Occupation through the eyes of occupants
On the night of August 20-21, 1968, five Warsaw Pact countries (the Soviet Union, Poland, Bulgaria, East Germany and Hungary) launched a joint invasion of Czechoslovakia.
21. 8. 2019 | 15:34
Články / Society
Nitra’s center gets a facelift
Visitors to the Svätopluk Square in the center of Nitra will soon see some changes. New architectural features designed by participants in a three-day hackathon will gradually be implemented starting this ...
14. 8. 2019 | 09:47
Beekeeping the old-fashioned way
Marek Dedinský from Devinska Nova Ves is a beekeeper and a member of a local family who have a long tradition of beekeeping, now in their third generation, and have been producing honey for 120 years. ...
6. 8. 2019 | 15:59
The marriage of creativity and academic education
Most of us have been educated by a system whose methodology keeps typical "right-brain" and "left-brain" activities - e.g. the creative arts vs academic subjects - strictly separate. But there is a growing ...
30. 7. 2019 | 15:43
Love is all around us…
…according to the participants at two marches which took place in Bratislava on Saturday afternoon. Only its definition slightly differs as Anca Dragu has found out.
22. 7. 2019 | 14:34
For many, it’s the first US experience
With the summer vacation season officially kicking off, many young Slovaks decide to spend their summers actually working. To make the idea of working whole summer less appalling, they engage in programs ...
18. 7. 2019 | 11:37
“Czechs and Slovaks expect to become rich here”
A regular contributor to the Times Literary Supplement and several English media, as well as to various publications in Slovakia and the Czech Republic. Resident of London for around 50 years, book lover. ...
18. 7. 2019 | 11:35
How Slovak institutions impact the lives of minorities
I talk with Jakub Csabay, a Slovak PhD student at Cambridge University, about his research on the impact that public institutions have on the lives of minorities, including in Slovakia, and his plans for ...
25. 6. 2019 | 15:35
Starsky and Hutch cycling in Slovakia
I speak with 58-year old Martin Hutchinson from Birmingham, England, who is cycling with his dog Starsky through all the countries of Europe, and now in Slovakia, in order to raise environmental awareness. ...
25. 6. 2019 | 15:26
“The falling bombs reflected the sun's rays”
75 years ago, in June of 1944, the Apollo refinery on the Danube's left bank in Bratislava was bombed by US Air Force.
21. 6. 2019 | 14:13
