Imagine a harmonic morning in the capital of Hungary. A short walk in the morning sun on the riverbank of the Danube, a delicious coffee in the castle. Then you open your newspaper and spend another half an hour in the café, looking down from time to time to the Parliament building on the other side of the river. Afterwards… Read more →
European Events
SU Story of the Week – How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Czech Republic
And there you are. You do not really know anyone of the thirty-something people surrounding you, but they all have the same excited looks on their faces, because they, too, are far from home. This will be your family for the coming two weeks, and you like the idea. “Czech Mission: Possible” hosted a huge variety of Europeans, with origins… Read more →
SU story of the week Chase for the best
Catch the Balkan rhythm. Nothing more than a few words that may not mean a lot to someone who is not introduced to their background meaning, but to the ones who actually could experience them personally, they can bring up a lot of memories, emotions and some of the unforgettable experiences. Although this is a name of only one Traveling… Read more →
SU story of the week 10 Tips: How to Get Excited (Recipe from AEGEE-Tbilisi)
1. Keep calm and follow the ‘‘Rules’’! The key to fun and excitement is the discipline and the rules that are recognised and obeyed by everyone. Traveling Summer University “GandaGana” had its own codex of rules that were hung in the TSU house. To make them more memorable and enjoyable we styled them up in a classic “Keep Calm..” phrases… Read more →
SU Story of the week – Visa fun? The impossible made a reality with AEGEE-Paris
Let’s face it. Borders do exist, otherwise we would not be fighting so hard to bring them down. It is nice to know that some people continue fighting this battle even on their vacation. This year’s Parisian Summer University took place in cooperation with the Visa Freedom Working Group and broadened the horizons of all of their participants. The charm… Read more →
SU Story of the week: Cross the ECOpath in Central Europe with AEGEE-Cluj-Napoca, AEGEE-Piliscsaba, and AEGEE-Gliwice
Letter to my kids It has been just recently that we were ready to trace the ecological situation in the world. We visited three countries, in every one we were listening to Eco lectures and debating. We lived in five cities and in the third one we were hunting for the treasure. We went down to the underworld (Guido and… Read more →
Health4Youth – more than just fighting with tummy
An announcement of a new project in AEGEE is a good sign – it means that the organisation is developing and its members are interested in attracting attention to different topics hence changing this world for better. Health4Youth is the new promising project aimed at teaching us how to live better, and be healthy mentally and physically in this constantly… Read more →
SU Story of the week: Mythology Road on the Turquoise Route
After 4-year long break, in 2012 AEGEE-Eskisehir had organised a Summer University, which has a unique Mythology concept. Seven months of preperation, which were long and tiring, came to an end on 23rd of June 2012. We started to wait for our lovely participants with excitement. The arrival of our first participant meant that our Summer University has officially started… Read more →
The Euro – Arab Youth Cooperation is officially getting started
I had the chance to attend the Euro – Arab and Mediterranean Youth Leaders’ Meeting in Rome as a representative of AEGEE. The Italian National Youth Council hosted the event between 8th and 11th May, 2012. About 30 young leaders from Europe and the Arab world came to Rome to participate in the event. We were all there to start… Read more →
Getting Employed – The non formal way
“Getting Employed – The non formal way” is the name of a youth exchange which took place in Lyon, from 20th May till 27th May 2012, thanks to AEGEE-Lyon and the support of the Youth in Action program, Lyon Town Hall and the program “Prodige”. This Youth Exchange “Getting employed – the non-formal way” was about offering a space where participants were invited to be… Read more →