Romania: Bucharest city tales: Are you seen as a friend or a contact (...)

March 4, 2013

Bucharest city tales: Are you seen as a friend or a contact ?
Mar 4, 2013

Bucharest city tales: Are you seen as a friend or a contact ?.
Columnist Eleonore af Schaumburg-Lippe writes in her weekly column about life as an expat in Romania. This week she tells about friendship and the use of the word ‘contacts’ in Bucharest. Moving to Bucharest, I know many newcomers worry about how to make friends. It is a question, I have heard it (...)
[Read the article in Romania Business Insider]

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