The personnummer forms the backbone of life in Sweden. Foreigners face a stiff application procedure while Swedes are allocated one at birth. Four international students have spoken to Lundagård about the difficulties they encounter with Swedish bureaucracy. Sweden’s ...
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Kommentarer inaktiverade för “I regret coming here”
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Feeling stressed? Trying something outside of the box might be just the trick. Or not. Mediyoga Mediyoga is a form of yoga where you reflect on what’s important in your life, and try to find balance in the ...
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Kommentarer inaktiverade för A Gen X:s Guide to Relaxation
Biden’s election brings high hopes to the EU regarding its cooperation with the US in several areas such as the Paris Climate Agreement, commitment to trade and multilateralism. EU leaders count on more efficient and fruitful cooperation with ...
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Kommentarer inaktiverade för LU researchers on what Biden will mean to Sweden and the EU
Digging deeper in our decision-making, it is clear we make unreasonable decisions. Are you aware of the ironies that surround you? asks Lundagårds student life columnist, Catalina Ordoñez. Lately, I have perceived more than ever that we live ...
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Kommentarer inaktiverade för Isn’t it ironic?
Belarusian scholars are being restricted and repressed even more than before. Calls for solidarity from their student representatives remain unanswered by Lund University. Belarus is witnessing an unprecedented level of civil unrest following a contested election result. Protests ...
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Kommentarer inaktiverade för Solidarity from LU in short supply for Belarusian students
This is a debate article. Opinions belong to the authors of the article. As two students at universities in Sweden and Denmark, less than 1600 km from Minsk, we – the writers – learn that the freedom of ...
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Kommentarer inaktiverade för Show solidarity with the students in Belarus
Long distance relationships in the Zoom-age. Do they have any chance of survival? Lundagårds international student life columnist, Catalina Ordoñez, writes about the difficulties – and surprising rewards – of keeping love alive during lockdown. Imagine you had ...
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Kommentarer inaktiverade för Love in different time zones
Let’s be honest, there are only so many ‘Netflix and Chill’ dates one can have before it gets old. As we know, there are limited places where people can meet, most nation-clubs are closed, and hitting on someone ...
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Kommentarer inaktiverade för Dating 101: Corona Edition
Do foreign people suddenly become deaf upon arriving in Lund? Does a quiet or noisy city feel safer? Everything is relative. ”Safety depends on the eye of the beholder”, says Lundagårds student life columnist Catalina Ordoñez. I have ...
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Kommentarer inaktiverade för A matter of perspective
”They took the welcome rug away from under me.” Lundagård’s new international columnist, Catalina Ordoñez Valenzuela from Colombia, writes about the ambiguity of the Swedish hospitality, and about arriving in the promised land, only to discover there’s no ...
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Kommentarer inaktiverade för Foreigners with an expiration date
