Beyond AEGEE

Above us, the same sky

After the historical result of the vote during the last General Assembly of the United Nations held on the 28th November 2012, a possible new chapter opened in the history of the Middle East. With an overwhelming majority, the United Nations welcomed the Palestinian Authority as “Non-member observer State”, upgrading it from the previous status of “entity”, and in this way implicitly recognising Palestine… Read more →

AEGEE — special language for special people

We all know what AEGEE is: a student organisation that unites different people (students and adults with a young soul) in one big international group with common interests and dreams of travelling. And of course, in this group, like in every other groups of people there are different customs and traditions. Among them are the European Night, Summer and Winter Universities,… Read more →

AEGEE-Ankara says No!

On 3rd October 2012 the Grand National Assembly of Turkey allowed officially with a so called “War Memorandum” to attack Syria. Therefore, AEGEE-Ankara likes to express its opinion on the decision made by the Turkish parliament: As it can be seen in the cases of Iraq and Afghanistan in the past, any military intervention has not promulgated “democracy and freedom”… Read more →

Dare to protest – dare to change

Mass protest, public action, objecting and lots of other words recently became for us quite usual and commonly used. In fact, in last 20 years they (serious guys in parliaments, governments, councils etc.) managed “to climb” so high from youth, that our voice can only be heard when it is counted in thousands of people, or when youth does something… Read more →

To ban or not to ban? Propaganda of homosexuality – Ukrainian version

On the 2nd October 2012 the Parliament of Ukraine has accepted the law “On amendments in some legislative acts (on protection of children rights for safe information space)”. It could sound quite innocent and even nice if nobody has ever tried to read these amendments. Behind the title of the law for children there is hidden surely not childish content… Read more →