WATCH OUT!! WILD BEARS!! Aachen Bear Can Do ES1 About the city of Aachen The Alphabet starts with an A and so does Aachen. The city with the double A in the beginning is always the first on the list because of its name. But also its University, the RWTH, a University of Technology which ranks as one… Read more →
It is no secret that AEGEE is a very good place where to meet not only your future best friends, colleagues and simply great people, but even your future spouse, boyfriend or girlfriend. There are loads of stories about happy marriages between AEGEE members from the same and even different countries. But how does it work to have long-distance relationships… Read more →
Following the resignation of the former Chairperson Yvonne Antonovic, a new open-call for the Chair Team that will assist the Comite Directeur with the preparation of the Autumn Agora Budapest was issued. The people selected to complete these tasks are Mariella Rapa (AEGEE-Valletta), Robert Martinez-Carrasco (AEGEE-Castello) and Alberto Cuesta Noriega (AEGEE-Oviedo) who will work together with Sygrit Andringa (AEGEE-Groningen), the… Read more →
A year in Comité Directeur, taking a break from real life for a while, this is exactly how it is. There is one simple sentence to explain all bunch of feelings we have been through; we were here. We lived, we loved, we felt, we cried, we laughed, we worked, oh we did work… Exactly a year ago, we arrived… Read more →
In the month of July, just before starting to pack for our summer destinations, the Culture Working Group members found time for an online discussion of a controversial title: “Multiculturalism is Dead”. True? False? There we were: Carlijn, Dóra, Sergio, Özgün and Alexandra, trying to find an explanation to this statement, and to share our own thoughts, based on personal… Read more →
Recently AEGEE-Europe announced that Nicosia is a new shining contact of our Network. This progress is a very positive step for our AEGEE family. The reason is – Nicosia is located in Cyprus. Most probably, most of you know that Cyprus is an Mediterranean island which has two communities: Greek and Turkish Cypriots. At the moment there is only one… Read more →
During the Green Week in Brussels at the end of May, members of the Environmental Working Group met in the CD house to catch up, but also to have a closer look at the house itself from a green perspective. In the past, CD members complained about the high energy costs, so we teamed up to turn the CD house… Read more →
One should never underestimate the impact of intercultural dialogue in the life as soon as one is in contact with people from foreign countries. Even travelling abroad irregularly reveals some cultural differences. In AEGEE (and other international organisations) we are going further. I have been AEGEE member for six years and I have learnt something new every year. In fact,… 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 →
“Getting Employed – The non formal way” is the name of a youth exchange which took place in Lyon, from 20th May till 27th May 2012, thanks to AEGEE-Lyon and the support of the Youth in Action program, Lyon Town Hall and the program “Prodige”. This Youth Exchange “Getting employed – the non-formal way” was about offering a space where participants were invited to be… Read more →
