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Illustration: a small provincial business — a workshop or small café — with a stack of banknotes and a faint rising graph line, warm morning light, no people.

ECONOMY & FEZ

Nine firms in the Ungheni district won ODA grants worth 3.8 million lei — in a year the local economy shrank

The “National Entrepreneurship Tour” stopped in Ungheni, with officials and speeches about opportunity. Beyond the event, though, the question that matters for an Ungheni resident with a business is plainer: how much state support for entrepreneurs actually reaches the district. The answer is in the open data — in 2024, nine firms from the Ungheni district drew ODA grants worth 3.81 million lei, more than neighbouring districts. And that in a year when the district lost both jobs and turnover.

Ion Calmis·19 June 2026· Explainer

Illustration: a young female entrepreneur checks documents next to a laptop showing charts, in a bright small shop.

ECONOMY & FEZ

Ungheni hosts three days of free training for first-time entrepreneurs from four districts

On 14–16 July, in Ungheni, people who want to start a business — or have just started one — from the Ungheni, Fălești, Nisporeni and Călărași districts can learn for free, from specialists, how to keep a firm afloat. The programme, funded from European money, has reached its eighth round. The hook isn't festive, though: in the Ungheni district, businesses employed over 700 fewer people in 2024 than in 2021, and wages remain a fifth below the national average.

Ion Calmis·17 June 2026· News

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#SMEs

Nine firms in the Ungheni district won ODA grants worth 3.8 million lei — in a year the local economy shrank

Ungheni hosts three days of free training for first-time entrepreneurs from four districts

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