In the current day and age, many things in the world have become very accessible for people compared to previous centuries. Communication has become more broad in all aspects, with the spreading of the internet and telecommunication, capitalism and democracy have spread in the world to more countries than in the 20th century. The European Union has grown to 27… Read more →
Today is 17th of November. Another day that is passing by and we are just congratulating our “friends” on FB because it is their birthday. But what is the difference here? The difference is that on the 17th of November 1939 nine students and professors were executed without trial and another 1,200 were sent to concentration camps by the Nazi… Read more →
“Radioactive” NWM held in Gdańsk on 11-13th November 2011 has gone into history and so did the workshop on Eastern Partnership. Gdańsk is the city where Polish anticommunist movement “Solidarity” was born in the 80`s under the leadership of Lech Wałęsa, it was a perfect place to have a discussion on Eastern Partnership. Back in the 80`s thanks to “Solidarność”… Read more →
After the elections of the new board, our first debate took place. The first topic’s main question was whether a monetary union can exist without a common fiscal policy. The main outcome of this part of the debate was that a monetary union without a fiscal union is like one ship with different steering wheels. The biggest part of the… Read more →
Alfredo Sellitti – President October has been a pretty intensive month, as I spent quite some time out of Office for external representation. On the 4th of October I attended the “Head of Office Meeting” organised by the European Movement International, which gathered all the representatives of EMI members in order to know each other and to present the current status… Read more →
Dear AEGEEans, As many of you know, some of our members still need a visa to get to most of our events and travelling for them is not as common as for most others. We, as Visa Freedom Working Group (VFWG), have asked one of our members about her experience of applying for a visa and what she has to… Read more →
It is time to focus on the Nobel Peace Prize awards and to explain who received the prize and why. Have fun reading! The 2011 Nobel Peace Prize was jointly awarded to three women for their struggle for women’s safety and women’s full participation in peace-building work, the Norwegian Nobel Prize Committee said. Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, women’s activist… Read more →
Aiming at providing more thematic input towards the network, having more discussions, and to ensure a higher quality and better follow-up, the Education Working Group (EWG) decided to launch a structured discussions initiative. Instead of waiting for the discussion to pop up because of the initiative of single members (which has been proven to be ineffective in the past and… Read more →
For sure, the biggest and the most successful project in the history of AEGEE is the Summer University Project (SU). A project that best fits to our association aim for promoting co-operation, communication and integration amongst young people in Europe. A project that strives for unified Europe, cross boarder cooperation and tolerance. Is this what you have been thinking when… Read more →
For most of the readers of “The AEGEEan” this word combination is unknown, especially for new AEGEE members. Nevertheless, we all know for sure that this is not just an empty and important-sounding word combination which cannot and does not make any difference in our lifes. Yes, there are people in our Network who have turned this word combination into a personal bet… Read more →
