>It was Thursday evening. All the new AEGEE PR materials were put into the envelopes, sealed and ready to be transported to Delft and to be send to the Network. General Mailing sceduled for Friday. Departure time: 13:30 It was Friday. 9 am. Nico rushed into my room: “Olga, SU PR materials just arrived!!!” “What? Crap… I mean: great! Wake… Read more →

> This week the time has come for the next interview with a CD member: this time the Projects Director himself Manos Valasis. Being very talkative, he told me about his definition of happiness, challenges and… read yourself! Michael: What is inspiring you in life? Manos: In life, in general? I don’t have a life at the moment, so not… Read more →

> Beginning of last week we received an interesting letter at the headoffice of AEGEE-Europe. The letter was addressed for: M. Franck Biancheri AEGEE-Europe Rue Nestor de Tière 15 1030 Brussels, Belgium As most of you know, there is no Mr. Biancheri in the current Comité Directeur. This is not the most surprising part, as we almost every week receive… Read more →

> Today in the latest CD meeting we were proud to approve another new contact – Leipzig! Welcome back to the family the city, which was part of AEGEE Network already some years ago and now is re-starting again! The new contact is founded by a mixture of students – both AEGEE members from different cities who have now moved… Read more →

> Last Thursday 11th of February I had the pleasure to attend the meeting “Youth Health Initiative: State of Play and Way Forward”, which was held in Brussels, Centre Albert Borschette. The meeting was primarily aimed at discussing and sharing views and ideas on how best to take forward the Youth Health Initiative, following the roadmap for a better youth… Read more →

> Finally, I have arrived to the CD-house in order to assist to the Comite Directeur in different tasks, especially to Nico Huurman in financial matters. Actually, it’s my third time in Brussels, in the headquarters of AEGEE-Europe. I’ve visited the CD-house for 3-4 days-long preparatory meetings of the Beyond Europe project and got acquainted with all the members of… Read more →

>The international launch of the Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture was held yesterday in the European Parliament in Brussels. The event brought together high-level personalities from cultural organisations, EU, national and international institutions, think-tanks, academia, NGOs and the media, to celebrate what will be a momentous year for the city.I got a personal invitation for this event and was… Read more →

> You always hear about them, some gossip here, some mails there, but who are these people that are sitting in an office somewhere in Brussels? Network Director threatening to downgrade your antenna? Financial Director refusing reimbursement? Is the Comité Directeur truly made out of people from flesh and blood? Yes, they are and now you will get the unique… Read more →

>Mickey said there will be around 70 students, all understanding English properly, afterwards there will be an exam and they get credits for the Seminar. The title of the session was the title of this blogpost and the person giving the presentation: Agnes Leyrer. Me.The whole thing started with Mickey organising a conference in Brescia, and he needed a speaker.… Read more →

>Dear AEGEE members, Already since 2008 your Comite Directeur has its own blog, which you are reading right now. :) Now, after 1,5 years having this blog we would like to evaluate what does our Network think about.Therefore we would appreciate if you would devote 5-10 minutes of your time to reply to the questions which can be found here… Read more →