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Paul Wood
Guest writer

Paul Wood read History at Queens’ College, Cambridge and studied to be a lawyer without having the stomach to become one. He worked in the British civil service and in the City of London. He fell in love with Romania while travelling through in 1990 and has lived and worked as a headhunter in Romania since 1998. After almost 14 years he is still fascinated by the most egregious capital in Europe. His favourite activities are talking, thinking, walking, reading and looking round churches. He collects friends and books. He is conservative but unconventional, a Catholic with a Protestant mind, a solitary extrovert and a political refugee from the global village. His blog is here.

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Submitted by paul.wood23 on Mon, 03/16/2020 - 10:06
16 March 2020
Letters
Comment: Denmark, Poland, Czechia and Slovakia self-isolate because of the Coronavirus. Should Romania do the same?

Guest writer Paul Wood, an Englishman living in Romania for many years, looks at the measures taken by European...

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Matt Sampalean
Guest writer

Matt was born in Romania and grew up in a world of ration cards and clandestine Radio Free Europe broadcasts. He immigrated with his parents to Toronto, Canada in 1991 where he spent twenty years before returning to Romania as co-founder of a technology startup. When he’s not working he blogs about his experiences as a person with ‘bipolar nationality disorder’.

matt.roexpat
Submitted by matt.roexpat on Wed, 02/27/2013 - 09:55
27 February 2013
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Romanians abroad: Andrea Iorga talks about choosing Toronto over heading back home

Andrea milea torontoGuest writer Matt Sampalean, who returned to Romania after spending 20 years in Canada, interviews university friend...

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Matt Sampalean
Guest writer

Matt was born in Romania and grew up in a world of ration cards and clandestine Radio Free Europe broadcasts. He immigrated with his parents to Toronto, Canada in 1991 where he spent twenty years before returning to Romania as co-founder of a technology startup. When he’s not working he blogs about his experiences as a person with ‘bipolar nationality disorder’.

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Submitted by matt.roexpat on Thu, 12/06/2012 - 17:07
06 December 2012
Daily News
Why have they returned home? Interview with Paula Anastasiade: Many people here would rather envy you than work hard to achieve more

Guest writer Matt Sampalean interviewed Paula Anastasiade, a young Romanian who returned to Romania after studying in...

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Corina Chirileasa
Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Corina holds a BA in Journalism and started as a business journalist back in 2005. She became an entrepreneur in 2010, when she launched Romania-Insider.com with a desire to offer readers balanced, quality content in English dedicated to Romania. Currently based in a village in Northern Romania, Corina oversees the media company’s projects and activities together with her co-founder, always with a focus on abiding by ethical standards in content and in business. She is one of the company’s three shareholders and also acts as a community manager. She enjoys life in the countryside, photography, gardening, reading, studying psychology and spending time with her family and their seven dogs. Get in touch with her if you want to discuss media development ideas and content proposals: [email protected]

 

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Submitted by corina.chirileasa on Wed, 11/14/2012 - 10:46
14 November 2012
Daily News
Chris Worman: I want to change the idea that Romanians don't care and see regular people engaging more – like joining their block association

Chris Worman came to Romania as a Peace Corps volunteer in 2006 and did not leave. He started a foundation - Romania’s...

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Corina Chirileasa
Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Corina holds a BA in Journalism and started as a business journalist back in 2005. She became an entrepreneur in 2010, when she launched Romania-Insider.com with a desire to offer readers balanced, quality content in English dedicated to Romania. Currently based in a village in Northern Romania, Corina oversees the media company’s projects and activities together with her co-founder, always with a focus on abiding by ethical standards in content and in business. She is one of the company’s three shareholders and also acts as a community manager. She enjoys life in the countryside, photography, gardening, reading, studying psychology and spending time with her family and their seven dogs. Get in touch with her if you want to discuss media development ideas and content proposals: [email protected]

 

corina.chirileasa
Submitted by corina.chirileasa on Fri, 11/09/2012 - 09:30
09 November 2012
Daily News
Interview: Oana Ghiocel- “Romanians are still looking for an identity”

Just a week ahead of the TEDxBucharest conference, Romania-Insider.com interviewed Oana Raluca Ghiocel, one of the...

