Why should we accept “fun” not as a collateral damage, but as a legitimate method of European integration, and how this could even improve AEGEE’s external image? “Sex, Drugs, and European Nights – and, uhhm, what else is AEGEE about? Oh yeah, we do exchange. And projects. And mutual understanding stuff, and actually even peace-building, they say! We have an office in… Read more →
Stephanie Müller
We did brighten our horizons!
One of the pre-event organised before Agora Budapest took place in Bratislava. As the very first event of Human Rights Working Group (HRWG) it confirmed once again that AEGEE events can be thematically oriented. During the event hate speech in Europe and the online combat against it were the main topic discussed and it clearly pointed out that freedom of… Read more →
When the hand shaking makes a difference
Year after year AEGEE has to deal with financial restrictions. With the economic crisis that reduced the possibilities for fundraising and the possibility that the European institutions will devote less funds to international non-governmental organisations, strong measures needed to be taken. In the last years AEGEE didn’t manage to conduct any extremely successful fundraising campaign due to the overload of… Read more →
The AEGEEan
The importance of Visa discussed at Agora Budapest
The Visa Freedom Working Group (VFWG) is – according to some people in AEGEE – a “very important part of the organisation.” However, after more than 1,5 years I do not have this feeling anymore. During the workshop (WS) of the Visa Freedom Working Group at the Autumn Agora Budapest, we raised an interesting and important topic of AEGEE – a topic that… Read more →
Get ready for Spring Agora Rhein-Neckar
Lyon by Light in December 2012
Heraklio: The obvious choice!
Are you finally planning your long-awaited trip to Greece and you are not sure which places to pick? Do they all seem beautiful and attractive but you can only choose a few? Well, no worries, the choice is obvious: pick Heraklio! But why should you go there? Read on and find out. Heraklio is the capital city of the island… Read more →
Message of Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament, for Autumn Agora Budapest
When things do not go the way you had planned….
“It should not have happened like this” “But this is not how I imagined it” “I thought it would be different” You have had these thoughts at some point of your life, right? When you think that something is easy but after all it is harder than you could have ever imagined. When you think you will achieve something but… Read more →