Fico thanks Czech government for bringing Slovaks home from Nepal

May 12, 2015

The prime minister of Slovakia, Robert Fico, has thanked the Czech
government for its help in bringing Slovak citizens back from
earthquake-hit Nepal in April. Fourteen Slovak tourists were delivered to

Concordia University Prepares for Spring Commencement May 15 and 16

May 12, 2015

Concordia University will hold spring commencement for its graduate students on Friday, May 15 at 6 p.m. in the University's R. John Buuck Field House. The undergraduate commencement will take place on Saturday, May 16 at 1:30 p.m. and will also take place in the Field House.

Hodonin Business Academy

May 8, 2015

One of the more unusual buildings in this small eastern Czech town close to the Austrian and Slovakian borders. It was built in 1899.

BA: Flower Power Party, Thursday 14 May

May 11, 2015

Dear friends of Internationals Bratislava, we are bringing you another awesome party! This time around the theme is Flower power! Yes that is right, whole party will be in hippie/flower style.

Vladimír Hanzel: Part 1

May 11, 2015

Few people were as close to Václav Havel as his secretary of 14 years,
Vladimír Hanzel. Originally a music critic and computer programmer, Hanzel
was by Havel’s side in his dissident days before serving under him at

Hundreds honour war dead at Communist-organised memorial

May 9, 2015

Several hundred people honoured those who died during WWII at an event at
Prague’s Olšany cemetery on Saturday organised by the Communist Party.
Chairman Vojtěch Filip paid tribute to the Red Army soldiers who had died

Czech WWII veterans meet Russian counterparts in Moscow

May 9, 2015

A group of Czech veterans who fought on the Eastern Front during WWII have
had a meeting in Moscow with more than 50 Russian soldiers who fought
alongside them and took part in the liberation of Czechoslovakia. The eight

A forgotten wartime play about Czechoslovakia’s first president

May 9, 2015

A few years ago several boxes of wartime radio recordings from London were
found lying forgotten in an attic at the Czech Foreign ministry. Some are
in English and some in Czech, many of them are broadcasts produced by the

Germany's Trade Empire

May 6, 2015

Germany retains an impressive commercial empire in the heart of the European continent, encompassing Austria, Switzerland, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, and Slovenia.

Review: 'Paddington Pollaky' Private Detective

May 8, 2015

So ubiquitous have the stories become of Sherlock Holmes and his pipe-smoking, deer-stalker profile, that many tourists visiting London believe that the fictional detective did actually inhabit 221b Baker St.

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