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Matt Sampalean
Guest writer

Matt was born in Romania and grew up in a world of ration cards and clandestine Radio Free Europe broadcasts. He immigrated with his parents to Toronto, Canada in 1991 where he spent twenty years before returning to Romania as co-founder of a technology startup. When he’s not working he blogs about his experiences as a person with ‘bipolar nationality disorder’.

matt.roexpat
Submitted by matt.roexpat on Fri, 09/21/2012 - 10:47
21 September 2012
Daily News
The Cluj guide to nightlife

If you've been reading the blog, you'd swear that my favorite activity is criticizing Romania. That's actually my second...

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Matt Sampalean
Guest writer

Matt was born in Romania and grew up in a world of ration cards and clandestine Radio Free Europe broadcasts. He immigrated with his parents to Toronto, Canada in 1991 where he spent twenty years before returning to Romania as co-founder of a technology startup. When he’s not working he blogs about his experiences as a person with ‘bipolar nationality disorder’.

matt.roexpat
Submitted by matt.roexpat on Fri, 09/14/2012 - 11:33
14 September 2012
Daily News
The Cluj guide to dining out

I've been in Cluj for seventeen months. That's 73 weeks. And every week there's something going on in this city. I...

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Matt Sampalean
Guest writer

Matt was born in Romania and grew up in a world of ration cards and clandestine Radio Free Europe broadcasts. He immigrated with his parents to Toronto, Canada in 1991 where he spent twenty years before returning to Romania as co-founder of a technology startup. When he’s not working he blogs about his experiences as a person with ‘bipolar nationality disorder’.

matt.roexpat
Submitted by matt.roexpat on Thu, 09/06/2012 - 12:00
06 September 2012
Daily News
Nine business ideas for Romania

Guest writer Matt Sampalean comes up with nine ideas that could work in Romania, where he is also the co-founded of a...

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Paul Wood
Guest writer

Paul Wood read History at Queens’ College, Cambridge and studied to be a lawyer without having the stomach to become one. He worked in the British civil service and in the City of London. He fell in love with Romania while travelling through in 1990 and has lived and worked as a headhunter in Romania since 1998. After almost 14 years he is still fascinated by the most egregious capital in Europe. His favourite activities are talking, thinking, walking, reading and looking round churches. He collects friends and books. He is conservative but unconventional, a Catholic with a Protestant mind, a solitary extrovert and a political refugee from the global village. His blog is here.

paul.wood23
Submitted by paul.wood23 on Thu, 06/14/2012 - 09:35
14 June 2012
Daily News
Romania Insider stories: The Prince of Wales in Bucharest

Guest writer Paul Wood attended the local celebration for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and wrote about sharing the garden...

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Matt Sampalean
Guest writer

Matt was born in Romania and grew up in a world of ration cards and clandestine Radio Free Europe broadcasts. He immigrated with his parents to Toronto, Canada in 1991 where he spent twenty years before returning to Romania as co-founder of a technology startup. When he’s not working he blogs about his experiences as a person with ‘bipolar nationality disorder’.

matt.roexpat
Submitted by matt.roexpat on Wed, 02/27/2013 - 09:55
27 February 2013
Daily News
Romanians abroad: Andrea Iorga talks about choosing Toronto over heading back home

Andrea milea torontoGuest writer Matt Sampalean, who returned to Romania after spending 20 years in Canada, interviews university friend...

Profile picture for user matt.roexpat
Matt Sampalean
Guest writer

Matt was born in Romania and grew up in a world of ration cards and clandestine Radio Free Europe broadcasts. He immigrated with his parents to Toronto, Canada in 1991 where he spent twenty years before returning to Romania as co-founder of a technology startup. When he’s not working he blogs about his experiences as a person with ‘bipolar nationality disorder’.

matt.roexpat
Submitted by matt.roexpat on Thu, 12/06/2012 - 17:07
06 December 2012
Daily News
Why have they returned home? Interview with Paula Anastasiade: Many people here would rather envy you than work hard to achieve more

Guest writer Matt Sampalean interviewed Paula Anastasiade, a young Romanian who returned to Romania after studying in...

