Europe is us!

Europe is us! But who are we? Listen to our international podcast focusing on youth. Our guest this time is Rachel Rochelle, who came to Sweden from Uganda; she took a look back at her journey and commented on the biggest differences between the two countries, issues with documents and schooling she is facing, and the importance of her family being beside her in the time of her migration transition. In The Watchdog's Perspective, we listened to an interview prepared by Myriam Baele, a...

Europe is us! But who are we? Listen to our international podcast focusing on youth. Žan Luca Potočnik, a member of the Laboratory for the diagnostics of physical and motor development at the Faculty of Sport in Ljubljana, Slovenia, was our guest, with whom we compared body development of youth at a different age, talked about the influence of social media on the body image of youth, and also the reasons why Žan Luca picked sports as his primary interest. Our guest in our regular section The...

Europe is us! But who are we? Listen to our international podcast focusing on youth. Matas Saladžius, who went through military service in Lithuania, was our main guest in this episode. The young musician took us through the times he spent in the army, where he found time for creating music as well. Although the army is, as he says, "a soup full of everything", he found a creative company and even played in an army band. He found the service as a great way to improve the teamwork aspect, and...

Europe is us! But who are we? Listen to our international podcast focusing on youth. Welcome to the second season! With this episode, we started the year in a relaxing way, discussing wishes and resolutions for 2023. We talked to Amelie Schneider, an Austrian student studying in Paris. She compared both cities, the diversity in them, and the public transport, she told us about the fear of loneliness, but also the energy among students, who welcomed many from Russia and Ukraine as well, due...

Europe is us! But who are we? Listen to our international podcast focusing on youth during the European Year of Youth. In this episode, we bring you a selection of excerpts from our Euranet Plus Youth Summit, which took place in early December. Entitled 'Europe at play', it brought together MEPs and influencers (moderator Quentin Deschandelliers, Marcos Moschovidis, Lukaš Fritscher, and Karim Hallal Peche). The focus was on what the European Year of Youth has managed to unlock this year,...

Europe is us! But who are we? Listen to our international podcast focusing on youth during the European Year of Youth. Our 20th episode is a special one as our guest in the European Parliament in Strasbourg was Kira Marie Peter-Hansen, the youngest-ever Member of the European Parliament. The Danish 24 years old MEP is a part of the European Free Alliance/The Greens. She told us what it's like to be in her role and how she looks at the European Year of Youth at the very end of it. She is the...

Europe is us! But who are we? Listen to our international podcast focusing on youth during the European year of youth. In the 19th episode, we are talking about the field of artificial intelligence. Alessandro Ciociola, a PhD student in Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering at Politecnico di Torino in Italy, and Chief Technical Officer at OccupyAI, was our guest. Artur Panasiuk, a journalist at Polskie Radio, a member of the Euranet Plus network, told us about how high...

Europe is us! But who are we? Listen to our international podcast focusing on youth during the European year of youth. In the 18th episode, we are talking about and with the European youth and their experience with media. We talked to Jovan Đukić, a student from Serbia, about the media freedom situation in his country. Andri Disha, a Greek journalist, who was a part of the Youth4Regions media programme, organized by the European Commission, was our guest in our regular section The Watchdog's...

Europe is us! But who are we? Listen to our international podcast focusing on youth during the European year of youth. In the 17th episode, we are talking about precarious work. We took a closer look at the situation in France and talked to Yoann Schanzenbacher, a hairdresser who even experienced aggressive situations with his employer. Thomas Rocher from Euradio was our guest in our regular section The Watchdog's Perspective in which we collect comments from journalists across Europe. In...

Europe is us! But who are we? Listen to our international podcast focusing on youth during the European year of youth. In the 16th episode, we are discussing the climate crisis. Can a change on the personal level be one of the solutions to it? How important is the role of young activists? We talked to Simona Meiler, a doctoral student at ETH Zürich, who told us that the role of activists is a theme at academic roundtables as well. Thomas Rocher from Euradio was our guest in our regular...

