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Four adults in front of a white door, in a corridor; two of them wear police uniforms, and a woman is holding the scissors used to cut a red ribbon.
LOCAL

The children's hearing room at the Ungheni Police has not been used since 2017

The Ungheni Police Inspectorate has replied to the newsroom: in the minors' hearing room fitted out in 2014 — one of only two functional ones out of the eight opened across the country at the time — not a single child has been heard since 2017, because hearings take place at the Ungheni Court, before the investigating judge. The space inaugurated on 24 July and announced by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is a different one, cost around 42 thousand lei and is not meant for hearings: the police confirm it does not meet the requirements of article 110¹ of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The Barnahus-type centre for the Centre region is scheduled only by the end of 2027, and the integrated service that operates in Ungheni admits, under its regulations, women from the age of 18.

Ion Calmis·27 July 2026· News
A sober illustration: a judge's gavel and the scales of justice on a wooden table in a dimly lit courtroom, with no people in the frame.
LOCAL

Ungheni Court sentences a man to 20 years in prison for a murder committed in the town

A 45-year-old man was given 20 years in prison for a murder committed with particular cruelty on the night of 1–2 March in Ungheni. The defendant denied the crime and blamed another person, but the court found him guilty based on the evidence. The sentence is not final and can be appealed at the Northern Court of Appeal.

Ion Calmis·7 July 2026· News
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Illustration: a judge's gavel and a heart-shaped piggy bank on a wooden desk beside a child's crayon drawing of a family; warm window light, no people in frame.
NATIONAL

From a 1,000-lei fine to 15 days in jail: what the new child-support law changes for parents in Ungheni

Parliament has adopted a law replacing the up-to-1,000-lei fine for parents who fail to pay child support with up to 15 days of arrest, unpaid community work and a ban on leaving the country — enforced right at the border. For a border district like Ungheni, with the Sculeni crossing and hundreds of divorces a year, the border provision is no abstraction. Nationwide, only 4.7% of parents pay support regularly.

Ion Calmis·21 June 2026· ExplainerWHAT'S AT STAKE