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Youth is changing society
Towards the end of August 2026, Struga became a hub for young minds. From August 22 to 29, the city hosted the “Young Civil Society” bilateral youth exchange, organized by Volunteers Centre Skopje in cooperation with Europa Iuvenis from Poland. A total of 24 young people aged 15 to 21 from Macedonia and Poland gathered…
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Bodies, Barriers and Belonging
Cities count their citizens without saying a word. Who gets to cross the street, catch a bus, or visit a local office depends far less on who lives in a neighborhood and far more on how the street was designed. In Skopje, a curb dropping twelve centimeters straight onto asphalt or a steep bus step…
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VOICES October 2026
People come and go from our lives. It is simply the way life works. Some people will walk beside us for a long time, while others will take a different path after the very first turn. But every person we truly encounter leaves something behind. A feeling, a memory, a lesson, a story — sometimes…
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Poetry corner
HopeBright, strongGrowing, shining, inspiringIt gives me strengths to keep goingLight I walk into a quiet room with one small window. Everything is gray but I can see tiny flowers growing near the wall. A warm feeling slowly fills the air. Then soft light enters through the window and touches everything. Suddenly, the room doesn’t feel…
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Ireland in Skopje
Walking through Skopje’s musical landscape you could expect traditional melodies, sure, but Irish ones? We propose you to meet six friends who have known each other for over a decade and have formed something that defies easy categorization. The Lorekeepers Guild, as they call themselves, exists somewhere between keeping a story and retelling it a…
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A Secret Journey to the Bare Skanderbeg Mountains
I wake up bright and early in the morning, to the sound of crows below my 5th-story window. I am afraid that this will be the last morning I wake up in my comfortable bed. It was 5:30 in the morning and my ride was coming at 5:50 to take me up into the mountains.…
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Travel dilemma
What makes a trip worthwhile? Is it the sightseeing? Discovering new flavors? Shopping? Relaxing? There’s no single right answer. Traveling is an experience shaped by expectations, budget, time constraints, and unexpected events along the way. For many of us, traveling can mean discovering new places, trying local food, meeting new people, and accumulating lots of…
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A piece of information inside our minds
In our daily lives, we encounter many events, take part in countless activities, have many thoughts passing through our minds, and learn new things… But after experiencing all of these things and some time has passed, which of them can we actually remember? How much do we remember, and how much have we already forgotten?…
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How to regain the power to change society
We live in a time when we have more opportunities, information, and comfort than ever before. Yet, more and more people feel tired, dissatisfied, or powerless. We have access to technology, travel, education, and entertainment, but at the same time, we face problems that affect our everyday lives, from mental health and social isolation to…
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The People of the Algorithm: Homogenized Lives Behind Invisible Bars
How different can you truly be? How free do you actually feel? Or most importantly: are we trapped inside an invisible prison—one with no iron bars and wide-open doors, yet one we can never seem to leave? Why is it that the moment we stop consuming or scrolling through feeds, we are instantly flooded with…
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Let’s think about it
There is a question I have been asked more times than I can count: “What is the point of philosophy?” And I have always given the same answer: it is to think. To think about things further away than the tip of your nose. To see beyond the immediate, beyond the urgent, beyond the present…
