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General view of a rural settlement in the Ungheni district, with houses, greenery and hills in the background.
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Petrești Council approves amalgamation with Todirești — three months after unanimous rejection

On August 25, in an extraordinary session, the Petrești Local Council approved the voluntary amalgamation with Todirești — the same proposal it had rejected in May, when approximately 300 citizens had also voted against. A consultation meeting is scheduled for September 6 at the Todirești House of Culture. Meanwhile, Todirești has three amalgamation initiation decisions simultaneously in force, each with a different partner.

Ion Calmis·28 August 2026· News
A renovated school building with a freshly thermally-insulated façade and a sign indicating public funding.
LOCAL

Whose money pays for the school renovations: in Costuleni, the district presents millions from the government as its own investments

The Ungheni District Council presented on Facebook the investments in the Todirești and Costuleni gymnasiums. The figures check out in documents — but at Costuleni, out of the roughly six-million-lei package, the district's own money is only the paving (531 thousand); the rest — the thermal insulation and the sanitary facilities — comes from the government and from the Ministry of Education. At Todirești, by contrast, the money really is the district's. All of it, five months before the reform takes these schools out of the District Council's subordination.

Ion Calmis·25 July 2026· Explainer