AFTER 15 years, Slovakia will host a great winter sporting event, the Winter Universiade, in the High Tatras, at Štrbské Pleso ski resort and in Osrblie where cross-country skiing track lies.
THE ITALIAN international fair of modern and contemporary art, Arte Fiera, takes place between January 22 and 26. The art fair in Bologna also hosts works of Slovak artists.
IT SEEMS that recently, several Slovak films have proven successful even outside the country’s borders, being released with much appraisal, while also being nominated for screenings at festivals and for awards.
THE REPORTAGE and documentary photographer Sergej Protopopov is notable among a small circle of photography fans and he is rather well-known among collectors of postcards, especially those focusing on Banská Štiavnica and the surrounding region.
Spectator College provides readers of The Slovak Spectator who are trying to improve their English with glossaries of useful and frequently used words and expressions from stories published as part of the Spectator College as well as in the rest of the newspaper.
Rudolf Vrba escaped from Auschwitz in 1944 and was one of the first people to give first-hand evidence of the gas chambers, mass murder and plans to exterminate a million Jews.
Finding solutions to the complex homelessness problem involves the coordination of many fields and services. Project Gregory aims to use actual triangular billboards as housing for those without homes.
