A shaven-headed chanteuse hiding the voice of a soul legend beneath her fluffy bear hood, Sharon Kovacs is an enigmatic … The post Dutch Singer ‘Kovacs’ To Play MMC on 11 May appeared first on your slovak guide. Publishe...

American punk band Anti-Flag will perform at MMC in Bratislava.The Pennsylvania natives will present their album 20/20 Vision in Slovakia. … The post American punk band Anti-Flag at MMC, Bratislava appeared first on your slovak guide. Publi...

The post Slovakia guarding NATO’s border with Patriot appeared first on your slovak guide. Published: Friday, April 29, 2022Full story: TheDaily

Many in Slovak politics and in the media have either suspected for years or felt they knew of the murky ties three-times former PM Robert Fico has had with various shady characters from the criminal underworld. The post Former PM Fico under pressure ...

If you are looking for work in Slovakia, there are a few main sources that are used by most employers. The number one website is: The post Guide to Job Sites and Work Opportunities appeared first on your slovak guide. Published: Sunday, April 17...

Do you have an idea of what will change the future of our cities? Are you excited about tackling urban … The post Citython 2022 Žilina – hybrid event (April 29, 2022) appeared first on your slovak guide. Published: Sunday, A...

This hybrid (in person and online) Citython edition will be held in the city of Žilina, Slovakia, and is focused … Published: Sunday, April 17, 2022Full story: TheDaily

Gus Horn and Sia A. Motlagh bring a special night of English Stand up Comedy to Bratislava in their debut … The post YOU HAD TO BE THERE – English Stand Up Comedy (17 April) appeared first on your slovak guide. Published: Sun...

Since the Russian Federation brutally invaded the neighbouring Ukraine and shunted the world back some 60 years, millions of innocent people have had to flee their homes and families. The post Assistance for Ukrainians appeared first on your slovak g...

We plan to fill this section with latest jobs for foreigners throughout Slovakia, so watch this space. The post New Jobs Section appeared first on your slovak guide. Published: Saturday, April 16, 2022Full story: TheDaily

This February marks exactly 80 years since the Czechoslovak Army started to enlist women in its services. Today, there are two female generals serving in the Czech military. The first one to be promoted to the rank of general was Lenka Šmerdová nea...

President Putin’s decision to recognize the independence of the breakaway Ukrainian republics of Donetsk and Luhansk and station troops in Donbas under the guise of protecting Russian citizens there has raised hackles in the Czech Republic, bringin...

Czech officials: Putin’s aggression reminiscent of 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia Published: Tuesday, February 22, 2022Full story: Radio Prague

In the recently published Memory Speaks, the linguist Julie Sedivy explores the deep connections between language, memory, identity and migration. As well as drawing on science, the book is also something of a memoir. Sedivy’s own family left Czech...

Forty years ago, on February 20, 1982, USD 250 million worth of Czechoslovak Republic's gold reserves, which were stolen by the Nazis folowing the occupation of Bohemia and Moravia in 1939, was returned to its rightful owner.  Published: S...

The Czech Republic’s annual Muriel Award for the best comic book of the year was given to Štefánik, a graphic novel about one of the founders of Czechoslovakia. The novel, a joint endeavour by writer Michal Baláže, Gabriela Kyselová and illust...

The Czech Republic’s annual Muriel Award for the best comic book of the year was given to Štefánik, a graphic novel about one of the founders of Czechoslovakia. The novel, a joint endeavour by writer Michal Baláže, Gabriela Kyselová and illust...

The great Czech film director Miloš Forman would have been 90 on February 18. After creating some of the best films of the Czechoslovak New Wave, Forman enjoyed a second career in Hollywood, winning two Oscars. We speak to some people who knew him. ...

Czechoslovakia was officially connected to the Internet on February 13, 1992 at an event hosted by the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Prague-Dejvice. The first ever connection had a speed of 19.2 kilobits per s...

Michal Krecul, today aged 98, was a Gulag survivor, decorated Czechoslovak WWII soldier and later political prisoner who left for the West in 1968. A new study by a Czech historian finds that he also went unpunished for his part in the killing of 10 ...

The Czech minister of foreign affairs has started a two-day visit to Ukraine intended to show support for the Kyiv government in the fact of strong Russian pressure. Jan Lipavský and his Slovak and Austrian counterparts are also travelling to the Do...

Czech media entrepreneur Michal Voráček buys Slovak TV station TA3 Published: Wednesday, January 26, 2022Full story: Radio Prague

The oldest member of the Czech Scout movement, Eduard Marek, died on Sunday at the age of 104. Marek was imprisoned by both the Nazi and Communist regimes and was active in the Czechoslovak resistance. In later life he also made a mark by becoming on...

The annual Ice Sculpting Festival in Pustevny is an event that attracts many visitors to the Beskydy Mountains each winter. This year, seven Czech and Slovak artists created a total of 25 statues from 40 tons of ice. The artists were inspired by the ...

Fiala visits Bratislava on first international trip as PM Published: Tuesday, January 11, 2022Full story: Radio Prague

Czech PM Petr Fiala to make first official visit abroad to Slovakia Published: Monday, January 10, 2022Full story: Radio Prague

The first airfield built in Czechoslovakia after the country’s founding in 1918, Prague’s Kbely airfeld is one of the most important sites for the history of Czech aviation. Today, it is home to the Kbely Aviation Museum, a one-of-a-kind showcase...

Petr Uhl, a co-founder of the Charter 77 human rights movement along with Václav Havel and among the longest-imprisoned dissidents under the communist regime, has died at the age of 80. Although a lifelong leftist, Petr Uhl never joined the party an...

This Saturday marks the centenary of the birth of Alexander Dubček, one of the most charismatic leaders of 20th century Czechoslovakia who led the country during the Prague Spring. A Communist Party loyalist, Dubček is seen today largely as a tragi...

The Czech Republic is one of the least vulnerable countries when it comes to Russian and Chinese malign activities in the Central European and Western Balkan regions, according to a newly published Vulnerability Index, produced by the Bratislava-base...