Laissez-faire Europe!

Thursday 19. of July 2007

CTIF 2007 – the Olympiad for young firemen can play very important role for European integration and for raising children in spirit of respect and understanding. If this event is able to make youth more interested in each other,...

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At the top of the ladder

Thursday 19. of July 2007

“The youth is the future of the fire brigade” that is the credo of Walter Egger, the President of the CTIF. While the competition on Thursday he told us some interesting facts about the future of the CTIF and his own life. Egger...

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Fair Play at the Camp Games

Wednesday 18. of July 2007

What will happen tomorrow at the Camp Games? Where does it take place? Who are the judges? These questions were answered at the delegation meeting on Wednesday.

After everybody had arrived at the Auditorium in the fire brigade...

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Participant's thoughts

Wednesday 18. of July 2007

Wednesday. We all experienced the Tuesday presentation made by each country in a big fireman hangar. “Flyers, pictures, photos, sweets and traditional meals gave a unusual possibility to get know about other courtiers” – says one...

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Who's who???

Wednesday 18. of July 2007

Who's who? They are many, and they are colorful, and they are beautiful, and they are individual, and they are partial, and they are everything...

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Australian key rings and an intercultural wind

Wednesday 18. of July 2007

It’s noisy; kids are hanging around and playing everywhere. You can hear many different languages. We are at the Regiment where the 500 participants, between 11 and 16 years, live. By walking to the barracks where the kids live,...

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Cheering from Südtirol

Wednesday 18. of July 2007

“One, two, three… start!” and then Daniel, Andreas, Philipp, Florian and Anton are screaming and clapping their hands. They are the fans from Südtirol and they came to support their team at the competition. They tell me that they...

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“Orange-info-worker” in action

Tuesday 17. of July 2007

Orange, busy and always very friendly, so you can describe the “info-workers”, who you can find everywhere. Their job is to inform the participants about what is going on and to make everything running smoothly.Jenny Valquist, 23...

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Friendships won through the fire brigade

Tuesday 17. of July 2007

“In the fire brigade I have made many new friendships.” says a British girl. She also tells me that in the fire brigade are mostly teenagers, boys and girls, from eleven to sixteen years. The children do not come from the same...

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The Participants

Monday 16. of July 2007

As the teams are preparing for the competition we did not want to disturb them. But we also want a lot to know a bit about them. Today we have managed to talk with young firefighters from Australia, Serbia, Poland, Italy and...

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Firefighters Galore!

Monday 16. of July 2007

Among the southern fields of Sweden at the old Revinge Garrison outside Lund the activity is as bustling now as it has ever been. 500 participants, 23 nations and one competition, these are the main facts of the 16th...

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