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A Retrospective on Beauty Influencer Culture
“Hiii guys! Welcome back to Voices: it’s Chloe here, bringing you all the latest tips, tricks, and trends in the beauty sphere! Today, we’re diving into beauty influencer culture, the appeal for it and the toxic dynamics of that sphere and trust me, you don’t want to miss this tea. So grab your favourite drink,…
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Green travel or how to consider the journey as well as the destination.
From Rennes (France) to Skopje (Macedonia), I decided to opt for green travel. More than 2500 kilometers travelled by trains and buses. Five countries crossed into Europe. Foreign mountains, plains, cities discovered. New people and new cultures met. Culinary specialities tasted… Sounds interesting? We’re gonna talk about it. As technology and infrastructure improve, the world…
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Relationships matter
Everything is social relationships. If you think about that statement, there is something utterly true about it. We are humans that depend on social connections so much that the relationships we have with other people can actually become a matter of life or death – not only in a Romeo and Juliet kind of way…
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Nën Syrin e Pamëshirshëm të Vëllait të Madh: Zbërthimi i Një Realiteti Distopik
Recension mbi romanin 1984 të George Orwell 1984-tra nuk është thjesht një klasik apo një libër “i mirë”, leximin e të cilit ta propagandon gjithë pathos mësuesja e letërsisë në gjimnaz. Do ishim duke ja zbehur vlerat dhe duke e veshur me një farë mediokriteti cinik nëse do ta trajtonim si të tillë. “Lufta është…
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Beneath Big Brother’s Relentless Gaze: Unraveling a Dystopian Reality
Review on George Orwell’s Novel 1984 1984 is not just a classic or a “good” book that the high school literature teacher propagates with all her pathos. Treating it as such would diminish its values and cloak it with a certain cynical mediocrity. “War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength” is the refrain…
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Drama first, love later
A group of conventionally attractive people arrives at the tropical island. The girls let out the obligatory pterodactyl squeak and proceed to compliment one another. Don’t get too excited about the ‘girls power’ vibe, though… in just a few days they will most likely talk trash behind each other’s backs. Next scene, the guys. You…
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The Juggler and the Road
Learning to Catch Life in Mid-Air “It started with music.” I was working on the sunlit terrace of the VCS office in Skopje, letting the morning settle into my skin, when I heard it; deep, rhythmic, electronic pulses weaving through the heat. Techno. Unexpected, magnetic. I looked up, and there he was: a young man,…
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Macedonia, a biodiversity hotspot
Interview with Ivana Markoska Barren mountain slopes, fields of flowers, green forests and wide lakes – Macedonia’s nature is stunning and has an impeccable diversity and richness of biodiversity. To learn more about this incredible ecosystem I had the chance to do an interview with Ivana Markoska, in which she shared a bit of her…
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What if Epicurus was right?
Before I arrived in Macedonia to work with Volunteers Centre Skopje for three months, I didn’t know what to expect. I knew nothing about this country, its culture, or its pace of life. Yet, from the very first days, a striking contrast caught my eye: here, everything is “chill.” Peace of mind reigns. We work,…
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How 50 Strangers Became a Family Through Music
Last April, I had the incredible opportunity to participate in an Erasmus+ project called “Make Music Not War 4” in Bremen, Germany. The project was organised by NaturKultur in Garlstedt, a peaceful and inspiring location surrounded by nature, the perfect setting for creativity, collaboration, and connection. This unique initiative brought together 50 young people from…
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Лето на спорт, младешки дух и обединетост
Сите очи вперени на спортот во Македонија овој јули Од 20 до 26 јули 2025, Македонија ќе биде домаќин на 18-то издание на Европски Младински Олимписки Фестивал (ЕМОФ), значаен настан кој има потенцијал да го трансформира не само главниот град, Скопје, туку и пошироката слика за она што мала земја може да го постигне на…
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