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A Student’s Guide to Life Across Europe

It is not a small goal that the founders of website Europe for Students have set for themselves.

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“We want to link students across Europe”, Thomas Brünne told German newspaper Frankfurter Rundschau. The website wants to help students who attempt to go for a semester abroad get through the jungle of different education systems, find the cool places to hang out, a job, or a room- basically, all you need for studying and living, and all that across Europe. So if you’ve ever wondered which universities provides the right classes for your semester abroad in France, how to find a cheap stay in Barcelona, or if Vilnius is really the new party- capital, you can find the information here. [Read more]

Joschka Fischer’s Passionate Plea for a Transatlantic Partnership

This is a liveblog from the grand opening of the Graduate School of North American Studies at the Freie Universität Berlin. Since all the speakers hold their speeches in German, this post will now switch its language:

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Universität Florida: Kurzer Film mit langem Vorspann

Eine einfache Frage während einem Auftritt John Kerrys an der Universität von Florida, in Gainesville, beschäftigte in den letzten Tagen die Amerikanische Öffentlichkeit. Verschiedene Videos zeigen den Studenten Andrew Meyer, wie er den Senatoren und ehemaligen Präsidentschaftskandidaten daran erinnert, dass dieser die Wahlen von 2004 doch eigentlich gewonnen habe und ihn schliesslich fragt, wie er das damals erlebt habe. [Read more]

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