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A JOURNEY TO THE FAR WEST OF FRANCE
“Bretons are everywhere, it’s the French mafia!” – Emmanuel Macron Bretons will tell you that heaven exists, in the far west of France. Brittany is a unique region due to its strong cultural identity. Even though it became part of France in the 16th century, the duchy remained very much different from the rest of…
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Hey you! Read me!
First of all, thank you for stopping by. I know you are still very young and lost in life. You are facing extreme insecurities, panic attacks, anxiety attacks, dilemmas, triggers, things that are not in your control. It’s alright, I understand. I get it. You are wondering if your suffering will ever come to an…
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Turkey, the land of hospitality
I believe a lot of you have heard about Turkey. I just don’t know if you can see it as I do. That is why now I will try to show it to you from my point of view. Just grab your favorite drink, and enjoy mine and my friends’ story about this beautiful piece…
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Si yo fuera Maradona…
“Si yo fuera Maradona, viviria como él” (If I would be Maradona, I would live just like him) – “La Vida Tombola”, Manu Chao There were many sports figures that shone once and disappeared, like a shooting star who existed just for a glimpse of a moment. There were those, who are now legends, and…
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A mund të ketë jetë në planetin Venerë?
Miliarda vite më parë, Venera mendohet se ka pasur kushte të ngjajshme si Toka, siç ka pasur dhe ujë. Mirëpo me kalimin e kohës uji avulloi në atmosferë dhe efekti serrë ose i ashtuquajtur ‘greenhouse’ u rrit, kështu planeti u bë tmerrësisht i nxehtë dhe acidik. Ky planet rrotullohet rreth diellit pak më afër se…
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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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