By Driss
from Casablanca, Morocco
Usually, when we go to a country for an Erasmus, we arrive with our very own bundle of stereotypes, and sometimes, if not often, we take them back with us…
At the end, the only way to leave your bundle beside the road is to keep your experience forever with you, no matter where you are, and this is not the task of your memory, but that of your friends, and that’s what Erasmus is all about.
“If you give people more opportunities to move, then you decrease the pressure on irregular migration”.
Yves Pascouau is Director of Migration and Mobility Policies at the European Policy Centre. He holds a PhD in Law from the University of Pau in France and he worked extensively on migration management. Beside his current position at EPC, he is the editor of the online legal website European Migration Law www.europeanmigrationlaw.eu.
Last night, St. Valentine’s Eve, I went with a couple of good friends to see the movie “Fifty Shades of Grey“. It was Friday night, after a very busy working week, so we thought why not, let’s watch something light and cute, for a change (we tend to go to more challenging, soul-searching and occasionally disturbing…
MBFWM 2015 has come to an end. The Madrid Fashion Week, which started on the 6th of February, has been a nonstop comings and goings of some of the best Spanish designers. Some Spanish celebrities didn’t want to miss out on this event, and even Canadian singer Michael Bublé and his wife, Luisana Lopilato, also…
European Space Agency (ESA) experimental spaceplane completes research flight
I was standing with my mom at Ataturk International Airport at 4am waiting for my flight to Madrid from Istanbul. I was overexcited since I was travelling to my dream country to live for 6 months! I love Spain, Spanish culture, language, Spanish men, and the architecture, that’s why I chose Madrid for my Erasmus experience.
Chocolate lovers could indulge in their passion at the Brussels chocolate fair. Several chocolate and cocoa shows made it worth waiting in the queue for half an hour to get tickets. The stands were invaded by curious, craving eyes, looking at the sweet delights.
Relations between the EU and Russia are at a particularly low point over the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. Since the end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union this must be the time of highest tension between the major powers on the European continent. Talk of new sanctions on Russia and of providing military assistance to Ukraine by the West may exacerbate the situation without actually resolving it. A further cornered Russia may well become more authoritarian internally and aggressive externally. The EU would be wise to avoid that and find more constructive ways of engaging with its big eastern neighbor…
One week-old little baby, Sasha Piqué Mebarak, was presented to the world by their proud parents, Barcelona’s football player Gerard Piqué and singer Shakira. We can only see his face in the photo: he’s got straight hair and it appears that he’s inherited daddy’s blue eyes. A few days ago, Shakira shared a photo of…
Well, it is what it is. Kristina, the child model considered to be the most beautiful girl in the world, was not able to do the catwalk at the 080 Barcelona fashion show due to bureaucratic errors. Kristina watched the fashion show from the front row of the runway. Nevertheless, the little Russian girl did…
