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A yellow grader levels a dirt-and-gravel street in a neighbourhood of houses in the town of Cornești; flowering shrubs and a fence line the edge.
LOCAL

Cornești lays 960 metres of gravel streets in the „white variant”: what it means and why it isn't asphalt

The Cornești Town Hall announced on 23 July that it had finished „white-variant” repairs on three streets — 2 Decembrie, Stejarului lane and Stejarului street — some 960 metres in all. The „white variant” means compacted gravel, not asphalt: a cheaper, faster solution, but a temporary one — so temporary that, in its own procurement, the town hall cut the works' warranty from 36 to 12 months. The money comes from state transfers for local roads, and the tender, estimated at about 749,000 lei, does not yet have a winner recorded in the public data.

Ion Calmis·24 July 2026· Explainer
A top-down view of a desk: a map with small localities linked by lines to a central town, budget sheets with columns of figures, a pen and a pair of glasses.
LOCAL

The Ungheni merger reaches the numbers: a consolidated budget estimated at 350 million lei

The Joint Working Group of the ten localities set to form a single town hall analysed, on 8 July, the assets, the staffing and the budgets — a consolidated budget estimated at about 350 million lei. In the same days, the district's first institutional voice of opposition is heard: the town hall of Cornești asks 'if we abolish the town halls, will the villages flourish?' — even though its own town hall is running the amalgamation questionnaires.

Ion Calmis·9 July 2026· News
A newly cast concrete manhole with a cast-iron cover, installed at the edge of a street in Cornești, with freshly dug earth around it and a passer-by on a path in the background.
PUBLIC SERVICES

How Cornești ran water and sewer pipes under the R1 highway: directional drilling, no trench

The Cornești town hall says it has completed the extension of the water and sewerage network on Ștefan cel Mare Street — work that included running the pipes under the R1 Chișinău–Ungheni national road, at kilometre 77+215, by drilling without opening a trench or closing the highway. The town's network was built through the “Satul European” programme, and centralised sewerage — which Cornești has — remains the rare part of Moldova's infrastructure.

Ion Calmis·6 July 2026· News
A renovated kindergarten kitchen: walls lined with light tiles, an industrial extractor hood with a metal duct hanging from the ceiling, a four-burner stove, kitchen furniture and a sink beside a frosted-glass door.
EDUCATION & HEALTH

Kitchen of the „Poienița” kindergarten in Cornești rebuilt from scratch: tiles, professional ventilation and a new stove for children's meals

The Cornești town hall announced on 3 July that renovation of the food block — the kitchen where children's meals are cooked every day — at the „Poienița” kindergarten is complete. Official photos show a room lined with tiles, an industrial extractor hood and ducting, a four-burner stove, and new furniture and sinks. The announcement does not say how much the work cost or who paid for it, and the Register of Local Acts contains no town-council decision explicitly dedicated to this project.

Ion Calmis·3 July 2026· News
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Illustration: an old, abandoned complex of public buildings in a Moldovan village, surrounded by waste ground under an overcast sky; no people in the frame.
LOCAL

Ungheni district puts a six-building complex and 40 ares in Bușila up for auction, starting at 400,000 lei

On 23 June, the Ungheni district council holds an open-outcry auction for three complexes of public buildings with their land — in Bușila, Cornești and Curtoaia. The Bușila lot bundles six structures and 0.40 hectares, with a starting price of 400,000 lei. Bids documents are due by 22 June at 10.00, and the combined floor price of the three lots tops 900,000 lei.

Ion Calmis·22 June 2026· News
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