May 14th 2014, a day that Bosnian people won’t easily forget. 20 years after the bloody war, which scarred the Balkan peninsula, another woe affected Bosnians: the floods emergency. Due to the heavy rains in these past few days, the main river of the region, Bosna, overflew in the central area of the Zenica-Doboj canton, causing destruction, misery and death.… Read more →
In a few days, Ukraine will get to vote to choose their president for the next 5 years. After the recent happenings in Ukraine, from the protests at Maidan square till the recent independence referendums in Crimea and Sevastopol, on the 25th of May Ukrainians will have to choose from 21 candidates who will lead the Country, and where… Read more →
Five years ago, four brave guys from Bilbao, namely Guillermo García, Txaber Tavera, Sara Ortega and Zulema Rebollo formed a team and all together took a step forward by creating AEGEE-Bilbao, in March 2009. It wasn’t easy, and doubts and difficulties were appearing all along the way, but thanks to the enthusiasm of so many people in the past five… Read more →
After eight successful Y Vote conventions all around Europe, finally the time came to gather for one last meet up – and what place would be more suitable for this than Brussels? By this time all AEGEEans probably know how it goes: 40 young people, finding time and motivation, came together with the desire to learn more, share their views… Read more →
Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and eastern Croatia have been hit the past days by a record flooding, and the state of emergency has been declared in some parts of both countries. More than 100,000 homes have been evacuated so far, and it has become one of the biggest natural disasters in the region. Whereas the media from outside the Balkans… Read more →
Kids, I’m gonna tell you an incredible story, the story of how I met BEST (the Board of European Students of Technology). I joined one of their Regional Meetings (RM), which is the equivalent to our Network Meetings (NWM) but with more participants than we usually have. Not all sessions were mandatory, but instead there were some recommended and optional… Read more →
Taking into consideration that the total of the AEGEE-Europe Network consists of more than 150 locals, it is no surprise that amongst these locals differences can be found. A good example of this is AEGEE-Nijmegen, which is the only local with a drama group that writes, prepares and performs their own plays every year. The AEGEEan talked to one of… Read more →
Spring Agora Patra is just around the corner and we will vote for a new Comité Directeur. After two years, we are going to have (up to) seven new faces in the CD House in Brussels. As you might remember, during Spring Agora Rhein-Neckar the current CD decided to run for another year and they were all reconfirmed. Only Szabina… Read more →
Joris Veenhuis (AEGEE-Maastricht) was elected in the past Autumn Agora Zaragoza as one of the members of the Juridical Commission. In just a few days, at Spring Agora Patra, he runs again for the same position in order to bring experience and continuity to the work of the JC. The AEGEEan has talked to him about what he has learnt… Read more →
Paul Smits (AEGEE-Enschede) is one of the three candidates running for president of AEGEE-Europe. He has gained a lot of experience as a local board member, as subcommissioner and, especially, during the past year and a half as a member of the Chair Team. His candidature came for many as a surprise, with his current term as Chairperson of the… Read more →
