Communist-era interior minister will not face charges over Iron Curtain deaths

February 4, 2016

Former Czechoslovak prime minister and former Interior Ministry head
Lubomír Štrougal will not face criminal proceedings over the deaths of 91
people who died trying to escape Communist Czechoslovakia in the 1960s. The

Scintillating Shehnai

February 2, 2016

Brilliant musician duo, Sanjeev and Ashwani Shankar recently enthralled Dhaka audience with a Shehnai recitation at the Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre in Gulshan.

January 28, 2016

January 29, 2016

Ekaterina Bobrova and Dmitri Soloviev of Russia perform during the ice dance short dance program at the ISU European Figure Skating Championship in Bratislava, Slovakia. A monkey shouts to a trainer at a monkey training school in a zoo in Dongying, eastern China's Shandong province.

Eastern Europe And The Caucasus, From Above

February 1, 2016

While Western Europe and the United States have tightened laws on drones, countries of the former communist bloc have been slower to close their skies to unmanned aerial vehicles.

BA: English Quiz Night 2016! Tuesday 2 February

February 1, 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 [...]

The European Troublemakers

January 31, 2016

During a three-month period in 2015, August until October, one could not open a newspaper, turn on a television or visit a news website without being subjected to reports on the mounting wave of refugees coming to the European Union from countries such as Syria, Iraq or Libya.

Payback Time in Schengen Land

January 31, 2016

The long-held dream of a borderless Europe, which became reality in the mid-1990s, is fading fast. Italy is blocking a European Union decision to bribe Turkey to keep refugees from crossing over into Greece on their way to Germany, Sweden, or other northern European countries.

Glen Hansard Rambles into Bratislava, 7 March

January 31, 2016

The Stara Trznica concert venue in Bratislava will burst into life with the songs of prolific Irish songwriter Glen Hansard on 7 March as part of his European tour promoting his latest album Didn’t He Ramble.

Wizz Air boosts passenger numbers thanks to popularity at Doncaster Sheffield Airport

January 30, 2016

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The hospital and the poet: God the linguist teaches us to breathe

January 30, 2016

We have spoken about the poet Ivan Blatný many times on Radio Prague, most
recently when Martin Reiner published his award-winning novel about the
poet in 2014. Blatný had an extraordinary life. At the age of twenty-nine

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