Slovakia Today, English Language Current Affairs Programme from Slovak Radio

Less than half of Slovaks consider membership of the European Union to be a good thing. And what is the current financial situation of the Slovaks at a time of high energy prices?

We will look at the results of the latest Eurobarometer survey. January's Stop the Waste campaign focuses on current trends in sustainable fashion. The authors of the appeal are specialists in environmental education and education from the Slovak Environmental Agency (SAŽP). How to take care of our wardrobes and why should we support slow fashion and local designers? Find out in today's show.

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A special joint program of Radio Slovakia International and Radio Prague International marking 30 years since the break-up of Czechoslovakia. RERUN

On the show today, we will return to last week’s night slalom race in Flachau, where the Slovak skier Petra Vlhová had a win for the third time in her career, and more importantly, for the first time this season. But first we will get to our series on the 30 years since the peaceful split of Czechoslovakia, and learn where the idea of even creating a common state for the two nations started. One of the cities connected to the idea of Czechoslovak cooperation was Cleveland, Ohio.

Ben Pascoe talks with Jakub Hrban from Klima ta potrebuje about climate change, what it means and what we can do.

In January, Radio Slovakia International commemorates the velvet divorce of Czechoslovakia. In 1 January 1993, two new states emerged from this region: the Slovak Republic and the Czech Republic. Such a division without any loss of life is very rare. To this day, Czechs and Slovaks call themselves brothers. Marianna Palková and Zuzana Botikova visited the towns on the Czech-Slovak border. Do the locals feel the differences between Czechs and Slovaks?

How city of Nitra is trying to integrate refugees from Ukraine. Teacher with 45 years of experience shares her perspective of today’s pupils. And southcentral Slovak village of Tuhár starts its water retention project.

Getting back to top achievements of Slovak culture home and abroad in the year 2022

At the recent World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in Canada, Slovak hockey players had their home supporters in the stands - the Slovak community living in Halifax. In addition to cheering at the rink, they also prepared a home atmosphere for the young hockey players off the ice - a homemade traditional holiday dinner. František Nutar from Halifax coordinated everything. On the show we will also speak about the peaceful break-up of Czechoslovakia, which happened 30 years ago.

Ben Pascoe sits down with some Slovak based stand-up comics to discuss comedy in Slovakia, what it means to be funny and even checks to see if they are actually funny!