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16/01/2017

Applications are now open for the 2017 conference

01/01/2017

This article from our archive is, regrettably, still as relevant as ever.

Happy New Year!

https://pandeia.eu/staff/anja-christoffersen/pandeias-guide-to-european-hangover-cures/

Kittens: Pandeia’s recommended hangover cure. With 2014 upon us, and 12 months of parties and celebrations on the horizon, Anja Pil Christoffersen looks at the differing ways to combat the mo…

31/10/2016

Following in the footsteps of Dilma Rousseff shouldn't be the hardest job in the world but so far Michel Temer is making heavy work of it, as Leila Scola explains from Brazil.

In the aftermath of Operation Carwash and the ensuing fallout, Dilma Rousseff’s successor Michel Temer has plenty to think about. Since the impeachment of the left wing president, Dilma Rouss…

11/10/2016

Only a few days left to get involved and join like-minded Europeans at our UK study group on the 22nd of October - most importantly there's a free lunch...

Are you aged between 18 and 29, a UK resident, have an interest in EU politics and a desire to speak truth to power from a young person’s perspective? If so, we want to hear from you. Pandeia is wo…

30/08/2016

Are you a young person in London who is interested in helping develop an interactive app which promotes youth engagement with European decision makers?

Apply for the UK study group of the YouthMetre project! Read more here: http://pandeia.eu/pandeia-now/help-speak-truth-power-youthmetre/

Are you aged between 18 and 29, a UK resident, have an interest in EU politics and a desire to speak truth to power from a young person’s perspective? If so, we want to hear from you. Pandeia is wo…

22/07/2016

Greetings from Stockholm! Together with our Member Organisations Ung Media Sverige and UP - Ungdomsproduktion as well as journalists from Finland and Norway we are on the last preparations for the Nordic training seminar in September. We are looking forward to receive more applications from Norwegian, Swedish, Danish and Finnish young media makers until August 5, 2016! http://bit.ly/29KypSq

04/07/2016

Did you miss this year's Nortside Festival? Have a look at Pandeia's review of the Danish festival :)

This year’s Northside festival had something of a gloomy quality to it. As the weekend approached, storm clouds started to gather on the horizon before slowly rolling over the festival. Friday The …

24/06/2016

The UK has made its choice - so what now for the 1.2 million Brits who live in other EU member states?

Here's our dispatch from Berlin in April with the worrying answer...

Few issues surrounding Britain’s In/Out European Union referendum have ignited passions and captured headlines as consistently as immigration. As the June 23 polling date looms ever closer, many Br…

05/05/2016

This year the Giro d'Italia is kicking off in... the Netherlands. As confused as we were? Find out about the event here as well as some facts to impress your friends with:

http://pandeia.eu/region/central-europe/netherlands/introducing-giro-ditalia/

http://pandeia.eu/pandeia-now/top-10-things-know-giro-ditalia/

29/04/2016

Context is a new website seeking to give some background to the EU referendum with a handy newsletter direct to your inbox.

Interested? Then sign up here!

http://givemecontext.eu/

OH, HELLO. When it comes to the EU referendum debate, we’re confused. To combat our own confusion, and to help unburden you from yours, we’ve decided to summarise both sides of the debate from a variety of great sources, and send them - weekly - straight to your inbox. Oh, and to build this website.

20/04/2016

Brexit or Bremain?

Come June 23rd the UK has a tough choice to make, but what about those 1.2 million Brits who live in other EU member states?

No-one's quite sure what will happen to them should the UK vote to leave, as Mark Newton in Berlin, explains...

What will life be like for those living outside the UK come June 24 should Britain vote for Brexit?

08/04/2016

The return of the Bottom Line, this time from the Netherlands: http://pandeia.eu/pandeia-now/bottom-line-netherlands-eu-cruyff/

Minister in trouble The terrorist attacks in Brussels are possibly going to have big consequences for the Dutch Minister of Security and Justice Ard van der Steur. He has been heavily criticised af…

21/03/2016

Gentrification is a divisive issue across the western world. Recent Columbia graduate Joanna Socha looks at how her fellow Poles have coped with the phenomenon in the Greenpoint neighbourhood of Brooklyn.

