Student-craving Polish universities on the prowl in Ukraine

Posted on 22nd April 201527th April 2015 by Maria Danmark Nielsen

Falling birth rates in Poland over the years have resulted in fewer students for the universities. However, instead of closing, they go hunting for students abroad. By Maria Danmark and Rikke Mathiassen Lublin, Poland – “I have two classes with almost only Ukrainian students,” says Piotr Skrzypczak, who is a lecturer at the Wyższa Szkoła Przedsiębiorczości private university in Lublin, a city located about 100 kilometres from the border to Ukraine. Skrzypczak teaches two classes…

Young changers: from socialist to social Serbia

Posted on 22nd April 201527th April 2015 by Tomas Heijden

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

Seeds of change planted in Serbian Agriculture

Posted on 22nd April 201527th April 2015 by Esben Pejstrup-Pedersen

A fifth of the Serbian working population is employed in agriculture and has been so for generations. But with EU integration and the ever present global competition, the farmers of the future will face challenges. Euroviews digs in. Belgrade & Gakovo, Serbia – “We are not afraid of competition. We make good products here in Serbia,” he says, standing next to a large tractor in the middle of a vast farmland, where a large chunk…

Young Ukrainians seek refuge abroad

Posted on 22nd April 201528th April 2015 by Rikke Mathiassen

Even if the ceasefire in Ukraine stands, the conflict has already uprooted a generation and changed their life and their country forever. Rikke Mathiassen

Young Poles worry about “obligatory military training”

Posted on 22nd April 201527th April 2015 by Rikke Mathiassen

As the Polish government signs a new law on involvement in obligatory military training, young Poles fear that they could be called up for service. However, an expert argues that the army isn’t ready to mobilise any considerable number of reservists. Rikke Mathiassen

Love in spite of a crisis

Posted on 22nd April 201527th April 2015 by Christine Forsberg

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…

Far away from home

Posted on 22nd April 201522nd April 2015 by Rikke Mathiassen

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

Greek cinema: The inconspicuous hope for recovery

Posted on 22nd April 20155th May 2015 by Brady Link

Athens, Greece – Among all the misfortune that has plagued Greek diligences since the beginning of the government-debt crisis in 2009, it appears as though the business of film has offered considerably beneficial prospects for the country’s young generation. It is late March and spring is beginning to manifest in the Hellenic capital. Despite the city’s excess of abandoned buildings and rundown avenues, signs of optimism are everywhere this time of year. Trees are blossoming,…

Liberal smoking laws questioned in Serbia

Posted on 21st April 201522nd April 2015 by Esben Pejstrup-Pedersen

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

The community theatre running out of money

Posted on 21st April 201522nd April 2015 by Killian Gallagher

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

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