‘We want to support our area and introduce our new members to the network’, that is the reason why the one and only Lioness of Italy (AEGEE-Brescia) will host the next Network Meeting of the Rainbow area (ed. Italian speaking locals, AEGEE-Valletta and the Contact of AEGEE-Europe in Lugano). The AEGEEan met the organizers and their Network Commissioner, Mattia Abis,… Read more →
European Events
Winter NWM in Sankt Petersburg: “let’s keep our fingers crossed and hope for a real snow battle!”
AEGEE-Sankt Peterburg was eager to host a Network Meeting (NWM) for a while and when the Network Commissioner Maria Arends started looking for a host antenna for the Autumn NWM, they presented themselves and the NWM will be in Sankt Petersburg from November 28th until December 1st.The AEGEEan interviewed the President of AEGEE-Sankt Peterburg Dina Sharonova about the Network Meeting… Read more →
Autumn Agora Cagliari is “just” three months away
Normally summer is a very quiet season for AEGEEans, but definitely not for AEGEE-Cagliari, more busy than ever in organizing the Agora. With the website of Autumn Agora Cagliari launched some days ago, the hype around the general assembly, the first one in Italy since 2006, couldn’t be higher. We spoke with some members of the Core Team, namely Simone… Read more →
Six Locals Meeting at the Back of Beyond
On the last weekend of June, six German and Dutch locals met in a small and completely unspectacular town in the Netherlands. There was no hosting local, there were no organizers and, officially, there was not even a program. Although the motivating title of this event was “Six in the Shitty City”, it was still the second time that this… Read more →
Next Challenge for AEGEE-Zaragoza: Autumn NWM 2014
Less than one year after the closing ceremony of Autumn Agora-Zaragoza took place in Palacio de Congresos in the capital of Aragón, another important AEGEE event is approaching in Zaragoza. Combining the expertise of “oldies” together with the motivation of the “newbies” AEGEE-Zaragoza is taking up the challenge of hosting the Autumn Network Meeting (NWM) Zaragoza 2014. As announced recently,… Read more →
New Media Summer School in Berlin: Dialogue over internet
Do terms like Internet Governance, Data Protection, Mass Surveillance, Edward Snowden and Intellectual Property Rights sound like the recipe of an event for internet nerds who normally don’t manage to see the sun and live behind their computer? Maybe, but this event turned out to be not like this at all. During the New Media Summer School 2014 in Berlin,… Read more →
AEGEE-Genova goes to the middle of nature
Between the 30th May and 1st of June, AEGEE-Genova organized an inter-regional meeting where people from different antennae took part: AEGEE-Bari, AEGEE-Bergamo, AEGEE-Bologna, AEGEE-Cluj-Napoca, AEGEE-Milano, AEGEE-Padova, AEGEE-Pisa, AEGEE-Roma, AEGEE-Siena, AEGEE-Torino and AEGEE-Udine sent at least one member to represent them. “And in the boat of wine we will sail on the reef/emigrants of laughter with nails in the eyes/’till the morning will… Read more →
“Never Stop Dreaming”: The Story Behind AgorAsturias 2015
The whole plenary hall of Spring Agora Patra muted all of a sudden once the big news was announced: the first two Statutory events of 2015 will be both held in Spain. The city of Burgos will host the newly named European Planning Meeting, and the Spring Agora 2015 will be hosted by AEGEE-Oviedo in the city of Gijón. “We… Read more →
The recipe for a successful Network Meeting according to AEGEE-Leiden
They were recently chosen as Local of the Month and for a good reason. AEGEE-Leiden is going strong and what they are in particular good at is hosting events! The AEGEEan interviewed Marije Arentze from AEGEE-Leiden about the details behind their antenna hosting the spring Network Meeting (NWM) earlier this year. The AEGEEan: Why did you apply to organize… Read more →
The Fantastic Five of Summer Universities
This year, a total of 3312 SU applicants made their choice amongst the 80 available Summer Universities. Among those, five of them stood out, having far more than 100 applications. It won’t be a surprise that we are talking about AEGEE-Cagliari & AEGEE-Napoli’s ‘La vita è bella: Mediterranean coast to coast’ managed to gather 184 applications, but AEGEE-Peiraias’ ‘Sea Wars:… Read more →