For the many people from Poland who have lived in the old Greenpoint in Brooklyn, the neighborhood was a place where their culture flourished and where their businesses grew. Now, that is changing.…

14/03/2016

This weekend more than a million Brazilians protested against a 'horror' government

Never knowingly on topic, Pandeia has an investigation by Brazilian journalist Robert Born, that attempts to explain the recent events.

As the Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff presented her speech on International Women’s Day, hundreds of people whacked pots and pans outside their windows in protest. Unhappy ever since th…

14/03/2016

Are you a young journalist in Europe who wants to contribute to our project in the lead up to Britain's referendum on membership of the EU?

Get involved here: http://pandeia.eu/get-involved-eu-referendum-2016/

Are you a student journalist with views on the European Union that you’d like to share? Do you think Britain should remain part of the EU or do you think ‘Brexiters’ have a point?…

11/03/2016

Today it was revealed seven in ten Italian gynaecologists refuse to carry out abortions.

Here Alessandra Pacelli looks at the pitfalls of Italy's abortion law and what more can be done for women in the country.

ON PAPER, Italy’s law on abortion seems flawless – but reality is much different due to the existence the loophole known as conscientious objection. Abortion was illegal in Italy until May 19…

01/02/2016

In 2016 we are pleased to announce our membership of the European Youth Press - an organisation devoted to building and supporting a network of young media makers across the continent.

With that in mind - we encourage all our followers to check out their website and look forward to our involvement with them.

Network of young media makers

26/11/2015

The final day of the Young European Council saw the conclusions of the week long negotiations: "If we start barricading Europe, the entire European project will be lost."

http://pandeia.eu/yec-final-decisions

The final day of the Young European Council saw delegates present the result of their negotiations over the previous days. The event was opened by YEL President Tillman Heidelk. For Migration and H…

19/11/2015

Yesterday saw the negotiations at the Young European Council turn to migration.

Read more here: http://pandeia.eu/staff/lisanne-oldekamp/young-european-council-migration-negotiations/

Having been inspired by last night’s Eat and Meet, the delegates returned to migration negotiations yesterday morning. The Migration and Home Affairs delegates had experienced a chaotic first day y…

18/11/2015

The latest from yesterday's Young European Council: http://pandeia.eu/pandeia-now/young-european-council-day-two/

Today was the beginning of negotiations at the Young European Council 2015. The delegates were prepared to debate and negotiate on the three main topics of the event: migration and home affairs, en…

17/11/2015

Check out our review of the first day from the European Youth Council: http://pandeia.eu/migration/young-european-council-2015-day-one/

Today saw the start of the Young European Council 2015. Delegates from across Europe have arrived in Brussels for a wide variety of talks and negotiations among the delegates and senior experts, co…

07/11/2015

As the refugee crisis continues, and the European Commission criticises member states for their response we have a piece on what volunteers in Hamburg are doing and the role of the press:

http://pandeia.eu/press-bias-response

http://pandeia.eu/region/central-europe/germany/refuge-in-hamburg/

The political leanings of publications are hardly kept secret. In fact, they are so widely understood that the newspapers people read are helpful indicators of how likely we are to get on with them…

29/10/2015

Sunday’s poll was the tightest race in the history of the republic of Tanzania with an opposition giving CCM a close run for the first time since the inception of multi-party politics in 1995.

Dr. John Joseph Pombe Magufuli of the ruling party CCM is the new president elect of the Republic of Tanzania. He was declared winner by the Tanzanian National Electoral Commission (NEC) chaired by…

28/10/2015

THREE DAYS LEFT to apply for the Young European Council 2015!

Apply here to book your place for the event!

Heading into November Pandeia will be taking part in the Young European Council. This meeting in Brussels will gather together three young people from each European Union member state to discuss a …

28/10/2015

Pandeia has on the ground reporting from Tanzania where the results of the presidential election are due to be announced tomorrow.

Keep up to date with the latest news that opposition leader Edward Lowassa has called for the vote to be deemed null and void.