Europe is us! But who are we? Listen to our international podcast focusing on youth during the European year of youth. In the 15th episode, we are taking a closer look at the role of youth in the process of digitalisation. How do the levels of digitalisation differ in different countries? How did that affect schooling, and how can a young mind find a solution? We talked to Dean Celaj, a Harvard student from Albania, who created a digital platform, which is now used in Albanian public...

Europe is us! But who are we? Listen to our international podcast focusing on youth during the European year of youth. The main focus of this episode is on the gender gap; how does it differ in different countries? Is it enough to have women in position to reach equality? How does legislation influence the gap between genders? We discussed the situation in Malta, where a strict abortion law is still affecting society. How can we spot the gender gap at the workplace? Amée Zoutberg, a...

Europe is us! But who are we? Listen to our international podcast focusing on youth during the European year of youth. For this special episode, Youth and politics, we went to Strasbourg to talk to Niklas Nienaß, a 30-year-old German Member of the European Parliament from the Greens, about his experience of being a young politician. We talked about the priorities he is focusing on, about his workdays, the ways young politicians work in teams with older colleagues, the European Year of Youth,...

Europe is us! But who are we? Listen to our international podcast focusing on youth during the European Year of Youth. The podcast discusses themes that interest the youth: from the problem of expensive housing to traps on social media, remote schooling, participation in politics to job opportunities and the importance of mental health. In each episode, we host a guest who describes his experiences through the perspective of a young person. By talking to youth from different countries, we...

Europe is us! But who are we? Listen to our international podcast focusing on youth during the European year of youth. In the eleventh episode, we are discussing internet regulation. How to check suspicious funding backgrounds? Our guest: Oleksandr Pomoshnikov, Chief Business Development Officer at YouControl. Brought to you by Euranet Plus. Host: Dino Subašić. Photo: Brett Jordan on Unsplash.

Europe is us! But who are we? Listen to our international podcast focusing on youth during the European year of youth. In the tenth episode, we are focusing on housing. What is the recommendation of a young architect for solving your first housing problem? Our guest: Lukáš Nechajev, student of architecture in Prague. Brought to you by Euranet Plus. Host: Dino Subašić. Photo: Matthew Henry on Unsplash.

Europe is us! But who are we? Listen to our international podcast focusing on youth during the European year of youth. In the ninth episode, we are talking about trends in modern European art. Why do young artists have to be flexible? Our guest: Renske de Vries, historian and performance artist. Brought to you by Euranet Plus. Host: Dino Subašić. Photo: Efe Kurnaz on Unsplash.

Europe is us! But who are we? Listen to our international podcast focusing on youth during the European year of youth. In the eighth episode, we are focusing on distant learning. How did it affect the youth and the schooling system? What is it like to teach and learn remotely? Our guest: Erik Babič, Co-founder of Empatiko, an Institute for Improvement of Life Quality. Brought to you by Euranet Plus. Host: Dino Subašić. Photo: Alexandr Podvalny on Unsplash.

Europe is us! But who are we? Listen to our international podcast focusing on youth during the European year of youth. In the seventh episode, we are taking a closer look at The Conference on the Future of Europe. What can we expect from it? How do the priorities of countries recovering from war differ from the priorities of the economically strong EU member states? Our guest: Armin Poljak, Young European Ambassador from Bosnia and Herzegovina. Brought to you by Euranet Plus. Host: Dino...

Europe is us! But who are we? Listen to our international podcast focusing on youth during the European year of youth. In the sixth episode, our main topic is migration. Don't we all have a migration story in our family? How flexible are national educational systems during the migration wave from Ukraine? Our guest: Susanna Veevo, founder of Peace Action Community Estonia and Policy and Advocacy Officer at the Estonian Roundtable for Development Cooperation. Brought to you by Euranet Plus....