On 5 November 1978 the Stânca-Costeşti Hydroelectrical Plant on the Prut was inaugurated.
By road one can also reach Ukraine (in about 2 hours) to the north or to the east, and Romania (1 hour) to the south-west by the Sculeni-Sculeni crossing point, which leads to the important Romanian city of Iaşi (104 km from Bălți), or to the west by the Stânca-Costeşti crossing.
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