After the historical result of the vote during the last General Assembly of the United Nations held on the 28th November 2012, a possible new chapter opened in the history of the Middle East. With an overwhelming majority, the United Nations welcomed the Palestinian Authority as “Non-member observer State”, upgrading it from the previous status of “entity”, and in this way implicitly recognising Palestine… Read more →
Beyond AEGEE
Middle East: neighbour, friend or …?
In the recent days shocking news about the continuous attack on the Gaza strip from Israel woke up again the public opinion regarding the ever-lasting conflict between Israel and Palestine in the Middle East. A long story of hate and violence out of our door is continuing: whether right or wrong, the political game behind the crimes committed in Gaza is… Read more →
Tomorrow’s Europe Calling You Today
Today, because of the global financial crisis, the future of united Europe does not seem so bright like it was some years ago. There are less talks about integration and there are more discussions about independence and rejection of the single European currency – Euro. In these tough times for united Europe, we, representatives from different countries, have to be… Read more →
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 →
AEGEE — special language for special people
We all know what AEGEE is: a student organisation that unites different people (students and adults with a young soul) in one big international group with common interests and dreams of travelling. And of course, in this group, like in every other groups of people there are different customs and traditions. Among them are the European Night, Summer and Winter Universities,… Read more →
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 →
AEGEE-Ankara says No!
On 3rd October 2012 the Grand National Assembly of Turkey allowed officially with a so called “War Memorandum” to attack Syria. Therefore, AEGEE-Ankara likes to express its opinion on the decision made by the Turkish parliament: As it can be seen in the cases of Iraq and Afghanistan in the past, any military intervention has not promulgated “democracy and freedom”… Read more →
Travel guide: Wonderful Copenhagen
Welcome to Copenhagen! Did you arrive in the airport? Then the first thing to do is to take the train or the metro to the city center depending on where you are staying. Getting around in Copenhagen is a bit pricey – it is in the top five most expensive cities in the world – but there are ways to… Read more →
Dare to protest – dare to change
Mass protest, public action, objecting and lots of other words recently became for us quite usual and commonly used. In fact, in last 20 years they (serious guys in parliaments, governments, councils etc.) managed “to climb” so high from youth, that our voice can only be heard when it is counted in thousands of people, or when youth does something… Read more →
To ban or not to ban? Propaganda of homosexuality – Ukrainian version
On the 2nd October 2012 the Parliament of Ukraine has accepted the law “On amendments in some legislative acts (on protection of children rights for safe information space)”. It could sound quite innocent and even nice if nobody has ever tried to read these amendments. Behind the title of the law for children there is hidden surely not childish content… Read more →