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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
Illustration: an abandoned plot on the edge of a village, with tall grass and self-seeded plants, in summer light; no people in the frame.
LOCAL

400 wild-growing cannabis plants destroyed at Florițoaia Nouă and Grozasca, in Ungheni district

Carabinieri from the Ungheni Mobile Intervention Company and district police, in a joint operation, found and destroyed 400 cannabis plants that had grown wild and untended — 150 on the outskirts of the village of Florițoaia Nouă and 250 near the village of Grozasca. The plants, self-seeded on abandoned land, were destroyed on the spot to prevent their use for illegal purposes. No individuals were named as targeted.

Ion Calmis·10 July 2026· News
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A damaged street surveillance camera with a cracked casing, tilted on a pole next to a bus shelter in evening light. Symbolic image.
LOCAL

Two minors smashed a CCTV camera at a bus stop in Ungheni. The bill falls mostly on the parents, plus a fine of up to 900 lei

Ungheni City Hall made public a case from the evening of 9 May, at the bus stop on Bernardazzi Street 10 — two minors allegedly smashed a surveillance camera, were identified from the footage, and the file was sent to the police. Beyond the institution's message of accountability, the practical question is another: who pays for the damage? The law is clear — repairing public property damaged by a child falls, under civil law, on the parents regardless of age, while damaging property is, at this value, an offence carrying a 900–1,800 lei fine, not a crime. On top of that, a parent can be fined separately for failure to supervise.

Ion Calmis·26 June 2026· Explainer
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Illustration: an elderly person's hands holding a phone showing an incoming call from an unknown number, in a modest interior — a suggestion of phone fraud.
LOCAL

«You're being investigated by the SIS!»: an Ungheni woman lost 229,000 lei, and police caught two couriers at the second drop

A 53-year-old woman from Ungheni was manipulated over the phone through a three-step scheme — a code received by SMS, a fake bank employee, then a fake representative of the Information and Security Service threatening her with arrest. She handed over 229,000 lei. As the second instalment, of 220,000 lei, was being delivered, police intervened and caught two couriers red-handed. The case, described by the Ungheni Police Inspectorate, is the third of its kind we have documented in under a month.

Ion Calmis·25 June 2026· News
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Four women in Moldovan folk costumes stand under a marquee beside a banner showing the Moldovan flag and the words “IPA Ungheni Territorial Bureau”, at an outdoor event.
LOCAL

Ungheni police officers cooked Moldovan dishes at an international contest in Alba, under the motto “service through friendship”

Members of the Ungheni Territorial Bureau of the International Police Association (IPA) cooked on 20 June at the “Culinary Adventures” gastronomic contest in the commune of Ighiu, Alba County, Romania. Under the banner “IPA Ungheni Territorial Bureau”, they showcased Moldovan cuisine across the Prut — a form of diplomacy through friendship, IPA's decades-old motto.

Ion Calmis·20 June 2026· News
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A moped parked at the edge of a country road, a helmet hanging from the handlebar, an empty village lane in the background in evening light
NATIONAL

Minors on motorcycles, a worry that has reached Petrești too. The fine targets the parent — up to 4,500 lei

A Petrești resident's post about children on motorcycles drew dozens of reactions and an old grievance: 'the police do nothing'. Behind the frustration, though, lie clear rules and rising numbers. Under 16, a child may not legally drive anything on a public road; and when they do climb onto two wheels, the Contravention Code hits the parent first — with fines of up to 4,500 lei. Nationally, the number of children injured in road crashes reached its highest level in years in 2025.

Ion Calmis·19 June 2026· ExplainerWHAT'S AT STAKE
An ashtray with a stubbed-out cigarette on the windowsill of an apartment block, a no-smoking sign blurred in the background, morning light
NATIONAL

From 24 June, smoking in a block's stairwell or on your own balcony becomes an offence. An Ungheni resident risks up to 2,250 lei

A national law (no. 125/2025) sharply widens, from 24 June, the list of places where smoking is banned — from sports grounds, bus stops and beaches to apartment-block stairwells and your own balcony — and raises the fines: up to 2,250 lei for a person and up to 15,000 for a company, with suspension of activity. The police write the ticket. In a town where almost one adult in three smokes, one question is left hanging: where will people still be allowed to smoke? Ungheni City Hall promised a list of designated spots — but has not published it yet.

Ion Calmis·18 June 2026· ExplainerWHAT'S AT STAKE
A mobile phone, a SIM card and a generic identity document on a dark wooden table, in dramatic light.
NATIONAL

A SIM card only with your ID: what the new anti-fraud measure changes, and why an ageing district like Ungheni is a target

The Government has decided that prepaid SIM cards will be activated only on the basis of an identity document, to cut into the anonymity used by scammers. Telephone and online fraud has exploded — from 40 million lei in 2023 to over 272 million in 2025. For a district like Ungheni, with many elderly people left alone while their relatives are abroad, the measure touches a nerve: here a woman was tricked out of more than 436,000 lei, and the most exposed are precisely those over 66.

Ion Calmis·17 June 2026· ExplainerWHAT'S AT STAKE