Slovakia

Aerial view of a group of people standing on a concrete surface, forming the letters "SOS".
DW
Descriptions of struggle at an art exhibition in Prague
5:43
Descriptions of struggle at an art exhibition in Prague
5:43
A photograph of a couple is displayed alongside numerous lit candles, creating a memorial scene with warm, glowing light.
DW
Will the third time be a charm in the murder trial of Slovak journalist?
5:21
Will third time be the charm in murder of Slovak journalist?
5:21
US accuses Iran of hacking Trump and Harris presidential campaigns
Full Episode
49:10
Slovakia’s new culture minister appears to crack down on artistic expression
4:08
Slovakia’s prime minister shot and seriously injured
4:23
A train passes by Republika Power Plant in town of Pernik, Bulgaria, April 21, 2022. The only nuclear power plant, generating over a third of Bulgaria’s electricity, runs on uranium from Russia.
Ukraine
EU proposes oil ban after bloc’s largest economy drops opposition
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is shown on a TV hanging on the wall in the distance with several people wearing face masks stand in the nearground.
Top of The World
Blinken pushes back against lawmakers’ criticism of Afghanistan withdrawal.
A man reacts with his hand raised amid a large crowd protesting restrictions due to COVID-19.
COVID-19
Roma persecution intensifies during the coronavirus pandemic in Europe
A Russian soldier stands in the foreground of citizens celebrating, waving flags
Autocracies that look like democracies are a threat across the globe
Three men in suits walking in front of flags
Poland to snub UN migration pact, Slovakia has reservations
rally
Conflict
In wake of journalist’s murder, Slovak protesters say ‘corruption, not courage,’ should be punished
People hold up a cartoon of the new Slovak Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini during a march in Slovakia
Conflict
After the murder of an investigative journalist and a government shakeup, Slovakia ponders its tenuous future
Election campaign posters for the leader billionaire politician Andrej Babis in Prague, Czech Republic, reading: "Stand up against corruption and stop babbling."
Global Politics
The populist tide has spread to one of Central Europe’s last liberal democracies
The leader of ANO party Andrej Babis signs books for a supporter during an election campaign rally in Prague, Czech Republic September 28, 2017.
Global Politics
The Czech Republic’s Trump is in the lead for prime minister
MIT professor Rainer Weiss dreamed up the idea behind an antennae so sensitive it could detect faint invisible ripples in space and time.
Global Politics
A physicist who proved Einstein right started by tinkering with the family record player
Menstrual taboos
Health
How is menstruation connected to cattle infertility? It isn’t
The barbed wire fence surrounding the labor camp at Auschwitz I. Johann Breyer says that he worked here as a guard during World War II and not at the nearby gas chambers at Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Conflict & Justice
After years in obscurity, a Philadelphia man stands accused as a Holocaust collaborator
Global Scan
The Church of England vows to get tough on climate change — really
Young Roma girls hanging out in the Ostrovany settlement, outside of Šarišské Michaľany. It's home to 1,500 mostly-poor Roma.
Development & Education
You might think Europe’s Roma are a unified group, but you’d be wrong
A group of young Roma students goof off in the hallway of Šarišské Michaľany elementary school.
Development & Education
Roma kids are no longer separate and unequal, but integration doesn’t exactly make them feel welcomed
Company in Prague turns to homeless people to show city’s less-seen side
State Department needs your help to find 5 (fake) criminals — using social media
Global Politics
VIDEO: Vaclav Havel, former Czech President, dies over the weekend
Health & Medicine
Economic transition and mortality rates
Environment
Girls win all categories at Google Science Fair
Geo Quiz
Roma in Northern Hungary Have Their Water Supply Cut Off
Business, Economics and Jobs
Slovakia blocks Euro Zone bailout fund
Global Politics
Slovakia Holding Out on Helping Greece
Global Politics
Germany Approves Expanded EU Bailout Fund
Conflict & Justice
Japan’s nuclear crisis and Europe
Danube Donnybrook
Arts, Culture & Media
Slovakia’s Longital
Conflict & Justice
Slovenia or Slovakia?
Conflict & Justice
Geo quiz