Well not quite yet… Myself and fellow Euroviews reporter Mercedes Robles are dining late night Berlin style, our route to our hostel has been severely deterred thanks to our decision to fly late night… Berlin style, but none the less we made it to the Holy Grail that is our home for the next week, all be it at four in the morning. Transport misdemeanours After a night of floating around on the nocturnal buses,…
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Euroviews reporter Jiri Haanen was denied access to Serbia by the authorities and spends his time awaiting deportation. Get a personal insight into his adventures in the twilight zone of Nikola Tesla airport. On the evening of March 25, team member Tomas van der Heijden and I flew from the Swedish city Mälmo to the Serbian capital Belgrade. In my pocket I felt my wallet pressing against my thigh, bearing that one important document I…
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An incomplete Team Serbia made it to Belgrade on the 25th of March, and slowly, but steadily started their work in the former Yugoslav Country. The team’s trip to Serbia, the only non-EU country on the Euroviews website, was hard on two of the three Dutch speaking members. While Coen Van De Ven spent two hours in Frankfurt Airport getting to his passport (trapped in his suitcase in the hold of an Airbus A320), Jiri…
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After a long night sleeping at the airport a tired but happy group of five arrived in Athens. After being welcomed with a shot of the Greek spirit ‘Raki’, the group was shown around the neighbourhood by their host for the trip, Pantelis, who himself is also a journalist. He told them about his struggles working as a journalist after the crisis, while advising tme on where to go to meet local young people who will be interesting…
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