Slovakia Today, English Language Current Affairs Programme from Slovak Radio

Sundays are about our listeners. Ben and Martin visit the RTVS gallery, read letters and play some new music for you. Re-run

Learn more about Nina Polakova, Julius Koller, Juraj Valcuha, Peter Kerekes and more.

With conflicts worldwide on the rise, it is increasingly important to learn from the people who come from these places experiencing conflict. Many of Slovakia's nearly 300,000 migrants do come from such places. To find out how conflict affects those living away from home in times of crisis we spoke with Roman from Ukraine, Daria from Russia, Omar from Palestine, and Burak from Turkey.

Zuzana Botikova from Radio Slovensko talks with Ben Pascoe about all the hard work and dedication that goes into organizing an event such as the world cup ski races in Jasna.

Eastern Slovakia was struck by an earthquake at the beginning of October 2023. In this show, we will talk about earthquakes in the area of Slovakia with seismologist and Professor Peter Moczo as well as with eyewitnesses of the mentioned earthquake in 2023. We will provide travelling news and tips for trips around Slovakia. At the end of our show, there will be our Monday bonus feature called TOP SPOT.

What was the week like in Slovakia? Overview of the news in the FrontPage magazine and pick of the interesting parts of our programming this week.

Sundays are about our listeners. Martin Bednárik and Patrícia Arpášová discuss the winter and climate issues, read letters from listeners and play some music for your Sunday enjoyment.

David Stumpf received the 75th Emmy for Outstanding Motion Design for Ms Marvel series. Jakub Milčák was the first to publish books by the 2023 Nobel prize laureat in literature in Slovakia. And also, tips for cultural events suitable for foreigners living in Slovakia.

In this edition of Slovakia Today, we talked to Roman Čonka, the editor-in-chief of the only Romani print newspaper Romano Nevo Ľil; in the interview with Barbora Botošová, we introduced her 2023 album Roshambo, and in the final interview, we talk to František Balog, the director of a professional Romani theatre Parnokalo from Košice.

Ben Pascoe talks with constitutional expert Radoslav Procházka about the recently vetoed competence law, what it is, why it was vetoed and what is next.