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Paul Wood
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Paul Wood read History at Queens’ College, Cambridge and studied to be a lawyer without having the stomach to become one. He worked in the British civil service and in the City of London. He fell in love with Romania while travelling through in 1990 and has lived and worked as a headhunter in Romania since 1998. After almost 14 years he is still fascinated by the most egregious capital in Europe. His favourite activities are talking, thinking, walking, reading and looking round churches. He collects friends and books. He is conservative but unconventional, a Catholic with a Protestant mind, a solitary extrovert and a political refugee from the global village. His blog is here.

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Submitted by paul.wood23 on Mon, 03/16/2020 - 10:06
16 March 2020
Letters
Comment: Denmark, Poland, Czechia and Slovakia self-isolate because of the Coronavirus. Should Romania do the same?

Guest writer Paul Wood, an Englishman living in Romania for many years, looks at the measures taken by European...

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Matt Sampalean
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Matt was born in Romania and grew up in a world of ration cards and clandestine Radio Free Europe broadcasts. He immigrated with his parents to Toronto, Canada in 1991 where he spent twenty years before returning to Romania as co-founder of a technology startup. When he’s not working he blogs about his experiences as a person with ‘bipolar nationality disorder’.

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Submitted by matt.roexpat on Thu, 03/28/2013 - 11:10
28 March 2013
Daily News
Romanians abroad: Romanian people need to be shaken and empowered

andrea f interviewGuest writer Matt Sampalean interviews Andrea F, who emigrated to Canada as a toddler, but who still feels the pull of...

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Matt Sampalean
Guest writer

Matt was born in Romania and grew up in a world of ration cards and clandestine Radio Free Europe broadcasts. He immigrated with his parents to Toronto, Canada in 1991 where he spent twenty years before returning to Romania as co-founder of a technology startup. When he’s not working he blogs about his experiences as a person with ‘bipolar nationality disorder’.

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Submitted by matt.roexpat on Tue, 03/19/2013 - 14:11
19 March 2013
Daily News
Romanians abroad: Paul Caramida on coming back to Romania after the current generation of corrupt officials exits the stage

paul caramida new picGuest writer Matt Sampalean interviewed Paul Caramida, who is currently a high school teacher in Toronto, and who says...

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Matt Sampalean
Guest writer

Matt was born in Romania and grew up in a world of ration cards and clandestine Radio Free Europe broadcasts. He immigrated with his parents to Toronto, Canada in 1991 where he spent twenty years before returning to Romania as co-founder of a technology startup. When he’s not working he blogs about his experiences as a person with ‘bipolar nationality disorder’.

matt.roexpat
Submitted by matt.roexpat on Thu, 03/28/2013 - 11:10
28 March 2013
Daily News
Romanians abroad: Romanian people need to be shaken and empowered

andrea f interviewGuest writer Matt Sampalean interviews Andrea F, who emigrated to Canada as a toddler, but who still feels the pull of...

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Matt Sampalean
Guest writer

Matt was born in Romania and grew up in a world of ration cards and clandestine Radio Free Europe broadcasts. He immigrated with his parents to Toronto, Canada in 1991 where he spent twenty years before returning to Romania as co-founder of a technology startup. When he’s not working he blogs about his experiences as a person with ‘bipolar nationality disorder’.

matt.roexpat
Submitted by matt.roexpat on Tue, 03/19/2013 - 14:11
19 March 2013
Daily News
Romanians abroad: Paul Caramida on coming back to Romania after the current generation of corrupt officials exits the stage

paul caramida new picGuest writer Matt Sampalean interviewed Paul Caramida, who is currently a high school teacher in Toronto, and who says...

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