Erasmus

The pandemic that has forced most European universities to switch almost exclusively to online instruction has not shut down the EU's Erasmus university exchange program.

Thus, of the 944 Greek students and 73 teaching staff taking part in the program, only two students and one instructor have stayed in Greece and are attending courses remotely.

The Education Ministry on Tuesday responded to concerns from university authorities regarding dozens of Greek students in the Erasmus exchange program who are trapped in Spain and Italy, the two European countries worst hit by the coronavirus epidemic.

All programmes targeted at Bulgarian students, which started in the 2014-2020 period, will continue until the end of the year, although the UK will leave the European Union soon, Commissioner Mariya Gabriel said, BNR reported.

Members of Youthmakers Hub, a local group, help African students acquire skills and find training opportunities at Greek universities by connecting them with the European Union's Erasmus+ program. So far, four such programs have been completed and another 15 are currently running for students and academics in the universities of Piraeus and West Attica.

The Goethe Institute is hosting a screening of the documentary "Citizen Europe" and a debate, both of which are in English, on Tuesday, May 21, ahead of European Parliament elections that will determine the future of the bloc.

Ninety representatives of 54 national agencies from 35 countries in which it operates the European programme Erasmus + and the new programme of the European Commission called the European Solidarity Corps - participated this week in a working meeting which took pace in Bucharest.

A major problem for young people in Northwestern Bulgaria is the disconnected relationship between teacher, student and parent. This shows a project under the Erasmus Plus program of the Youth Voice Association, writes the Bulgarian National Television.

Improving the relationship would increase the desire for young people to go to school.

At least 6,100 French students chose to come to Turkey through the Erasmus exchange program over the last 14 years, said France's consul general in Istanbul.

The European Union celebrated 30 years of its Erasmus student exchange scheme on June 13, with its chief executive boasting the programme has fostered cross-border romances that may have borne a million children.

The chairmen of the European Parliament, the European Council and the European Commission have defended Holland in a statement related to the attacks of the Turkish government against authorities in the Hague.

Regarding the comparisons to Nazism made by Ankara with respect to the Hague, Antonio Tajani made a statement in the plenary hall in Strasbourg: