YEA MAGAZINE – 2023

We are proud to present the third edition of the Young European Ambassadors’ (YEA) Magazine! In celebration of 2023 as the European Year of Skills, we have dedicated this year’s magazine issue to exploring the topic of skills. Inside you will find 15 articles written by young people from across the European Union, the United Kingdom and the Eastern Partner countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. We invite you to join us in learning about all things skills: the importance of skills, the process of acquiring and developing them, the relationships between skills and different industries, and how they can be used to positively impact our communities. The articles cover an array of topics including, but not limited to multilingualism, geography, the arts, environmental sustainability, media literacy, the workforce, and education. Whatever your interests are, you will certainly find an article worth reading!

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Translation: encapsulating and transcending language

Translated fiction is an increasingly popular literary genre, and, as indicated in the growing acclaim accorded to the International Booker Prize, demand for fiction translated from, and to, other…

If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve: how does a young Azerbaijani deal with the ‘oil of the 21st century’?

Exclusively for the YEA magazine, I conducted an interview with a young data specialist, Nijat Hajiyev. – Nijat, tell us a little about yourself please. My name is Nijat Hajiyev. At th…

UNESCO Heritage in the Caucasian states

Learning hard skills and soft skills is essential. A perhaps unconventional way of developing one’s skills is to travel: travelling allows one to become familiar with new cultures, new traditions,…

Do we still need geography skills in Europe?

Why should we go to all the trouble of learning to navigate when we can simply turn on Google Maps? Why should we bother learning about map scales and cultural sites of the world when we can find …

The importance of media literacy and fact-checking skills in Eastern Neighbourhood countries

Have you ever come across news on social media with a sensationalist, attention-grabbing headline, a suspicious link, a controversial claim and wondered whether it was fake? The chances are you…

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YEA MAGAZINE – 2022

We are extremely excited to welcome you to the second edition of the YEA Magazine that is launched to coincide with the Council of Europe’s Democracy Here Democracy Now! campaign and their Youth Action Week. We have worked hard to bring to you different perspectives on the European Union and the Eastern Partnership, travelling across the continent to investigate what impact young people are having on their societies, and how they see the future. This is the European Year of Youth, and with this issue, we aim to make a statement: young people and their rights and needs are at the heart of society, they need to be at the centre of decision-making and to have the space they deserve. Meaningful youth participation is essential to a healthy and democratic society. Read the magazine here!

YEA MAGAZINE – 2021

The first YEA Magazine was a special edition of the ORANGE Magazine, a web-based issue by European Youth Press (EYP), a project that provides young journalists with the space to practice and develops their professional skills within an enabling and inspiring environment. In the first edition, Young European Ambassadors, with the support of EYP, narrated and analysed different cultural and economical aspects of their countries, giving new perspectives and insights into the EU’s Eastern Partnership. In the pages of the magazine, there are interviews, short essays and articles about different topics, from a country’s language and how it developed in time to personal stories and experiences. Reading the magazine it’s like taking a trip in nowadays EaP countries. Make sure you grab your backpack and get ready to discover new things!

YEA MAGAZINE – 2023

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Danijel Bačan

Patrícia Raposo

Despoina Panteli

Natalia Balitska

Khalid Alakbarov

Nigar Hasanova

Gulsara Jabbarli

Rostyslav Semka

Maria Yesayan

Giorgi Khachidze

Victoria Arakelyan

Nutsiko Dzandzava

Hayley Anderson

Freya Proudman

Ebba Fagerlund

Irina Šebeko