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VOICES January 2021
It seems that 2020 was a never-ending era but it also feels like we closed our eyes in March and now it’s 2021 already. However, now it’s not the time to see the bad – only the good. “New Year, new me”, right? It’s curious how hyped people are to celebrate another lap around the…
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Udhëtoni dashurinë dhe shtatë detet
Ahoy miq, më lejoni të ndaj me ju një histori mjaftorigjinaletëzbuluarsëfundminga New-York Times. Ashtu siç shkruajtën Black-Eyed Peas, të frymëzuar bukur: ku është Dashuria? Në të vërtetë, përgjigjja mund shumë mirë të fshihet në det të hapur. Kështu njëherë e një kohë, ishte një çift i dashuruar, i bashkuar nga magjepsja e tyre për oqeanet,…
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Travel the love and the seven seas
Ahoy mates, let me share with you a quite original story recently unveiled by the New-York Times. As the beautifully inspired Black-Eyed Peas wrote: where is the Love? Actually, the answer may well hide offshore. So once upon a time, there was a loving couple united by their fascination for the oceans, Sam Davies and…
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Love is sharing
Every year, 40 percent of pregnancies are unwanted and 25 million unsafe abortions are performed worldwide. Also, 16 million teenagers aged 15 to 19 give birth. There are 13 different means of contraception, but there is only one, known and simply reversible, for men that also has the particularity of protecting against STDs: the condom, which also exists…
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Извидниците за својот град
Нашиот извиднички одред „Браќа Миладиновци“, повеќе од 20 години наназад традиционално ја организира акцијата „Извидниците за својот град“ по повод 13 Ноември – Денот на ослободувањето на Град Скопје. Вообичаено, низ годините, оваа акција ја одржуваме во Скопје и во неа учество земаат над 200 деца и млади поделени во четиричлени екипи. Всушност, оваа акција е…
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Art as Therapy
You’ve probably already seen this scene in a movie, read it in a book, observed it in life. The scene of the guys at the back of the bar, alone, swallowing glass over beer and smoking cigarette over cigarette. He is heartbroken, he is desperate, and he hopes to be able to re-weld it with…
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Why do we like horror movies?
Sweaty hands, heart racing, stomach dancing in our belly. The adrenaline flows through our bodies. We crave symptoms that would usually let us petrified even though our entire body was screaming “RUN”. But why? Why would we want to simulate a terrifying experience, on purpose? Why would we want to make our bodies believe that…
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Колку и да сме апатични, секогаш постојат неколку луѓе што се грижат
Интервју со режисерката Сара Јазаџиска Сара Јазаџиска (23) е млад филмски режисер, кој неодамна го сними дебитантскиот документарец насловен „Ридот на историјата“, посветен на Охрид и на неговите убавини. Самата вели дека градот, во кој живее од пролетва е непресушна инспирација, но предупредува дека непланираното градење е голем проблем не само за Охрид, туку и…
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THE LIVELY SOUL OF RIO DE JANEIRO
Brazil is famous for its iconic carnival festival, its talented soccer players, and its favelas. Originally, favelas were illegal settlements built by former slaves that originated in Rio de Janeiro. Favelas have proliferated throughout all Brazilian major cities and form an integral part of Brazil’s landscape. Even some of the world’s biggest superstars, such as…
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“Mr. Vice-President, I’m speaking” – on speaking and being listened to in a gender imbalanced world
In a family dinner, party, class debate, or work meeting. In political debates or judicial sessions. In any of these situations, you may have realized that gentlemen take the floor more naturally, more often, and for longer than ladies. Or you have seen a man interrupting a woman. Possibly repeatedly, to contradict, complement or simply…
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