By Andrew T. Codd , I.Miguel Durán de Barbozza and Margot Perrier Transforming the Ruhr from a dying industrial center to a lively cultural area came just in time to preserve the areas history, channeling it into new means without forgetting the area’s heritage, but many hours of organazing meetings were needed to achieve...
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By Anna Buch, Ana Muñoz Padrós, Beatriz Paúl Naya and Anna Rydholm For over fifty years, Turkey has been knocking on the door to Europe. But negotiations have proved sluggish, obstructed by conceptions like religion, law and identity. Yesterday was an important day in the history of Turkish accession to the European Union, since...
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By Steffen Hesseldal Windfeld-Hansen, Michael Huguenin and Piers d’Orgee The Eurozone’s current overall growth is in stark contrast to the condition of some individual states. Their situation is altogether less than acceptable. While Germany, the economic powerhouse, sits somewhat appeased with its best quarter for economic growth since the reunification, there are a few...
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Anna Buch doesn’t like Germans. A lot of people around the world might not like Germans, but it’s a little bit different with Anna. Because she is German. If she goes to another country she would much rather blend in with the local citizen than to be known as a German girl. Just after...
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History is a lesson, which tells you often a lot about the future. But for Germany, their history is a particular case. It’s not that much of a lesson, but something, which they keep on bumping up to. Chancellor Angela Merkel proved that once again to the US congress two weeks ago. Instead of...
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Kerstin didn’t have to make a world tour to come to Utrecht. It’s only about 800 kilometers from Munich, Germany, to Utrecht. Kerstin (“the English speaking people have trouble pronouncing my name”) is one of the three German girls and one of the four German-speaking girls participating in the program Europe in the World.
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Lisa Guggenmos, a communication student from Ausburg, is one of those girls you won’t hear a lot the first days when you meet her. “But I’m not shy,” she clarifies. “Just quiet.” She’s also one of the first ones in the group to get hold of a bike, or fahrrad as the Germans call...
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