Culture News from Slovakia

(Mon 18 Jul 05) On Friday the biggest Slovak open air music and multi-media festival Bazant Pohoda 2005 starts in Trencin. The ninth year of the Bazant Pohoda Festival...

(Tue 12 Jul 05) The 40th-annual Folklore Festival in Detva, central Slovakia, welcomed a record number of visitors over the past weekend. It is estimated that the stage performances...

(Thu 07 Jul 05) Tuesday's programme of national celebrations to mark the Feast of St. Constantine and St. Methodius began with a colloquium led by historians on the theme...

(Fri 01 Jul 05) From the beginning of the next academic year, meaning from September 2005, university students will be eligible for motivational scholarships. These will be granted to...

(Tue 28 Jun 05) The famous Russian poet Yevgenij Yevtushenko, who arrived in Bratislava from the international Art Film Festival in Trencianske Teplice on Sunday, made an appearance at...

(Sat 25 Jun 05) Nastassja Kinski, the American actress is this year’s foreign star of the Art Fil Festival in Trencianske Teplice. On Saturday she will place a bronze...

(Fri 10 Jun 05) Famous world street art show The Cow Parade was officially introduced in Slovakia. Within a few days dozens of plastic cows will spread all over...

(Thu 02 Jun 05) More than two hours of music were offered by Elton John at a concert that took place on the banks of the Danube River’s near...

(Sun 29 May 05) Culture Public Discussion at Bratislava Castle Focused on STV A public meeting at Bratislava Castle's western terrace dealt with the current state of culture in...

(Thu 28 Apr 05) Culture ministers from countries of the Visegrad Four (Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia) met in Banska Bystrica on Thursday. The main topics of their...