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500°C and acid rain – can there be life on Venus?
Venus, milliards of years ago, probably had similar conditions like Earth and there was water. However, over time, the water evaporated into the atmosphere and the greenhouse effect intensified, and the planet became wildly hot and acidic. It revolves around the sun a bit closer than Earth, and it has a dense atmosphere which consists…
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Среќен 15 роденден, ВЦС: Домот на волонтерството
Разговор со Никола Станкоски, директор на Волонтерски Центар Скопје Кога во летото 2004 година замина на едногодишен престој во Литванија преку програмата „Европски волонтерски сервис“ (ЕВС), тогаш 19-годишниот Никола Станкоски веројатно не можел да претпостави дека тоа засекогаш ќе му го смени животот. Желбата да се открие нешто ново, инспирацијата да овозможи учество во Европски…
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Happy 15th Birthday, VCS: Home of Volunteering
Interview with Nikola Stankoski, director of Volunteers Centre Skopje When he left for a one-year stay in Lithuania in the summer of 2004 through the European Voluntary Service (EVS) program, 19-year-old Nikola Stankoski probably could not have imagined that it would change his life forever. The desire to discover something new, the inspiration to enable…
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VOICES December 2020
For the 15th anniversary of the creation of Volunteers Centre Skopje, let’s go back to the future! Nikola Stankoski (Director and Founder of VCS) provides us with a unique insight into the origins of this pioneering NGO. He shares with us the spark that ignited his willingness to initiate this adventure with communicative good vibes.…
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Queen of the Viola
Tuba Ozkan, associate professor at Mersin University, aka queen of the viola. She is a professor, a teacher, and a musician. The thing that makes her special is her capability of working in different environments and with different kinds of people. She can teach an 8-year-old student in the morning and the next day she…
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From Passion to Profession
A language story about Lindsay Williams Dobuan is a language spoken by about 100.000 people on an island off the coast of Papua New-Guinea. It is a small language, rather unknown outside perhaps of linguistic circles. Yet, in a small-town library in the middle of England, language enthusiast Lindsay Williams was quite surprised to stumble…
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Dream or reality?
“To be lucid is to doubt everything” – Marie-Josée Christien “Am I not dreaming?” is the question most frequently asked by people who are trying to have lucid dreams. But what is it? It is a dream during which the dreamer is conscious of dreaming. Have you ever come face to face with an unimaginable…
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Philosophical approach to “The Lion King”
“Everything you see exists together in a delicate balance. As king, you need to understand that balance and respect all the creatures, from crawling ant to the leaping antelope.” – Mufasa Movies help us, to better reflect on, and understand our lives [1]. Musical drama movie, named “The Lion King”, produced by Walt Disney Picture,…
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Socially Distant
When the Covid-19 Pandemic began, only a few might have thought that it would bring such huge impacts so quickly! Now that we’re approaching winter and the „long foreseen“ second wave seems to just begin, I have been thinking a lot about the flaws of our modern society that are (probably) more visible than ever…
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A kingdom united in its fascinating beauty
The diversity which can be observed throughout the United Kingdom is in my opinion truly breath-cutting. From the splendid scenery surrounding the prestigious University of St Andrews to the eclectic neighborhood of Camden lock in London on the one hand and Clifton Suspension Bridge on the other hand near Bristol and Wales, there are plenty…
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The true colors of fashion
“The most environmentally sustainable jacket is the one that’s already in your closet” – Lisa Williams The pollution caused by textile and apparel manufacturing is worsening day by day. The textile industry is the second most polluting industry on the planet, after the petrochemical industry. In recent decades, clothes have become cheaper and due to…
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