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A ring of old metal keys on a closed school register with a blue cover, on a wooden school desk, in morning light.
EDUCATION & HEALTH

Government creates a separate agency for schools in Ungheni district, taking over as founder from 2027

On 21 October, the Government approved the establishment of 34 territorial agencies for education, which take over schools from the district councils. Ungheni district gets its own agency, headquartered in the municipality of Ungheni, which becomes the founder of the primary schools, gymnasiums, lyceums and special education institutions in the district from 1 January 2027. According to the draft decision, the agency will have 24 staff positions, compared with 26 in the district subdivisions being reorganized.

Ion Calmis·21 October 2026· News
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An empty classroom, with wooden desks and tables in rows and a green chalkboard — a symbolic image for the education system
EDUCATION & HEALTH

Ungheni education trade union joins national protest over salaries

The Executive Bureau of the district's education trade-union structure, led by Lilia Savin, decided on 10 August to back the protest calendar announced by the Federation of Education and Science Trade Unions — from picketing the Government on 19 August to a possible boycott of celebrations on 5 October. The reason: the salary increases promised to teachers for 1 September have become uncertain. What the trade union demands, what the Government answers, and what it means for the district's nearly 900 teachers.

Ion Calmis·11 August 2026· News
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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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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
An empty classroom, with wooden desks in rows, a green blackboard on the wall and a teacher's desk holding a register and a few white sheets of paper; morning light through the tall windows. No person in the frame.
EDUCATION & HEALTH

The „Vasile Alecsandri” Lyceum in Ungheni stays 7th in the country at the BAC

The ranking published by the Ministry of Education and the National Agency for Curriculum and Evaluation places the „Vasile Alecsandri” Theoretical Lyceum in Ungheni 7th out of 312 theoretical lyceums, with an exam average of 8,81 and a 100% pass rate — the second time in a row in the same position and the only lyceum from outside Chișinău to reach the top ten. But the document says something else about the raion as well: six of Ungheni's eight lyceums obtained better averages than last year, yet three fell in the ranking. The explanation lies in the way the list is ordered — by pass rate, not by average.

Ion Calmis·4 August 2026· Analysis
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A family doctor's office in a health centre: on a wooden desk, a stethoscope, a blood-pressure monitor and an open medical chart, next to a bright window; a white cabinet with medical supplies in the background, in white and blue tones.
EDUCATION & HEALTH

What you can get for free from your family doctor in Ungheni: cancer screening, vaccines, TB checks

On 23 July, the director of the Ungheni Health Centre presented the district council with a mid-year report on primary healthcare for the first half of 2026. Beyond the report-style language, the five „priority directions” are, in fact, a list of prevention services any Ungheni resident can request for free — from the cervical cancer test to vaccines and tuberculosis screening. We explain what each one is, who is entitled to it, what is free and how to reach it through your family doctor — and why, in an ageing district where seven in ten people die of heart disease and cancer, prevention matters here more than the average.

Ion Calmis·25 July 2026· Explainer
The bright interior of a renovated hospital ward: a room with a medical bed and a monitor for vital functions next to a large window, a clean corridor with a glossy floor and rooms along the sides.
EDUCATION & HEALTH

The Ungheni hospital has completely renovated its neurology ward — 32 beds, an intensive care room and new equipment for stroke and epilepsy

The Ungheni District Hospital announces that its neurology ward has been renovated in full and re-equipped: 32 beds, an intensive care room with continuous monitoring of vital functions, a video-EEG, a Doppler scanner for the brain's vessels and a physiotherapy room. The announcement does not say how much it cost — but public procurement shows works contracted by the hospital for the neurology and paediatrics wards worth over 3.3 million lei, plus a repair job of up to 924,000 lei. And the hospital itself admits that the rest of the infrastructure needs “a far more complex and radical approach”.

Ion Calmis·23 July 2026· Analysis
A welcoming counselling corner, with two soft armchairs facing each other, a small table with a green plant and a cup of tea, gentle natural light through a thin curtain — a warm, safe and confidential space for young people
EDUCATION & HEALTH

The Youth-Friendly Health Centre in Ungheni: free, confidential, ages 10 to 24

In the town of Ungheni there is a Youth-Friendly Health Centre — „ImPuls” — where teenagers and young people aged 10 to 24 receive free, confidential psychological counselling, dermatology consultations, a general practitioner and support on sexual, emotional or substance-use health matters. The centre operates inside IMSP Centrul de Sănătate Ungheni, str. Romană 27, second floor, Monday–Friday, 08.00–17.00. The phone number a young person can call directly, confirmed by the institution: 0236 22-3-34.

Ion Calmis·23 July 2026· Explainer
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