Noon in Poprad as tanks open fire and young Jozef Bonk died
The story of a young man who died almost two decades before freedom arrived.
Our town
Dubcek and the conspiracy theories surrounding a car crash in the rain
In some ways this man was the architect of peace before the gentle revolution… but his death for many leaves unanswered questions
‘Bells were ringing, the story was over…’ how, on a grey November day, the gentle revolution began
In 1989 on a grey November day, thousands of students gathered in the Czechoslovak capital, Prague, to recognise International Students’ Day.
How the bum powder clot got a rocket!
A Bonfire Night clot was filmed trying to launch a firework from between the cheeks of his well …
You’d have done the same, says mum who went on run to stop doctors ‘killing daughter’
A mother who went on the run with her cancer-victim daughter to ‘stop doctors killing her’ says that she did what any good parent would do.
This poverty of words is hostile to Slovakia, just like Hostel was
In news reports about a horrific court case over the trafficking of women, Slovakia was described as a poverty-stricken land.
The angels of mud who fight on for victims of Spain’s killer floods
As residents in the Vega Baja area of Alicante are told they can finally make a claim over the devastating storms damage, the consumerwatchfoundation.com looks at the efforts of ex-pats and Spaniards alike to rescue people, animals and homes.
New hope for Bratislava’s dried-up symbol of unity
Some believe that history is just water under the bridge while others say it is fundamental to our future.
Right on track to capture the beauty of Slovakia’s brown bears on film
The brown bears in the High Tatras are said to be getting braver and coming into villages and towns foraging for food…