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Igor Grosu presents Emil Boc with the 'Medal of Democracy' of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova, on stage during the Ungheni City Days celebrations.
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17 million lei in 10 years — Parliament awards Emil Boc for supporting Ungheni

The Mayor of Cluj-Napoca, Emil Boc, was awarded the 'Medal of Democracy' on 28 August — the highest distinction granted by the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova. The medal was presented by the Speaker of Parliament, Igor Grosu, during the Ungheni City Days celebrations. Boc has been an Honorary Citizen of Ungheni since 2023. In the 10 years since the two cities became twins, Ungheni has received support worth around 17 million lei: two renovated parks, donated vehicles and ongoing work on the Delia Lake waterfront.

Ion Calmis·29 August 2026· News
Project rendering of a promenade on a lake shore: a paved walkway, a red bike lane, long concrete benches with wooden slats, trees and blocks of flats in the background, with a few passers-by, a cyclist and a young man on a scooter.
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39% of the first stage of Ungheni's Lake Delia promenade comes from Cluj

The Cluj-Napoca Local Council voted on 20 July to give 593,000 Romanian lei (RON) for the development of the promenade on Lake Delia in Ungheni. The financing agreement, annexed to the decision of the Ungheni Municipal Council, shows that the first stage costs €288,387.80 — about 5.8 million Moldovan lei (MDL) — and that the Cluj share amounts to €113,247.88, that is 39.3% of the total. The remaining 60.7% is paid by Ungheni. The contract was awarded back in May to SRL Balt-Cons of Pîrlița, for 5,759,683.36 Moldovan lei including VAT, and the request to Cluj had gone out as early as December.

Ion Calmis·29 July 2026· Analysis
A panorama of the town of Ungheni in the warm light of a summer evening, with buildings, greenery and the Prut river in the distance, in a festive atmosphere.
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564 years since the first record: Ungheni celebrated its Municipality Days and twinned with Tulcea and Izmit

Ungheni's Municipality Days took place from 20 to 31 August. The celebration opened on 20 August for a precise reason: on that day, in 1462, the settlement is mentioned for the first time in a document — 564 years ago. The programme included the launch of a local-history yearbook, a folklore festival and concerts by performers with Ungheni roots, and on 27 August two new twinning agreements were signed, with the municipality of Tulcea in Romania and the city of Izmit in Turkey.

Ion Calmis·24 July 2026· Explainer
Illustration: a football trophy and a ball on the grass of a pitch, in afternoon light, no people in the frame.
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FC Zagarancea wins the «Friendship Cup» in France again: 3–2 against the hosts in the final

Children from the commune of Zagarancea, Ungheni district, have won the second edition of the international youth tournament «Cupa Prieteniei» (the Friendship Cup), held between 29 June and 6 July in Montmorillon, France. FC Zagarancea beat the host team, UES Montmorillon, 3–2 in the final, repeating its win from the first edition in 2025. This is the second part of a story we told when the boys set off: a team gathered by teacher Sebastian Andriuța, which reached France through a Zagarancea–Putna–Montmorillon chain of twinnings.

Ion Calmis·9 July 2026· News
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