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VOICES April 2026
I wouldn’t have read this editorial a few years ago. Back then I wouldn’t read editorials, introductions, author’s notes… I was always too excited to jump straight into the article I wanted to read. Why should I read about the behind the scenes of the article? With time and experience, the world around us changes…
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Looks like a kiwi, acts like a bird What is it?
Yes, you heard right in the heading—it looks like a kiwi ball with feathers and a long beak. Its name is kiwi, New Zealand’s national symbol and treasure.So, you may wonder why this bird is so special and weird-looking… Keep reading this and you will find out many interesting things about one of many rare…
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Don’t think – Just consume
Every day, we consciously and unconsciously decide how to spend one of our most important resources: our attention.Every morning we wake up, and where does the first look go? Let’s be honest, it is on the phone. Even if it is just to stop the alarm, the phone is always there from the start. Instagram, Facebook…
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Reja jonë
A e shef atë renë?!Atje lart mes qiellit pusBuzëngrysur, TekanjozeApo e shoh vetëm unë?! Mbi kryen na rëndon të dyveKy qiell pa yje shumëTë njëtin yll zor se shohim të dyMbase një re e grinjtë na bën punë… Jona Cenameri
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Our cloud
Do you see that cloud?!Up there, in the well of the skySulking, capriciousOr am I the only one who sees it? Heavy upon our heads weighsthis sky so poor in stars.We can scarcely see the same star,Perhaps a grey cloud will do. Jona Cenameri
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The third choice
According to an old legend, chess was invented in an ancient kingdom of India, at the court of a powerful ruler whose palace stood at the center of a fertile land. Merchants crossed its roads, soldiers guarded its borders, and granaries filled with rice sustained its life. One day a wise man, known for his…
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How to do sports in Macedonia (Easy, Fast)
Horses and unicycling. This has basically been everything my head was turning around when I was thinking of doing sports all my life. Moving to Macedonia, I wanted to change this. I longed for something new, finding my unknown passion. In the endless weeks before getting my visa, waiting and waiting and holding conversations with ChatGPT…
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“You Are”
You are so kind.Too kind, I find —and maybe that is why I ache. I don’t want you to change a thing,I only wish that what’s betweenus, quiet, soft, unseen, unheard,would not just fade away unblurred. The wish, it lives in shadowed light,I try to save it — lose the fight. Perhaps I’m not the…
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A wedding that turns into a rock party
Have you ever been to a wedding in Macedonia? I have. Very surprised at first that not everyone attends the ceremony at the church. That there is a break between the first part in church and the actual party afterwards. And that the party might end by midnight. But it also might start before noon.…
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When the Brain just Screams
Migraines belong to the group of headache disorders, which are among the most common nervous system disorders. To be more precise, 3.1 billion people suffered from headache disorders in the year 2021. Migraine is an octopus, long tentacles wrapping slowly around my head Ready, waiting for the right moment to strike Bursting my head into…
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Dallëndyshja e pranverës
Shkuan stinët, u gris moti.Erdhën e ikën disa pranvera.Dallëndyshja s’erdhi kurrë. E prita… O sa e pritatë vinte këtë fillim prilli,t’më lajmëronte, si dikur, pranverën. Verorja mu kalb në dorënën diellin pranveror.Hija e saj la shenjë. Dallëndyshja e pranverës më harroi.Më harroi mua.Harroi… edhe pranverën. Jona Cenameri
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