Slovakia News
Sun, 17 Apr 2022 11:20:02 +0000Guide to Job Sites and Work Opportunities
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:
Published: Sunday, April 17, 2022Full story: TheDaily
Sun, 17 Apr 2022 10:20:01 +0000Citython 2022 Žilina – hybrid event (April 29, 2022)
Do you have an idea of what will change the future of our cities? Are you excited about tackling urban …
Published: Sunday, April 17, 2022Full story: TheDaily
Sun, 17 Apr 2022 08:20:01 +0000Citython 2022 Žilina
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
Sun, 17 Apr 2022 08:20:01 +0000YOU HAD TO BE THERE – English Stand Up Comedy (17 April)
Gus Horn and Sia A. Motlagh bring a special night of English Stand up Comedy to Bratislava in their debut …
Published: Sunday, April 17, 2022Full story: TheDaily
Sun, 17 Apr 2022 07:50:01 +0000Assistance for Ukrainians
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.
Published: Sunday, April 17, 2022Full story: TheDaily
Sat, 16 Apr 2022 10:50:02 +0000New Jobs Section
We plan to fill this section with latest jobs for foreigners throughout Slovakia, so watch this space.
Published: Saturday, April 16, 2022Full story: TheDaily
Tue, 22 Feb 2022 13:20:02 +0000First Czech female general: In the army you never accomplish anything just by yourself
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...
Tue, 22 Feb 2022 11:20:02 +0000“Echoes of 1968” – Czech politicians denounce Russian aggression against Ukraine
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...
Tue, 22 Feb 2022 06:20:01 +0000Czech officials: Putin’s aggression reminiscent of 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia
Czech officials: Putin’s aggression reminiscent of 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia
Published: Tuesday, February 22, 2022Full story: Radio Prague
Mon, 21 Feb 2022 14:50:01 +0000Linguist Julie Sedivy on losing first language Czech – and getting it back again
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...
Sun, 20 Feb 2022 08:50:02 +0000Return of the golden treasure
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.
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Sat, 19 Feb 2022 06:50:01 +0000Comic book about co-founder of Czechoslovakia wins Muriel Award
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...
Fri, 18 Feb 2022 13:50:02 +0000Comic book about the co-founder of Czechoslovakia, wins Muriel Award
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...
Thu, 17 Feb 2022 14:50:02 +0000“He was the best at mixing tragedy and comedy” – Miloš Forman remembered
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.
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Sun, 13 Feb 2022 03:50:01 +0000Czechia celebrates 30 years on the Internet
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...
Mon, 07 Feb 2022 13:50:02 +0000The Czechoslovak WWII vet (98) implicated in the murder of Jews
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 ...
Mon, 07 Feb 2022 10:50:02 +0000Czech minister visits Ukraine to support Kyiv gov
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...
Wed, 26 Jan 2022 13:50:02 +0000Czech media entrepreneur Michal Voráček buys Slovak TV station TA3
Czech media entrepreneur Michal Voráček buys Slovak TV station TA3
Published: Wednesday, January 26, 2022Full story: Radio Prague
Mon, 24 Jan 2022 14:20:01 +0000Oldest Czech Scout Eduard Marek dies aged 104
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...
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 08:50:01 +0000Alien ice statues in Pustevny
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 ...
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 08:50:01 +0000Fiala visits Bratislava on first international trip as PM
Fiala visits Bratislava on first international trip as PM
Published: Tuesday, January 11, 2022Full story: Radio Prague
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 08:50:01 +0000Czech PM Petr Fiala to make first official visit abroad to Slovakia
Czech PM Petr Fiala to make first official visit abroad to Slovakia
Published: Monday, January 10, 2022Full story: Radio Prague
Fri, 03 Dec 2021 13:50:01 +0000Kbely Aviation Museum – A unique showcase of planes, past and present
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...
Thu, 02 Dec 2021 14:20:07 +0000In memoriam: Petr Uhl, Charter 77 co-founder, human rights activist, journalist and politician
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...
Fri, 26 Nov 2021 23:20:01 +0000Alexander Dubček – the smiling leader of the Prague Spring
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...
Fri, 19 Nov 2021 14:20:01 +0000Czech Republic among least vulnerable to Russian and Chinese influence, regional study shows
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...
Tue, 16 Nov 2021 14:50:02 +0000Czech Republic gears up for November 17 celebrations – here’s what’s happening
This Wednesday will see the 32nd anniversary of the start of the Velvet Revolution that ended totalitarian communist rule in Czechoslovakia. To mark the occasion, several events are taking place in Prague and in the wider Czech Republic. Unlike last ...
Tue, 16 Nov 2021 14:20:02 +0000Gustáv Husák – the face of ‘Normalisation’ in Soviet-occupied Czechoslovakia
History remembers Gustáv Husák, the last communist president of Czechoslovakia, as the face of a spineless regime that ruled during the Normalisation era. He had risen to power in the wake of the Soviet-led invasion that crushed the Prague Spring ...
Tue, 16 Nov 2021 13:20:01 +0000Slovak president visits Czech Republic on eve of 32nd anniversary of Velvet Revolution
Slovak president visits Czech Republic on eve of 32nd anniversary of Velvet Revolution
Published: Tuesday, November 16, 2021Full story: Radio Prague
Tue, 16 Nov 2021 07:20:02 +0000Slovak president to visit ailing Czech head of state in hospital
Slovak president to visit ailing Czech head of state in hospital
Published: Tuesday, November 16, 2021Full story: Radio Prague