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DIJON: It’s not only about mustard
Dijon is a French city between Paris and Lyon. It’s the capital of Burgundy region with 152.071 inhabitants. This city is famous for the mustard. Maybe you know the «moustarde de Dijon». But forget that, there is so much cooler thing you need to know It’s very often cold in Dijon, more than the towns…
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The Heartbeat of Europe
How a small Dutch city became international The master of ceremony cheered. “You made it” he exclaimed, as I was carefully opening the doors of the papyruszaal, trying not to draw attention to my late coming to arguably the most important event of my university career thus far. Luckily, he wasn’t addressing me, rather he…
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Third NGO Fair held in Skopje
The third annual NGO Fair took place on the 6th December 2017 at the Youth Cultural Centre (YCC) in Skopje. From eleven in the morning until four in the afternoon, dozens of volunteers and organizers were busy facilitating the work of 200 participants working for the 66 NGO ‘s represented there, all under the supervision…
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A beautiful tribute to Chester Bennington
Linkin Park… Even if you don’t know each album by heart, I’m sure that you already heard about them. But if I’m wrong, I’ll introduce theme briefly: It’s an American band of neo-metal from California. They formed in 1996 ( the year of my birth… And I don’t believe in coincidence!) and they are famous…
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NEVER-ENDING BEAUTY OF THE FORTRESS
One of the most significant poets and play writers in Europe- Friedrich Schiller wrote a play -which he finished in 1799 – about the fall of power of the Albrecht von Wallenstein. In this three act play the action develops throughout the persuasion of finding ways how to make this general in not fulfilling the…
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A celebration of life and death
The 1st of November, death people are commemorated all around the world. But this celebration changes a lot depending on the part of the world In France, it’s a holiday, but not a happy day… We call this day “All saints”, or “La Toussaint” in french. Every year, we dress well and go to the…
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Lights out, screen on
Jump through a rabbit hole and let the adventure begin. Lights out, there is only darkness. You and the screen surrounded by dimming light. Lack of brightness gives you a feeling of undisturbed intimacy that covers you immediately after the last lamp turns off. Thin trickle lights up dust dancing in the air. You are…
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Welcome Aida, our new volunteer from France
My name is Aïda, I’m 24 and I come from a little town in North of France, Hautmont. I finished my last year of Master in Culture and Patrimony. I’ve decided to make a break in my studies to do a French civil service, that’s why I’m here now! Because I was interested by the…
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Can you hear me?
If a violinist plays in the woods and there is no one there to hear him, does he really make a sound? Although this question was posed by one of characters from cult 90s. tv series Northern Exposure it didn’t lose on its validity. What would be the purpose of art for art’s sake? For…
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Media literacy: a step towards an inclusive society
Creating greater tolerance for cultural diversity across Europe, as well as developing a critical attitude towards propaganda media products are the main goals of the project: “Media literacy: a step towards an inclusive society”, which is taking place in Struga, Republic of Macedonia between 31 October and 7 November 2017. A total of 29 participants…
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Autumn menu
Just before leaving some place you mostly feel a bit nostalgic. It‘s the same with me and Macedonia. Now I think how will I miss the country, the people and ohh, the food. I love macedonian food. And especially now, since Ajvar season started. Whenever you go, you see pepers, you see people preparing, you…
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