Slovakia Today, English Language Current Affairs Programme from Slovak Radio

The Cesta Hrdinov SNP or Trail of the Slovak National Uprising Heroes is an approximately 763 kilometre long hiking route across the whole of Slovakia, crossing many of places where important events of the Slovak National Uprising against Nazis in 1944-1945 took place. Thanks to his respondents, Mojmír Procházka brings you two perspectives on the Trail - a sporty one and a tourist one.

After the regular news bulletin we will speak to Karen Henderson, lecturer in European studies and political science at Comenius University in Bratislava. This is the first part of mini-series dedicated to her observations regarding the political development in Slovakia after 1989. Then we will meet famous Katarinas in a special "nameday" segment (due to music licensing issues, this feature is not available in the podcast, but at www.rsi.sk).

News and topical issue. In the magazine we look at the controversy surrounding the construction of a new indoor skiing at the Donovaly mountain pass. Slovak born, US Army officer Michael Strenk was born 100 years ago. Some know him as one of the soldiers raising American flag at Iwo-Jima. We go to a special Rememberance event in the northern Slovak village of Poluvsie, the birthplace of Jozef Gabčík, member of the Operation Anthropoid.

These days many Slovak parents are living outside of Slovakia and bemoan the fact that their children neither speak their mother-tongue nor understand their culture. Slovak parents in Great Britain, however, have come together to solve this problem by providing something extra for their children - something they can only provide as volunteers working together as a group. Could space satellites be the answer to the future of high-speed global internet connectivity? We talk with an expert at the Vytah Space Conference which took place in Bratislava in March.

News and Topical issue. REMEMBER NOVEMBER 1989: Covering the revolutions of 1989 and reflecting on where Central and Eastern Europe is today- an interview with the legednary Austrian journalist Barbara Coudenhove-Kalergi who covered the events of 1989 in the region. What's the cost of depression in Slovakia?

One of the most successful Slovak woman tennis players Dominika Cibulková finished her career in November 2019.

Thomas Lorman, historian of SSEES University College London, talks about 1989 in Central Europe; Jana Kirschner, Slovak star singer living in London, brings back her memories of November 1989

News and topical issue. Later in the show we speak with Nadia Conway, a Slovak born former mayor of Enfield, organiser of cultural events with an Order of the British Empire. She remembers returning home, to Czechoslovakia, in December 1989, only one month after the Velvet Revolution took place in the country. Later, two MIT students came to Slovakia to talk about the need for more women in the tech sector.

The life of Christians under Czechoslovakia's 40-year totalitarian regime was not easy, with some being sent to prison and all feeling the watching eyes of the authorities. We speak with two Slovaks who as young Christians attended the March 1988 peaceful demonstration called the "Candle Manifestation", which provoked such a violent reaction from the authorities. What was life like for them and their families during those difficult years?

News and Topical issue. SPECIAL EDITION-Remember November 1989-A look at the economic transformation of Slovakia following the fall of the communist regime in 1989, why some people think life was better back then and a trip to Kezmarok, a region with the second highest unemployment rate in Slovakia- almost triple the national average- which seem unable to take full advantage advantage of its potential.