From the 2nd of July till the 16th, it was time for 26 participants to embrace the Turkish way of life and go to the extreme! AEGEE-Eskişehir was the organizing local of this SU, with a program full of amazing activities that would make participants as well as organizers push themselves to their limits, all of it adding up to… Read more →
Erika Bettin
Local of the Month AEGEE-Udine: “Knowledge transfer is the most important task of our local”
And the Local of the Month of July is…. AEGEE-Udine. Located in north-east of Italy, AEGEE-Udine “in the last months was the most dynamic within my area (Italian speaking locals, AEGEE-Valletta and Contact of AEGEE-Europe in Lugano ed.), and probably in the whole Network” quoting the words of Mattia Abis, Network Commissioner (AEGEE-Cagliari). We spoke with the President Alberto De… Read more →
Autumn Agora Cagliari is “just” three months away
Normally summer is a very quiet season for AEGEEans, but definitely not for AEGEE-Cagliari, more busy than ever in organizing the Agora. With the website of Autumn Agora Cagliari launched some days ago, the hype around the general assembly, the first one in Italy since 2006, couldn’t be higher. We spoke with some members of the Core Team, namely Simone… Read more →
Germany vs Argentina: on the road to the grand finale
They were labelled as two of the favourites of the tournament and they have made their road to the final. Argentina and Germany will face each other tonight at 21 (CET) to earn their glory at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. Purely based on statistics, no European team has ever won the Cup when the Championship was held… Read more →
Bergamo is Europe: AEGEE-Bergamo latest project
The city of Bergamo was running to be the Capital of Culture in 2019, but the application was rejected. One of the reasons stated by the Ministero dei beni e delle attività culturali (Ministry of cultural heritage and activities ed.) for this rejections was the lack of European dimension of the city. That’s the reason AEGEE-Bergamo created a new project for… Read more →
New Media Summer School in Berlin: Dialogue over internet
Do terms like Internet Governance, Data Protection, Mass Surveillance, Edward Snowden and Intellectual Property Rights sound like the recipe of an event for internet nerds who normally don’t manage to see the sun and live behind their computer? Maybe, but this event turned out to be not like this at all. During the New Media Summer School 2014 in Berlin,… Read more →
All you need is volunteering
I have frequently been asked why I find volunteering so important and why I´ve made it such a huge part of my life. Most people expect me to give them a short answer, something along the lines of “I do it because it makes me feel good”. Certainly, none of them expect me to look at them with bright eyes… Read more →
Twin antennae Delft and Passau: “It’s always great to see our Delfties!”
At the Spring Agora in Patra, another three contracts were signed to become twin antennea. From now on, AEGEE-Utrecht and AEGEE-Budapest, AEGEE-Leon and AEGEE-Catania and AEGEE-Napoli and AEGEE-Lviv are heading forward to a great time. But what exactly are twin antennae? And what are the advantages of having a twin local? The AEGEEan spoke to AEGEE-Delft and AEGEE-Passau, who have… Read more →
Life after Erasmus: how to beat the Erasmus Blues
A lot of students dream about spending one or two semester abroad in a foreign country. And why not? The experience is amazing; you get to meet all these new amazing people from different countries with various backgrounds. You get to go to parties and stay out as late as you want. You can go on trips, see a country… Read more →
Brazil 2014 round of 16: who’s in and who’s out
The round of 16 of the 20th World Championship in Brazil is about to start, but the tournament so far reserved more than one surprise. Who could have expected that Costa Rica or Algeria would be among the best 16 teams in the world? From the 28th of June until the 1st of July the World Cup will see sixteen… Read more →