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Eight Candidates for RTVS Director Advance to Parliamentary Vote

Eight Candidates for RTVS Director Advance to Parliamentary Vote

Bratislava, May 30 (TASR) – The parliamentary culture and media committee on Tuesday advanced eight candidates for the parliamentary vote in June aimed at selecting the new general director of public broadcaster Radio and Television Slovakia (RTVS), TASR learnt on the same day. Norbert Majer, who failed to attend the public

Kurilla Welcomes Idea of Using UNESCO Brand for Sustainable Tourism

Bratislava, May 4 (TASR) – An international conference entitled Leveraging the UNESCO Brand for Sustainable Tourism Development in Central European Regions, due to take place in Bardejov Spa (Presov region) on Friday (May 5), is an opportunity for Slovakia to make more effective use of sites included in the World Heritage

Slovak Student Film about Ukrainian Immigrants Heading to Cannes Festival

Slovak Student Film about Ukrainian Immigrants Heading to Cannes Festival

Bratislava, April 13 (TASR) – A Slovak student film entitled Atlantida, 2003 (Atlantis, 2003) has been shortlisted for the official selection of the forthcoming 70th Cannes Film Festival scheduled to take place in May, the film’s director Michal Blasko told TASR on Thursday. The movie, which describes the story of

SAV Unveils Eighth Volume of National 'Encyclopaedia Beliana'

SAV Unveils Eighth Volume of National 'Encyclopaedia Beliana'

Bratislava, March 23 (TASR) – The eighth part of the twelve-volume Encyclopaedia Beliana, named after 17/18th century Slovak polymath Matthias Bel, was presented by the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAV) on Thursday. On 678 pages the latest volume explains more than 4,200 entries in alphabetic order from various spheres,

French Film Week in Bratislava to Pay Homage to Isabelle Huppert

French Film Week in Bratislava to Pay Homage to Isabelle Huppert

Bratislava, March 22 (TASR) – The fourth French film week ‘Creme de la Creme’, which began in Bratislava on Wednesday, will feature around twenty contemporary French films, TASR learnt on the same day. This year’s festival won’t take place only in Bratislava, but also in 15 other towns and

Slovakia to Join 'Pay With A Poem' Initiative on 2017 World Poetry Day

Slovakia to Join 'Pay With A Poem' Initiative on 2017 World Poetry Day

Bratislava, March 19 (TASR) – Slovakia will for the third time join the ‘Pay With A Poem’ project that is due to take place on World Poetry Day (March 21), TASR learnt on Sunday. Coffee or tea drinkers will be able to pay for their favourite drink with a poem in

Restoration of Zobor Monastery Ruins to Advance This Year

Restoration of Zobor Monastery Ruins to Advance This Year

Nitra, February 11 (TASR) – The Zobor Beautification Fellowship, armed with a subsidy of €7,000 from Nitra city council, is planning to make progress in reconstructing the ruins of the first monastery on the territory of modern-day Slovakia, which is located on Zobor hill near Nitra, and to make the