Simona joined the Romania Insider team in 2015, first working on our travel guide in English and, later, writing features and interviews for Romania Insider. Since 2022, she has been Editor-in-Chief of Romania Insider. She holds a BA in Romanian and English and an MA in American Studies from the University of Bucharest and started her journalism career in 2003. Simona divides her time between her hometown Ploiești and Bucharest. While in Ploiești, she enjoys spending time with her family and taking long walks with the family dog. Going through an ever-expanding reading list and traveling, now replaced by travel literature and documentaries, are some of her favorite activities. You can get in touch with her for stories about arts, culture, and travel: simona@romania-insider.com
The fifth edition of the film festival TIFF Oradea takes place in the northwestern Romania city
More than 200 local and international artists are expected at this year’s edition of Untold, the
Andrei Breahnă went from working in France's corporate environment to the entrepreneurial
Mantas Kvedaravičius's Mariupolis 2, the documentary depicting life in Ukraine's besieged port
Alexandru Belc’s debut feature Metronom received the Nechama Rivilin Award for Best
An area of 2,200 sqm of the former shoe factory Clujana in Cluj-Napoca, in western Romania, is being
The Romanian Red Cross (CRR), with support from the Korean National Red Cross (KNRC), has opened in
The City Hall of Mangalia, on the Romanian coast of the Black Sea, is introducing free public
The passengers transiting Sibiu International Airport, in central Romania, can access the reading
Fifty-four trails in Sibiu county are available in the recently released app Anii Drumeției (Hiking
Ukrainian group Kalush Orchestra, the winners of this year’s Eurovision contest, are scheduled to
Romania’s general consulates in London and Paris are scheduled to open in August, foreign affairs