trainees
Stand up for stand-up meeting
Every Friday we have an editorial meeting. That is usually at 11:30 in the morning. The meeting is about to gather the unit and talk about next week schedule for la une. The 2-3 last Fridays have been really great because almost everyone has attended the meeting. People are everywhere, some are sitting on the [...]
The “new” old generation
Bare facts are always the best way to prove you are right. And the fact is that – since I have my internet connection - I am off the list of daily newspaper subscribers. To be precise – no subscription papers or magazines arrive in my mailbox. But I am still a subscriber of the same [...]
All bags off!
I am Latvian. Latvians love to call themselves great singers. It is true, but unfortunately I am a bad singer. We have beautiful nature, it is also true. We have great minds and we are the best ice hockey fans, there is no doubt. I’ve heard Estonians say – if it is raining, then God [...]
Beware of the leaking ceiling
“I have got a scholarship, they call it the Schuman scholarship, and I am coming to Brussels in the beginning of October. How do I do to get an apartment?” The question in an email from a friend’s friend made me remember my own first couple of months in Brussels and my first mistakes in [...]
What you do will come back to you
It is about time to reveal a bit more about whom we are, also to give potential trainees the opportunity to make a well-informed choice. The only causes worth fighting for are lost causes At average we are 33 ¼ years young. This youthly figure is without the trainees but includes the boss! Still a [...]
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