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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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Children laugh
Volunteer Centre Skopje made a decision to send me to Kumanovo for visiting another NGO organization “MultiKulti” for gaining new work experience with local children. I took a bus from the main station in Skopje at 08:30 and I was in Kumanavo at 09:15. Unfortunately, my phone died and I didn’t know the address of…
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Kalinka-Malinka
In the last week in Skopje we had Russian Culture Days organized by the Embassy of Russian Federation in Republic of Macedonia and Rossotrudnichestvo. In our city we had two amazing concert with talented Russian artists. Entrance for all interested was free and both concerts were a full house of people. On 25th of October…
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Sport says NO to hate speech
Sports plays an important role in the development of young people. It helps maintain good physical, emotional and social health. Sport also helps combat discrimination and hate speech. Radica Stojanovska, Marija Jovanovska, Angela Spasovska, Filip Georgievski and Angela Rajcevska learned this, which were representatives of Volunteer Center Skopje and participated on youth exchange with topic…
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Rise & Fall in Breakdancing
People are gathered together, highly anticipating what’s to come. The MC announces the next dancers to step up. Adrenaline fills the hearts of the bboys and the show begins. Breakdance is a street dance style that is an element of the hip hop movement that started among African American and Latin American youths during the…
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Architect with an Impressive Allure – Petar Mulichkovski
One of the most significant Macedonian architects is Petar Mulichkovski. In his long career he created in almost all architectural types. The greatest impact in his work had his PhD research he did under the greatest of them all- Frank Lloyd Wright. In one of his latest phases maestro Wright was influenced by the authentic…
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Nikola Popovski: Art for art’s sake
Nikola Popovski is a film director. When he was in high school he started to think about his future as a director. From childhood times, Nikola really liked to watch movies and he watched them over and over again. And later he considered other things boring, like being a doctor or someone else. He felt…
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South Africa
Johannesburg & Cape Town The Republic of South Africa, or as the locals like to call it in slang, “Mzansi”, can be a truly amazing place – if you are in the right places of course! Like every country, it has its good and its bad, but I will concentrate on the good because there…
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Youth exchange “Teen healthy relationships” in Ireland
From August 29 till September 4, five VCS members attended a youth exchange in Ireland. Together with them were people from five different countries, naming Greece, Turkey, Serbia, Croatia, and Ireland. The topic of the exchange was ‘Teen healthy relationships,’ and the participants got deeper into the relationship issues. They discussed about different forms…
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