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President: We Should Turn Off Phones, Computers and TV on Christmas

President: We Should Turn Off Phones, Computers and TV on Christmas

Bratislava, December 24 (TASR) – Christmas is a holiday when we should turn off televisions, computers, mobile telephones and spend more time playing with children, conversing with parents and grandparents so that the beauty of Christmas lingers as long as possible – ideally throughout the entire year, President Andrej Kiska wrote on

Communist Christmas in 1950s: Infant Jesus Became Ded Moroz

Communist Christmas in 1950s: Infant Jesus Became Ded Moroz

Bratislava, December 19 (TASR) – The communist regime that ruled in the former Czechoslovakia for more than 40 years until 1989 attempted to suppress several Christmas traditions, especially in the notorious 1950s. One curious incident of the time was then prime minister and later president Antonin Zapotocky’s public speech shortly

Blue-dyeing Inscribed in List of Intangible Cultural Heritage

Blue-dyeing Inscribed in List of Intangible Cultural Heritage

Port Louis/Bratislava, November 28 (TASR) – Blue-dyeing and its tradition has become Slovakia’s sixth element on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, members of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage decided on Wednesday at their 13th session held in Port

Actor Milan Knazko Receives 2018 Imro Weiner-King Award

Actor Milan Knazko Receives 2018 Imro Weiner-King Award

Bratislava, October 23 (TASR) – Slovak actor and former politician Milan Knazko has been awarded the 2018 Imro Weiner-King Prize, which is given to important figures who have contributed towards developing French-Slovak cultural cooperation and dialogue between the two countries. French Ambassador to Slovakia Christophe Leonzi took part in the ceremonial

Pellegrini: Culture Minister Lassakova is Person in Right Place

Pellegrini: Culture Minister Lassakova is Person in Right Place

Bratislava, October 8 (TASR) – Culture Minister Lubica Lassakova has managed to face many uneasy circumstances in a short time, said Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini (both Smer-SD) following their meeting on Monday, adding that Lassakova is the person in the right place. The premier and the minister evaluated the previous period,

Danko Opens Exhibition of Photos on Dubcek in Greek Parliament

Danko Opens Exhibition of Photos on Dubcek in Greek Parliament

Athens, September 24 (TASR correspondent) – Visitors to the Greek Parliament in Athens will have the opportunity to see an exhibition of photographs dedicated to the memory of Slovak politician Alexander Dubcek (the leading figure in the Prague Spring of 1968), jointly opened by Slovak Parliamentary Chairman Andrej Danko (Slovak National

Long-time Radio Actor Minarovic Dies at 81

Long-time Radio Actor Minarovic Dies at 81

Bratislava, September 11 (TASR) – Long-time radio actor Vladimir Minarovic died at the age of 81 in Bratislava on Sunday (September 9), Public broadcaster Radio and Television Slovakia (RTVS) spokesperson Erika Rusnakova has told TASR. Minarovic’s voice could be heard on the radio in various radio dramas, fairytales, dramatic and