Shepherds’ New Year
The 24th of April used to be an important day in the traditional year cycles of Slovak shepherds. On this day, when St. George was celebrated in the calendar, it was time for the flocks of sheep to be ...
The 24th of April used to be an important day in the traditional year cycles of Slovak shepherds. On this day, when St. George was celebrated in the calendar, it was time for the flocks of sheep to be ...
Easter is the biggest spring festival in the calendar – primarily as a Christian celebration, but also in the older, pagan yearly cycle. What traditions and symbols were connected to the end of winter ...
A lawyer or a doctor? - what do you want your children to become and what do they want to be? In this month’s Education in the spotlight we’ll talk about kindergartens and primary schools. Join Katarina ...
It’s the 11th of April, and if you are in Slovakia at the moment, you may have noticed that most of the people are walking with yellow flowers pinned to their coats. It is the so called Daffodil day, organized ...
Did you know there was a phenomenon of humorous dancing, which is lately gaining huge popularity in Bratislava, but also in the rest of Slovakia? A small dance group called Všetečníci, decided to take ...
In 2006, a group of parents coming from Slovakia though living in London, together with enthusiastic teacher Lola Kaššovic, decided to form a school, where their children could learn how to write, read ...
Two sides to the story of the Benes Decrees or how war makes ordinary people into villains and victims at the same time.Katarina Richterova has more.
26 years ago, thousands of people went out onto the streets of Bratislava, lit candles and gathered for a quiet prayer ... and the police charged against them with batons and water cannons ... this was ...
Shocking figures show that huge numbers of women all across the EU face harassment and abuse – at home, at work, on the streets. Katarina Richterova has more.
With the US state of Colorado and Washington DC legalising marijuana at the beginning of 2014, and with nine European countries having decriminalised possession of the drug, it appears society’s mood towards ...