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Here is our Magazine for August 2015 summer almost gone and school is starting
Hope you will like this edition (click the following link to see it:)
EVS Magazine

Hello

Hello Readers
Here is our magazine for July 2015 , well  I know its August but I have been busy theese couple of weeks, anyway hope you will like this number :) (click the following link to see it)
Magazine July 2015

I have participated in a youth exchange in Nyiegerhaza, Hungary from the 19^th to the 26^th of June via the association Pavel Satev. During the stay I have noticed many differences between the Macedonian and the Hungarian food. For an example, the Macedonian food is more salty and it is not as dry as the Hungarian. The primary food in Macedonia is the bread and it is eaten with almost everything, while the Hungarian people use rice in the place of our bread. When on picnics, Hungarian people would cook a soup called Gulas, while we prefer having barbeque. I am sure there are many more differences and similarities between our diets, but I will learn about that the next time I visit Hungary.

-Boris Hristov

Hungarian Law Enforcement presentation during the Career Tour youth exchange

Many young people who want to work as law enforcers are insecure about their decision, they are not sure if they have the physical and mental strength that working such a dangerous job. Also, a lot of young people are likely to consume illegal substances, the most common one being marijuana. For an example, a survey in Hungary in 2010 showed that 14% of the people aged from 15 to 17 have tried cannabis at least once. To help the young hesitating to work as police officers, as well as help the confused teenagers who might try illegal substances, the Hungarian police department in Nyiregyhaza held a presentation during the Career Tour youth exchange.

First of all, the Hungarian elite units demonstrated the power of the K-9 dog. A small amount of cannabis was “hidden” in the wheel of an old car and the dog’s mission was to locate it. Before going into action, the dog was put on a ~90 meters distance from the car. It took the dog less than 20 seconds to find the marijuana, well hidden in the rim of the wheel. The police officers proceeded to remove the marijuana from the wheel. 

When the cannabis was found, the police demonstrated the dog’s ability to attack the suspect in the case of an attempted escape. After applying protection to the arm the “suspect” got about 60 meters away from the dog. It took the dog about 3 seconds to catch up and while doing so it precisely lunged itself to the “suspect’s” arm from an impressive distance of 4 meters. I don’t think anybody will be attempting to run from such a threat after seeing this demonstration.

The police then showed us the tools they’d use to investigate the crime scene. This kit contained everything you’d need to get every drop of information in the case of a traffic accident, overdose, murder and much more.
 

We went inside the Human-Net foundation building where the Hungarian law enforcement showed us their most commonly used weaponry. This included a police baton, a tactical shield that sees action in both shootings and riots, two different handguns most commonly used by regular police officers, an automatic rifle for serious situations and middle-ranged combat, a shotgun not seldom used when the battle is expected to be in close quarters , an SMG with a magazine that holds 30 bullets and a Dragunov sniper used in very exceptional situations.
  

They also explained the drug movement and it’s availability on the streets. Drugs aren’t originally produced in Hungary, most of the time they come to the country from the Balkans or from Germany. You must know how to protect yourself from drugs because you can find them very easy and very cheap in Hungary, cannabis can be found for a price as low as 1000 HUF (about 3€), while you can get ecstasy for a price of 2000 HUF / 3000 HUF (about 6€ / 10€). The large quantity and low prices means that knowing to identify these substances and knowing how to avoid them is a must.

We all walked out of the building better informed about the drug laws in Hungary and about the effects drugs have on our organisms, as well as about the effort it really takes to be a special unit or a detective that puts his/her life in danger for the greater good of the society and the country.

Career Tour Recap

            On the 20-th of July, 2015, 10 youngsters and 2 leaders visited Hungary to attend the Career Tour youth-exchange and to represent our country and association. This youth exchange was held in cooperation with the Gordiusz Association.

            After the exhausting twelve hour trip to Nyiregyhaza, where the youth exchange was held, we were accommodated in a wonderful baroque styled hotel named Korona. We didn’t do anything because we were too tired and we still needed time to accommodate.

            On the second day, early in the morning we had a trip to the LEGO factory where we witnessed the massive production of LEGO toys as well as the role of each worker and the difficulty of his/her job.

             Later that day, we played a game that helped build friendships between participants of a different country faster. In this game pieces of paper are put on the floor, music is being played and everybody is dancing on the floor. When the music is played, you have to stop dancing on the floor and stand on a piece of paper, or you lose. However, there is a catch, after every cycle there are less pieces of paper as they are being taken away by the leaders. This means that more people have to do with less space, which would result in actions such as holding hands and hugging, which are all powerful methods of establishing a good relationship between two strangers.

             We then discussed about our goals and expectations in life, what we are capable of doing, what we like doing and what we should do. Some people are shooting for the stars while some prefer to safely stay on the ground and not fall.

              That evening both sides introduced their country's history, culture, political situation, economic power, geostrategic position and similar interesting facts about the nation and country. Both parties also bought along traditional food and drinks for the participants to try and hopefully enjoy. Everybody from the Macedonian group loved the Hungarian cookies that they generally make for their family, while I doubt any Hungarian disliked our homemade Ajvar.

