Slovakia Today, English Language Current Affairs Programme from Slovak Radio

The analysis from October 2023 showed that Slovakia has the most expensive groceries within V4 countries. At the same time, Slovaks are wasting them. In this show, we will take a look at food wasting, possibilities of sharing or donating it and on sorting organic waste in Slovakia. Patrícia Arpášová talks to Eva Sadovská (analyst from Wood & Company), Zuzana Madajová (project coordinator at Free Food civic association) and Marko Urdzik (Food Bank Slovakia chairman).

In the first part of the walk down the premises of the Slovak Television, Martina and Jeremy look at the iconic 1970's building and get into the entrance hall despite the fact that this section was off limits to their recording.

Elisa Fernandez Saenz, UN Women Deputy Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia explains, the idea behind the 2023 leitmotive of the campaign "16 days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence" which ends on 10 December, i.e. the Human Rights Day. In the Culture news for this week, we will ivite you to the Slovak Radio Gallery.

On Saint Nicolas’ Day we bring you interviews with Michal Hospodár, Marcela Domenová, and Jonathan Gresty about the personality of the saint, the historical connection between him and the city of Prešov as well as the comparison of how the holiday is celebrated in Slovakia and in the United Kingdom.

It is design week in Bratislava. Ben Pascoe talks with designer Boris Melus and Art historian/design week director Lubica Husta about design. What is design, what makes good design as well as if to have design you must be wealthy?

In this show, we will commemorate the 35th anniversary of Slovak climb to Mount Everest by so called Hard Way and without supplemental oxygen. We will provide travelling news and tips for trips around Slovakia. At the end of our show, we will continue with our Monday bonus feature called TOP SPOT.

Saturday pick of the week.

Sunday's are about our listeners. Ben and Martina check on the preperations for the upcoming christmas market and read your letters, discuss the week and of course play some music.

On the occasion of the currently run global campaign 16 days of activism against gender-based violence, Sylvia Kralova from Fenestra NGO talks about the need to spread the word. In the Culture news for this week, Eva Kopecka from Slovak literature centre invites to the book fair in Guadalajar, Mexico.

Podcasting, a now two-decade old medium, has only increased in popularity since its inception. However, the story of podcasting is not without its winners and losers or booms and busts, as evidenced by a recent shakeup in the American market. How has Slovakia's emerging market progressed? Is there an appetite or room for a new medium? What is it like to be an independent producer in this nascent market? To answer these questions and more, I spoke with David Tvrdon, host of the Klik podcast and founder of the podcast analytics firm skpodcasty.sk, and Tina Hamarova, host and producer of the Vsesvet and Tak Bolo podcasts.