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The German language is widely spoken in Europe, with 95 million native speakers mainly in Central Europe, and 10 to 15 million speak it as a second language. It is the official language and majority language of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Lichtenstein, and South Tyrol, a bilingual and bicultural region in northeast Italy (it is also spoken in Luxembourg and Belgium but not as a majority language.)

Seit meinem letzten Blogpost ist doch schon wieder einige Zeit vergangen - da einfach unfassbar viel los war… mal wieder :)

This year instead of traveling around north Germany, as I was planning, I decided to spend ten days of vacation from my ESC project in a Vegan Sanctuary in Michendorf.

During my first EVS seminar held online, the first question was: where are you from? As the ten days passed and we got to know each other better through smaller rooms, this question was asked more and more often. I soon realized that simply answering with your country name did not bring out such relevant information about yourself. It didn't pass much time since we discussed it together more thoroughly this ambiguous question.

"Try to be nobody but yourself in a world that is doing its best night and day to make you everybody else"

Was genau steckt eigentlich hinter Yoga? Ist es die reine Bewegungsform oder gibt es da doch noch andere Hintergründe? Das Thema dieser Reportage ist die Philosophie des Yogas.

Meine erste Reise alleine :-)

The Holocaust Memorial of Names in Amsterdam: “After all, a person is only forgotten when his/her name is forgotten.”

Lang ist’s schon her seit meinem letzten Beitrag im Februar - in der Zwischenzeit ist viel passiert, aber irgendwie aufgrund des Lockdowns, indem sich Estland seit Anfang März befand, auch gleichzeitig nicht so viel.

After ten months, in December 2020, finally it has been possible to get vaccinated against covid19 and, despite all the predictions, in really few months, Hungary became one of the countries with the highest percentage of vaccinated people all over the world. However, that doesn't mean that the vaccination is now available to all. Due to a technical problem, in fact, only those who holds a Taj card can now be vaccinated. An issue that is excluding a part of the population, including the European volunteers, from several indoors activities.

Wissenswertes und allgemeine Informationen auf einen Blick

The importance of inclusion and breaking the ice.

It's becoming more and more common among young people, a feeling of chronic tiredness. No matter how much sleep you get, from the moment you wake up and throughout the day, you feel sleepy and drained.

...und die Abschiede beginnen

Die Friedensbotschafter setzen ihre Arbeit mit einem weiteren Online-Projekt fort. Das Projekt fand vom 14. bis 17. Mai statt. Mit der Hilfe und Unterstützung von aktiven und kreativen Moderator*innen, Organisationen wie Service Civil International, SCI-Deutschland und dem ehemaligen nationalsozialistischen Arbeitserziehungslager (AEL Ohrbeck) wurde dieses Projekt erfolgreich und mit positiven Ergebnissen realisiert.

During my bachelor's studies in communication and cultural sciences, I bumped into such a fascinating concept that has stuck with me since then: the language you speak shapes your understanding of the world.

"I would dream of a world where everyone can go wherever they would want to without worries. That means not only not worrying about borders, but also not worrying about money, not worrying about the possibility of being attacked on the streets or suffer any kind violence"

In this report, I want to share one of my favorite books: Italo Calvino's Six Memos for the Next Millennium.In 1984 Italo Calvino was the first Italian invited to hold the Norton Poetry Lessons, six lectures organized every year by Harvard University dealing with poetry in the broadest sense.