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Summer sky over rolling agricultural fields, with a tiny object barely visible at altitude on the horizon.
NATIONAL

17 minutes over Moldova: Shahed drone crossed Ungheni district and triggered NATO alerts

The National Army detected a Shahed-type unmanned aerial vehicle that traversed Moldova from Ukraine. The drone passed over Cetireni and Zagarancea, both in the Ungheni district, and exited toward Romania, where it triggered alerts in five counties. It crashed near Mihăileni Vechi, Rîșcani district.

Ion Calmis·8 September 2026· NewsWHAT'S AT STAKE
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Official map of section 4 of the A8 motorway: the blue route DN24 (Iași) — border crossing, through Victoria, Aroneanu and Golăești, to the edge of the Republic of Moldova; the Prut bridge at Ungheni marked in magenta.
NATIONAL

175 kilometres without a motorway from Bacău to Ungheni: Romania opens A7, but the corridor to Moldova remains incomplete

Romania today opened 47 new kilometres on the A7 motorway between Adjud and Bacău — the fourth-longest single-day motorway opening in the country's history. From Bacău to the Sculeni border crossing, 175 kilometres remain on ordinary roads. Pașcani, where A7 was supposed to reach under the NRRP, is estimated only for the summer of 2027.

Ion Calmis·31 August 2026· NewsWHAT'S AT STAKE
Illustration: colourful backpacks and sports bags lined up beside a coach on a sunny summer morning, no people in the frame.
LOCAL

A new group of Ungheni pupils has arrived at a camp in Bucharest, through the ARC programme

Another group of pupils from Ungheni district arrived on Tuesday at the "Arcul de Triumf" National Sports Complex in Bucharest, at one of the ARC camps run by the Romanian state. It is the second batch of children from the district to leave this summer through the programme, after the group of about 100 children that set off, at the end of June, for Padiș and Oglinzi.

Ion Calmis·7 July 2026· News
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A group of about forty children and a few chaperones posing in front of a coach, before leaving for camp.
LOCAL

A hundred children from Ungheni district have left for camps in Romania, through the ARC programme

Around 100 children from Ungheni district have set off for the ARC camps in Romania — at Padiș, Cluj county, and Oglinzi, Neamț county — organised by the Department for Romanians Everywhere. For many families it is already a tradition: the children spend holiday days across the Prut free of charge, and for some it is the third summer in a row.

Ion Calmis·30 June 2026· News
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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.
LOCAL

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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