Not so long ago the Elections Observation Project (EOP) of AEGEE, which aims at training potential election observers and creating a sufficient capacity within AEGEE for international election observation missions, brought forward the initiative to be more involved in the recent European Parliament elections besides voting. This involvement in the elections got translated in becoming a volunteer, member of the… Read more →
As every year, the European Charlemagne Youth Prize (ECYP) took place in the city of Aachen, under its 7th edition. After Europe on Track’s major success last year, some AEGEE members gathered in Charlemagne’s city in order to know which project would be its successor. Youth unemployment, selfies, remarkable guests, journalism and the situation in Ukraine have just been some… Read more →
One of the cheapest ways to travel is hitchhiking, which is also used by AEGEEans, with some locals even organising hitchhiking competitions. Still though, many people haven’t tried it before and might even be scared to try. Are you one of them? Don’t worry! The AEGEEan has written a short hitchhiking course to help you out! How to prepare? Before… Read more →
Once every four years it’s time for the biggest soccer event again: the World Cup of soccer. Many AEGEEans will be watching, which can also be done together in the Facebookgroup, but not all of them will be soccer fanatics in their daily life. Especially for those people, the AEGEEan has created a guide: how to survive the World Cup… Read more →
With the recent announcement about the abdication of Spanish king Juan Carlos I in favor of his son Crown Prince Felipe, the reoccurring debate about monarchies in Europe was stirred up again. The main question for all countries with a royal family is: Monarchy or Republic? In other words: to royal or not to royal? Currently, there are twelve sovereign… Read more →
The World Cup of football, organized by FIFA (La Fédération Internationale de Football Association), will kick off in Brazil today June 12th. Brazil is known for being a football-loving country but protests across the country lately have shown that it is far from the everybody in Brazil who are happy that the world biggest football tournament will take place in… Read more →
After six years of a Visa Facilitation Agreement (meaning a lower visa fee and simplification of visa procedures) between the EU and Moldova, on the 3rd of April the Council of the European Union granted Moldova with a visa-free travel regime. After the visa liberalisation dialogue that started in 2010 and encouraged Moldova to successfully implement many reforms like strengthening… Read more →
A tragedy invested the city of Soma, in Turkey, where, on the 13th of May, the local coal mine suffered by an explosion, and a consequent fire, during a shift change in the afternoon. At the moment of the explosion, two kilometers underground, more than 700 miners where at work. The blast and the fire, that lasted for at least… Read more →
May 14th 2014, a day that Bosnian people won’t easily forget. 20 years after the bloody war, which scarred the Balkan peninsula, another woe affected Bosnians: the floods emergency. Due to the heavy rains in these past few days, the main river of the region, Bosna, overflew in the central area of the Zenica-Doboj canton, causing destruction, misery and death.… Read more →
In a few days, Ukraine will get to vote to choose their president for the next 5 years. After the recent happenings in Ukraine, from the protests at Maidan square till the recent independence referendums in Crimea and Sevastopol, on the 25th of May Ukrainians will have to choose from 21 candidates who will lead the Country, and where… Read more →
