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Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
Ataturk born in 1881 and dead in 1938. He was born in Salonika. His last name is Ataturk which means the ancestor of the Turks. Ataturk, the greatest leader of the 20th Century, according to the ranking in Arnold Ludwig’s book, “King of the Mountain.” Ataturk is the most respected person in Turkey. Actually, not…
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Life at home – quarantine in Poland
Because I just came back from Skopje in Macedonia to my home country which is Poland, I thought it might be interesting to share a little bit about how the situation looks like in my country, what are the differences and how it affected me during this time of quarantine. One of the most difficult…
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Together Stronger
In these days of uncertainty and ordeals, I do think the paradigm “United we stand, divided we fall” is firmly convincing. As an illustration, the solutions impulsed by border-regions decision-makers are tellingly evocative. Baden-Württemberg, through its Minister-President Mr.Kretschmann, followed by two other German Bundesländer (Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate), three Swiss cantons, and Luxembourg, announced its decision…
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Everyday life during the quarantine in Skopje
People as social creatures, want to go outside and interact with friends, and while this pandemic limits our possibilities, instead of feeling sorry for ourselves, we can make the best of our time. We are able to do all those things we couldn’t fit into our normal lifestyle. So, let me tell you about a…
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Resettling in known territory
Traveling the world and the seven seas is definitely worth it. But then what? Do we belong to a specific place or do we not? Sometimes it doesn’t matter how you would answer that question because some people are regularly or even constantly on the move either for business or personal purposes, or both. Some…
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Personal development
In an ever-faster world, with always more information, thanks to social media, always having to be happy without the keys of happiness, and all the socials rules that we should follow, it’s normal to be lost. In this context, a new practice appeared: the personal development Personal development is the notion to develop yourself, nothing…
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Life at home in Germany
Quietude I am sitting on a bench under a blossoming linden tree. When I close my eyes and listen I can hear the birds sing, the wind rustles in the trees. Quiet murmurs of a little river. Perhaps two, a maximum of three people talking as they walk past the bench I am sitting on.…
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Lagom – not too little, not too much. Just right.
Have you ever thought about how much is enough for you? “Lagom”, the word, which is commonly used by Swedish people, means just right. It can be related to all human areas of living to make people’s life more harmonic and balanced. Sometimes, the word “lagom” is compared to the idiom “less is more”, which…
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A day full of foolishness
When the spring is on its way and the month turns from March to April, there comes a day when you can’t trust anyone or anything. And if you do so, you’ll end up getting laughed at. And that day is, of course, April fool’s day. The tradition of hoaxes has now spread widely but…
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Life at home of VCS family
Starting a new thread “Life at Home” in our Voices magazine, we are reaching few members of our VCS family to ask them about their thoughts and impressions. Finnish, Polish, French and Turkish living in sunny Macedonia… Summer surprised us, especially me from Finland, as I consider 20 degrees plus to be a summer already.…
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Call for writers, share your stories!
Quarantine, which we are all experiencing together worldwide, how does it look like in different countries? VOICES magazine is starting a series of articles “Life at home – quarantine all over the world”. Share your stories with us! You can write from anywhere in the world, we don’t require a professional background. We want to…
