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UNinvolved in PEACE: Living Reality

“If blue helmeted UN peacekeepers show up in your town or village and offer to protect you, RUN.” Andrew Thomson, Emergency Sex Few days ago in the evening I was doing my usual stuff on the internet: surfing, surfing and again surfing internet news channels and Facebook/Twitter, when suddenly I noticed this controversial photo which at least for me was both… Read more →

Let’s talk about culture, AEGEE culture!

In a previous article the Culture Working Group said that 2012 would be a very important and very challenging year for them as they would be celebrating 15 years of activity. They said they needed an idea for a celebration, because this way they could highlight the multicultural potential that AEGEE has and that can be found everywhere. So the team came… Read more →

The role of Social Networks in the Revolutionary and Post-Revolutionary Processess in Egypt

The protests in Egypt, which started on 25th of January, 2011, toppled down the regime of Hosni Mubarak in 18 days. During the revolution frequent usage of Facebook, Twitter, Youtube and other social networks was noticed. State-owned media and television in Egypt were controlled by the authoritarian regime, and the information given to the public was bogus and favorable for… Read more →

Getting Employed – The non formal way

“Getting Employed – The non formal way” is the name of a youth exchange which took place in Lyon, from 20th May till 27th May 2012, thanks to AEGEE-Lyon and the support of the Youth in Action program, Lyon Town Hall and the program “Prodige”. This Youth Exchange “Getting employed – the non-formal way” was about offering a space where participants were invited to be… Read more →

Give me your hand! ACT more!

“Tiene un dia? Involucrate! “ is a project that AEGEE-Las Palmas started few months ago. The antenna from the Canary Islands decided to set one day a month when they would be collaborating with one local association, in order to raise awareness of our members about different realities. It was a sunny day in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. A beautiful day,… Read more →

Putting Sports into AEGEE

A little more than a month ago the Sportive Working Group was introduced to the Network at Agora Enschede. A nervous introduction by AEGEE-Koebenhavn member Patricia Anthony, a suggestion of name change to Sports Working Group and some abstentions were part of the scenario that took place before this working group eventually was approved by the Agora Enschede delegates. Hard… Read more →

Visa Chronicles of One Agora

Starting any visa process in AEGEE is like a lottery – you never know how organisers will behave, how attentively the visa officer will look at your documentation, and what will you get in your passport in the end. After Agora Skopje we all had a sad experience in visa issues, when no Caucasian locals were able to attend the Agora… Read more →