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A museum room with a reconstructed traditional house interior: on the left, an old wooden window with flaking paint set on a plinth; in the centre, a man in a white shirt points towards the exhibits; in the background, a wooden weaving loom, an embroidered shirt, an old rug on the parquet floor and a carved crucifix on the wall.
LOCAL

Ungheni has 18 residential buildings left from before 1919. From a house demolished in Dănuțeni, the museum saved the carved window

A museum curator happened to walk past a house being demolished in the Dănuțeni district and called his colleagues to pull out of the rubble whatever could still be saved: a solid wood window carved on three registers, a gable with a solar rosette. The pieces are now on display at the Museum of History and Ethnography. The house was not a listed monument — nor could it have been: in the state register, the Ungheni district's list occupies positions 1573 to 1720, and not one dwelling house appears in it. The 2024 census shows how much is left of the town's old layer: 18 residential buildings erected before 1919, out of nearly 5,000.

Ion Calmis·22 July 2026· News
Working meeting in the hall of the Ungheni District Council: participants seated at a long table, the flags of the Republic of Moldova and the European Union, the MILEstone project banner and a wall with the names of the district's localities.
ECONOMY & FEZ

Ungheni District, down nearly a quarter of its population, prepares for workers from Nepal and India

At the 22 July meeting of the European MILEstone project, employers in agriculture, manufacturing and services confirmed, according to the council's statement, their readiness to hire workers from outside the EU, while the District Council is looking for ways to bring to life a Migrant Integration Centre — the first of its kind in a district, according to publicly available information. Behind the announcement stand hard numbers: the district went from 96.471 to 73.971 inhabitants in 12 years, the number of young people aged 20–34 fell by 58%, and in 2025 Nepal became the leading country of origin for foreign workers arriving in Moldova.

Ion Calmis·22 July 2026· News
About fifteen people in office attire posing on the steps at the entrance of a building whose sign reads “Primăria municipiului Ungheni”, on a sunny summer day.
LOCAL

The Dutch model shown in Ungheni: 342 municipalities instead of 1,121, but the number has not changed since 2023

Eric Geurts, mayor of the municipality of Beekdaelen in the south of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, met on Tuesday in Ungheni with the mayors of the localities going through voluntary amalgamation. The municipality he leads is itself the product of a merger: it was created on 1 January 2019 out of three municipalities that asked to be merged, through a law passed by the Dutch parliament. The Netherlands has gone from 1,121 municipalities in 1899 to 342 today — but the number has not moved since 2023, and the most-cited studies there show that mergers cut administration costs without raising spending on services, and lastingly reduced voter turnout. The public consultation on the Ungheni merger closes on Wednesday.

Ion Calmis·22 July 2026· Explainer
A metal installation shaped like a red heart with a white core and the „Ungheni” marking, standing on the paving of a square; two damaged areas are circled in blue — a detached element at the top and a chipped corner at the base.
LOCAL

The City Hall says the „Heart” in Ungheni's centre is broken again and again. The police: no vandalism cases recorded

Ungheni City Hall says the installation in Independence Square, put up in August 2023, is being vandalised repeatedly, and that the police have detained several perpetrators. How much the installation cost and how much the repairs have cost so far appears in no public source. The law, by contrast, is clear: the same act can be treated as an offence, carrying 900–1,800 lei, or as vandalism — a crime with no damage threshold, carrying a fine from 27,500 lei or up to one year in prison. When the perpetrator is a minor, the bill reaches the parents, and the fine money does not return to the town's budget.

