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As much truth as history
New Year’s has evolved to become the time of fresh starts and new beginnings, of blank pages and next chapters. The change of the time table from December 31 of one year to January 1 of the next one has come to mark a cut between the past and the future. This invisible barrier set…
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T’as du feu?
Outside pubs and bars on warm European summer nights, there’s always a man with a cigarette. Not because he needs it, but because it gives him a reason to linger. Smoking breaks are less about nicotine and more about timing—about watching, waiting, and finding the perfect moment to approach. He sees her step outside, her…
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Macedonian panda in Latvia
Hello everyone. My name is Jovan Terzioski – Joki and I am an ESC volunteer in Riga, Latvia in the Youth Studio BaMbuss. My volunteering experience started six years ago when I did my first EVS short term volunteering project in… well the same studio I am at the moment, Youth Studio BaMbuss. This time…
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Bonjour to new adventures
Being a volunteer has been a goal of mine for a very long time. I’ve heard some stories that make the idea intriguing. So I thought, what kind of experiences will I bring home? Like many of my travel stories, this one also started very spontaneously. I had a one-month gap when I didn’t plan…
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Volunteering, Culture, and New Horizons
The past six months spent in Italy represent one of the most significant chapters of my life. This unique opportunity opened doors to new horizons, cultures, and perspectives that will undoubtedly remain etched in my memory. The volunteering project and activities Thanks to Volunteers Centre Skopje, I successfully applied and was selected for a volunteering…
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Team experience in a Romanian village
Biljana and Sara from Kumanovo had the opportunity to be part of the volunteer team for the project “Solidarity in Community,” which took place in Izvoarele, Romania, and lasted for a month. Below, we share their impressions: “We were accommodated in a beautiful wooden house in a mountainous area. We shared the house with sixteen…
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The train of life
When I started my studies three years ago, I couldn’t predict all the things that would happen during those years, but losing someone was the most unpredictable. One week before starting my studies in Bordeaux, I enjoyed my time in my new flat with my best friends. We were here for a few days. I…
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Season of reflections
I am writing this article in the middle of December, a time when winter is just around the corner, the days are short, and nothing particularly eventful seems to be happening. This quiet season has given me a chance to reflect on what lies ahead and why it feels important. In December, most Christian denominations…
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VOICES January 2025
“Trust yourself, everything is just going to be ok” This is what I kept saying to myself on the plane coming to Macedonia. And, I have to admit, I lied, yes… Everything is not just “ok”, everything is INCREDIBLE (I know, I scared you). If I’m not saying that when I return home then I’ll…
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on courage
I think of infinitieswith a coffee in my hand countless scenariosof the day, theatre in my mindI think of time passed, of time to comemy thoughts, colliding like atomsbreaking apart,a part of me breakseverytime I think of possibilities, with a coffee in my handI think of infinities, and in some of themI am brave. Lukáš…
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The Importance of Tradition
Word “tradition” means something else for everyone. The word comes from Latin (trado, tradere) and means “passing”. Before the internet, most of the things have been passed by speaking. Nowadays, tradition seems to be something too old and have a bit of a negative meaning to some people, but in fact it is important in…
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