Established 25 years ago and awarded each year by the European Parliament, the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought has finally announced the list of nominees for this year. The seven finalists were announced on September 16th in Brussels, including Malala Yousafzai and Edward Snowden. Named after Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov, the prize was set up in 1988 aiming to honour individuals… Read more →
One year has passed, we were spending our first full and busy summer and our second August in Brussels. We didn’t stop working until the end, but we took a short break to gather enough energy for the even more exciting months ahead of us. It was an amazing year, full of AEGEE spirit and full of results in the… Read more →
It all started from an on-line debate, and now it is about to become an AEGEE-Europe project. Last December, the Culture Working Group (CWG) set up a Skype debate about History textbooks and how they are influenced by nationalisms in Europe. EurStory is a newborn in AEGEE, but it’s ready to rock the Network and to make ‘History’! We cannot deny… Read more →
Last year, the Environmental Working Group (EnWG) called upon the Comité Directeur (CD), complaining about the high costs in energy and utility bills of the head office in Brussels. After the decision had been taken at Autumn Agora Budapest 2012, the CD moved to another house. The EnWG took the initiative, and after getting permission from the CD, visited the… Read more →
Energetic, smiling and hardworking – these are the first words which come into my mind when describing Silvija Perić (AEGEE-Zagreb) who is our Member of the Month of June. Her dedication to helping with organizing the youth conference “Croatia in the EU” made sure that she is a real AEGEE addict, so let’s find out more about her! Please,… Read more →
The Culture Working Group (CWG) carried on an initiatie focusing on films that made history in each European country. Take a look at this awesome project and read the interview we made to Sabina Guja (AEGEE-Cluj-Napoca), the main coordinator of this initiative. Was this your idea or was it a project promoted by the CWG? How did the idea take… Read more →
Are you done with the ‘normal’ ways of travelling, or you don’t want to wait for the public transport anymore? Read this article and get inspired! What is more fun than travelling in an adventurous and cheap way, which makes you super fit at the same time? And last but not least, it is environmental friendly as well. When you… Read more →
The first month of the summer kept the Comité Directeur hyperactive, it has been full of work, events and conferences, many of them have showed that long months and sometimes years of hard work have been payed-off. The summer also means an amazing start for all of us. Dozens of AEGEEans gathered together the last week of June to proudly… Read more →
The work of a Policy Officer involves a lot of reading — lengthy study and survey reports, lofty European Commission publications, and repetitive online discussions — but every now and then something more exciting comes along as well. One of those moments was the first lobbying meeting of the Dutch Youth Council on Education for sustainability, followed the next day… Read more →
While hundreds of people were gathered in Istanbul’s Gezi Park – Taksim’s last remaining public park, fighting for their present day, in a neighboring district 40 young activists from diverse countries were taking part in a much less dangerous but still very important meeting aimed at building a more decent life for youth in the future. While… Read more →
