Euroconsumers Start Talking Webinar — Teens Take On Digital Fairness (My Experience on the Panel)
Teenagers from across Europe came together in a Euroconsumers webinar on digital fairness to discuss the internet we grew up with and the responsibility of navigating it today. As a panelist, I joined the conversation to challenge assumptions, question systems, and bring forward the realities young people actually experience online.
We are going from rural to urban, but why?
Young people from across Europe are on the move, going from rural hometowns to bustling cities. 3 young people from Portugal, Romania and Belgium share their personal experiences with moving from rural areas to urban ones and the opportunities and challenges they have faced.
Beyond the uniform: Interview with Horațiu Măndășescu
The younger generation should seek historical truth, fairness, and respect the course of events, especially to prevent history from repeating itself; this is the advice of Horațiu Măndășescu, a former member of the Militia (the name of the police forces during the communist regime and the main instrument of control against society), a police officer, a faculty member at the Police Academy in Bucharest, and author of the book "The Militia in Ceaușescu's Time."
Can free gym memberships tackle Malta’s obesity crisis?
Starting in 2025, Malta offered young people born between 2005 and 2007 a free six-month gym membership. The response was positive, with over 6,000 applications.
Opinion: I Marched for Change in 2023. Now, I’m Watching My Country Slip Away
2023 is a year Poland will never forget - for the first time in eight years, the nation stood united. The parliamentary elections brought a fresh wave of hope. But it was the looked down upon, ‘ungrateful’ Gen Z that stole the show, voting the conservative and eurosceptic coalition out with a skyrocketing turnout of 75%. The democratic opposition won, only for Poland to return to the right-wing track two years later, choosing Karol Nawrocki as the next president. Why and how did the Polish Gen Z revolution fall? I sat down with my Polish colleagues to reflect on our country’s situation and ask them: what happened to the ‘hope’ of 2023, and where did the momentum go?
When “I’ll Work for Lockheed Martin” Stops Being a Meme
Behind the engineering meme of “I’ll just go to Lockheed Martin” lies a serious ethical issue: defence engineering offers stability and prestige, but not the astronomical wealth often promised to undergraduates. As the industry grows and the world demands more weaponry, engineers have to confront the ethical responsibility that comes with where they choose to apply their skills.
What the European Union is doing for mental health
The European Union has launched several initiatives regarding mental health. Since the Covid-19 pandemic, the issue of psychological well-being has become increasingly pressing: even before 2020, approximately one in six people in the EU had mental health problems, and the problem has only grown.
ECtHR: Poland Violated the European Convention. The Case Concerns Abortion
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Poland breached Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights in a case linked to access to abortion.
