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Zuzana Čaputová

Zuzana Čaputová: I'm tired. But I still believe there's hope to change things for the better (interview)

I hope that the elections will be an opportunity for people to show that they have not given up on our country, says the president.

On New Year’s Eve, Czech and Slovak hikers meet at the Veľká Javorina peak on the border of the two states, to celebrate the Czecho-Slovak friendship. This photo shows a gathering in 2017.

Slovakia has made it, often against the odds

Having lived through 2022, the present look back may be the dose of hope that we all need.

Nigel Baker

Don't worry, Slovakia, you'll do well

British Ambassador Nigel Baker goes back to 1993 and greets the newborn Slovakia from the future.

First Ukrainian refugees arrive in Slovakia in late February 2022 after Russia invaded Ukraine.
Political analyst and former journalist Marián Leško.

Foreigners like it here because they do not have high expectations

But we Slovaks know we could have done better, says veteran analyst Marián Leško.

Dan Stoll

A tale of two journeys

Tracing back along the same route as the bus 30 years before, the High Tatra Mountains took my breath away, again.

Slovakia adopted the euro in 2009.

In its thirties, it's time for the Slovak economy to start using its brain

Slovakia has eventually done what it had to do in the 1990s. Now it needs a new wave of reforms.

Canadian Ben Pascoe runs a cafe in Bratislava's Old Town.

The Canadian bookseller who took a chance and found home in post-Mečiar Bratislava

In the Slovak capital, where he planned to stay for a year, Ben Pascoe runs a popular café that tourists rarely stumble across.

Head of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Pavol Šajgalík.
Choices, choices: Slovak consumers have a much wider selection of goods to choose from in 2022 than they did in 1993.

Slovaks can afford much more than they could 30 years ago

Independent Slovakia was founded during a wrenching economic transformation.

A new, high-rise downtown in Bratislava has sprouted in what was previously an industrial zone.

Bratislava as a capital city: Changed skyline, but iconic buildings lost

‘Lukewarm’ approach by authorities and wild privatisation left their mark.

Sibyla Mislovičová

All Slovaks are passive bilinguals, linguist says

Thirty years after divorcing, Czechs and Slovaks still understand each other without hesitation.

Slovak PM Vladimír Mečiar (left) and Czech PM Václav Klaus hold a talk in Brno, Czech Republic, on August 26, 1992.
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Bratislava.

Bratislava unveils the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

President: Freedom must be constantly protected.

Alexander Dubček, left, during the November 1989 Velvet Revolution.

Alexander Dubček - a symbol of the fight for democracy

Slovak remembered worldwide for role in Prague Spring.

Peter Janoviček, left and Juraj Šedivý launching teh book We Are Old Pressburgers.

Historical photo shows splitting of family so that at least someone survives WWII

Descendants of old Bratislava families share family photos and memories.

Bringing down the Iron Curtain in Devin near Bratislava, December 1989.

The gains of 1989 cannot be taken for granted

The language of its memories is velvety, but our non-violent revolution required real effort.

A 1989 protest gathering in Bratislava.

Velvet Revolution falling out of favour

Less than half see end of communist regime in positive light, new poll shows.

The Slavín monument in Bratislava.

Slavín is a Russian foot set in Slovakia, says historian

The Kremlin exploits the Slavín monument to this day.

Peter Getting
Gisela Weyde in 1914.
Soňa Jánošová
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