Building a new life on the border
Three years ago, Jevgenia started a new life in Valka, a Latvian town on the border with Estonia. Valka’s city center and Jevgenia’s café have bloomed together in the past years, with the boost of
A unique opportunity to co-create
Michaela Görs from the German municipality Bützow got a chance to take part in the city budget planning. Thanks to the participatory budgeting and engagement of citizens, promising ideas for more liveable living areas turned into reality.
How I discovered the digital world at 77
Keeping up with innovation and the newest devices and technologies can be done in many ways. A lot depends on each individual’s situation, as we all have our unique perspective. At 77, Istvánné Lázár is
Promoting diverse beauty from Northern Finland
Kate is an ambitious woman but she has been challenged in fulfilling her goals because of her appearance. How she looks is her business, and she literally decided to make it her Business. She is
How an American girl became Polish
This is the story of how an old railway ramp where the Germans and Poles were forcibly resettled after the World War II became a cultural center and a workplace for an eternally smiling American,
Knowing the cross-border culture and language is as important as knowing your own
My name is Vesna Vojvoda Gorjan and I live close to Koper, a sunny city located on the Slovenian coast, not far from the Italian border.
Women in business: the power of mentoring
Barbara Goda, a professional photographer from Mosonmagyaróvár, a small town in Hungary, led us through enlightening moments of her career, but also showed us the shadows of being a woman entrepreneur. She opened her own
Taking care of others means you care about them and you love them too
Believe and Junior came to Italy from Nigeria. They left their homes as very fresh adults with a vision to leave all their bad memories behind and find a place where their kids can grow up in a stable society.
This co-working space kept me going during the pandemic
Having a proper space to work makes a great difference in our wellbeing and our performance. For Krešimir Pehar, a software developer from Bosnia and Herzegovina, things played out nice during the pandemic.
From unemployed to brew master
A training opportunity brought János to the job market when he returned to his home country, Hungary, after 10 years abroad.
Through education I learned the music business – through Interreg I met it
Olivia Ahltorp loves the nature and didn’t want to move to a big city to fulfill her dreams as a musician. How did she get it all to work out for her?
“Now I know for sure that environmental protection is my thing”
Angelika Ambrus from Hungary is about to finish her secondary school and has been actively pondering about where to continue her study path. Getting possibilities to participate in responsible actions with other youth has helped her in setting new dreams for her future.
“This job gave new meaning to my life”
Anita Hmelnicka is a pensioner from Zalenieki, Latvia. A traffic accident changed her life and finding work became a challenge for years. Finally she found her way to Zaļenieki Activity Center and things took a new course.
“As an artist, I turned my life into a work of art”
Arthur–Cristian Rusznák was a young, unemployed artist with a lot of talent and a lot of questions about how he could make a difference in the world. An art project with disadvantaged children in Banloc, Romania, opened his eyes to see a different future ahead of him.
“I couldn’t see my grandchildren in the water anymore and realised I need to get this seen to”
Janet Cairns, aged 62, from Portadown in Northern Ireland, was diagnosed with wet age-related macular degeneration in September 2021, a condition which can cause rapid deterioration in central vision. On a family holiday she realised she couldn’t see where her grandchildren were in the water and realised she needed to get help.
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