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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 clean medical consultation room in white and blue tones: on a desk, a stethoscope, a blood pressure monitor and an anatomical kidney model; in the background, a screen with medical charts. Illustrative image.
EDUCATION & HEALTH

Ungheni District Hospital offers nephrologist consultations starting 10 August

The institution has added a new profile to its outpatient specialist care: a consultation with a nephrologist, for kidney diseases. Consultations take place in the consultative department, room 518, between 8.00 and 15.00, by appointment only at 0236 28 572. An extra service close to home for patients with diabetes, hypertension or chronic kidney disease, who would otherwise travel to Chișinău.

Ion Calmis·11 August 2026· News
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A red crane lifting a girder segment next to a massive concrete abutment at the Prut road-bridge construction site; on the right, a group of people in reflective vests inspecting the works
BORDER & TRANSPORT

Prut bridge at Ungheni reaches 55%: deck installation has begun on the Moldovan bank

A year and four months after work began, the Ungheni–Zagarancea road bridge has half of its structure raised, and on the Moldovan bank installation of the first metal deck segment has started. Minister Vladimir Bolea inspected the site on 11 August. The Romanian bank is further along — 70% of the deck — while the original deadline, July 2026, has slipped towards autumn. Even once finished, the bridge cannot be crossed until the customs post is built, with a 2028 horizon.

Ion Calmis·11 August 2026· News
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Vladimir Bolea, Minister of Infrastructure (left), and Vitalie Vrabie, Mayor of Ungheni, in front of the old station building in Ungheni, with a large, worn glass facade.
LOCAL

The Ungheni station, promised to the City Hall: an announcement without an act, money or deadline

On August 11, in Ungheni, Vladimir Bolea, the Minister of Infrastructure and Regional Development, announced that the bus and railway station will be transferred to the City Hall and turned into a multimodal hub, and the mayor, Vitalie Vrabie, promised swift investments. What that means, concretely: the public registers contain no decision — neither of the Municipal Council nor of the Government — on the transfer; the ministry's official press release from the same day does not even mention the station; and the contested routes from „Slavena” continue to depart from the same parking lot. Why a sentence spoken on the ground changes, for now, nothing on substance.

Ion Calmis·11 August 2026· Explainer
Illustration: the wooded bank of a border river in evening light, with a patrol path and a boundary post, with no people.
BORDER & TRANSPORT

What separates illegal border crossing from illegal residence — and why two foreigners are in custody at Ungheni

On August 7, the court ordered public custody and a five-year entry ban for two citizens of Bangladesh, detained by the Border Police during an attempted illegal border crossing in the Ungheni district area, as part of efforts to counter a network allegedly involving Moldovan citizens as well. It is the second case of this kind reported at Ungheni's border in six weeks. We explain what differs, in law, between illegal border crossing — a crime — and breaching the residence regime, a mere administrative offence, and what comes next for the two.

Ion Calmis·10 August 2026· Explainer
White minibuses lined up on a paved parking lot at a commercial center; on the right, a red-and-black container booth standing in for a ticket office.
LOCAL

The Slavena bus station in Ungheni: what the ANTA Order and the Municipal Council's decisions show

The Slavena bus station at Decebal 19/B in Ungheni has been registered with ANTA since September 2025, the agency confirms at the request of Triunghi.md. The applicable regime is notification, not authorization; the revocation of the Municipal Council's decision does not constitute grounds for removal from the register. The City Hall, which requested the removal, issued positive endorsements in 2026 for routes from the same bus station. The Council's urban-planning objections — commercial zone, no zonal plan, safety — fall outside ANTA's competence.

Ion Calmis·10 August 2026· Explainer
Award ceremony on a sports field: children holding diplomas and medals on a podium in the colors of the flag, flanked by coaches, in front of a banner reading “Freestyle Wrestling Tournament «Andrian and Nicolae Pascaru»” and the portraits of two men.
LOCAL

17 medals for Ungheni at the “Pascaru” freestyle wrestling tournament in Semeni

The athletes of the Ungheni Sports School won 17 medals — 8 gold, 3 silver and 6 bronze — at the international “Nicolae and Andrian Pascaru” freestyle wrestling tournament, hosted on Sunday, 9 August, by the village of Semeni in Zagarancea commune. The sixth edition of the children's and juniors' competition brought together athletes from five countries — the Republic of Moldova, Romania, Ukraine, Estonia and the United States — and had a commemorative character. The tournament is organized by the Ungheni Sports School and the Zagarancea commune town hall, with the support of the Ungheni District Council.

Ion Calmis·10 August 2026· News
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Three members of the Ungheni town delegation sit at a conference-room table beside a UCare project banner bearing the Interreg and European Union logos and the list of partners.
LOCAL

Ungheni leads a 1.47-million-euro European project on "green infrastructure". What it means and why it matters for the town

The town of Ungheni is not just taking part but leading "UCare" — a 1.47-million-euro European project that helps Black Sea Basin towns cope with heat, drought and floods through "green infrastructure": parks, trees, wetlands and surfaces that let water soak into the ground. A team from the Town Hall has just returned from a working meeting in Tulcea (3–6 August). Here is what the term means, who the partners are and what it brings, concretely, for the people of Ungheni.

Ion Calmis·10 August 2026· Explainer
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A dead fish floating belly-up in the murky, green-brown water of a lake.
PUBLIC SERVICES

Delia, the lake with an open beach and untested water: dead fish in early August

In early August, a fish die-off occurred in Ungheni's Lake Delia. On the shore of the same lake, the municipal beach has been open since 21 June, with lifeguards — even though the Public Health Centre says the area has no sanitary permit, that in 2026 not a single water sample was taken and that swimming ought to be banned. What the documents say, what the institutions say, and where you can still swim.

Ion Calmis·9 August 2026· News
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A passage of play on an artificial pitch: a footballer in a red-and-black kit, with the words Primăria Ungheni across the chest, dribbles the ball chased by an opponent in a green kit. In the background, the referee in black, other players, a small stand and a three-storey building.
LOCAL

Equalised from the penalty spot in the 90+1 minute, FCM Ungheni claim their first point: 1:1 with Spartanii-Sportul

In the second round of Liga 1, FCM Ungheni led from the last minute of the first half until the very last minute of the match: Florin Cojocaru converted a penalty in the 45+1 minute, and the equaliser came from the penalty spot too, in the 90+1 minute, through Devonte Marlon J Richards. 1:1 at the end of a 'home' match moved to a neutral ground in Chișinău. It is the season's first point for the town's team, which remains 5th in the group. The next match is at home, on Saturday, 15 August, against CF Univer.

Ion Calmis·9 August 2026· News