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Slovaks test open labour market in the UK
Slovakia became a member of the EU on Saturday, May 1. Despite all the celebrations she could have experienced in Bratislava, Martina Grenova from Radio Slovakia…
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Fears and hopes in Slovak art collecting
The Slovak National Gallery is for the very first time presenting art works from Slovak private art collections. The presentation of carefully selected items is rare but…
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Plight of Slovak Roma brings riots and bad press
International media, particular the British tabloids, have been focussing on Slovakia's Roma minority following recent riots in the East of the country. Reporting has…
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The plight of the Roma in central Europe
After May 1st the Roma will be the European Unions largest minority. They are arguably Europe's most marginalized and persecuted minority too - Attacked in their homelands…
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Getting women into central Europe's science labs
A much higher percentage of women than men finish their science degrees in central and Eastern Europe - but only a fraction of those women go on to hold positions as…
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Alternative Birthing in Slovakia
Women in many parts of the world can now choose different methods of child birth - from Hypno-birthing to water births - when some or all of labour is spent in a birthing…
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Hard cheese for Slovaks
In the north Slovak region of Liptov, some cheese makers fear the EU may do them out of a job. The region is well known for its special sheep's cheese - known as "bryndza…
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The Hainburg March, 14 years on
14 years ago, almost to the day, thousands of people marched across the border between Slovakia and Austria at Hainburg on the river Danube. It was the first time many of…
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Jewish cemeteries attacked by vandals in Slovakia
In Slovakia, the recent vandalism of a Jewish cemetery in the east of the country has stirred anger among members of its tiny Jewish community. Since October, two other…
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Slovak Soprano Diva, Edita Gruberova - "The Queen of Coloratura"
Vienna is the city, which witnessed the birth of the singing career of the Slovak born Soprano Diva, Edita Gruberova. She emigrated to Austria in 1970 when she was 24 and…