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.
The only Romanian women’s gymnast who attended the Rio Olympics this year, Catalina Ponor, 29
Scarred Hearts / Inimi cicatrizate, the fourth feature film of Romanian director Radu Jude, won the
Romania’s Health Ministry and Bucharest District 1 City Hall are planning a new burn hospital in
The Bucharesters now have a new way of calling a taxi, as ride booking app Taxify was launched in
Romania recorded a current account deficit of EUR 2.06 billion in the first half of this year, the
Qatar Airways will introduce a second Bucharest-Doha daily flight in August, the company has
Famous BBC Concert Orchestra will close the 2016 edition of RadiRo Festival in Bucharest. The
Romanian state-controlled gas producer Romgaz Medias registered a net profit of RON 615.3 million
Former central bank deputy governor Bogdan Olteanu, who is currently investigated for influence
Airbus will use aluminum provided by Romanian company Alro to manufacture its aircraft starting 2017
Famous Romanian artist Adrian Ghenie will donate one of his paintings for the national fundraising
Events:
Summer Well music festival – August 13-14, at the Stirbey Domain in Buftea, near Bucharest