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
Kindergartens and schools reopen on May 5, with two scenarios in place, depending on the Covid-19
Indoor restaurants and cafes, cinemas and event halls, and gambling venues can reopen in Bucharest
The vaccination centers set up at military hospitals in Bucharest, Braşov, Cluj, Constanţa, Craiova
The French Film Festival will hold its 25th edition this summer between July 1 and July 11 in
The Bucharest National Opera will stream on Saturday, May 1, Verdi’s Messa da Requiem, a concert
The nighttime curfew will start at the same hour throughout the week, and stores can close at 21:00
The target of having 5 million people vaccinated by June 1 is "realistic," and the Government has
Romanian authorities have declared Alexey Grishaev, the deputy of the military attaché of Russia’s
The decision to ban fishing for wild sturgeon and the selling of wild sturgeon products indefinitely
Romanian tennis player Sorana Cîrstea won the TEB BNP Paribas Tennis Championship Istanbul this past
The history museum in Siret, in northeastern Romania, will be refurbished and turned into the
Bucharest’s emergency situations committee will meet to discuss the Covid-19 restrictions as the
