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    Environmental activist and facilitator, writer and translator, Daniel Swartz has lived in Hungary since 1990. He studied international relations, history, and Chinese Language at Bates College in the United States. Since 1990, he has been working for and with Central and Eastern European environmental NGOs, local and national governments, and businesses on various environmental issues.

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    After achieving two degrees, one in Economics and one in German, Dennis Diokno went straight into a Masters program in International Management. Having completed his Masters, Dennis found the U.S. job market slow, so he applied for a Visa and headed to Moscow. It only took him six weeks to find a job, choose a place to stay, and develop a passion for expat living.

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