer
Illustration: blue industrial pumps, valves and large-diameter steel pipes at a water-treatment station, no people in the frame.
PUBLIC SERVICES

Apă-Canal Ungheni replaces pumps and 350 metres of pipe at the station that treats water from the Prut

At the station that cleans Prut water before it reaches the taps of Ungheni, the local utility Apă-Canal Ungheni has already replaced more than 350 metres of pipe and 25 valves and installed the first of four new high-capacity pumps. The works are the station component of a regional project worth around 32 million lei, financed from the National Fund for Regional and Local Development through ADR Centru, with a contribution from the Ungheni District Council. The operator warns there will be further temporary water shut-offs before completion.

Ion Calmis·19 June 2026· News
Illustration: a modern, bright school laboratory with desks, microscopes and digital screens, no people in the frame.
NATIONAL

€51.5 million for 20 model schools: Ungheni's “Mihai Eminescu” makes the EIB modernization list

The “Mihai Eminescu” Theoretical High School in Ungheni — one of the largest schools in the Centru region — is the only institution from the Ungheni district among the 20 that Moldova will modernize with European money, under a €51.5 million programme financed mainly by the European Investment Bank. Most of the money, €40 million, is a loan. The sum that will reach Ungheni has not been disclosed, and the school was already given an energy retrofit two years ago — a sign the new money targets what is inside. The backdrop: the district enters the new school year with 73 teaching vacancies, three of them at “Eminescu”.

Ion Calmis·19 June 2026· NewsWHAT'S AT STAKE
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Women in traditional aprons and headscarves plaster the wall of an old house with clay, buckets and a basin of mortar beside them, in the green museum yard
LOCAL

In Florițoaia Veche, villagers mud-plastered the wall of the „La Prispa lui Vasile” museum — a clacă like their grandparents'

On 13 June, in the yard of the „La Prispa lui Vasile” house-museum in Florițoaia Veche, villagers mixed clay with straw and plastered the wall of a museum annex the old way. A clacă — the communal, voluntary work-bee of the past — organised by the Ungheni Culture Section, the „Țărăncuța” folk ensemble and the local town hall. In a district that has shrunk by almost a quarter in a decade, a village museum keeping tradition alive carries particular weight.

Ion Calmis·19 June 2026· News
Three children on a sports podium, holding medals and diplomas, flanked by coaches and officials, in a table-tennis hall with the flag of the Republic of Moldova in the background.
LOCAL

Ungheni, host of two national table-tennis championships in 2026, puts two children on the podium in Chișinău

Serafim Godea (2nd place) and Kiril Stadnic (3rd place), from the Ungheni Children and Juniors Sports School, reached the podium in the youngest age category at the Chișinău Open table-tennis championship, dedicated to International Children's Day. The result, announced by Ungheni city hall, comes from a town that does not only send children to competitions but also hosts them: in 2026, Ungheni was the host of two national children's table-tennis championships.

Ion Calmis·19 June 2026· News
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Illustration: embroidered Moldovan folk blouses and costumes laid out on a wooden table beside coloured threads, in warm light.
LOCAL

Mănoilești takes its embroidered blouses out of the chest ahead of 28 June — the National Day of Folk Costume

At the end of June, when the Republic of Moldova marks the National Day of Folk Costume, the commune of Mănoilești in the Ungheni district is preparing its own celebration of traditional dress. Behind it stand a network of volunteers, the village House of Culture and the library — and a tradition that, in the Ungheni district, has in other years gathered seven localities. The programme is now confirmed: this year's edition takes place on 28 June, from 16.00, in the village park, with special guests Stela Botez, Petronela Popa and the “Șoimanii” ensemble.

Ion Calmis·19 June 2026· Explainer