Slovakia Today, English Language Current Affairs Programme from Slovak Radio

News and Topical issue. Using data in political campaigns - Slovak style - interview with Jozef Mintal, Research Fellow at Data and Society Lab of the "Matej Bel" University in Banska Bystrica. Sport-tennis Filip Polasek in great from wins another men's doubles ATP title.

News and Topical issue. Using data in political campaigns - Slovak style - interview with Jozef Mintal, Research Fellow at Data and Society Lab of the "Matej Bel" University in Banska Bystrica. Sport-tennis Filip Polasek in great from wins another men's doubles ATP title.

The topic of the climate change and protection of the environment is not ignored in Slovakia. At the end of September, a two day conference took place in the northern Slovak town of Žilina, apart from expert discussions, enviro awards were given to Slovak towns and cities. Slovaks in the UK founded their own theatre. Not recently but in 2008. And it is still alive. Thanks to our colleague Petrana Zemanová, you have a chance to learn more about it.

The topic of the climate change and protection of the environment is not ignored in Slovakia. At the end of September, a two day conference took place in the northern Slovak town of Žilina, apart from expert discussions, enviro awards were given to Slovak towns and cities. Slovaks in the UK founded their own theatre. Not recently but in 2008. And it is still alive. Thanks to our colleague Petrana Zemanová, you have a chance to learn more about it.

If you go to the village Ivanka pri Dunaji, next to the Milan Rastislav Štefánik Airport in Bratislava, you can also visit the memorial which was built on the spot of the crash in which Štefánik died. Author Eva Borušovičová will tell us what it might have looked like the day of the tragedy. Shortly ahead of the anniversary of the establishment of the first Czechoslovakia, historian Michal Kšiňan explains Štefánik’s role in creating Czechoslovak legions.

If you go to the village Ivanka pri Dunaji, next to the Milan Rastislav Štefánik Airport in Bratislava, you can also visit the memorial which was built on the spot of the crash in which Štefánik died. Author Eva Borušovičová will tell us what it might have looked like the day of the tragedy. Shortly ahead of the anniversary of the establishment of the first Czechoslovakia, historian Michal Kšiňan explains Štefánik’s role in creating Czechoslovak legions.

Parliament has recently greenlighted the creation of a special fund for sport. What does this mean, and will it really help sports in Slovakia? Meanwhile in Qatar, the athletes are suffering from heats at the 2019 World Athletics Championships. We look at the results of Slovak athletes at this event as well as speak about the overall state the Slovak track and field athletics are currently in. Towards the end of the show, we will speak to Slovak-Americans, who travel thousand miles to visit the places their families orginally come from.

Parliament has recently greenlighted the creation of a special fund for sport. What does this mean, and will it really help sports in Slovakia? Meanwhile in Qatar, the athletes are suffering from heats at the 2019 World Athletics Championships. We look at the results of Slovak athletes at this event as well as speak about the overall state the Slovak track and field athletics are currently in. Towards the end of the show, we will speak to Slovak-Americans, who travel thousand miles to visit the places their families orginally come from.

We speak with language expert Lydia Machova, who speaks nine languages, about her successful approach to learning any language whatsoever. American scientist and former astronaut Mary Ellen Weber, recently in Bratislava for a conference, discusses her experiences in space and her connection with Slovakia.

We speak with language expert Lydia Machova, who speaks nine languages, about her successful approach to learning any language whatsoever. American scientist and former astronaut Mary Ellen Weber, recently in Bratislava for a conference, discusses her experiences in space and her connection with Slovakia.