Civil servants need recognition
A team of analysts at the Health Ministry, a village administration as well as a team from the cadastre of a District Municipality: these are the best clerks working in Slovakia for 2019.
4. 12. 2019 | 12:21
Články / Society
1989: Slovakia according to Karen Henderson 1
Karen Henderson is a lecturer in European studies and political science in Bratislava and Trnava. Since 1987, she's been involved in mapping the political developments in the Central European region, including ...
2. 12. 2019 | 16:09
1989: SSEES historian Thomas Lorman
The SPECIAL series dedicated to the change of regimes in Slovakia after November 1989 featured also Thomas Lorman, a historian from the University College London speaking about the change and its consequences ...
2. 12. 2019 | 16:00
How the Church lived underground for 40 years
Today Filip Vagač works in the non-profit sector as civic activist, but 30 years ago in Czechoslovakia he was an active member of what became known as the "underground church" - an informal organisation ...
27. 11. 2019 | 15:05
The languages that are nobody’s native tongue
The concept of an 'artificial language' - such as Esperanto or Interslavik - may seem odd to some of us, but it can't be disputed that many people are enthusiastic speakers of such languages.
26. 11. 2019 | 08:59
IT needs more women!
According to the IT Association of Slovakia, there is a shortage of around 10,000 IT specialists on the Slovak labor market. Unless major changes are made, the association expects the result to be a post-2020 ...
20. 11. 2019 | 12:36
The Slovak Church under communism – Extended Interview
Filip Vagač and Jozef Luptak were young Christians at the time of the 1989 Velvet Revolution and had experienced the life of the Church under communist rule in Czechoslovakia.
20. 11. 2019 | 09:37
Children of the revolution
Fashionable young people voting for liberal parties? Misunderstood masses leaning to the far-right extremists? Or energetic activists calling on people to join in protests in the streets? From big cities ...
13. 11. 2019 | 14:02
“This is a difficult time to be a journalist, but also a consumer”
Few days ago, the 1980s popular Slovak band Elán featured a new music clip, where the lead singer points a gun at tied up tabloid journalists. Despite they claimed if was a joke, the Slovak society, still ...
21. 10. 2019 | 16:10
The guest-host mentality
There are about 130, 000 foreigners living in Slovakia, according to data from the Interior Ministry. The number of foreigners is going up mainly because of the shortage of employees on the Slovak labour ...
17. 10. 2019 | 15:13