Ion Calmis·22 July 2026· News
Three people stand on the paved walkway in front of the white-and-green building of the high school in Măcărești on a sunny summer day; in the background, the entrance to the school with the flag of the Republic of Moldova.
EDUCATION & HEALTH

Almost a million lei in four years for the high school building in Măcărești. Last year, the District Council allocated 505,500 lei for heating alone

The president of Ungheni district, Dionisie Ternovschi, published a video on Tuesday from the «Elada» Theoretical High School in Măcărești, saying that the district traditionally allocates money for current repairs there. The District Council's decisions put figures on that statement: 150,000 lei for 40 radiators in August 2025, 265,500 for the outdoor heating pipes in March and another 90,000 for rebuilding the standalone heating system in November — 505,500 lei in a single year, for heating alone. Added to the façade in 2023 and to the canteen wall and sewerage in May 2026, the allocations reach 976,800 lei in four years, for a school left with 19 pupils in grades X and XI.

Ion Calmis·22 July 2026· News
Editorial illustration: a gas metering station, with pipes and valves, at a border marked by the flags of the European Union and the Republic of Moldova.
NATIONAL

81% of Moldova's gas comes in through Ungheni. From 5 August, a European rule changes who can reserve capacity at the border

From 5 August, the European rules on 'coupled capacity' become mandatory at the borders of the Republic of Moldova — including at Ungheni, the point through which 81.1% of imported gas entered the country in 2025. The rule is meant to open the market, but, without the European Union's fiscal architecture, around 21 of the 31 licensed suppliers would need either a place of business in Romania or a guarantee of roughly one million euros each. The head of gas trading at Energocom, Sergiu Lica, warns that small suppliers risk being pushed out of the market. For the household bill, though, this is not a 5 August shock.

Ion Calmis·20 July 2026· ExplainerWHAT'S AT STAKE
Two young people in traditional costume, a girl and a boy, stand in front of the culture house in Cioropcani; the boy holds a clay jug, a symbol of water and hospitality.
LOCAL

In Cioropcani, a folk festival honoured the well-diggers: eight water craftsmen from four villages

On Sunday, 19 July, the village of Cioropcani hosted the folk festival “La Fântânița din Sat” (At the Village Well), organised by the Pîrlița District Culture Centre together with the town hall, under the auspices of the Ungheni District Culture and Tourism Department. Alongside traditional costumes and folk ensembles, the celebration brought an unusual guest to the stage: the well-diggers — eight craftsmen from Cioropcani, Pîrlița, Petrești and Zagarancea, the people who draw water from the ground. A few days earlier, the village’s young people had cleaned and whitewashed a well.

Ion Calmis·20 July 2026· News
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A football match on a rural pitch in Mănoilești: players in yellow-and-black and purple kits run across grass scorched by the summer sun, with houses and hills in the background under a cloudy sky.
LOCAL

The «MAGIRUS» Cup, semifinal first legs: Mănoilești 2–0 over Bumbăta, Cetireni 4–0 at Sculeni

The first legs of the semifinals in the Ungheni District Football Cup, the «MAGIRUS», were played on Sunday, 19 July. FC Mănoilești beat FC Haiduc Bumbăta 2–0 at home, while FC Unirea Cetireni won convincingly at Sculeni, 4–0. Both teams head to the final with an advantage, but the finalists are decided only in the return leg — the semifinals are played over two legs.

Ion Calmis·20 July 2026· News
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The Republic of Moldova's team at the 2026 International Biology Olympiad: four students and two teachers, in traditional shirts, holding Moldova's flag in front of a green board reading «IBO 2026», in Vilnius.
EDUCATION & HEALTH

Nichita Țurea, from «Vasile Alecsandri» in Ungheni, made Moldova's team at the International Biology Olympiad

Nichita Țurea, a graduate of the «Vasile Alecsandri» Theoretical Lyceum in Ungheni, was one of the four students who represented the Republic of Moldova at the 37th International Biology Olympiad, which ended on 19 July in Vilnius. The team came back with two bronze medals and one honourable mention — all three won by his teammates from Chișinău. For Nichita, selection to the national team comes after a Baccalaureate average of 10 and four years of prizes at the national biology olympiads.

Ion Calmis·19 July 2026· News
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