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Amateur football match on a village pitch in Ungheni district: players in dark and red kits run across the grass, with hills and a clear sky behind.
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Ungheni district «MAGIRUS» Cup opens with a 9-0; Haiduc Bumbăta leads the tie that decides FC Barsa's opponent

The Ungheni Territorial Football Association has published the first-leg results of the opening round of the «MAGIRUS» district Cup, 2026 edition: four matches, a 9-0 rout by FC Zagarancea over FC Chirileni, and a 4-3 away win for FC Haiduc Bumbăta at Pîrlița. That very match decides who will face FC Barsa Ungheni in the second round. The return legs are next Sunday.

Ion Calmis·21 June 2026· News
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Ungheni performers in traditional folk costume — white embroidered shirts, skirts with red stripes, men in hats and waistcoats — pose as a group in a park with green trees.
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Floods move the Sânziene Unghenene festival off Delia island into the city centre, on 5 July

“Sânziene Unghenene”, the flagship festival of the Ungheni summer, cannot return this year to the island on Lake Delia, where it was held in 2025. The Palace of Culture cites the aftermath of the May floods — and the footbridge to the island is still not ready. The 2026 edition comes down on 5 July into the heart of the city, to Scuarul Înfrățirii and Independence Square, with a procession, the Sânziene Hora, folk-costume workshops and the “Sânziana” contest.

Ion Calmis·21 June 2026· News
A compact skid-steer loader spreads fresh sand on the Lake Delia beach in Ungheni, beside a row of thatched umbrellas and wooden benches, with the water and the far shore behind in summer light.
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Ungheni opens its Prut and Delia beaches on Sunday — with lifeguards, a rarity in a country where 18 people have drowned in 2026

Mayor Vitalie Vrabie has signed the order opening the 2026 summer season at the municipal beaches on the Prut River and Lake Delia from 21 June, with lifeguards on duty all summer. In a country where almost all drownings happen at unsupervised spots — 18 people have died that way since the start of 2026 — a beach with a lifeguard post is not a formality but a safety measure.

Ion Calmis·21 June 2026· News
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.
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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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The FC Barsa Ungheni football squad, in lime-green and navy kit, poses on a grass pitch under a clear sky before a match.
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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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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
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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