The process of sharing ideas can be quite nitpicky; Socrates experienced this quite grievously, although he was disturbing people on a market while they were doing their shopping. Everyone may have an idea worth spreading, or, if proficiency or ego permitting, a lesson worth sharing. For everyone at Spring Agora in Bergamo who would like to phrase their thoughts, there… Read more →
Who’s excited for the Spring Agora? As May has started, so has the countdown for the great statutory event in Bergamo. As great as the Agora is, the opportunity is limited to freely discuss matters which concern AEGEE members. Therefore, a platform to speak your mind about all pressing problems was developed a few years ago: the SHARE Meeting. Looking back at our article… Read more →
Kristina Reshetova from AEGEE-Moskva is currently running for the position of Member of the Network Commission. To get to know who this relatively new, but very active member of AEGEE is, the AEGEEan decided to interview her in our ongoing coverage of the various candidates for elected positions at the Agora. The AEGEEan: What would you like your fellow members… Read more →
Today we are meeting Maarten (AEGEE-Amsterdam). Member since September 2013, Maarten covered several positions on the local and European level. He is currently running for Member of the Comité Directeur, so let’s get to know him and his program a little bit better! The AEGEEan: Who is Maarten de Groot? Tell us a bit more about yourself. Maarten de Groot is… Read more →
Monika Mojak, a Subcommissioner of the Juridical Commission, is ready to become a fullfledged member of the JC at this Spring Agora in Bergamo. She states that she is hard working, and possesses a very keen and nuanced interpretation of the law. To find out more, read the following article in our ongoing coverage of the various candicates for elected… Read more →
Tekla Hajdu, a 24-years-old Hungarian student of Leadership Management, is one of the candidates for a position as Member of the Comité Directeur. She joined AEGEE-Budapest almost four years ago becoming their PR responsible and then Vice President. She got elected as Network Commissioner during Autumn Agora Cagliari and chosen as NetCom Assistant from Agora Kyïv until now. Preferred task? Network Director but… Read more →
Last year, over 800,000 Syrian refugees crossed the Aegean Sea from Turkey to Greece to find a home in Europe. Being the largest port in Greece, the city of Piraeus is directly confronted with this seemingly endless influx. It is therefore no surprise that AEGEE-Peiraias is also deeply involved in events about the Refugee Crisis, and this commitment has been worth… Read more →
To Brexit or not to Brexit: that is the question. Though this be Brexit, yet there is method in‘t. Can one desire too much of a Brexit? The thing we call a Brexit would be just the same if we called it by any other name. Despite the badly quoted bits of Shakespeare, people do wonder: should the United Kingdom… Read more →
AEGEEans come in numerous and wonderful varieties. It’s hard to find anything wrong or hilarious about most of them, but we’ve dug deep and found six remarkable types of AEGEEans. Together these six types might one day end up in a sitcom that’s situated in, let’s say, for example, a Community College. However, before we give these different types of AEGEEans… Read more →
Spring Agora Bergamo starts on the 18th of May this year, and its arrival is solemnly heralded by its many Facebook invites and by those of the Pre-Agora events. If you go to the Agora, you can go directly or you can go via one of the six Pre-Agora events (or just go to one of the six Pre-Agora events,… Read more →