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Corina Chirileasa
Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Corina holds a BA in Journalism and started as a business journalist back in 2005. She became an entrepreneur in 2010, when she launched Romania-Insider.com with a desire to offer readers balanced, quality content in English dedicated to Romania. Currently based in a village in Northern Romania, Corina oversees the media company’s projects and activities together with her co-founder, always with a focus on abiding by ethical standards in content and in business. She is one of the company’s three shareholders and also acts as a community manager. She enjoys life in the countryside, photography, gardening, reading, studying psychology and spending time with her family and their seven dogs. Get in touch with her if you want to discuss media development ideas and content proposals: [email protected]

 

corina.chirileasa
Submitted by corina.chirileasa on Wed, 11/14/2012 - 10:46
14 November 2012
Daily News
Chris Worman: I want to change the idea that Romanians don't care and see regular people engaging more – like joining their block association

Chris Worman came to Romania as a Peace Corps volunteer in 2006 and did not leave. He started a foundation - Romania’s...

Profile picture for user corina.chirileasa
Corina Chirileasa
Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Corina holds a BA in Journalism and started as a business journalist back in 2005. She became an entrepreneur in 2010, when she launched Romania-Insider.com with a desire to offer readers balanced, quality content in English dedicated to Romania. Currently based in a village in Northern Romania, Corina oversees the media company’s projects and activities together with her co-founder, always with a focus on abiding by ethical standards in content and in business. She is one of the company’s three shareholders and also acts as a community manager. She enjoys life in the countryside, photography, gardening, reading, studying psychology and spending time with her family and their seven dogs. Get in touch with her if you want to discuss media development ideas and content proposals: [email protected]

 

corina.chirileasa
Submitted by corina.chirileasa on Fri, 11/09/2012 - 09:30
09 November 2012
Daily News
Interview: Oana Ghiocel- “Romanians are still looking for an identity”

Just a week ahead of the TEDxBucharest conference, Romania-Insider.com interviewed Oana Raluca Ghiocel, one of the...

Profile picture for user matt.roexpat
Matt Sampalean
Guest writer

Matt was born in Romania and grew up in a world of ration cards and clandestine Radio Free Europe broadcasts. He immigrated with his parents to Toronto, Canada in 1991 where he spent twenty years before returning to Romania as co-founder of a technology startup. When he’s not working he blogs about his experiences as a person with ‘bipolar nationality disorder’.

matt.roexpat
Submitted by matt.roexpat on Fri, 09/21/2012 - 10:47
21 September 2012
Daily News
The Cluj guide to nightlife

If you've been reading the blog, you'd swear that my favorite activity is criticizing Romania. That's actually my second...

Profile picture for user matt.roexpat
Matt Sampalean
Guest writer

Matt was born in Romania and grew up in a world of ration cards and clandestine Radio Free Europe broadcasts. He immigrated with his parents to Toronto, Canada in 1991 where he spent twenty years before returning to Romania as co-founder of a technology startup. When he’s not working he blogs about his experiences as a person with ‘bipolar nationality disorder’.

matt.roexpat
Submitted by matt.roexpat on Fri, 09/14/2012 - 11:33
14 September 2012
Daily News
The Cluj guide to dining out

I've been in Cluj for seventeen months. That's 73 weeks. And every week there's something going on in this city. I...

Profile picture for user matt.roexpat
Matt Sampalean
Guest writer

Matt was born in Romania and grew up in a world of ration cards and clandestine Radio Free Europe broadcasts. He immigrated with his parents to Toronto, Canada in 1991 where he spent twenty years before returning to Romania as co-founder of a technology startup. When he’s not working he blogs about his experiences as a person with ‘bipolar nationality disorder’.

matt.roexpat
Submitted by matt.roexpat on Thu, 09/06/2012 - 12:00
06 September 2012
Daily News
Nine business ideas for Romania

Guest writer Matt Sampalean comes up with nine ideas that could work in Romania, where he is also the co-founded of a...

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Paul Wood
Guest writer

Paul Wood read History at Queens’ College, Cambridge and studied to be a lawyer without having the stomach to become one. He worked in the British civil service and in the City of London. He fell in love with Romania while travelling through in 1990 and has lived and worked as a headhunter in Romania since 1998. After almost 14 years he is still fascinated by the most egregious capital in Europe. His favourite activities are talking, thinking, walking, reading and looking round churches. He collects friends and books. He is conservative but unconventional, a Catholic with a Protestant mind, a solitary extrovert and a political refugee from the global village. His blog is here.

paul.wood23
Submitted by paul.wood23 on Thu, 06/14/2012 - 09:35
14 June 2012
Daily News
Romania Insider stories: The Prince of Wales in Bucharest

Guest writer Paul Wood attended the local celebration for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and wrote about sharing the garden...

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