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Chernobyl: An Animal Kingdom
April 26, 1986. The workers of the power plant in Chernobyl, Ukraine were starting a test to see what happens during a black-out, when something went terribly wrong. A nuclear explosion instantly kills 2 workers, heralding a difficult time to come for the people of the city. The fire that was set free burned for…
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Welcome Sascha, our new volunteer from Germany!
My name is Sascha (not Alexander! Yes, Sascha is a real name in Germany) but my friends call me Snorre. I am from Magdeburg/Germany. After almost ten years of voluntary-work in the field of non-formal youth-education, telling school-kids how useful and awesome a long-term mobility-experience is, I finally got to making such an experience myself…
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Health from the roots
Witch, this word does not sound familiar. It brings to mind an ugly old woman with a sinuous nose, greasy black long hair burning at the stake. Now let’s abandon our imagination and go back to reality. “Witch” was usually defined as women who dealt with herbal medicine (phytotherapy) – treatment of diseases by means…
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Giants Saga
Driven by the desire to promote theatre, it was in 1979 that Jean-Luc COURCOULT created a street theatre company called Royal Deluxe in Aix en Provence. His idea was to go into direct contact with the spectators without them having to lock themselves in a theatre. Then came the idea of telling a story to…
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Amazing Pakistan
What are your first thoughts, when you hear about Pakistan? Does it intrigue you, scare you, arouse uncertainty, arises questions, makes you go and search where is Pakistan on the map? For me, Pakistan is an inspiration. I’m still exploring more and more about it and it’s impossible to show you all the colors and…
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YouthFest 2019: youth stories – youth power
Brain drain is not what happens after spending too much time in front of Netflix but a serious issue affecting many countries in the Balkans. Young people don’t see a perspective at home and leave in search for a better future. What is necessary to make people stay? Youth Fest, a festival in Skopje, highlighted…
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Love filled heart in opera
Ilina Mitrevska is inspiring 17 year old young woman that is learning opera music here in Skopje. When and how did you start with opera singing? All my life I’ve had singing as a way of expressing the joy, the sadness, the excitement. I remember the first time I saw an opera, I was very…
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Gender as an Analytical Category
I met with Prof. Erzsébet Barát during the International Week which was held at the Philosophical Faculty in Skopje. The subtitle of this event was “Challenges of teaching and research in humanities and social sciences”. Barát’s areas of competence are: gender studies, discourse analysis, qualitative research methods, and media studies. Her areas of specialization are…
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Lights and Shadows of Foreignness
Have you ever heard somebody complaining about the experience of a trip or a stay overseas, how awful it made them feel? No, right? Till recently, I hadn’t either. Now that I have, I must talk about it. Day 2, 9am – Whatsapp group of Brazilians – Does anybody in this group want to move…
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You are the boss of your own feelings
Have you ever felt so many emotions that it’s too much for your brain? Have you ever dreamt to turn it off? Sometimes, it is so intense, you don’t know anymore how to understand them or how you could express. The word emotion comes from Latin “motio” which means “movement” and e- which mean “that…
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A Disney Dilemma
As someone born in the ‘90s, I can honestly say that Disney movies will always hold a special place in my memory. Although the first Disney film was produced more than 50 years earlier (Snow White and the Seven Dwarves), the 1990s introduced a ‘Second Golden Age’ for Walt Disney Animation. Creating hits such as…
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