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A yellow school bus on a country road at dawn, with a rural school in the distance.
NATIONAL

The state will pay to bus teachers from merged schools. In 20 years, Ungheni district has lost 19 schools and nearly half its pupils

Teachers left without a school when their institution is reorganized will be bused to their new workplace at the state's expense — a measure the government approved on 24 June. It sounds technical, but it hits a nerve in a district like Ungheni: over two decades the number of schools fell from 65 to 46 and pupils from 20,121 to 11,171, and in 2026 the gymnasium in Buzduganii de Sus was shut down. Transport solves staff mobility, not the 73 teaching posts still vacant.

Ion Calmis·24 June 2026· ExplainerWHAT'S AT STAKE
Moldovan leu banknotes and a payslip on a desk, in morning light.
NATIONAL

Public-sector pay rises postponed to 1 January 2027: a one-off payment of 2,000–4,000 lei instead

The government has put out for public consultation the draft of a new public-sector pay law — increases of 10 to 30% for around 170,000 employees, from 1 September 2026. 'Up to 30%' is the ceiling, not the rule: the biggest rises go to the categories left furthest behind. For a district like Ungheni, where the average wage is almost 3,700 lei below the national average and thousands work in schools, hospitals and town halls, the reform hits the family budget directly. But it is still only a draft — and a parallel reform trims leave days.

Ion Calmis·24 June 2026· ExplainerWHAT'S AT STAKE
Illustration: a modern, bright school laboratory with desks, microscopes and digital screens, no people in the frame.
NATIONAL

€51.5 million for 20 model schools: Ungheni's “Mihai Eminescu” makes the EIB modernization list

The “Mihai Eminescu” Theoretical High School in Ungheni — one of the largest schools in the Centru region — is the only institution from the Ungheni district among the 20 that Moldova will modernize with European money, under a €51.5 million programme financed mainly by the European Investment Bank. Most of the money, €40 million, is a loan. The sum that will reach Ungheni has not been disclosed, and the school was already given an energy retrofit two years ago — a sign the new money targets what is inside. The backdrop: the district enters the new school year with 73 teaching vacancies, three of them at “Eminescu”.

Ion Calmis·19 June 2026· NewsWHAT'S AT STAKE
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An empty rural-school classroom with rows of wooden desks and a clean blackboard in the morning summer light.
EDUCATION & HEALTH

73 teaching posts stand empty in Ungheni's schools as the state offers up to 375,000 lei

On 17 June the Ministry of Education opened registration for the placement contest for young teachers for the 2026–2027 school year. In the official list of vacancies, Ungheni district has 73 unfilled teaching posts — the fifth-largest shortage in the country — spread across more than twenty schools and kindergartens, from town lyceums to village gymnasiums. Applications run from 1 to 17 July, and young specialists who choose to teach here can receive one-off payments of up to 375,000 lei.

Ion Calmis·17 June 2026· Explainer
Illustration: an open-air stage in a town square at dusk, festive string lights and graduation mortarboard caps thrown into the air; young people seen from behind, with no identifiable faces.
EDUCATION & HEALTH

In Ungheni, graduates take the stage in a district its young people are leaving

The Graduates' Ball returns to Ungheni on 18 June 2026, in Independence Square — a ceremony for the young people finishing high school, organised by the city hall together with the district council and the Education Directorate. Last year, the stage in the town centre gathered the graduates of all eight high schools in the district. Beyond the music and the diplomas, the event carries a stake the numbers state bluntly: Ungheni is losing its young people — for every class that climbs the stage, another has already left.

Ion Calmis·17 June 2026· News
Illustration: a bright art studio with colourful paintings on easels and a rolled diploma with a ribbon on a wooden table.
EDUCATION & HEALTH

80 young people graduated from Ungheni's art school, named after Raisa Cojocaru

The Art School in Ungheni held its 2026 graduation: 80 children and teenagers (74 from the fourth-year classes and 6 from the fifth year) finished their years of drawing, painting and sculpture, according to the City Hall. The school bears the name of Raisa Cojocaru, who led it for almost four decades, and has a tradition of over 57 years. And the stakes are higher than a ceremony: in a district that has lost more than half of its young people in twelve years, every generation trained at home counts.

Ion Calmis·17 June 2026· News
Illustration: a craft table seen from above, with quilling spirals, origami figures, a pressed-flower composition and strips of colourful paper.
LOCAL

At the Palace of Culture in Ungheni, young people discover rare crafts — origami, quilling and the art of pressed flowers

A creative workshop at the Palace of Culture gathered young people in Ungheni around four techniques with surprising stories: the Japanese folding of paper, the paper filigree once rolled on goose quills, the «painting» from pressed flowers once practised by samurai, and découpage. Beyond a pleasant afternoon, the workshop says something about what the town still offers its young people — in a district they are leaving.

Ion Calmis·17 June 2026· News
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Illustration: an empty classroom with rows of desks, a green chalkboard and daylight from the windows, without pupils or a teacher.
EDUCATION & HEALTH

How the state is trying to bring young teachers into Ungheni district's schools

Ungheni district enters the new school year with dozens of unfilled teaching posts — among the most in the country. The Ministry of Education is betting on money — up to 375,000 lei — on benefits and on a dedicated campaign to bring young teachers into the district's schools.

Ion Calmis·16 June 2026· Explainer