Europeum, Prague.

  • Visa Problems in Europe
    Saskia Brechenmacher | September 20th, 2010
    I decided to dedicate one blog entry to an issue close to my heart which, besides being connected to EU politics also suddenly and importantly came up again for me during my stay in Prague. One of my Bosnian friends, Jasmina, wanted to visit me...
  • A quick apology
    Saskia Brechenmacher | August 24th, 2010
    Apologies for the long silence. After leaving Prague, I have been moving in territories without internet access. But I do have a series of closing reflections and posts that still need to be uploaded, and will promise to do so as soon as I get to...
  • From Lisbon to Baku - ESS 2010
    Saskia Brechenmacher | July 30th, 2010
    From July 10th-20th Europeum organized its yearly European Summer School for international university students, this year focused on the topic of Central Europe after the Lisbon Treaty.  It was an interesting bunch of people we welcomed at one...
  • Women in Czech Politics
    Saskia Brechenmacher | July 30th, 2010
    More than twenty years after the fall of communism, democratic procedures, electoral politics and political parties seem to have stabilized in the Czech Republic despite recent turbulences in the Czech political sphere. However, the Czech...
  • Karel Schwarzenberg
    Election round-up
    Saskia Brechenmacher | July 30th, 2010
    The spring/summer brought a wind of political change to most Central European countries. From Poland to Hungary, voters went to the ballots and chose their new governments and legislatures. The results show a general shift to the right in an...
  • Impressions
    Saskia Brechenmacher | July 18th, 2010
  • EuropaSecura
    Saskia Brechenmacher | July 18th, 2010
    Every summer, Europeum organizes EuropaSecura, a nation-wide contest for Czech high school students that focuses on issues of European security and NATO. The aim is to increase students' awareness about EU security policy as well as about the...
  • France is on strike, as usual
    Europa-Entropa, or can Europe laugh at itself?
    Saskia Brechenmacher | June 29th, 2010
    Not quite up-to-date, but worth remembering  - in Spring 2009, the Czech Republic for the first time assumed the 6-month long rotating EU presidency. The country in charge of the presidency  is responsible for the functioning of the...
  • Flags in Prague
    In Europeum
    Saskia Brechenmacher | June 29th, 2010
    During my 10-week long stay in Prague, I am working for the Europeum Institute for European Policy, one of the main (and few) think tanks in the Czech Republic. The Institute particularly focuses on European integration and thus cooperation with...
  • Praha
    Praha
    Saskia Brechenmacher | May 14th, 2010
    After my first few weeks in Prague, which flew by  incomprehensibly quickly between adjusting to the new environment, discovering the city, reuniting with friends and starting my internship at EUROPEUM, the Prague-based Institute for European...