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Via Padova in Milano - The place where the riots happened
In the middle of February, violent riots of immigrants turned Via Padova in Milano into a place of crime and repression. Now the street is peaceful again - but the police is still patrolling. Correction: In the video it is claimed that a police officer...
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Impressions from Carnival in Cologne
Yesterday was a big day in Germany for all those who love Carnival. I finally fulfilled my promise to see Cologne Carnival while in Maastricht. It was big, loud and funny - even though I was a little bit disappointed about the lack of political criticism...
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Travel Stats February 2010/Reisestatistik Februar 2010
(C) europeetravel.com English A month of travelling is coming to its end. Those are the Stats for all the travels: -six trips -3340 km traveled -four European countries -five different languages -four different means of public transportation Thank you...
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Bureaucracy in Italy/Bürokratie in Italien
Germany is reputed for its tedious bureaucratic processes. But come to Italy and you'll see a new dimension. Here are a few things that I've tried to do, and that's what happened: Sports course (pending for four weeks): -I asked the Erasmus office on...
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Streik in Mailand/Strikes in Milan
Eine leere U-Bahn Station. Einige Leute warten auf dem verlassenen Bahnsteig, andere drehen sich um und gehen wieder. Gestern standen in Mailand die Transportmittel lange Zeit still. Nur hin und wieder kam eine U-Bahn, weil der Fahrer sich gegen die Streiks...
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Travelling home...
It's somehow very funny. The Copenhagen Conference just finished with a shameful compromise on global warming - and at the same time, the US and the entire European Union are going down in snowstorms. In the Channel tunnel, every traffic broke down and...
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Milan in November – what is Italy’s comparative advantage in the winter?
In my development economics class, we’re just discussing the concept of comparative advantage (did that in Maastricht last year, but so be it). The idea of comparative advantage is pretty easy: Countries should specialize in a business sector in which...
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Back in the Netherlands
Being back in the Netherlands has something reassuring to it. The friendliness of people in the shops or on the street is striking from the first moment. It's so comfortable to pull out your EC card and to utter the magic words pinnen alsubelieft even...
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Chinese course - different dimension/Chinesisch-Kurs - eine neue Dimension
Until now I was expecting to have a really quite and relaxed Erasmus year. But from today, I guess that was just a nice wish. I had my first Chinese lesson in the language center, and it left me with a headache and a lot of work in front of me. While...
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Kulturelle Differenzen - ein Beispiel
Deutsch Wir leben das Erasmusleben aus und waren gestern abend natürlich wieder in Mailand unterwegs. Zuerst ging es in eine Aperitivo-Bar. Für ein Getränk zum Preis von sechs Euro konnten wir uns nach Belieben am Buffet bedienen. Diese Art von Abendessen...
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What is your "water footprint"?
Do you know what a water footprint is? I didn't, but I learned about it this morning. The question of water footprint has potential to become a very important question in the following years, such as climate change has become a topic in the last five...
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European Youth Media Days
One week in the European Parliament in Brussels came to a close yesterday. Together with 60 young people from all over the European Union, we've been working for months in order to organize the biggest young media event in Europe: the European Youth Media...
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New student webTV ZEUS about Young European Affairs
Recently, Maastricht and Europe have seen a new student webTV spring into life at Maastricht University. Your future on the European job market, the preparation of the Czech EU presidency in Maastricht (!) and life in the European Commission - this and...
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European Youth Week takes place this week
Between Sunday 2 November and Sunday 9 November, the European Union celebrates the European Youth Week. All over the European Union, the Commission Directorate General for Education and Culture, in cooperation with the European Youth Forum and national...
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Europe: Give Your Ideas A Face!
In the pursuit of a more transparent Europe, the European Youth Forum (YFJ) the Party-Political Youth Organisations - Youth of the European People’s Party (YEPP), Young European Socialists (ECOSY), European Liberal Youth (LYMEC), Federation of Young European...
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Sieg gegen die italienische Bürokratie/Victory against Italian Bureaucracy!
Deutsch Vor einiger Zeit hatte ich darüber geschrieben , wie lange es dauert, in der Uni irgendein Vorhaben zum Abschluss zu bringen. Mittlerweile denke ich schon gar nicht mehr in to-do Listen, die es abzuarbeiten gilt, sondern in der Vollendung bürokratischer...
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Africans in Milan
Walking through Milan, you can't help but notice African men selling gadgets to the tourists. You see them everywhere at the main touristy places, putting their armbands around the wrist of many innocent tourists and demanding money before the tourist...
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First impressions from Milan - a city of fashion and food
English A few days into university life in Milan, and it shows that the city in Northern Italy is a good place to do your studies. This is the first time I'm taking the metro to go to university, and it feels like going to work in the Paris days. People...
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Die USA schränken internationalen Schüleraustausch ein
Da ich am Europatag nicht die USA zum Hauptthema in meinem politischen Blog machen will, muss das Thema eben temporär auf meinen Reiseblog wandern. Die USA schränken den internationalen Schüleraustausch in ihren High Schools ein. Dazu hier eine Pressemitteilung...
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Eurozone is back - but with a changed face
I'm keeping my political blog http://mounteulympus.blogspot.com, because it's more interactive than over-blog and I like the design. The reason I'm reviving Eurozone is to make it a travel blog with impressions from European travels. A week ago I started...
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Esperanto Party running for European elections
Europe – Democracy – Esperanto or E° D° E° (EDE) (in Esperanto : Eŭropo – Demokratio – Esperanto) is an electoral list, which participates in the European elections . The party's main platform is the introduction of Esperanto as the official language...
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Overview over European media
Up to now, there are few truly European media. Look at your member state, where you have tons of national, regional and local newspapers. But truly European newspapers, TV channels or radio channels? There are three, maybe four important print and online...
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How to get informed about European Affairs quickly?
There is such a buzz of different media out there that sometimes you might get a little dizzy. Either pick your favorite media and get a comprehensive overview over the topics that they consider important - even though that's like you go to a Chinese...
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Voting for the European elections
Between 4 and 7 June, hundreds of millions of citizens will cast their votes all over the European Union and elect a new European Parliament. How exactly do these elections work? In casting your vote, who are you actually electing? Here is a brief overview...
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German Youth Media Days
After the European Youth Media Days, it was time for the German counterpart to happen. From October 30 until November 2nd, 525 young media makers stormed the honorable halls of the second public German TV channel ZDF. The participants from all over Germany...