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 Arts Hour on Tour, the BBC World Service arts and culture program that visits cities all over
Romania’s new education minister, who has been in office since the end of December, has kicked off
Fading Studies, an exhibition of new works by Răzvan Anton, is scheduled to open at Gaep on February
Romanian author Mircea Cărtărescu is on the longlist for this year’s International Booker Prize, the
Footprints AI, a Romanian technology company developing and commercializing an advanced retail-media
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The 29th edition of the French Film Festival will take place between March 20 and March 30 in
The fourth edition of the festival Visuali Italiane - New Italian Cinema in Romania will cover a
DokStation - Music Documentary Film Festival, the only festival in the country dedicated to
Human Scale, a project by artist Vlad Nancă alongside Muromuro Studio, namely architects Ioana Chifu
The Hills of Change, a symphony by Romanian and Norwegian composers, will have its local premiere at
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