Tanzania awaits poll results following a large voter turnout in most tightly contested race in the country’s history. Polling centres opened at 7am Sunday and closed at 4pm but not without de…

27/10/2015

FOUR DAYS TO GO: We have an exclusive deal for Pandeia subscribers. The Young European Council 2015 event in Brussels is from 15 to 19 November 2015 and you can be a part of it!

APPLY HERE: http://www.younglead.eu/activities/yec/2015/applymedia/

Heading into November Pandeia will be taking part in the Young European Council. This meeting in Brussels will gather together three young people from each European Union member state to discuss a …

27/10/2015

The latest from Tanzania where votes have been cast and counting is underway in the country's tightest election in its history:

http://pandeia.eu/tanzania-awaits-poll

Tanzania awaits poll results following a large voter turnout in most tightly contested race in the country’s history. Polling centres opened at 7am Sunday and closed at 4pm but not without de…

26/10/2015

FIVE DAYS TO GO: If you haven't checked out Young European Leadership yet you should! They've got a number of important initiatives going on: http://www.younglead.eu/

Also they're hosting a Young European Council event and you have another five days in which to register as a media delegate: http://www.younglead.eu/activities/yec/2015/applymedia/

25/10/2015

SIX DAYS TO GO: We have an exclusive deal for Pandeia subscribers. The Young European Council 2015 event in Brussels is from 15 to 19 November 2015 and you can go!

http://pandeia.eu/the-advocate/media-partners-young-european-leadership/

APPLY HERE: http://www.younglead.eu/activities/yec/2015/applymedia/

25/10/2015

Today sees Tanzanians heading to the polls in the tightest election in the country's history - but could this lead to unrest in the usually peaceful African nation?

http://pandeia.eu/elections-tanzania-unrest

http://pandeia.eu/tanzanian-elections-watch

Below we profile the main figures, political parties and coalitions to watch in the Tanzanian elections later today. John Magufuli John Magufuli is the nominated presidential candidate of the rulin…

24/10/2015

ONE WEEK TO GO: We continue to have an agreement with Young European Leadership for Pandeia subscribers. They are looking for media delegates to attend their Young European Council event in Brussels from 15 to 19 November 2015 - APPLY HERE: http://www.younglead.eu/activities/yec/2015/applymedia/

http://pandeia.eu/the-advocate/media-partners-young-european-leadership/

Heading into November Pandeia will be taking part in the Young European Council. This meeting in Brussels will gather together three young people from each European Union member state to discuss a …

17/10/2015

We are pleased to say that we've formed a media partnership with the Young European Leadership ahead of their Young European Council conference in November this year! Read more about it here: http://pandeia.eu/the-advocate/media-partners-young-european-leadership/

Heading into November Pandeia will be taking part in the Young European Council. This meeting in Brussels will gather together three young people from each European Union member state to discuss a …

13/10/2015

Pandeia took a trip to Northside Festival in Denmark, a place where organic rather than grease is the word.

This summer Pandeia visited Northside Festival in Denmark. Northside Festival, a little hipsters paradise with organic food and alcohol, is held in Aarhus, the second biggest city in Denmark. Once …

29/09/2015

If you haven't seen it already check out our summary of the British press reaction to Jeremy Corbyn's victory as Labour leader: http://pandeia.eu/uk-jeremy-corbyn

And a brief created in collaboration with Gistory about how Corbyn won the Labour leadership: https://gistory.co/EU/united_kingdom/london/985/did_uk%E2%80%99s_labour_party_elect_its_own_bernie_sanders

NA United States Missouri What's the Gist? Do you know? We do. Connect With Us What is Gistory? We’re an Internet startup that uses an interactive world map to display complete, concise and contextual news briefs — in other words, the “gist” of a news “story.” We aim to provide context to current ev…

24/09/2015

One onlooker described the press reaction as: “the way they’re talking you’d think someone had not only let a dog botherer into Battersea dogs home, but locked him in and lost the key.”

Many have followed the rise of Jeremy Corbyn with a mixture of awe, disbelief and sometimes even a dose of humour. However, following his landslide victory on Saturday, it appears team Corby…