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Corina Chirileasa
Managing Partner & Shareholder

Corina holds a BA in Journalism and started as a business journalist in Romania in 2005. She became an entrepreneur in 2010, when she founded Romania-Insider.com. Currently based in Northern Romania. Corina is now the Managing Partner of City Compass Media, and manages all of the group's media projects, online, print and events. She is passionate about media trends, business & economic developments, change management. She enjoys life in the countryside, photography, gardening, and spending time with her family and their dogs. Get in touch with her by e-mail: [email protected]

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Submitted by corina.chirileasa on Fri, 08/30/2019 - 12:04
30 August 2019
OpEd
Op-Ed: These are the real stakes of running an English - language media business in a country like Romania

Freedom. There you have it. An answer in the first sentence. But do read on to understand how a small, niche English

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Andrei Chirileasa
Editor-in-Chief

Andrei studied finance at the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies and worked for almost ten years for Ziarul Financiar, the main financial newspaper in Romania. For the last six years he was editor of the capital markets section in Ziarul Financiar. He joined the Romania-Insider.com team in May 2014 as editor and partner. Besides capital markets he is also interested in trends in economy, banking and politics. He is passionate about sports, movies and literature, especially crime fiction and political intrigues (Game of Thrones). He would like to live in the countryside one day, groom a vineyard and write his own literature. Email him for interviews, conferences and story pitches at [email protected]

andreich
Submitted by andreich on Thu, 01/05/2017 - 12:14
05 January 2017
OpEd
Comment: Who will stop Romania’s new leaders if they want put a leash on justice?

The changes in Romania’s justice system will be one of the highly sensitive themes of the new governing coalition made...

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Andrei Chirileasa
Editor-in-Chief

Andrei studied finance at the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies and worked for almost ten years for Ziarul Financiar, the main financial newspaper in Romania. For the last six years he was editor of the capital markets section in Ziarul Financiar. He joined the Romania-Insider.com team in May 2014 as editor and partner. Besides capital markets he is also interested in trends in economy, banking and politics. He is passionate about sports, movies and literature, especially crime fiction and political intrigues (Game of Thrones). He would like to live in the countryside one day, groom a vineyard and write his own literature. Email him for interviews, conferences and story pitches at [email protected]

andreich
Submitted by andreich on Mon, 12/12/2016 - 20:45
12 December 2016
Politics
Comment: Tough decision for Romania's political man of the moment

The Social Democratic Party (PSD) may have won the parliamentary elections in Romania, but its leader Liviu Dragnea stil...

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Ronnie Smith
Guest writer

Ronnie Smith is Scottish and now lives in Romania, working as a professional training business consultant and communication coach. He is also a teacher of political science, a political and social commentator and a writer of fiction.

ronnie.writer.romania
Submitted by ronnie.writer… on Sat, 07/23/2016 - 10:11
23 July 2016
OpEd
Comment: Fog in the Channel, Europe Cut Off

Guest writer Ronnie Smith, a Scotsman living in Romania, analyzes the effects of Brexit (Britain's exit from the EU) on...

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Andrei Chirileasa
Editor-in-Chief

Andrei studied finance at the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies and worked for almost ten years for Ziarul Financiar, the main financial newspaper in Romania. For the last six years he was editor of the capital markets section in Ziarul Financiar. He joined the Romania-Insider.com team in May 2014 as editor and partner. Besides capital markets he is also interested in trends in economy, banking and politics. He is passionate about sports, movies and literature, especially crime fiction and political intrigues (Game of Thrones). He would like to live in the countryside one day, groom a vineyard and write his own literature. Email him for interviews, conferences and story pitches at [email protected]

andreich
Submitted by andreich on Fri, 06/10/2016 - 13:42
10 June 2016
OpEd
Comment: Six reasons why Romania may win the Euro 2016 opening match against France

The UEFA European Football Championship (Euro 2016) kicks off today and Romania are in the privileged position to play...

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Ronnie Smith
Guest writer

Ronnie Smith is Scottish and now lives in Romania, working as a professional training business consultant and communication coach. He is also a teacher of political science, a political and social commentator and a writer of fiction.

ronnie.writer.romania
Submitted by ronnie.writer… on Tue, 06/07/2016 - 20:32
07 June 2016
OpEd
Comment: The Romanian Normal

Why do Romanians reelect arrested mayors? Guest writer Ronnie Smith puts the events that have recently made the...

