Donald Trump: Finally, a “loser”
Athanasios Nathanail, EEB3 It seems like a very long time ago since, on November 3, the United States elections took place. The race for the future president of the country … Read More
Category: Thoughtful
Controversiality
By Lisa Banti, EEB1, S5ENA Every choice, decision, judgment, sentence, commitment or conclusion is controversial to someone, to a certain degree. Let’s say for example, you are brushing your teeth … Read More
SERIES – THE MYTHS IN OUR WORLD: INTRODUCTION
By Mara PALAGHICIUC, EEB4, S5 FRA Myths, myths and more myths Have you ever wondered were we come from? Or what happens when we die? Millennia ago, when the human … Read More
Is the vaccine finally here?
An article by the ESV Newspaper We are all hoping for a Covid-19 Vaccine to be released. It seems to be the only way our lives can go back to … Read More
Embracing the Climate Crisis
By Elžbieta Janušauskaitė, Graduate of Climate Academy, EEB2. We are the middle children of a lost generation, with no great war and no great depression. — This, however, is not … Read More
MONTHLY SURVEY: Online Schooling?
BY Mariella O’CURNEEN. EEB4. S6ENB. Edited by Filip KALAPISH. EEB4. S7DEA. The latest survey question on the 13stars Instagram account was very simple. Just two words with a yes or … Read More
Report of the CoSup to the Students of the European Schools 2019-2020
As this unusual year nears its end, the CoSup, the student union of the European Schools, has decided to publish a report to the wider student constituency about its actions taken this scholastic year of 2019-2020: its duties of representation, its projects and its initiatives for the student body.
Short History of European Integration since the 1970s
By László Molnárfi, S7HUA, EEB1 (Adapted from an essay for History).
Since its inception in 1957 with the Treaty of Rome, the European Economic Community (ECC) as it was called then was in a state of constant flux, soon becoming the European Community (EC) with the Merger Treaty of 1967, following the amalgamation of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) and the EEC. By many, this is regarded as the beginning of the European Union (EU), the union that officially came into existence in 1993 with the so-called Maastricht Treaty – these changes would eventually usher in an era of closer cooperation as envisioned by Robert Schuman in early 1950s.
The surprising value of a broken mind
By Jules Pye, Graduate of Climate Academy, EEB2. We all have two biological parents, without which, nothing would have got started at all. During our childhood they most often become … Read More
Is the European Union doomed to repeat its past humanitarian mistakes when dealing with migration?
By László Molnárfi (Adapted from an essay for Geography), EEB1, S7HUA. With careless ease, the Greek and Turkish authorities have treated stranded migrants as pawns of a chessboard on the stage of international world politics, resulting in atrocities along the border. On the verge of this new crisis, it is up to those in charge, such as leaders of the European Union, to act humanely. In the past, this has not always happened to the fullest possible extent. By studying past mistakes, such as the 2015 European migrant crisis, perhaps humanity can do better in the future. So, what is the way forward for European leaders on dealing with this crisis, and what were these past mistakes?