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VOICES September 2017 Edition
September…Although is the 9th month in the year, for some reasons it is considered as a month for new beginnings…It is the months when pupils go back to school, students occupy the universities, summer vacations are over, new seasons of series begin, the city bus schedule in Skopje goes back to regular…We, from VCS and…
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It all started when I got into the van which transported me to the exit of Skopje. From there, I rolled over on a bus that was my moving home in the next 24 hours. After many hours spent in the bus, breaks at some of the petrol stations we arrived in a small town…
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Pink soup?
I don‘t know how many of you tried it or even hear about it, but those who didn‘t are missing out. Ok, I know that everything comes up to the taste and you cannot really argue about that, because eveone likes different things, but in Lithuania we are crazy about this shit! We call it…
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Pivolend 2017
It was the day before the Super Cup match, Monday. I clearly remember walking up towards the old bazaar, people trying to sell me T-shirts, and all I would say is “Which way is Pivolend?”. We found it with ease. I think we had gotten there quite early because although everything was set up, everyone…
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Montenegro and Serbia
The places that I have been in my vacation are Montenegro ‘Budva,Bar and Kotor’, Serbia ‘Belgrade, Nis and Novi Sad’. All of them has own special things therefore I can’t explain which one is better or can’t do any comparison. A part from night traveling I was always staying at hostel which is allow you…
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Cyprus: on the crossroad of continents
The island where many cultures mixed up creating an interesting mosaic culture, unfortunately it also caused too many political interests to clash resulting in still ongoing Greek-Turkish conflict. Things you may not know about Cyprus if you just browsed holiday brochure: In fact the island contains two separate countries: Republic of Cyprus, the only one…
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Cathedrals, cathedrals everywhere!
Hey, have you ever tried traveling with your parents and siblings? I bet you did. Your significant other? Probably. And what about taking a journey with your grandparents? Hmm..? Not really? Well, I did. I traveled with all of them. At the same time. In one mini-van, going to Czech Republic. We’re quite close…
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Drimon Festival
So it started with a morning meeting with a lot of other volunteers to be briefed about what we had to do for the festival to kick off. To my surprise, there were quite a lot of us, and we worked together to set up recycle bins around the park area. The day was very…
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Scout Youth Exchange Macedonia – Belgium
It all started on July 20th, when full bus of Belgium scouts reached Struga with big bags and the energy for the whole 5 days of our project. We were introduced to friendly scout leaders and the rest 10 people in the group. Both Belgium and Macedonian participants joined in for one bounce, kicking the…
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Training course: Healthy relationships and domestic abuse
In terms of Erasmus+ program, last month from 12th until 18th June in Podgorica, Montenegro was held a training course in which Oliver Andreevski and Andrej Naumovski took part as representatives of Volunteer Center Skopje. The sessions held on the training course tackled the challenges that occur to people who are in relationships (friendly, intimate…
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Joninės, Jans, Sankthans, Jonsok, Noc Kupaly, or in one word, that everyone knows, Midsummer – is one of the most important occasions in northern countries during the summer. It‘s the collision of both pagan and Christian customs, that solemnize summer and fertility through the centuries up until this day. We all celebrate the same festive,…
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