Culture

Bratislava, February 11 (TASR) – Slovak writer, translator and publicist Pavel Vilikovsky died on Monday (February 10) at the age of 78, with his daughter confirming his death to several media. Vilikovsky was among a strong group of Slovak writers who significantly changed the landscape of Slovak literature in the 1960s.

Zvolen, December 26 (TASR) – Delicate dishes made from the fieldfare, a songbird originating from Siberia, were nothing unusual on the menu in Slovakia a hundred years ago, with housewives preparing it stuffed and baked, fried or even with pudding, reads the ‘first Slovak cookbook’ drawn up by writer Terezia Vansova

Bratislava, December 26 (TASR) – Christians in Slovakia are celebrating on Thursday Saint Stephen’s Day, the principal feast of the Christian protomartyr, officially designated the ‘Second Christmas Day’ in the civilian calendar and held as a public holiday in the country. Meanwhile, the Greek Catholic Church in Slovakia, which largely

Nitra, December 25 (TASR) – Similarities and differences between Slovakia and Slovenia, two European countries frequently confused by foreigners, will be shown at an exhibition called ‘Slov Slov’ at Ponitrianske Muzeum in Nitra as of January 10, TASR learnt on Wednesday. The exhibition, co-organised by Slovenia’s Embassy in Slovakia, Comenius

Bratislava, December 24 (TASR) – With a large majority of Greek Catholic parishes in Slovakia observing the Gregorian calendar, most Byzantine Christians in the country are due to celebrate ‘Rozhdestvo Isusa Christa’ (‘Nativity of Jesus Christ’ in Church Slavonic) along with their Latin brethren on Wednesday. The feast, one of the

Bratislava, December 23 (TASR) – The acronym ‘TASR’, standing for the News Agency of the Slovak Republic in its Slovak original (Tlacova agentura Slovenskej republiky) was one of the top newcomers in the Slovak journalistic vocabulary after the country became independent in 1993, computer linguist Radovan Garabik from the Ludovit Stur