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
A total of 575 theater, contemporary circus and dance performances are scheduled for this year’s
Techcelerator, the accelerator for technology startups, is running, in partnership with its
Bookfest, one of the main book fairs taking place in Bucharest, returns with another edition between
Romanian climber Horia Colibășanu reached the Kangchenjunga summit on May 7. The ascent was done
Asociația Zi de Bine will organize this month a camp for Alzheimer’s patients and their relatives in
Patriarch Daniel, the head of the Romanian Orthodox Church, has urged people to take part in the
The European Film Academy Council has added Astra Film Festival (AFF) to the list of major
The online phase of the George Enescu International Competition started on May 9 with the cello
Eliades Ochoa, a founding member of the ensemble Buena Vista Social Club, is scheduled to perform at
Sinagoga din Cetate (the Citadel Synagogue) reopened in Timişoara, in western Romania, on May 6.
A team of the Bucharest Ilfov Ambulance Service dispatched to the Bucharest Half Marathon helped a
Adina Pintilie’s Tu eşti un alt eu - O catedrală a corpului/You Are Another Me-A Cathedral of the
