One event. 13 days. Six cities. 23 participants and almost 25 organisers. “Our Big Fat Greek Winter University” was the New Year Event organised by the greek speaking antennae of AEGEE-Athina, AEGEE-Peiraias, AEGEE-Patra, AEGEE-Ioannina, AEGEE-Thessaloniki and AEGEE-Kastoria, between the 28th of December 2016 and the 9th of January 2017. This NYE was one of its kind! An ambitious plan and… Read more →
AEGEE-Patra proposed a magnificent TSU showing the best of Peloponnese on the initiative of Flo Fotini Karagrigori, Stavroula Kostakopolou, Secretary of this Greek Antenna, Vasiliki Petrakou, President, and the extraordinary help of an amazing team. Journalist Matteo Lai reports on this international event that was in collaboration with the Democracy in Practice project. The Summer University of AEGEE-Patra began on the eleventh of… Read more →
Have you ever noticed similarities between your country’s and other countries’ traditions for Christmas? There are many symbols attached to this holiday in Europe, and each country has kept its own identity and traditions, while enriching them with influences form various other sources. This diversity and richness prove the importance given by Europeans to the Christmas holiday. This year the AEGEEan… Read more →
One of the best existing events is called Summer University. AEGEE-Thessaloniki organised one for the first time in seven years. 25 participants from the whole of Europe were the lucky enough, to enjoy this Travel Summer University through Greece, where they had an amazing time in the four destinations. Thessaloniki The sun was shining bright, the mineral water was cold,… Read more →
He has been called “the Greek Robin Hood” by many – Alexis Tsipras, the 40-year-old leader of Syriza, won the elections last Sunday in Greece and got 149 seats in the Greek Parliament, only two seats away missing for the absolute majority. Syriza has become the first radical left party to take office in the European Union – and some… Read more →
My last article was about Turkey… now it’s about Greece. It seems like an Eastern Europe human rights violations “journey” is happening often these days, with agressive acts by the police in Turkey, LGBTQI rights violations in Russia and now Greece. A journey that’s not very happy indeed. So now in Greece there is a new Health Minister named Adonis… Read more →
It came as a little surprise to many that next Spring Agora organiser will be AEGEE-Patra. Representatives from the antenna already told The AEGEEan about their plans, when they were elected as Local of the Month and in Mannheim it was announced that they will indeed be the hosts next year. The AEGEEan took the opportunity to interview the main organiser: Costas… Read more →
Bread, education, freedom: the three basic human rights according to students who started a rebellion on November 17th, 1973 in Athens against the dictator, and finally managed to initiate something that would bring dictatorship in my country to an end. But how different is our government today, especially on the subject of education? My country has been severely damaged by… Read more →
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 →
Hello my dearest readers, and welcome to my article about my experiences participating in the AEGEE-Athina Summer University. In a minute I will tell you all about my time in Greece, visiting the cities of Athens and Nafplion and the beautiful island of Lefkada, but before I continue I would first like to state something else. I could have written… Read more →
