Irina holds a BA in Journalism and has been part of the Romania Insider team since its early days in 2011. Since 2022, she has been Deputy Editor-in-Chief. She likes to keep the Romania Insider readers informed every day. Irina reports on various topics, on a wide range of areas such as politics, social or entertainment. She also writes travel or leisure articles, as well as interviews. She splits her time between Sinaia, her hometown, and Bucharest. Being born and raised in a mountain town, Irina loves spending time in nature, but she also likes to read, write, listen to music, travel, teach her dog new tricks and listen to other people’s stories (so don’t hesitate to contact her for an interview if you have an interesting story that you want to share with the Romania-insider.com readers). She dreams to visit Iceland one day and maybe get to see the Arctic Monkeys play live. You can send her press releases or feedback on her stories by emailing irina.marica@romania-insider.com.
Tourists visiting Bucharest will have to pay a new accommodation tax of RON 10 (some EUR 2) per
Romania’s mandatory private pension funds held total assets of RON 194.9 billion at the end of
Non-resident tourists visiting Romania for business spent more than RON 1.18 billion in the third
ChatGPT continued to be the most widely used AI chat tool in Romania in 2025, but Google Gemini has
President Nicușor Dan has met with Sir George Iacobescu, the Romanian-born businessman behind the
The National Company Bucharest Airports (CNAB) announced a major investment in a photovoltaic power
Romania’s deposit-return system for beverage packaging (known as SGR) is nearing the milestone of 5
A court has sentenced a 71-year-old man to 2 years in prison for animal cruelty after he assaulted a
The National Meteorological Administration (ANM) has issued a severe weather alert for the Christmas
Environment minister Diana Buzoianu announced on Monday, December 22, that the National
Romanians working abroad have sent around EUR 60 billion back home over the past 12 years (from 2013
Three quarters of Romanians believe the country is heading in the wrong direction, according to a