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Universities In Finland Aim To Enlist 150K Foreign Students By 2020

We’ve highlighted below some of the most recent developments and occurrences in youth-related news and events.

Three Books You Would Want To Take On A Road Trip With You

This time we decided to prepare for you an overview of 3 amazing books you would want to take on a road trip with you.

Matan Kadosh, Vini Vici: To Be Different – Think Different

Continuing immersion in the world of modern electronic music, Youth Time talked with Matan Kadosh, co-founder of the Vini Vici project, and learned  the outlook for the future of psytrance.

Columbus Day With Traps In Maps

As a commemoration of today, which is  Columbus Day and celebrated in several countries, we will take you on a trip which is indeed a trip to nowhere - traps in maps. With these copyright traps deliberetely inserted by cartographers, the journey with these maps is actually what Christopher Columbus might have experienced. Have a look at places that are no more than just names in maps.

Travel Video Contest

InternationalStudent.com is hosting its Travel Video Contest that offers students an opportunity to win $4,000. The contest is now in its 12th year and they are giving international students and travelers, the opportunity to showcase their creativity and explain why they want to study abroad or take a specific trip during their international studies. The deadline to submit videos is on 13th of October. 

Secrets Hidden in Old Masterpieces – Jan Vermeer and The Love Letter

When you look at the painting The Love Letter by Johannes Vermeer, the title, at first glance, seems contrived. The letter itself is just barely visible. As a matter of fact, the cittern – the musical instrument – in the woman´s hands seems to play a much more important role in this beautiful painting.

Mystic Places with Supernatural and Miraculous Powers in Europe

All around the world there are places that at some point in time have become accepted as special. Sometimes this is due to the energies these places transmit or to the occurance miracles that, apparently, have occured there. Some of them, meanwhile, have been dedicated to certain saints. Today, we shall discover three.

State-Funded Places At Univeristies In Ukraine Drastically Cut

We’ve highlighted below some of the most recent developments and occurrences in youth-related news and events.

Paid Summer Internship At The Washington Post

This 2018 Newsroom Summer Internship Program is an opportunity to be a reporter, photographer, videographer, multiplatform editor or producer, news or digital designer, graphics reporter or developer, or social media producer at The Post. Young journalists from all over the world are welcome to apply. The deadline is on 6th October.

Old Masterpieces – the Jigsaw Puzzles in Pieter Bruegel’s Netherlandish Proverbs Painting

It would be hard to find busier paintings than the works of Pieter Bruegel the Elder. His oil painting Netherlandish Proverbs, painted in 1559, can fill a lazy afternoon with a challenge to to identify 112 known – and who knows how many still undiscovered – proverbs that the master blended into a busy but well conceived composition.

Magic In The Countryside: A Resort For The Soul

It is a recipe which has been followed by all classical authors of world literature: if you want the Muse to pay you a visit, leave the noisy city behind and move to a quiet place, where life proceeds calmly and smoothly, without hustle and bustle – a place where the presence of people is so unobtrusive that you will think about it only if you happen to stumble upon a passer-by. A year ago, I discovered such place in the Czech Republic, and after paying it several visits, I have completely fallen in love with it.  

Movies with Happy Endings

The one obvious constant of these movies is the happy ending.  Occasionally, we all need a movie where we know in advance that the ending, at least, will be happy.  Yet, they won't be entirely mooshy movies, just satisfactory films that will delight the whole being. So what are some examples? Watch these at the weekend.

Back In The 80s: Best Works Of Milan Kundera

In the 1980s, everyone was into The Unbearable Lightness of Being and other Kundera works, trying to understand what was happening inside the genius’s head. What is the Czech author's place in the world of today – and has it been harmed by his depiction of women?

Intergenerational Accommodation – The Alternative To High Rents And Loneliness

Homesharing is a win-win solution and is increasingly popular amongst students. But intergenerational living proves to be much more than simple accommodation as it is intended to be mutually enriching. The principle is simple: elderly people provide housing to young people in exchange for company and occasional services provided or an insignificant monthly rent.

How the GTD method of David Allen works?

Techniques For Getting Things Done (GTD)

Getting Things Done (GTD) is a productivity method which, briefly explained, helps you to handle all of the tasks of each day. GTD techniques seem complicated at first glance, but the main goal is to spend less time doing things you need to do so you can have more time for the things you want to do. There is no rigid, right way to practice GTD – there are just tips about how to do it. At the end of the day, however, you must be the one who decides how to turn theory into practice.

UAE Youth Breaking The Stereotypes

Over the last few years, the UAE has made tremendous progress in breaking the stereotypes that seem to come up unavoidably when the conversation turns to Arabs. In a time when the world is changing rapidly the young people of the UAE have decided to raise their voices to show the world that their dreams and ambitions, their visions and lifestyles are far from what is commonly shown and seen in the mainstream media. As a result of this new generation’s determination to break with the stereotypes, we often see inspirational stories coming from their part of the world.

Weekend Picks: Must-Read Philosophical Works

Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche The most available and compelling philosophical work by Friedrich Nietzsche is often misquoted and distorted, but it remains a splendidly...
Saviors Or Role Models?

Saviors Or Role Models?

Most contemplative humans go on evolving right through their lives. However, studies show, developments of early age in children and the young mostly go on to last a lifetime. These ‘developments’ may be something as complicated as spending habits which are formed as early as age seven according to a major study by David Whitebread or even bias towards self and others which can be built in a matter of days by age three.

The Inspiring People Of Bali – Lessons One Can Learn Thousands Of Kilometers From...

Traveling to a faraway island in the middle of the Indian Ocean, you never know what to expect. You feel restless and eager to see what is waiting for you once you step off the airplane. Then suddenly, you wake up one morning with a yellow frog stuck to your bedroom window glass, or you spot a curious centipede in the shower, or huge white parrots start singing to you from the top of a palm tree. A whole new world. Still, what was most precious about Bali was its people. They showed us many different ways to be more generous and to live in the present. So we kept listening. And each day of our journey, we became more and more „present“.

Repitiendo Espanol With Mexican Movies

Repetition is never enough, and therefore we now present a second round of Spanish lessons. After a selection of Spanish movies we offer a list of Mexican films. Get ready and enjoy the show.

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Generation Climate Europe: Representing 20 Million Young Europeans and Tackling Climate...

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Seven Must-Have Skills to Succeed as a Social Media Manager

It’s needless to emphasise the role of social media in modern times. We are all aware of its importance for our lives, daily routines and even our choices and behaviors. Given this importance, no wonder people are trying to get a career out of social media knowledge. But what is it that you need in order to succeed?