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VOICES September 2022
“September was a thirty-days long goodbye to summer, to the season that left everybody both happy and weary of the warm, humid weather and the exhausting but thrilling adventures.” – Lea Malot Slowly but surly summer is coming to an end. While the warm summer days will be missed, I am looking forward to autumn. […]
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A Catalan log that poops candy and presents
Have you ever heard about a log that pops candy and presents at Christmas? Tió de Nadal is one of the most bizarre traditions in Catalonia. Also known as Caga Tió (popping record) is a tree trunk that visits Catalan kids instead of Santa Claus. He has been given the leftovers since the 8th of […]
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The life of ants is quite interesting
An animal you will see daily, and everywhere you go is an ant. They might look like little useless insects, but if you learn a few things about them, you may like them. Ants are insects of the family Formicidae. They are omnivores, so they eat almost everything, plants, and meat. They live in large […]
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H2O – Balm for the soul
Just being around water can be a balm for the soul. Constance, my hometown, is located at the coast of a lake, and whenever I felt stressed, I used to sit next to the water. While watching soft waves rolling onto the shore, listening to the rhythmic gurgling of water, and observing the reflecting sun […]
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Mirror, Mirror on the wall…
How many times a day do you look in the mirror? How often do you check you reflection in shiny surfaces or windows? Fact is most people are constantly aware of how they look, checking if their hair looks identical to when they left home, if their outfit sits right or how posture and physique […]
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San Cristobal de las Casas, the Mexican town that drank more coke than water
San Cristobal de las Casas is a picturesque mountain town in the state of Chiapas, Mexico. Heavily influenced by Spanish colonization and the Mayan culture, the city is home to one of the largest indigenous populations in Mexico. But San Cristobal de las Casas also holds a ghastly world record regarding soda consumption, especially coke. […]
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The place of the new generation
After meeting Rozita Talevska Hristovska (Key expert at Europe House Skopje) at an event of Erasmus+, and listening to her story about Europe House, I knew immediately: “I need to learn more about this, and so do more people” So, I met up with Rozita again for an interview, Europe House, what’s in a name? […]
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Why same amount of money is less valuable today than yesterday
You have probably seen that prices are rising; the same amount of money you spent on groceries is not enough anymore. But why is that? Because of inflation. Europe has been at its highest level of inflation in decades, and there are many reasons for that. Economists generally think that the higher rates of inflation […]
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No Ideas
It happened! After five months and five articles, the thing that I was afraid of during this project occurred – I didn’t know what kind of topic I would write. I can’t say that I entirely run out of ideas; I couldn’t figure out what sounds interesting to me or what I like. Some of […]
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Eight days in Ljubojno with „No H8 Speech”
It was June, early summer in Macedonia, when over 30 participants from Croatia, Denmark, Portugal, Slovenia, and a hosting country, came together to combat one of the most recent and present in our daily lives problem – hate speech. Between 11.06 and 20.06, the picturesque village of Ljubojno at Prespa lake was the main stage […]
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Inside the mind of a psychopath
Could you possibly be one? According to a 2017 study led by the University of Wisconsin-Madison, psychopaths have reduced connections in the areas of the brain that control fear, anxiety, empathy, and sentimentality. Psychopathy is typically diagnosed using a 20-item checklist called the Hare Psychopathy Checklist. In our everyday lives, we often use the words […]
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