V4 foreign ministers support European solution to migrant crisis

February 18, 2016

The V4 supports the European solution to the migrant crisis, the foreign
ministers of the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary agreed at a
meeting in Prague on Thursday. The ministers met at Prague’s Czernin

Hiking to Waterfall Bystre in the Slovakian Pol'ana Volcano forest

February 16, 2016

The fresh mountain air in the high altitudes of Slovakia are said to be cleansing. In the Banska Bystrica region of this Eastern European country, a 23 meter shower of cleansing, cool mountain water hides among the tall trees and steep hills of Pol'ana Volcano .

Phil traces boy whose life he saved

February 17, 2016

PHIL Ridley often wondered what had happened to the little boy he saved from drowning on holiday nearly 40 years ago. Former Hulme Grammar pupil Phil was 13 when he saved six-year-old Mark Annett's life in a French swimming pool in 1978.

Anti-migrant force builds in Europe, hurting Merkel's quest

February 16, 2016

In this February 8, 2016 file photo, Macedonian Army soldiers erect a second fence on the border line with Greece, near the southern Macedonia's town of Gevgelija.

High-speed railways are not priority for neighbouring V4 states

February 16, 2016

Construction of high-speed railway lines is a priority for the Czech Republic but not for the other Visegrad Four countries, officials from the individual countries said at a working meeting of the countries' parliamentary economic committees today.

BA: English Quiz Night 2016! Tuesday 16 February

February 16, 2016

We get the New Year off to a start with our first quiz of 2016, as we gather to test our wits once again at the English Quiz Night at Goblins! Make sure to reserve your table early! just call Goblins on 0948582362 to make your reservation. Tuesday at 8PM, every 2 weeks at Goblins [...]

Slovakia's ruling leftists set to win election, lose majority: poll

February 16, 2016

Slovakia's ruling leftist party remains on course to win March elections with a double-digit lead over the closest challenger but may lose its outright majority in parliament, an opinion poll showed on Monday.

Pink and red

February 7, 2016

A simple glimpse from a street in Bratislava, capital of Slovakia. I wish the man entering the shop had worn a pink cap, but that would probably have been asking too much.

Readers help trace boy after 38 years

February 8, 2016

One man's quest to find a young boy he saved from drowning 38 years ago has been successful - thanks to Evening News readers. Philip Ridley used our newspaper to appeal for help in tracing the child he rescued as a 13-year-old while on holiday in northern France.

Winds of history blow in Bratislava, This former European power is...

February 8, 2016

I am standing on the tree-lined avenue of Hviezdoslav Square in Bratislava, between baroque-style buildings and cafes on the terrace, watching a Cuban dance performance.

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