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“Solidarity”: Government reduces women to housewives and mothers

8 March 2015

Without full gender equality, there is no democracy or social justice, is the message that is sent by the leftist movement “Solidarity” on the occasion of 8th of March, International Women’s Day. – Our society is still hostage to traditional and patriarchal mechanisms of thinking and living. They play a key role in policy-making, adoption […]

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Orthodox believers jumped for the cross in sanctified water

19 January 2015

Orthodox believers in Macedonia celebrate Epiphany today. After the liturgies in the cathedrals, believers headed toward the places where the holy cross was placed in the water, which was previously sanctified by church officials. After the consecration, believers filled vessels of sanctified water, which is believed to be curative. At the central ceremony in Skopje, […]

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