David Koller and the album of the year for 2015

May 1, 2016

In today’s programme we’ll be playing tracks of off the latest solo
effort by David Koller – the legendary drummer and frontman for the rock
group Lucie. His album, Československo with L-O-V-E in the word in caps,

Adamec listed in Mitrokhin Archive as KGB informer

April 30, 2016

Czechoslovak Communist leader Ladislav Adamec was a KGB informer, according
to the Mitrokhin Archive, a collection of notes by a KGB officer who
defected to the UK that is now held at Cambridge University. Under the code

Mountain biker Markéta Peggy Marvanová: the thrill of adventure racing is being in Nature 24/7

April 30, 2016

Markéta “Peggy” Marvanová is a Czech mountain biker specialising in
adventure racing. At the age of just 18, she won the annual 1000 Miles
race
across the Czech Republic and Slovakia for the first time. Since, she has

Mountain biker Markéta Peggy Marvanová: the thrill of adventure racing is being in Nature 24-7

April 30, 2016

Markéta “Peggy” Marvanová is a Czech mountain biker specialising in
adventure racing. At the age of just 18, she won the annual 1000 Miles race
across the Czech Republic and Slovakia for the first time. Since, she has

International Quiz Night! Goblins Pub, Tuesday 3 May

April 28, 2016

It is that time again when we gather to test our wits once again at the English Quiz Night at Goblins Pub on Dunajska street! Make sure to reserve your table early! just call Goblins on 0948582362 to make your reservation.

V4 representatives meet in Czech Republic, criticise EU refugee quotas

April 27, 2016

Parliamentary representatives from the Visegrad Four countries - Poland,
the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary, attended a meeting at the
Štiřín chateau outside Prague on Thursday. After the meeting they again

Finále Plzeň film festival awards best domestic film production

April 22, 2016

“Family film” by Olmo Olmerzu has won the Golden Kingfisher award in
the best feature category at Finále Plzeň, an annual film festival
presenting new Czech and Slovak feature films. The second feature film by

Czech sci-fi classic Ikarie XB 1 selected for Cannes festival

April 21, 2016

The 1963 science fiction movie Ikarie XB 1 has become the first
Czechoslovak film to be selected for the Classics section at the
prestigious Cannes International Film Festival next month. The head of the

Welcome to Slovakia workshop

April 20, 2016

Home is not  a place, it´s a feeling. Are you a newcomer in Slovakia? Residing here less than 6 months? Then you certainly found out how difficult is to quickly gather basic informations, when you need them. Maybe you even felt lost and helpless. We assure you, we intimatetly know the feeling.

New book celebrates iconic Communist-era family house

April 19, 2016

A new book, which has just been released by the PositiF publishing house,
is mapping the phenomenon of the so-called Šumperák, probably the most
famous family house design in Communist Czechoslovakia. In the late 1960s

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