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Illustration: worn wrestling mats in a gym, with hand wraps and MMA gloves left on the mat, in the morning light.
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Nine out of nine: Pavel Andrușca won on his UFC debut

The athlete trained at the Ungheni Sports School beat Britain's Nathaniel Wood in Paris by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28). He had taken the fight five days earlier; he stays undefeated, 9-0.

Ion Calmis·8 September 2026· NewsWHAT'S AT STAKE
Illustration: a fighter in athletic gear, seen from behind, looking toward a lit octagon in a packed arena under spotlights.
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From Ungheni to the UFC octagon: Pavel Andrușca fights in Paris on five days' notice

Pavel Andrușca, a fighter trained at the Ungheni Sports School and a native of Mănoilești, makes his UFC debut on 5 September at the Accor Arena in Paris. The undefeated Moldovan (8-0, 7 finishes) faces Britain's Nathaniel Wood (23-6, #8 featherweight) after stepping in on just five days' notice.

Ion Calmis·5 September 2026· NewsWHAT'S AT STAKE
A compact peloton of cyclists in colourful kit on an asphalt road between fields and gentle hills, with the caravan cars behind.
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The first stage of the Tour of Romania finishes in Ungheni, on 9 September at around 14.00

The 162-kilometre race finishes in Independence Square, on Națională Street, and the award ceremony follows at around 14.20. The peloton enters the district near Cornești at around 13.20, with an intermediate sprint at Pârlița. In the city, traffic is restricted on sections of Națională, Mihai Eminescu and Vasile Alecsandri streets — some from 7.00, others from 12.00, all until 16.00.

Ion Calmis·3 September 2026· News
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Illustration: a row of metal waste containers, lids closed, on a concrete platform at the edge of a residential street in a small town, in the morning.
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Waste contracts in Ungheni: those who don't sign still pay a special tax, not a fine

Ungheni city hall is calling on residents to sign waste-collection contracts with AVE-Ungheni SRL, invoking Law no. 178 and warning that otherwise they “will be penalised”. The law — no. 178 of 3 July 2025, in force since 21 July 2026 — provides no penalty for not having a contract: article 25 paragraph (2) says that users without a contract must pay a special tax approved by the local authority. People in Ungheni already pay a local tax of 120 lei a year per person and the operator's tariff: 56 lei a month per household for houses, 18 lei per person in blocks of flats. According to the city hall's 30 July announcement, more than 25% of Ungheni residents had no contract.

Ion Calmis·3 September 2026· Explainer
Front page of the 'Porni Luceafărul...' supplement, August 31, 1990: the title in decorative cursive, the full text of the poem 'Limba noastră' by Alexei Mateevici in the centre, an editorial on the left and a historical article about Ungheni on the right.
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'Porni Luceafărul' — what the first Ungheni newspaper printed in Latin script looked like, on August 31, 1990

A supplement to the district newspaper 'Octombrie' appeared on Language Day 1990 carrying the full text of the poem 'Limba noastră', an article on the history of Ungheni and the programme of the first celebration. The Museum of History and Ethnography in Ungheni has published scans of all four pages.

Ion Calmis·31 August 2026· News
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