“Against. – Against. – Against. – …” At the Agora Zaragoza, the Focus Area named “Peacebuilding” received a clear negative vote. Does that mean that AEGEE is not interested in this topic, or do we believe we don’t have the capacity to work on it? Or is there a different explanation? – A short inquiry into one of our favourite misconceptions.… Read more →
Recently, the Language Working Group (LWG) started a project aimed at improving the level of English in publications of AEGEE. It’s called “Lingua” and offers a high quality translating and proofreading service to the whole Network. The AEGEEan interviewed the three initiators of the project, Adri López Smith, Isabel Sodric and Carlota Lifante to hear more about the idea and how this… Read more →
Claudio Armandi, still at that time Network Commissioner, decided to organise the Autumn Network Meeting (NWM) before Autumn Agora Zaragoza so all the Italian-speaking and Maltese locals could gather together in Foggia. This was a first-time for the Apulian Contact of AEGEE-Europe in organising a European event and for most of the participants was also their first time in the… Read more →
The date of the Czechoslovakian AEGEE weekend coincided with the anniversary of the Velvet Revolution and it had a rich program focused on PR and closer cooperation between the antennae. Situated in the middle of the Czech Republic, in the Morava region, it resembled the scenery from the old Czech comedies and also reminded of the Czech hospitality. The whole… Read more →
Will there ever be a statutory event in Las Palmas? That question was asked to the President of the antenna, Carmen Martín, when giving her the great news that the YVote 2014 event-organizing antenna has been chosen as Local of the Month of November. The AEGEEan interviewed Carmen to get a deeper inside into the antenna and also talked a bit… Read more →
Time is ticking out and summer is over but I cannot feel bad, thanks to good memories, I enjoyed the summer while it lasted. Well, actually I’m still tangled up in Alicante. I don’t know where to start. I can say my travel ritual is to get lost so I didn’t want to break with tradition. I called the organisers… Read more →
The idea of the ‘December stories’ project came out of curiosity: how do other people celebrate their cultural events in December? What makes the Russian Christmas special and what do they do on the 24th? Do the Turkish celebrate anything during the ‘holiday season’? What do the Dutch do? And do they do the same in Belgium? What about Finland,… Read more →
