Slovakia Today, English Language Current Affairs Programme from Slovak Radio

News and topical issue. Environmental activists made up a strong part of the anti-establishment movement, which helped to defeat the Soviet-led totalitarian regime in Czechoslovakia in 1989. This feature tries to explore the hot topics for environmentalists before the fall of the iron curtain.

Slovak literature after 1989 was the main topic of a conference held in London featuring Rajendra Chitnis from Oxford, Charles Sabatos from Istanbul, Katarina Gephard from Atlanta and Thomas Lorman from London, among others; Interview with the director of the School of Slavonic and East European studies (UCL) about 1989 in Central Europe

News and topical issue. In the show we look into the lives of "children of the revolution" - those born around the year 1989 - what do they do, what problems they face as well as how they remember the historical event, which ended up defining their age cohort.

The concept of an 'artificial language' such as Esperanto may seem odd to some of us, but it can't be disputed that many people are enthusiastic speakers of such languages. We talk with two experts who presented at this year's Lingua Fest event which took place in Bratislava in September. You may never heard of 'mitochondria' but you can't live without them - tiny 'organelles' that form an integral part of the structure of our living cells. We speak with a scientist and mitochondria researcher at September's Európska noc výskumníkov event held in Bratislava.

News and Topical issue. The third population based screening -for early detection of cervical cancer- is launched in Slovakia. A report from Slovakia's largest professional tennis tournament Peugeot Slovak Open held in Bratislava.

Thanks to Trash Tours, people in Bratislava had a chance to see places and institutions, which process the trash they produce.

News and topical issue. Impossible voyage of the first special effects feature film ever shot in Slovakia with M.R.Štefánik as its leading Indiana Jones-like character. Rerun of the 9th round of the 2019 RSI competition featuring Bratislava as the label of high quality cultural events (not included in the podcast version).

News and topical issue. Impossible voyage of the first special effects feature film ever shot in Slovakia with M.R.Štefánik as its leading Indiana Jones-like character. Rerun of the 9th round of the 2019 RSI competition featuring Bratislava as the label of high quality cultural events (not included in the podcast version).

News and topical issue. Role and transformation of media during 1989 Revolution in Czechoslovakia. Journalists Michal Novota and Boris Németh traveled to the USA to map the Slovak communities there. Their book "Hey, Slovaks!" gives a colorful account of their experience there.

News and topical issue. Role and transformation of media during 1989 Revolution in Czechoslovakia. Journalists Michal Novota and Boris Németh traveled to the USA to map the Slovak communities there. Their book "Hey, Slovaks!" gives a colorful account of their experience there.