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When Politics Come Alive – Going to bed with Trump and Clinton
In case you ever wondered how a European student of politics and philosophy feels like going to bed with Trump and Clinton or how he would cope with the election campaign craze in Washington, D. C., you can now find the answers in Martin’s new column. A Transatlantic Comparison About three months ago, on 9th of May, I set off on my first trip...
#callSpain: “I Don’t Have any Hopes”
What exactly is going on in Spain? What are young people thinking about their future after the second elections with open results? We decided to activate our European network and #CallSpain to ask two young voters to tell us about their reactions and their views towards the future. Political Turmoil and Economic Echoes Spain is changing: for the f...
#callBritain: Over and out?
What exactly is going on in Britain? What are young people thinking about Britain’s future after the BREXIT-referendum? We decided to activate our European network and #CallBritain to ask two young voters to tell us about their reactions and their views towards the future. The countdown has run down. All votes have been counted. Since Friday morni...
A Desert Rose – new Memory Suitcase
Memory Suitcase took a couple of months of vacation, but only to come back to you fresher and more interesting than ever! We made a new, warmer and more welcoming guise for all your memories. And since writings and pictures felt too tight for the rich world of our personal heritage, we are introducing our first audio Memory Suitcase. In the first e...
Road of Bake Sales and Mountain Climbing Leads to Africa
Ashley from Wales will spend the next three months in Ilesha, Nigeria doing voluntary work. Before Ashley left Europe on June 12th we wanted to know, where his motivation of doing voluntary work in Africa comes from, what it has been like preparing for the trip and what he expects from the experience. During his stay in Nigeria, Ashley will write a...
Where Were you When … Tito Died?
Regardless of whether they were on their way in the city, at work, at home or hanging out with friends on the playground, the vast majority of the population of the former Yugoslavia still clearly remembers where they were, what they were doing and how they felt the moment they found out that Tito died. Reflections on Tito’s Legacy in the Bal...
#callScotland: Don’t go Brexit my Heart
“Queen hailed as backer of Brexit.” “Bankers told to delay their summer holiday plans until after EU vote.” “Henry Hoover ate my pay packet!” These are some of the attention grabbing headlines in British papers surrounding the vote to leave the European Union (EU). We used our European network to #callScotland and asked Felicity about a Scottish pe...
When the Tanks Broke Free
Marching soldiers, cheering crowds, tanks and cannon fire. The martial and enthusiastic manner of the May 9 parade in St. Petersburg, celebrating the victory over Nazi-Germany and the end of World War II, reminded Daniela, who is spending a voluntary social year in Russia, of the horror of war, triggering tears of fear and an intense stream of thou...
#callVienna: Election Time in Austria – Why I Voted for Hofer or why Van der Bellen is the Less Evil
What exactly is going on in Austria? What are young people thinking on the candidates and Austria’s future? We decided to activate our European network and #CallVienna to ask two young voters to explain their choices. The countdown is running. Until Sunday. In the evening we will know who will be the next President of Austria. The President of Aus...
From Homeland to Home
Can you imagine going to the toilet in the middle of the night and seeing something that will change your life and your country forever? The 8th of May marks the 71st anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe, and Mr Chojcknaki shares his memories about the Second World War and how it changed him and where he called home. An Encounte...
#callAnkara: Deserted Streets and Cumbersome Silence – the Seeds of a Great Conflict
Streets, normally full of pedestrians, tourists, street artists and beggars, deserted. Shopkeepers in shopping malls complaining about no visits, and instead of children in city parks police patrols with automatic guns. Bomb attacks from the very recent past (last one on the 1st of May) that claimed more than 170 casualties had paralyzing effects o...
“People Were Afraid to Shake our Hands”
What does the tragic accident of Chernobyl still means for us today? Elena takes a deeper look into the current impact.
The Shadow of Chernobyl in Ukraine – From Secrets to Facts
After 30 years still, the tragedy of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant shows an impact throughtout the decades.
Tents, Silence and Orange Masks – the Memories of a Chernobyl Liquidator
Thousand of men were conscripted into the Chernobyl area to “liquidate” the released radiation. Vsevolod was one of them and remembers.