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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 Thu, 05/14/2020 - 19:00
14 May 2020
OpEd
In readers we trust: How our community’s responded to Romania Insider’s membership program

In mid-April, we launched Romania Insider Community Memberships.  We were overwhelmed by how many of you responded to

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Andrei Chirileasa
Editor-in-Chief

Andrei studied finance at the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies and started his journalism career in 2004 with Ziarul Financiar, the leading financial newspaper in Romania, where he worked for ten years, the last six of which as editor of the capital markets section. He joined the Romania-Insider.com team in 2014 as editor and became Editor-in-Chief in 2016. He currently oversees the daily content published on Romania-Insider.com and likes to stay up to date with everything relevant in business, politics, and life in Romania. Andrei lives with his family in the countryside in Northern Romania, where he built their own house. In his free time, he studies horticulture and tends to his family’s garden. He enjoys foraging in the woods and long walks on the hills and valleys around his village. Email him for story ideas and interviews 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 started his journalism career in 2004 with Ziarul Financiar, the leading financial newspaper in Romania, where he worked for ten years, the last six of which as editor of the capital markets section. He joined the Romania-Insider.com team in 2014 as editor and became Editor-in-Chief in 2016. He currently oversees the daily content published on Romania-Insider.com and likes to stay up to date with everything relevant in business, politics, and life in Romania. Andrei lives with his family in the countryside in Northern Romania, where he built their own house. In his free time, he studies horticulture and tends to his family’s garden. He enjoys foraging in the woods and long walks on the hills and valleys around his village. Email him for story ideas and interviews 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 started his journalism career in 2004 with Ziarul Financiar, the leading financial newspaper in Romania, where he worked for ten years, the last six of which as editor of the capital markets section. He joined the Romania-Insider.com team in 2014 as editor and became Editor-in-Chief in 2016. He currently oversees the daily content published on Romania-Insider.com and likes to stay up to date with everything relevant in business, politics, and life in Romania. Andrei lives with his family in the countryside in Northern Romania, where he built their own house. In his free time, he studies horticulture and tends to his family’s garden. He enjoys foraging in the woods and long walks on the hills and valleys around his village. Email him for story ideas and interviews 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 started his journalism career in 2004 with Ziarul Financiar, the leading financial newspaper in Romania, where he worked for ten years, the last six of which as editor of the capital markets section. He joined the Romania-Insider.com team in 2014 as editor and became Editor-in-Chief in 2016. He currently oversees the daily content published on Romania-Insider.com and likes to stay up to date with everything relevant in business, politics, and life in Romania. Andrei lives with his family in the countryside in Northern Romania, where he built their own house. In his free time, he studies horticulture and tends to his family’s garden. He enjoys foraging in the woods and long walks on the hills and valleys around his village. Email him for story ideas and interviews 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 started his journalism career in 2004 with Ziarul Financiar, the leading financial newspaper in Romania, where he worked for ten years, the last six of which as editor of the capital markets section. He joined the Romania-Insider.com team in 2014 as editor and became Editor-in-Chief in 2016. He currently oversees the daily content published on Romania-Insider.com and likes to stay up to date with everything relevant in business, politics, and life in Romania. Andrei lives with his family in the countryside in Northern Romania, where he built their own house. In his free time, he studies horticulture and tends to his family’s garden. He enjoys foraging in the woods and long walks on the hills and valleys around his village. Email him for story ideas and interviews 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 started his journalism career in 2004 with Ziarul Financiar, the leading financial newspaper in Romania, where he worked for ten years, the last six of which as editor of the capital markets section. He joined the Romania-Insider.com team in 2014 as editor and became Editor-in-Chief in 2016. He currently oversees the daily content published on Romania-Insider.com and likes to stay up to date with everything relevant in business, politics, and life in Romania. Andrei lives with his family in the countryside in Northern Romania, where he built their own house. In his free time, he studies horticulture and tends to his family’s garden. He enjoys foraging in the woods and long walks on the hills and valleys around his village. Email him for story ideas and interviews 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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