Slovakia Today, English Language Current Affairs Programme from Slovak Radio

In a special new year's eve listener's tribune Ben looks back on the year in music in Slovakia. A special episode celebrating those musicians who left us as well as those who put out some of the best music in 2023.

Getting back to the history of Radio Slovakia International. 4 January 1993 marks the first day of its broadcast. Discussing the beginnings of foreign service of the then Czechoslovak radio with Vladimir Stefko, the 1991-1994 general director of the Slovak Radio, and Vladimir Draxler, a radio historian. We will also get back to Czech Radio as it, in 2023, celebrated the centenary of the first radi...

On the first Wednesday of 2024, we bring you a medley of interviews made in 2023 with Erika Godlová, Martina Horňáková, and Zuzana Paľuchová about matters dealing with Romani language as well as a part of the interview with Marcela Domenová about the Cathedral of Saint Nicolas located in Prešov.

In honour of the upcoming Orthodox Christmas, Ben Pascoe talks about holiday traditions with young people from Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia and Russia.

In this Special, we will provide New Year´s Day speeches of the Slovak President Zuzana Čaputová and of Radio Slovakia International head Jozefína Mikleová. We will also talk to political scientist Radoslav Štefančík about the establishment of Slovak Republic, 20 years of Slovak EU membership and the 80th anniversary of Slovak National Uprising. At the end of our show, you can hear the interviews...

In the last Saturday show of 2023, we will have a look on the biggest culture and sports events of the year.

Slovakia 2023 - the biggest events and highlights - politics, society and culture. What was making the headlines? Listen to the overview of the year.

In the year 2023, Radio Slovakia International turned 30. Let's have a party once again.

Each year, Slovakia grows about 1.3 million tonnes of sugar beets. This bountiful harvest provides the country so much more than just beets. Join us on a tour of the sugar beet's many uses in Slovakia. We will explore how sugar beets provide sustenance for farm animals, how they are turned into pure table sugar, how they become a strong spirit, and how to bake them into a delicious cake.

On 26th December, it is St. Stephen´s Day in Slovakia. In this show, Patrícia Arpášová and Kamila Galjuš will find out more about St. Stephen and if young people from the Generation Z are still interested in so called Štefanské zábavy or Saint Stephen´s Day parties. Slovak hikers from The Club of Slovak hikers Tesla Piešťany will talk about the ascent to Zlatý Vrch, or in English Golden Peak, taki...

This year, RSI English section team shares their multinational traditions at a Christmas table. All of that spiced up with music from some of the most popular Christmas themed films.

What was the week like in Slovakia? Overview of the news in the FrontPage magazine and pick of the interesting parts of our programming this week - and a bit of Slovak Radio Symphonic Orchestra.

Sunday's are about our listeners. Ben and Martin check out smaller Christmas markets, read some letters from listeners, play some music and discuss Slovakia today. RERUN

The Documentary and Information Centre of Romani Culture is a part of the State Scientific Library in Prešov. In their endeavour to bring classic literature closer to Romani audience in Slovakia, they produced a radio show Lysistrata which is originally an ancient greek play by Aristofanes. More about the production and the translation of the play can be found in the interviews with Zuzana Paľucho...

With all the joy and happiness the holidays bring, they can also bring stress and loneliness to many. Ben Pascoe talks with spiritual and psychological experts about how to have a happy holiday and help others have the same.

At the end of November 2023, Eva Sadovská from Wood & Company published an analysis on Slovak's shopping mood in December connected to Christmas. In this show, we will present the results of it. We will provide travelling news and tips for trips around Slovakia.

What was the week like in Slovakia? Overview of the news in the FrontPage magazine and pick of the interesting parts of our programming this week.

In this part of the walk around premises of Slovak Television, Martina and Jeremy are not only visiting studios, meeting stars, presenting music by singers whose career started in these particular studiosbut also greeting listeners all around the globe.

National Folklore Ballet Ensemble aka Lúčnica has just performed its gala at the Slovak National Theatre marking 75 years of its existence. Talking about this phenomenon are its director, choir mastress and two singers. Slovak namedays present some of the most famous Slovak women named Lucia. Culture news invite to one of Christmas concerts of Slovak Philharmonic

The Vietnamese people have been living in the territory of modern day Slovakia for the last seventy years. However, most living here today come from the second wave of migration in the early 1990s. The children of this generation are now adults and have much to say about their parents and growing up as a minority in Slovakia. I spoke with Nguyen Trung Hieu, Lucia Nguyenova, and Trang Pham about th...

The holidays are a time of celebration. But not for everyone. Ben Pascoe talks to some owners of "foreigner bars" about how a community is built and also finds out from some of the biggest Slovak cities about their holiday progams.

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 F...

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.