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A renovated public square in a small Eastern European town — new benches and clean paving in warm evening light, with people strolling unhurriedly
EU & ROMANIA

€40,000 for ten cities in Moldova and Ukraine: Ungheni is eligible for the EU programme until 16 July

The State Chancellery has opened, for Moldova's towns and municipalities, a call under the European URBACT programme: ten cities from Moldova and Ukraine will each receive €40,000 for a pilot urban project, with a 16 July deadline. Ungheni, as a municipality, is among the roughly fifty right-bank towns and cities that can apply — in a competition that also includes every city in Ukraine. A newsroom calculation shows how narrow the gate is and what European experience Ungheni brings to the table.

Ion Calmis·27 June 2026· ExplainerWHAT'S AT STAKE
Several people at a working table, with Civitas Foundation materials and a European project banner, during the study visit in Cluj-Napoca.
LOCAL

What an Ungheni delegation is learning in Cluj about talking to citizens — right amid the merger of town halls

A delegation from Ungheni district, coordinated by the “Inovații Sociale” association, is on a study visit in Cluj-Napoca devoted to dialogue with citizens and cooperation between town halls and civil society. The visit is part of an EU-funded programme and lands exactly as the district is redrawing its map of town halls — where consulting people is the very point in dispute.

Ion Calmis·18 June 2026· Explainer