                We started off the third day talking about the educational systems in both of the countries. This way we became conscious about our possibilities in life and about the potential improvements and work needed in order to push forward in life. We came to a conclusion that both of the educational systems are very similar and that if you can do something good and if you try hard enough you can end up doing what you like.

               After dinner, we went to a Human-Net foundation building where the Hungarian elite units K-9 demonstrated just how easy it is to discover illegal substances no matter where we would hide them. A longer blog post about the police presentation is coming soon, for now all you need to know is that the officers did a really good job answering our questions, explaining the drug route, helping us stay safe from these horrible things and showing what it really takes to be a special force unit.

               We also got to talk to some of the volunteers in the Gordiusz Association foundation, they explained the function of an EVS volunteer and they talked about some audio and video editing software that they use in order to make the presentations that we got to

               On day four each young person talked about his/her qualifications and what he/she wants to be. After long discussions and information exchange we learned our strengths and the means of using them to the maximum potential.

                We then went to the Gordiusz Association foundation building where we learned about the job opportunities in Hungary and we saw what the young people there are most likely to do and where they can get the best possible education.

                We proceeded to the salt-caves, an alternative medicine method that supposedly helps prevent cancer and other dangerous diseases. A lot of young people learned about a new thing they can study - alternative medicine, a branch not well known by today's youth, but still a potential future career for someone who'd like to help people struggling with their condition.

               After this, we visited an Új Nemzedék office (click the link to visit their website), this is a Hungarian organization where the young can come and ask questions about education, career paths, tourism opportunities or just about anything that they might be interested in, while doing so, this organization will help them find what they are looking for by gathering information by communicating with the other nineteen offices scattered nationwide. However, young people can also come here and just play games, talk to each other and just have fun in the cool colorful room that is also a stash of a lot of board games and modern literature carefully placed on nicely made wooden shelves.

               The fifth day was zoo-day, we visited the local zoo which is also one of the biggest in Europe. We spent the entire day having fun and experiencing the wild behavior of the animals from all around the planet in this 30.000 meters squared space of unexplained wonders of nature. Since we were trying to decide what path to take in life, we talked to some of the zoo keepers and they explained to us that they have to be active all day and that each of them must play different roles in order for these animals to survive, but this wasn't necessary because their healthy muscular body and the way they stared at the animals with love, excitement and curiosity spoke for itself. After seeing a person like that doing what he loves doing you don't need more than five seconds to decide if you are fit for working with animals or not.

               The sixth day was a more relaxed day and we made a short recap about the youth exchange, what we learned and the friendships we built at the course of the past five days. This was a really sad day as I was sadly looking at young confused people that I don't know if I will ever see again just looking at me with the same stare of understanding and compassion. I really hope I do, they were all so nice to me despite all of the personality and culture differences, I really do hope they felt the same way in my presence.

                The following evening we had free time to hang out with each other before the inevitable departure, as well as buy our souvenirs, clothes and gadgets that we liked from this beautiful baroque themed town. 

               The last day we had breakfast and we departed to Budapest where we had lunch in a Hotel and got to see one of the views that created a permanent mental image of disparity, borders of human achievements and excitement and pride as you break the ramps of that border and roll forward with full speed, waving back at the nature so beautiful and vulnerable yet half-defeated by some of the brightest mind that humanity had to offer, this view is the Budapest citadel.

                Because of the close relation between the two municipalities, Kocani and Budapest, we had a free stay at a hotel just four kilometers outside of town. This is a very friendly gesture from our friends here in Kocani and our association really appreciates it.

               On the last day we woke up, packed our bags and went straight to Kocani. We all came back as more decisive people who now feel more secure doing what they love in this everlasting labor market in which we all must fit.
                Please see the photographs at: http://imgur.com/a/moVIp because our blog is not working properly at the moment.

- Filip Vojnovski

Tips and short tourist guide for Kocani-Macedonia

Tips and short tourist guide for Kocani-Macedonia

If you are planning to visit Kocani here is short explanation of what you can do/visit in Kocani

You can come here by car,bus or train. Kocani is located 120 km from the capital of Macedonia- Skopje. About accomodation you can stay at Gradce Hotel or Hotel Leder which is located in the center of Kocani.

Places to visit in Kocani:  You can visit the Monument of Freedom which is not far from the center of the city, alsto there is a local orthodox church St.George. It would be interesting  if you can visit the Towers which are built  in 17 century when the city was under Ottoman administration. There is small lake Gradce with a restaurant  and hotel so its very relaxing. We have pool which only works in summer so if you are hot  you can chill there.

Night life: There are some discos like Aqua which is in the complex of the pool so many singers come there and its very nice. Most of people from Kocani go in coffee bars which are in the center or just walk  near the river.

Food:  We have have many restaurants like traditional and pizza restaurants  so the food is very delicios I suggest you to try some macedonian traditional dish like: Tavce Gravce, Polneti Piperki, Tava Oriz, Ajvar and of course Macedonian drink Rakija

Magazine june 2015

Here is a link of our magazine for june 2015 hope you like it :)
http://issuu.com/evspavelsatev/docs/magazine6