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A family doctor's office in a health centre: on a wooden desk, a stethoscope, a blood-pressure monitor and an open medical chart, next to a bright window; a white cabinet with medical supplies in the background, in white and blue tones.
EDUCATION & HEALTH

What you can get for free from your family doctor in Ungheni: cancer screening, vaccines, TB checks

On 23 July, the director of the Ungheni Health Centre presented the district council with a mid-year report on primary healthcare for the first half of 2026. Beyond the report-style language, the five „priority directions” are, in fact, a list of prevention services any Ungheni resident can request for free — from the cervical cancer test to vaccines and tuberculosis screening. We explain what each one is, who is entitled to it, what is free and how to reach it through your family doctor — and why, in an ageing district where seven in ten people die of heart disease and cancer, prevention matters here more than the average.

Ion Calmis·25 July 2026· Explainer
Illustration: several women's hands placed one over another in a sign of support, above a table with informational materials, with no faces.
LOCAL

46 women from Ungheni district learned to recognise abuse and where to ask for help

Women from three localities of Ungheni district took part in workshops on the forms of violence — physical, psychological, sexual, economic, social and digital — and on how to ask for help. The sessions, with 46 participants, were organised by the Regional Integrated Service for Victims of Sexual Violence in Ungheni, which also reminded them of the Trust Line for Women and Girls: 0 8008 8008.

Ion Calmis·30 June 2026· News
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A family doctor in a white coat works at a new laptop bearing an Interreg sticker, next to a printer, in a consulting room at the Ungheni Health Centre.
EDUCATION & HEALTH

A Romania–Moldova project equips 15 family doctors in Ungheni with laptops. The real stake isn't the devices, but catching the «silent» cancers early

Fifteen family doctors in the Ungheni district have received laptops and printers through «PREVENT», a cross-border project funded by the European Union, in partnership with the city of Iași and the «Grigore T. Popa» University of Medicine. The equipment is the visible part; the stated goal is another — to shift family medicine from treating disease to preventing it, with a focus on the cancers that don't hurt until it is too late: cervical, breast and colon. The project, worth about 415,000 euros, runs until April 2027.

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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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