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Money Talks
And for decades, women have been told not to speak too loudly. According to a 2023 report from Harvard Business Review, women are still less likely than men to negotiate salaries, funding, or investment opportunities, not because they lack confidence or competence, but because they are more frequently penalized socially when they do. At the…
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VOICES June 2026
The art of noticing.What a blessing, huh? Walking down the street and just hearing the loud music coming from the car stereo… that warm breeze of June hitting the back of your neck. And what do you see now? All the ingredients of summer are slowly coming out—children asking for ice cream once they feel…
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French Touch
8:35 AM Morning in Skopje doesn’t start, it leaks in. Soft light spilling over cracked sidewalks, brushing the side of a small church on the corner like it’s half-remembering something sacred. Orthodox prayers, not loudly, just enough to remind you that time is real and you’re already late. The air still carries that early spring…
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Buddhism on Display
When a religion born between 563 and 483 BCE becomes a simple scented candle in our bathrooms or a “zen” tattoo in Bali…One may wonder: what really remains of Buddhism? Buddhism is one of the oldest religions still widely practiced today. It appeared in India in the 5th century BCE, founded by Siddhartha Gautama, a…
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The canva with (too) many painters
What happens when you give millions of internet users a blank canvas the size of the planet? You get the website Wplace, where millions of people are drawing their favorite characters, flags, or other kinds of art over their cities for the sole desire to be seen and the pleasure to create. Launched in July…
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Stone Bridge: Walking Through Skopje’s Layers
As an architect interested in cultural heritage and urban identity, the way I try to understand a city often follows certain steps. While volunteering in Skopje, I used the same approach to get to know the city. The first step is to experience the city on foot: observing how streets connect, where public spaces are…
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Slipped Away…
Before me, you appearAs if in a dream A fleeting little dreamWhose ending is unknown Sleep betrayed me,The dream left unfinished The alarm woke me,My joy shattered Ah, poor dream of mine,Once again, you slipped away… Jona Cenameri
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A Race Without a Starting Line: When Does “Being Late” Begin?
The pressure of a generation growing between expectations, comparisons, and relentless speed How much is a life worth—if we measure it in years rather than in depth? There is something quiet, yet constant, that follows us as we grow. It is not as loud as criticism, nor as warm as support. It is a feeling.…
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looking closely
Missing the placebecame my quiet meeting in a memory,holding a cup of chamomile teawith honey,and an image of an old smile. A joy can be foundin the most unpredictable spaces. Lukáš Sabol
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Skopje in layers
As an interior architecture student, I experience new cities through observation, noticing how people use spaces, how atmospheres form, and how everyday life shapes design. In Skopje, one of the first things that stood out was the café and bar culture. It reminded me of Türkiye’s meyhane tradition, places not just for eating and drinking,…
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Blue footprint
“Brick!”, calls Anastasija and we are all waiting in anticipation looking up the grassy hill. A blink of an eye later, the caramel-brown, quite small and happy bull is running downhill to meet us at the fence, his tail wagging. “He wants the treat first”, says Anastasija, while Riccardo gives him a juicy green branch…
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