Slovakia Today, English Language Current Affairs Programme from Slovak Radio

Recordings of debates from the conference - Climate and sustainability risks and opportunities. Topics focus mainly on challenges in business, energy and banking. How can big polluters contribute to a greener business model?

RERUN: Listener's Tribune.

After hate speech storm against Marta Janckarova, a senior political editor of public radio broadcaster RTVS, Lukas Diko from the Investigative Centre of Jan Kuciak speaks about what has been done in Slovakia for better protection of journalists 5 years after the murder of the investigative journalist and his fiancee Martina Kusnirova. A short tribute to legendary film director Juraj Jakubisko who passed away aged 84. Judges of the 2022 UK Songwriting Contest Rachel Walker Mason and Steward Epps explain why the song by Slovak born Gigi Ann Green won the category U18 best song.

On the programme we look on the past year since the Russian invasion into Ukraine began. We will revisit the borders, train stations as well as assistance centres in Slovakia, that were set up to help Ukrainian refugees fleeing the war. Elena Seeber speaks to Martin Kačo, Ambassador at Large for Ukraine.

Ben Pascoe speaks with Fedor Blaščák one of the creators of the recent RTVS series StB - Top Secret.

Dutch MEP Sophie in 't Veld was part of the European Parliament delegation that came to Slovakia after the terrorist attack on Zamocka Street in Bratislava at the end of last year. However, she also visited Slovakia five years ago, after the murder of journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée and archaeologist Martina Kušnírová. What did she find out about Slovakia? Why are online challenges attractive to young people? Psychologists from the youth help portal IPčko.sk have found that young people find it very helpful to communicate with their parents about the dangers of the online world. We bring you the results of their latest research.

Russian aggression in Ukraine in the Slovak context. Elena Seeber spoke to Slovak Foreign and European Affairs Minister Rastislav Káčer and researcher Matúš Halás to find out how Slovakia has shaped itself during the 12 months of Russian aggression.

Artists have been responding in many different ways to the murder of investigative journalist and his fiancee too. Listen to a mix of RSI interviews conducted in 2018. European Commissioner for Values and Transparency talks to RSI about the legacy of Ján Kuciak in 2023. On the eve of the outbreak of the full scale war in Ukraine triggered by Russia, former colleagues from the RSI English section Katarína Urban Richterová and Oxana Ferancová talk about their narrative podcast "Noví susedia" which translates into "New neighbours".

Ben Pascoe talks with Silvia Kušnírová about art, its importance, how to support it and why she chose do so.

On the Tuesday show we will mark the five-year anniversary of the killing of Slovak investigative journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée Martina Kušnírová. We will speak to journalists, analysts as well as representatives of the community, on where the legacy of Ján Kuciak has moved Slovakia five years after his tragic death.