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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 Mon, 06/06/2016 - 22:40
06 June 2016
OpEd
Comment: Back in Cernăuți, a city that feels like 1953 England

Guest writer Paul Wood takes us on a walk through Cernăuți, a peaceful city in Northern Bucovina, and through its...

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Andrei Chirileasa
Editor-in-Chief

Andrei studied finance at the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies and worked for almost ten years for Ziarul Financiar, the main financial newspaper in Romania. For the last six years he was editor of the capital markets section in Ziarul Financiar. He joined the Romania-Insider.com team in May 2014 as editor and partner. Besides capital markets he is also interested in trends in economy, banking and politics. He is passionate about sports, movies and literature, especially crime fiction and political intrigues (Game of Thrones). He would like to live in the countryside one day, groom a vineyard and write his own literature. Email him for interviews, conferences and story pitches at [email protected]

andreich
Submitted by andreich on Thu, 01/05/2017 - 12:14
05 January 2017
OpEd
Comment: Who will stop Romania’s new leaders if they want put a leash on justice?

The changes in Romania’s justice system will be one of the highly sensitive themes of the new governing coalition made...

Profile picture for user andreich
Andrei Chirileasa
Editor-in-Chief

Andrei studied finance at the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies and worked for almost ten years for Ziarul Financiar, the main financial newspaper in Romania. For the last six years he was editor of the capital markets section in Ziarul Financiar. He joined the Romania-Insider.com team in May 2014 as editor and partner. Besides capital markets he is also interested in trends in economy, banking and politics. He is passionate about sports, movies and literature, especially crime fiction and political intrigues (Game of Thrones). He would like to live in the countryside one day, groom a vineyard and write his own literature. Email him for interviews, conferences and story pitches at [email protected]

andreich
Submitted by andreich on Mon, 12/12/2016 - 20:45
12 December 2016
Politics
Comment: Tough decision for Romania's political man of the moment

The Social Democratic Party (PSD) may have won the parliamentary elections in Romania, but its leader Liviu Dragnea stil...

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Ronnie Smith
Guest writer

Ronnie Smith is Scottish and now lives in Romania, working as a professional training business consultant and communication coach. He is also a teacher of political science, a political and social commentator and a writer of fiction.

ronnie.writer.romania
Submitted by ronnie.writer… on Sat, 07/23/2016 - 10:11
23 July 2016
OpEd
Comment: Fog in the Channel, Europe Cut Off

Guest writer Ronnie Smith, a Scotsman living in Romania, analyzes the effects of Brexit (Britain's exit from the EU) on...

Profile picture for user andreich
Andrei Chirileasa
Editor-in-Chief

Andrei studied finance at the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies and worked for almost ten years for Ziarul Financiar, the main financial newspaper in Romania. For the last six years he was editor of the capital markets section in Ziarul Financiar. He joined the Romania-Insider.com team in May 2014 as editor and partner. Besides capital markets he is also interested in trends in economy, banking and politics. He is passionate about sports, movies and literature, especially crime fiction and political intrigues (Game of Thrones). He would like to live in the countryside one day, groom a vineyard and write his own literature. Email him for interviews, conferences and story pitches at [email protected]

andreich
Submitted by andreich on Fri, 06/10/2016 - 13:42
10 June 2016
OpEd
Comment: Six reasons why Romania may win the Euro 2016 opening match against France

The UEFA European Football Championship (Euro 2016) kicks off today and Romania are in the privileged position to play...

Profile picture for user ronnie.writer.romania
Ronnie Smith
Guest writer

Ronnie Smith is Scottish and now lives in Romania, working as a professional training business consultant and communication coach. He is also a teacher of political science, a political and social commentator and a writer of fiction.

ronnie.writer.romania
Submitted by ronnie.writer… on Tue, 06/07/2016 - 20:32
07 June 2016
OpEd
Comment: The Romanian Normal

Why do Romanians reelect arrested mayors? Guest writer Ronnie Smith puts the events that have recently made the...

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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 Mon, 06/06/2016 - 22:40
06 June 2016
OpEd
Comment: Back in Cernăuți, a city that feels like 1953 England

Guest writer Paul Wood takes us on a walk through Cernăuți, a peaceful city in Northern Bucovina, and through its...

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