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.
Over 80% of the poorest Romanians’ income comes from self-employment and social assistance benefits
Cristinel Bîgiu, the president of Buzau County Council, was detained for 24 hours by anticorruption
Over 5,000 applications submitted in the Green House (Casa Verde) program, stuck in 2011, will
The Romanian energy system needs investments of around EUR 100 million between 2015 and 2035
The Bucharest Municipality recently signed the contract for strengthening and upgrading the State
Romanian women are more open to paying by card, while men prefer cash, according to a study of EY
Romanians say they would allot an average budget of RON 294 (some EUR 66) for St. Nicholas gifts
Bulgaria and Romania are well prepared to join the Schengen Area, according to Donald Tusk, the
Romanian prosecutors detained 11 people indicted in the tax evasion case that targets Romanian media
Romanian President Traian Basescu recently criticized the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the
Romania has the lowest health expenditure per capita, while the number of Magnetic resonance imaging
Romanian private pension funds managed RON 18.8 billion (some EUR 4.25 billion) in assets at the end