Petr Šabach presented Karel Čapek award

January 8, 2016

Writer Petr Šabach has been presented the Karel Čapek Award by the Czech
Pen Club. Mr. Šabach, who is 64, is one of the country’s most popular
writers. He has authored 11 books to date, mostly tragi-comical stories

First Slovak satellite named skCUBE unveiled

January 8, 2016

BRASTISLAVA, Jan. 7, 2016 -- Guests unveil the flight specimen of the first Slovak satellite skCUBE, designed and built by slovak engineers and scientists, in the slovak centre of scientific and technical information in Bratislava, Slovakia, Jan. 7, 2016.

Slovakia's Migrants Keep A Low Profile In A Country Wary Of Outsiders

January 6, 2016

Claudia Tran, 21, was born and raised in Slovakia to Vietnamese immigrants. "People here are still really surprised if I speak Slovak with them," she says.

Adventures by Disney offering a Holiday Danube River Cruise in 2016

December 22, 2015

In 2016, Adventures by Disney will be offering guests a new way to vacation in Europe, river cruising . They'll be offering Disney-exclusive sailing on AmaWaterways , a luxury river cruise line.

Communist MEP Ransdorf seeks to clear up suspicions of fraud

January 7, 2016

Communist MEP Miloslav Ransdof held a press conference on Thursday to
explain his arrest by Swiss police at the end of last year. Mr. Ransdorf
and three Slovak acquaintances were detained in a Zurich bank on December 3

Slovak PM says will fight to keep immigration to a minimum

January 7, 2016

Slovakia will fight against immigration from Muslim countries to prevent attacks like the shootings in Paris and assaults of women in Germany, Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Thursday, declaring that multi-culturalism was "a fiction".

Tonight! Stand-up Comedy Show in NuSpirit Club – All in English

January 7, 2016

If you feel that there is still a lack of programmes for English speakers in Bratislava NuSpirit Club is a place to go this Thursday (7th January 2016 at 8 pm).

Communist MP who shocked nation with outrageous statements need not apologize

January 7, 2016

Communist Party MP Marta Semelová, who shocked many with her comments on
the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia and the judicial murder of Milada
Horáková in the 1950s, will not have to apologize for her words. A Prague

Prague to stage protest against Norwegian Barnevernet on 16 Jan

January 7, 2016

A demonstration against the taking of children away from their families practised by the Norwegian social office Barnevernet is scheduled in Prague for January 16 as one in a series of similar events that was launched in Oslo on Tuesday.

Court dismisses case against communist MP over comments on Milada Horáková, 1968

January 6, 2016

The Prague 1 district court on Wednesday dealt with the case against
Communist Party MP Marta Semelová for her controversial statements about
the 1968 Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia and the 1950 show trial of

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