Every day we are bumping into news about violence… And they somehow pass by us. Hundreds of dead people in Syria, plane crash in Nigeria or army beating protesting people in Egypt. We are so used to hear them that somehow we have stopped realising what they mean. We have stopped till the moment it happens in our “home.” As… Read more →
Dear AEGEEans, On the 11th of July 2012 AEGEE-Europe was invited to attend as one of the Speakers a Press Conference at the European Parliament in Brussels, to give public support to the project of Fraternite 2020, inside the frame of European Citizens’ Initiative of the European Commission. The Comité Directeur and AEGEE-Europe were this time represented by Luis Alvarado Martinez, who clearly expressed AEGE-Europe’s full support… Read more →
On the 18th November 2010 in New York , at the United Nations Headquarter a new initiative, the Academic Impact programme (UNAI), has started. The global initiative in a nutshell means a commitment from the side of institutions to use education as an engine for addressing global problems. The programm aligns institutions of higher education with the United Nations (UN)… Read more →
After 4-year long break, in 2012 AEGEE-Eskisehir had organised a Summer University, which has a unique Mythology concept. Seven months of preperation, which were long and tiring, came to an end on 23rd of June 2012. We started to wait for our lovely participants with excitement. The arrival of our first participant meant that our Summer University has officially started… Read more →
As you might know even though AEGEE-Europe is an umbrella organisation where locals are the member organisations, AEGEE-Europe itself is also a member organisation (MO) in other Umbrella organisations or platforms like European Youth Forum (YFJ), European Movement International and the European Civic Forum. The European Civic Forum (ECF) is a transnational network that brings together over 100 associations and… Read more →
Of course, all AEGEE members know that the best way to find cheap and wonderful accommodation is to stay with their AEGEE friends – free of charge, friendship guaranteed and local life possible. But what to do when you want to visit a city where there are no AEGEE members living? From my own experience here are some suggestions which… Read more →
Going to Gdansk? Remember to bring clothes to wear for the beach, but also a rain coat, an umbrella or whatever that may protect you from the Polish weather! Gdansk it said all over the city when I arrived to this Polish sea side city in the beginning of June. I had packed my stuff, and was headed to spent… Read more →
I had the chance to attend the Euro – Arab and Mediterranean Youth Leaders’ Meeting in Rome as a representative of AEGEE. The Italian National Youth Council hosted the event between 8th and 11th May, 2012. About 30 young leaders from Europe and the Arab world came to Rome to participate in the event. We were all there to start… Read more →
It all started with an idea to raise awareness about Europe among children in rural areas of Latvia and to make them feel like the European citizens they are. The idea was to abolish all kinds of boundaries, both physical and psychological. AEGEE-Ogre took the initiative and came up with a project so good that it received a grant from Youth… Read more →
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 →
