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Body of Passion
Between sharp technique and passion, pain and sweetness, rehearsals and performance… Ballet dance is indeed one of the most paradoxical and fascinating discipline. In appearances, during a ballet at the opera, we only see beautiful dancers in bright tutu (the dance costume for girls), turning and flying on stage as light as feathers. Grace personified…as…
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Vegetarians & vegans – not only about the animals
For the most part, going vegetarian or vegan is usually about preserving life and not killing animals, but there is a lot more to it as well. People who have not eaten meat for a long time shed some light on this matter In this day and age, eating meat is so normal and not…
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An open letter to drugs
Dear Drugs, It has been a while since our last exchanges. It is rather obvious that for the past decades our relationship was quite tumultuous, to say the least. I could argue for hours and hours about the intricacies, causes and effects of my current behavior towards you. Some plead that we need to, perhaps,…
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Air pollution in Macedonia
When I started my European Voluntary Service in Macedonia I had high hopes for what I would see and experience. I thought I will be in a country that’s rather different from Estonia. I was particularly excited about exploring Macedonian culture and nature. In my …
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A TALE OF TWO STORIES BRIDGING GENDER INEQUALITY
If there was one issue that really broke out in the end of last year It would be called gender inequality. With in that there are many aspects like pay cap, sexism and discrimination etc. But my thought was why haven’t we still conquered this problem. I rest that thought in my head for a…
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Frozen colossus
Icebergs, dancing prima ballerinas, arks and submarines, the architecture of the city is so much more than expected. Darkness, supple figures emerge from the obscurity, the play of lights and shadows begins, spotlights follow the motion of dancers and the building joins them in the act. Ballet is an art where movement, minimalism and lightness…
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VOICES Team in “Nezavisen”
We continued our journalistic journey by visiting the editorial office of newspaper “Nezavisen”(Independent ). Following our little trip to TV Alpha this time we got an insight of daily work in newspaper. Voices crew had an opportunity to observe the work of professionals; we met the director, editor, proof-reader, translator, graphic designer and journalists from all…
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The soul of Skopje
What makes a good city? What traits does it need to hold to become attractive? What qualities does it need to entail to charm outsider within its walls? What is it in them that fascinates us to the point of, sometimes literally, falling in love with them? As Charles Baudelaire put it: “What strange phenomena…
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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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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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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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