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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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Hall of a cultural center in a Moldovan village, with rows of empty chairs prepared for a public assembly, warm afternoon light through the windows.
LOCAL

General assembly in Costuleni on Sunday at 16.00, on the single commune. Cioropcani asks its residents online: “Do you agree?”

The amalgamation consultation is coming down to residents' level. The Costuleni mayor's office — part of the largest commune proposed in the district, formed around Ungheni municipality, with around 42.300 residents — calls the village to the Cultural Center on Sunday, July 19, and has put into circulation the vision document of the new administrative unit. In parallel, the Cioropcani mayor's office, from the Sculeni cluster, has launched a bilingual online questionnaire on the draft decision and the development priorities. The council votes are scheduled by the end of the month.

Ion Calmis·18 July 2026· News
A field of dry, yellowed grass at the edge of a village, under a hot summer sky, with air shimmering from the heat.
LOCAL

«Exceptional» danger of vegetation fires: yellow code for five days. Burning plant waste costs up to 15.000 lei

The State Hydrometeorological Service issued on Friday a yellow code fire danger warning for July 18–22 — «exceptional danger of vegetation fires» — and on Saturday added a yellow code heat warning, with +33…+34 °C, for July 18–19. The Ungheni city hall calls for caution. What the law forbids in these days and what breaking it costs: burning plant waste is fined 10.000–15.000 lei for individuals.

Ion Calmis·18 July 2026· News
A provincial football pitch with a well-kept lawn, a ball on the grass near the goal area, nets and a small stand in the background, with no identifiable players.
LOCAL

FCM Ungheni beat Zimbru-2 4:2, the summer's first win over a direct group rival

FCM Ungheni beat FC Zimbru 2 Chișinău 4:2 in a friendly played at home on Friday. This is no lower-tier sparring match: Zimbru-2 play in the same Group A of Liga 1 as Ungheni and will face them three times this autumn. It is the summer's first win, with the best attacking output so far, but also two goals conceded from Zimbru's reserve side. The championship starts in two weeks, on 31 July.

Ion Calmis·18 July 2026· News
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A wooden chessboard mid-game, with white and black pieces and an analog chess clock beside it, on a cloth-covered table; other tables with boards blurred in the background. No people in the frame.
LOCAL

145 players in Ungheni: the “Vara de Aur” chess festival, above all a children's one, is in full swing

The “Vara de Aur – 2026” chess festival brings 145 players together in six tournaments in Ungheni, between 16 and 19 July, and is organised by Ungheni City Hall. Nearly 6 in 10 participants are children. Only one tournament carries an international FIDE rating, and the only player with a classical title is an international master; no grandmaster is taking part. The Palace of Culture called the competition “one of the most important,” but the festival does not appear in the national competition calendar for 2026.

Ion Calmis·18 July 2026· News
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A kindergarten classroom with new furniture and equipment, no identifiable children.
EDUCATION & HEALTH

173 children at Ungheni's „Delia” kindergarten receive equipment through EQIP — on a grant, not a loan

The „Delia” nursery-kindergarten in the municipality of Ungheni is one of the 200 preschool institutions selected nationally for equipment through the „Improving the Quality of Education” project (EQIP) — position 68 on the Ministry of Education's list and one of 9 kindergartens in Ungheni raion. The institution's 173 children represent 4,1% of the children enrolled in early education in the raion. The equipment comes from a non-repayable World Bank grant, not from a loan — unlike the equipping of schools in the same project, among them the „Ion Creangă” Lyceum in Ungheni, which comes from a loan. In parallel, the municipality's strategy shows that at „Delia” the roof needs major repair, the building is not thermally insulated and access ramps are missing.

Ion Calmis·18 July 2026· News
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