VOICES

VOICES Our monthly magazine has a very simple, yet powerful mission – to be the voice of youth.

VOICES is produced in Skopje, Macedonia, and published online every month and four times per year as a printed edition. It is coordinated in Volunteers Centre Skopje and created completely by local and international volunteers. Since volunteers are always changing, this 15-year journey has been full of diverse nationalities and personalities – and those changes are reflected in the magazine. The d

oors are open to each and every one of you, despite the professional skills or experience! VOICES to Hear podcast is our newest addition where our volunteers are talking about interesting topics with the guests. Listen the episodes on:

Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2TFh5Fj
Google Podcast: shorturl.at/lDVYZ

“The Lucky Cigarette”The first cigarette of the packI started turning upside downWith the promise of a wishThat by the p...
16/12/2025

“The Lucky Cigarette”

The first cigarette of the pack
I started turning upside down
With the promise of a wish
That by the pack's end
I hoped would come true

Wishes burned like ci******es
One after another hastily
Days passed... weeks, months...
Packs replaced one another
The ritual lost its meaning

Now I no longer turn the cigarette
Neither the first nor the last
Yet wishes live on
Hope, like a premature infant
Died in my hands...

Jona Cenameri

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The first cigarette of the p***I started turning upside downWith the promise of a wishThat by the pack’s endI hoped would come true Wishes burned like ci******esOne after another hastilyDays …

🎧 Have you ever heard someone say that a song was not real music, or that a certain work could not be considered art? I’...
15/12/2025

🎧 Have you ever heard someone say that a song was not real music, or that a certain work could not be considered art? I’m sure that has happened to you, and if so, it is because legitimate culture has won, but the people haven't said their last word.

Have you heard about legitimate culture before?

Find more out about it in our article 👇

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Have you ever heard someone say that a song was not real music, or that a certain work could not be considered art? I’m sure that has happened to you, and if so, it is because legitimate culture ha…

🏝️ There is an island on the Mediterranean sea that has a recipe for longevity. Maybe this recipe is connected with the ...
12/12/2025

🏝️ There is an island on the Mediterranean sea that has a recipe for longevity. Maybe this recipe is connected with the recipe for happiness? It seems like Sardinia has them both, but what if both are actually one and the equation would be simply: happiness=longevity?

🇮🇹 One November week in Sardinia can give you a glimpse of how things go on this island. And that it is far beyond the amazing coastline with azure waters and sandy beaches. To understand this, you have to go inland, to the heart of Sardinia, and not just as a tourist but part of a community.

Find a recipe for happiness and longevity reading the full article! 💙

🇲🇰: https://tinyurl.com/y3t3xfya

There is an island on the Mediterranean sea that has a recipe for longevity. Maybe this recipe is connected with the recipe for happiness? It seems like Sardinia has them both, but what if both are…

🎓 The first month of university is not just the start of a new cycle – it is a time to confront freedom, pace, and respo...
10/12/2025

🎓 The first month of university is not just the start of a new cycle – it is a time to confront freedom, pace, and responsibility that come with a new rhythm of life. In this phase, every step is a lesson, and every decision shapes the maturity and awareness with which we move toward the future.

Read more about the experiences of a student back at university. 👇

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The first month of university is not just the start of a new cycle – it is a time to confront freedom, pace, and responsibility that come with a new rhythm of life. In this phase, every step is a l…

🇲🇰🇮🇪 Macedonia-Ireland Limerick Youth Center Exchange brought together 24 young adventurers for a two-part Erasmus+ exch...
09/12/2025

🇲🇰🇮🇪 Macedonia-Ireland Limerick Youth Center Exchange brought together 24 young adventurers for a two-part Erasmus+ exchange - first in Limerick, Ireland (June 2025), and then in Struga, Macedonia (October 2025), two countries and a journey that explored the magic of Macedonia, from treasure hunt to traditional feasts and discovered how culture, nature and laughter can create memories that last lifetime.

Read more about this journey that turned strangers into friends and landscapes into lifelong memories. 😊

🇲🇰: https://tinyurl.com/5xc3su8z

When curiosity meets courage and friendship crosses borders – magic happens. That’s exactly what happened as young people from Ireland and Macedonia set out on a journey that turned strangers into …

🩸 In the US, Aunt Flo comes to visit, in Hungary, it’s called the monthly “oil change”, and in South Africa, your “grann...
04/12/2025

🩸 In the US, Aunt Flo comes to visit, in Hungary, it’s called the monthly “oil change”, and in South Africa, your “granny is stuck in traffic”. So many euphemisms, just to avoid having to utter the dreaded word: menstruation. However, the taboo surrounding menstruation is a quite recent trend in human history.

