Four days in Budapest and probably less than three hours of rest at night. On the plane back to Paris, I slept like a log even before we were up in the air. It was not my first time among the Magyars. I visited the city many years ago with a group of friends and went back ten months ago… Read more →
We cannot express enough gratitude to AEGEE-Budapest for organizing such an amazing event. Since it is so easy to name many things that are great about the events, we decided to focus on the frustrations a bit as well. After some thorough field research, we came up with the four most annoying things at the Agora. But remember, it just… Read more →
Our reporter did some undercover research during yesterday’s Prytania and Plenaries. While secretly looking around, I found four things that many participants do while being under the falsely optimistic expression that nobody notices. 1. Sleeping The most obvious one which we – at one point or another – all have done: taking naps during sessions. Some are more openly doing… Read more →
So where do we stand at the very moment? We are excited since our own little baby called “Health4Youth” is going to get an official name and it´s learning to smile. Don´t be afraid of getting lectures “We know how you should live your life and now we are going to point finger,” because that´s not going to happen! What… Read more →
It is a hard time for AEGEE now. While we should all be excited about our General Assembly starting tomorrow in Budapest, a call changed our mood. We were informed that Frank Biancheri, founder of AEGEE-Europe, had passed away on October 29th. The members of AEGEE have reacted instantly to the news, sharing their memories of meeting him, remembering… Read more →
For most of you Olimpia Parje’s (AEGEE-Bucureşti) name is already known, and her list of previous positions in AEGEE both on local and European level is quite outstanding. This time Olimpia is offering her help in Mediation Commission (MedCom) where she has put her candidature forward. Besides of reading the usual questions and answers in her candidature application, we asked her… Read more →
On the 2nd October 2012 the Parliament of Ukraine has accepted the law “On amendments in some legislative acts (on protection of children rights for safe information space)”. It could sound quite innocent and even nice if nobody has ever tried to read these amendments. Behind the title of the law for children there is hidden surely not childish content… Read more →
Summer, summer, summer is over. However, the list for the Network Commission (NetCom) candidates has just begun. Here is where Sofia Kaskari from AEGEE-Peiraias comes in. She is no stranger to AEGEE both on a local and European level, and she is here to share with us some of her future plans. 1) Let us start with that basic question:… Read more →
A few months went by since the Culture Working Group chose Sibiu as the AEGEE Capital of Culture, and host of its 15 years anniversary event. And I can even remember how AEGEE-Sibiu’s proposal attracted us, by showing a perfect understanding of how intercultural dynamics really functions, emphasizing the need to create an open and tolerant society and supporting cooperation… Read more →
Y Vote 2009 Y Vote 2009 is at the same time the AEGEE project that gained most visibility among the media and policy-makers in recent years and the AEGEE project that dealt most explicitly with solely European Union affairs. This was inevitably made possible by the grants of the European Commission Youth in Action fund for youth projects. In brief,… Read more →
