History, page 2

A Remoska cooker

More than a baking bowl, it was Czechoslovak kitchen’s soul

In postwar Britain, Lady Grenfell-Baines remembered a curious home appliance. Her persistent search resurrected the Remoska.

Pavol Juračka
Hodejov Spa, 1920s

Wish you were here: the lost spas of yesterday

Postcards are all that remain of a once thriving and widespread spa culture.

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Illustration of the likely original appearance of the cross.

Archaeologists find a cross unlike any other

A small bronze cross unearthed in a field bears a rare Slovak inscription.

The Grand Hotel ruins in Kupari near Dubrovnik, Croatia.

A Czechoslovak dream fades and rises again on Croatia’s coast

Kupari’s Grand Hotel nears rebirth after decades in ruin.

An ancient city of the Mayan civilization.

Ancient Maya city unearthed in jungle by Slovak and Guatemalan archaeologists

Los Abuelos lies in a region dense with cultural significance.

Inn behind basilica in Šaštín, 1911.

Making a fortune off pilgrims

Trilingual signs were required by law.

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Robert Fico and Andrej Danko in parliament

Slovakia ends November 17 public holiday amid fiscal pressures

The Day of the Struggle for Freedom and Democracy will remain symbolic but no longer a day off, as coalition seeks savings after transaction tax backlash.

Archaeologists in Slovakia have uncovered the remains of a small Iron Age hillfort hidden in dense forest near the village of Hybe, in the northern Liptov region.

Iron Age hillfort found in remote Slovak woodland

Archaeologists unearth Iron Age site near Hybe after tip-off about nearby logging.

This postcard shows a sculpture of Empress Maria Theresa during the times of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy.

Maria Theresa on the banks of Bratislava

The monument to a monarch fell victim to republican supporters.

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Running shoes that belonged to Japansese runner Takeshi So who won the marathon in 1976.
Marshal Ivan Konev in Prague in 1945

Putin backs Fico’s plan for monument to Soviet marshal

Prague removed its monument to Ivan Konev five years ago.

Bratislava Mayor Matúš Vallo (l) and Ukrainian Ambassador to Slovakia Myroslav Kastran stand in front of a destroyed Ukrainian ambulance in downtown Bratislava on 15 April 2025.

‘Appeasement emboldens dictators’: Ukraine’s ambassador on Russia, memory and war

As Ukraine resists invasion, Myroslav Kastran warns Europe not to repeat the mistakes of the 20th century.

A romantic panorama of the High Tatras, a mountain range shared by Slovakia and Poland and considered one of Slovakia’s national symbols, with a cross in the foreground.

Wayside shrines of Slovakia

Small religious structures along the roads and paths are both a common sight and a defining feature of Slovakia's landscape.

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The WWII accordion in the Gemer-Malohont Museum dates back to WWII.

This accordion survived the Eastern Front. Then a guy swapped it for a bike.

Engraved with 20 war-torn cities, the Royal Standart saw more chaos than most people — before ending up in a sleepy Slovak village.

The Carpathia stewardesses. Júlia Červenková is second from left.
Peter Getting
Prepadnutý kaštieľ, or “Sunken Manor”, a ruin so obscure that few Želiezovce locals even know it exists.

A cursed manor might be hiding in a forest. No one’s sure what it is

In southern Slovakia, bricks and whispered legends are all that remain of a mystery that has resisted history’s grasp.

A maypole stands tall in front of the municipal office in Michaľany, Trebišov district, on 1 May 2022.

Changing traditions of the maypole

Is the maypole a symbol of what some say?

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A bust of Jozef Murgaš on Jarošova Street in Bratislava.

Remembering the priest-scientist and pioneer of wireless communication

Jozef Murgaš was one of the Slovaks who made a name for himself in the US.

Part of the exhibition in the underground corridors beneath Fiľakovo Castle.

Inside the castle that burned, crumbled and hid locals from bombs – but still stands today

Just a few kilometres from the Hungarian border, Fiľakovo Castle lures visitors with its wartime corridors.

Číž, southern Slovakia

Číž spa water once even sent to USA

A local accidentally discovered salty water on his land.

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