Discover how the view on menstruation changed through the centuries. 👇

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In the US, Aunt Flo comes to visit, in Hungary, it’s called the monthly “oil change”, and in South Africa, your “granny is stuck in traffic”. So many euphemisms, just to avoid having to utter the d…

🚀 While traveling to a new place and starting a new life, a new job, building new relations, you will always be accompan...
01/12/2025

🚀 While traveling to a new place and starting a new life, a new job, building new relations, you will always be accompanied by one constant: things are going to change.

New styles of music and art, the fight against discrimination and even revolutions always required people who were willing to stand up and say: I want things to change.

📰 In this edition of our VOICES magazine, you will find many stories that talk about the beautiful outcomes change can bring. To me personally, this is a reminder to say “yes“ to new things more often. If you also need this push sometimes, let this edition be your motivation as well.

While traveling to a new place and starting a new life, a new job, building new relations, you will always be accompanied by one constant: things are going to change. Since my arrival in Macedonia,…

Tick... tack... tuck...It drips, it gets noisyEchoing louderThan my feelingsIt stirs up my thoughts,This erratic tick-ta...
28/11/2025

Tick... tack... tuck...
It drips, it gets noisy
Echoing louder
Than my feelings
It stirs up my thoughts,
This erratic tick-tack,
Arrhythmic clashes
Upon my keyboard
..Read the poem on our website. ⬇️

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Tick… tack… tuck… It drips, it gets noisy Echoing louder Than my feelings It stirs up my thoughts, This erratic tick-tack, Arrhythmic clashes Upon my keyboard The frantic fingers …

🎙️ In this episode of Voices to Hear, VCS volunteers, Lea, Arthur, and Nelli talk about the hobbies and passions that ma...
26/11/2025

🎙️ In this episode of Voices to Hear, VCS volunteers, Lea, Arthur, and Nelli talk about the hobbies and passions that make life more enjoyable and help bring people together.

🎶 From unicycling and choir singing to e-sports, the trio explores how the activities we love shape our friendships and create lasting memories.

In this episode of Voices to Hear, VCS volunteers, Lea, Arthur, and Nelli talk about the hobbies and passions that make life more enjoyable and help bring pe...

🔍 Recently, I was reading through Miss Guadeloupe's article on Wikipedia to check about the next beauty pageant, and I n...
26/11/2025

🔍 Recently, I was reading through Miss Guadeloupe's article on Wikipedia to check about the next beauty pageant, and I noticed some elements were wrong. 5 minutes later, somebody changed it. Then, the previous editor changed the content again. That made me go to check if the content is the same on Wikipedia, but in English or Spanish, and… there was the same fight again.

Get to know more about my research. 👇

Recently, I was reading through Miss Guadeloupe’s article on Wikipedia to check about the next beauty pageant, and I noticed some elements were wrong. 5 minutes later, somebody changed it. Th…

As the trees areTodaylet me be a tree, surrounded by tall green grass.I might be a strong oak, cornering the fieldwhere ...
24/11/2025

As the trees are

Today
let me be a tree, surrounded by tall green grass.

I might be a strong oak, cornering the field
where we used to run toward the tangerine hills.

I might be an old pine, crooked above the waist,
and firm still below the ground.

I might be a patient willow, resting by the lake,
listening to the echoes of the wind.

Or I might as well be a small fir tree, or a birch.

A tree with strong roots,
nurtured and supported by the ground.

Lukáš Sabol

Todaylet me be a tree, surrounded by tall green grass. I might be a strong oak, cornering the fieldwhere we used to run toward the tangerine hills. I might be an old pine, crooked above the waist,a…

🎼 Mort Garson, a genius composer with innovative creativity, is one of the founders of experimental electronic music. Fa...
21/11/2025

🎼 Mort Garson, a genius composer with innovative creativity, is one of the founders of experimental electronic music. Far from the spotlight during his time, he is now considered one of the founders of electronic music as we know it today. Between odes to nature, songs for green plants and experimental compositions, this Canadian musician never ceases to amaze us.

Discover more about this creative musician. 👇

Mort Garson, a genius composer with innovative creativity, is one of the founders of experimental electronic music. Far from the spotlight during his time, he is now considered one of the founders …

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VOICES is a monthly magazine for all young people around the world and it is a project of Volunteers Centre Skopje. It was created to provide more opportunities for young people.

The creators of this project are volunteers working in Volunteers Centre Skopje. They come from different European countries to do here their European Solidarity Corps volunteering program under Erasmus+. The volunteers are creating VOICES every month from scratch; coordinating meetings and the content of the edition, writing articles and designing the magazine.

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