Venice, Italy…. A city so beautiful that many others all around the globe claim to be similar. A city so beautiful that there are two replicas, one in China and one in Las Vegas. A city so beautiful that there are seven cities in North America named after the Italian city. Venice is located in the north-east of Italy in… Read more →
Maarten de Groot, member of AEGEE-Amsterdam is the Manager of “Think before you Vink”, a campaign on behalf of AEGEE in the run-up to the referendum on the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement, which will be held on April 6th. We asked him for more info about this campaign and the activities concerning this topic. During the Network Meeting (NWM) in Delft,… 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 →
Splintered politics and the surge of far-right parties in the Slovak Parliament prove that the people of Slovakia have lost trust in traditional politics and seek whatever change from the former status quo. Right-wing parties made modest gains in the election and, while the centrist-right parties fared far better, some far-right parties also gained a significant amount of seats in the Slovak Parliament. During… 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 →
Members of AEGEE… these legendary creatures with their own rituals that they might be as a sect (minus the mystic leader). We are aware that we use a different language full of abbreviations: CT, KT, PT, PM, CM, NWM, EPM, JC, CD etc., but we also repeat some sentences, to us or to strangers. Here are six things that we… Read more →
Since 2010, more and more students across Europe have been finding out about job opportunities in the EU institutions. This is thanks to the EU Careers brand Ambassadors who represent us at universities throughout Europe. The scheme involves finding innovative ways to promote the great opportunities we have to offer. For starters, all of our Ambassadors receive comprehensive training to prepare them perfectly… Read more →
Kyoto, Rio 20+, Paris 2015; there have been so many efforts to reach a common international environmental agreement and so much frustration among experts and the general population about a fair outcome. This is also what David Meinel, former AEGEE Liaison Officer to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), thought in May 2015 when he was wondering how young people would… Read more →
It’s 6pm in Brussels, there is light rain over the city. The lights are going off in the giant buildings of the European institutions: another busy working day has ended in the heart of Europe. Now it’s time for us to meet some of the people working behind these doors, to talk about their work and life in Brussels, their… Read more →
The 8th European Conference on Sustainable Cities and Towns, with the title Transformative action: the potential for Europe, will take place from 27-29 April, in Bilbao, Basque Country. The conference will be an ideal place for governments to share their ideas and experience on the topic of urban sustainability, but it also aims to explore several strategies to make… Read more →
