Three brothers choose three completely different paths through their German-Polish world. Pawel studies English in the Polish city Poznan. Filip goes to a highschool in German Löcknitz. Grzegorz studies Polish and English Philology in Germany. Since 2004, German border regions allure young Polish families with cheaper rents and higher state benefits. Elapsing borders create choices for a new Polish-German generation. Olivia Kortas
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The Berlin start-up syndrome: Where lifestyle breeds young creativity
There’s been something of a buzzword floating around the streets of Berlin recently. On the outskirts of the city lay worn down streets, unkempt houses and graffiti riddled buildings. However when you reach the inner core of the city, the landscape starts to change. As the many tram lines that run through central Berlin connect everyone to the rest of the city, there lurks an oozing creative magnet – the ‘start up attraction’ – that…
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Black metal’s connections to members of Greece’s third-largest, Nazi-inspired political party are making the country’s national music scene taboo – but one band is fighting back. Evan Przesiecki
Read MoreThe hopeful youth of the government
In January 2015, the Greek youth went on the streets and celebrated the win of the radical left party, Syriza, in the elections. Several months later, the youth wait impatiently for the promises to be fulfilled but they remain hopeful. Euroviews spoke to the youth of Syriza, now called by some the “youth of the government”, about their hopes and dreams for the near future and the prospect of leaving the EU. Karim Al Amin…
Read MoreYoung changers: from socialist to social Serbia
It’s a busy evening in Belgrade’s Impact Hub, a spot in the city centre where young people can meet and work. Pavle Krivokuca (22), a social entrepreneur, is talking to around 80 motivated young people about not letting good ideas slip, thinking the execution will fail or is too hard. Tomas Heijden
Read MoreLove in spite of a crisis
Many aspects of life for young Greeks changed after the economic crisis hit. Unemployment and financial insecurity is one of many factors that slows life down for the Greek youth. A lot of things in their lives are postponed, staying with your parents until you are half way in to your thirties is not unusual. The lack of independence has caused young Greeks to start a family later in life and prospects of marriage and…
Read MoreFar away from home
18-year old Sofiia Korzhova has left her family in Donetsk, Ukraine, to seek a brighter future in Europe. Now she lives in a student dorm in Lublin in Eastern Poland, almost 1,500 kilometres away from her parents. Rikke Mathiassen
Read MoreLiberal smoking laws questioned in Serbia
Serbia is amongst the countries in Europe with the most liberal smoking laws. But soon, their government may be about to bring EU-standards to the fight against smoking. Esben Pejstrup-Pedersen
Read MoreThe community theatre running out of money
In the depths of the Kreuzberg neighbourhood lurks an array of activates to fill your day. Record stores, small cafes markets and even a dance studio. For the last four years, there has also been a local community theatre making itself known. Killian Gallagher
Read MoreHousing hope: the refugee solution
With his hands in his pockets and his head dropped, Kwame, a 23-year old man from Mali, stands on Oranienplatz in Berlin, a dusty square that has become symbolic of Germany’s ambivalent reception of refugees like him: The country last year granted more asylum’s than any other in the EU – a total of 200,805 – but among ordinary citizens, the tensions against foreigners are growing. In Oranienplatz, this recently led to arson against an…
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