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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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An open wallet on a modest kitchen table, with a few Moldovan lei banknotes and coins, next to a bill and a cup of coffee; warm morning light
NATIONAL

What the 2027 fiscal policy would bring an Ungheni employee: 1,236 lei a year, but higher VAT on agriculture

On 6 August the government unveiled the draft fiscal policy for 2027 and sent it out for consultation. The most visible measure for employees: the tax-free portion of income rises from 29,700 to 40,000 lei a year — about 1,236 lei extra stay each year in the pocket of every worker earning above the threshold. In Ungheni district, with 16,349 employees, that adds up to as much as 20 million lei a year. But the same policy raises VAT on agriculture, accommodation and tourism from 8 to 12%, and Ungheni is an agricultural district. Nothing has been adopted yet: the draft is only now entering debate.

Ion Calmis·8 August 2026· ExplainerWHAT'S AT STAKE
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Workers in «Servicii Comunale Ungheni» T-shirts lay grey paving on a new parking lot on Decebal Street in Ungheni, next to a road sign pointing to Nisporeni.
LOCAL

A new parking lot on Decebal Street in Ungheni: merchants bought the 46,000-lei paving, the city hall paid for the labour

On Decebal Street, across from the former boarding school, a public parking lot is being built through a cofinancing arrangement: nearby merchants and entrepreneurs bought 175 square metres of paving, worth 46,000 lei, while Ungheni City Hall paid for the labour and the other materials. The work, carried out by Servicii Comunale even on a Saturday, addresses a real problem for the town — parking spaces.

Ion Calmis·8 August 2026· News
Illustration: the valley of the Prut river at sunset, with an old iron bridge over the water and wooded hills on both banks.
LOCAL

What the «Prut heritage strategy» that Ungheni is developing with Iași really is

Ungheni City Hall has announced that it has begun drawing up a strategy for harnessing the cultural heritage of the Middle Prut Valley for 2027–2033. Behind the wording lies a concrete European project: «Gateways for the sustainable integration of the culture of the Middle Prut Valley into European tourist routes», funded through the cross-border Interreg NEXT Romania–Republic of Moldova programme, in which Ungheni is the lead and Iași the partner. The first of the five August working sessions, on 4 August, brought together online over 60 participants from about 50 institutions on both banks of the Prut. A first inventory found approximately 2,500 cultural sites across ten districts of Moldova and three counties of Romania.

Ion Calmis·8 August 2026· Explainer
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Illustration: a piece of construction machinery lays down a road surface on an urban site, next to the metal structures of market pavilions, on a sunny day.
LOCAL

Ungheni is building two access roads to its new agri-food market

The city of Ungheni has begun building two access roads to its new agri-food market — one from Decebal Street, the other from Ciprian Porumbescu Street. The work, carried out by Servicii Comunale, is a related part of the 17.5 million lei project that is raising the market, funded through ADR Centru and the National Fund for Regional and Local Development. Their purpose, according to mayor Vitalie Vrabie, is to distribute traffic and ease the congested access from Decebal, near the PECO filling station.

Ion Calmis·8 August 2026· News
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Illustration: a freshly asphalted city street with white markings, lined by apartment blocks and trees, in morning light — a symbol of the roads financed through municipal bonds.
LOCAL

Ungheni launches its 10-million bond issue on Monday: what interest it pays and the minimum you can buy in

From Monday, 10 August, the municipality of Ungheni opens its public offer of bonds worth 10 million lei — the money it will use to repair its streets. After the terms were only draft in July, the National Commission for Financial Markets approved the prospectus on 4 August, and the figures are now firm: 10,000 securities of 1,000 lei each, split into three classes, with interest rates of 9.5%, 10% and one floating rate, over 2, 3 and 4 years. An Ungheni resident can buy from 5,000 lei, and in the first two working days the offer is reserved for individuals. Victoriabank intermediates the subscription.

Ion Calmis·8 August 2026· Explainer
Illustration: the yard of a kindergarten on a summer day, with a slide and empty swings, the gate closed, and the institution's building in the background.
LOCAL

All 7 kindergartens in Ungheni close between 17 and 26 August for sanitation and repairs

All seven kindergartens in the municipality of Ungheni suspend their activity from 17 to 26 August, according to a mayor's order. During these ten days the premises undergo sanitation, pest control and routine repairs, ahead of the new school year. The decision rests on the Regulation on enrolling children in preschool institutions, approved in 2023. One question raised by parents in the comments remains: what those who work are to do with their children during this period.

Ion Calmis·8 August 2026· News
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Illustration: a village lane with a dirt road, a plank fence and the closed wooden gate of a household, against a backdrop of hills, in summer light.
LOCAL

Second rabies outbreak in Ungheni district in a week: confirmed case in Măgurele

A week after the village of Rezina, the Emergency Situations Commission of Ungheni district has imposed restrictions in Măgurele as well. Through Decision No. 11/E of 6 August, the commission approved a plan of anti-epizootic measures, after the Territorial Subdivision for Food Safety confirmed, on 4 August, a case of rabies in the village. The measures are of the same type as those in Rezina — the sale and movement of animals within the locality stop, animals are vaccinated as a matter of necessity, and the restrictions are lifted 30 days after the last case. The decision does not specify the species of the infected animal. Anti-rabies vaccination of dogs, cats and ferrets remains mandatory throughout the district, and any bite means a trip to the doctor the same day — the prophylaxis is free.

Ion Calmis·8 August 2026· News
Illustration: a horse and its rider in mid-leap over an obstacle, on an equestrian competition field, in warm summer light.
LOCAL

The “Iacob Ciachir” equestrian Cup returns to Ungheni on August 15, for its seventh edition

On August 15, from 14.30, the Ungheni Deal riding school hosts the seventh edition of the “Iacob Ciachir” Cup — the town’s only equestrian competition. The name is no accident: Iacob Ciachir was the director of the “Prut” state farm, the man under whom Ungheni had, from 1967, a stud of over 120 horses, some of them English thoroughbreds — a stud that, according to local history, had made the town famous across the entire Soviet space. The equestrian tradition, extinguished after the Soviet period, was revived in 2018 by the young people of JCI Ungheni, together with the Republican Riding School.

Ion Calmis·8 August 2026· News
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Detail from the acceptance certificate for the works carried out in July 2026 at the high school in Măcărești: contractor SRL Aedificator, investor IP Liceul Teoretic Macaresti, object «Lucrari de reparatie a fatadei» (façade repair works), value of the works carried out 164,992.08 lei, followed by the cost-estimate table.
EDUCATION & HEALTH

What 976,270 lei repaired at the high school in Măcărești, and who carried out the works

Ungheni District Council allocated 976,800 lei between 2023 and 2026 to the building of the «Elada» Theoretical High School in the village of Măcărești: the façade, 68 radiators, the heating pipes, one wall, the canteen's sewerage and the joinery in the bathroom and toilet. The public decisions showed only how much had been approved. The acceptance certificates, obtained by the newsroom from the school and from the District Council, now show who did the work and how much was paid: 976,270 lei, seven works, five contractors.

Ion Calmis·7 August 2026· News