Slovakia Today, English Language Current Affairs Programme from Slovak Radio

Slovakia Today is an English language current affairs magazine bringing you the best from Slovakia. Our daily broadcast covers the latest from politics, society, arts and culture, business, science, healthcare and sports. Coming to you from Bratislava, from the studios of Radio Slovakia International – the foreign language channel of the public broadcaster RTVS. Making Slovakia heard to the world!
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News and Topical Issue. On 8 November 1921, exactly 100 years ago today, one of the greatest figures in Slovak history, Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, passed away. In today’s first story we are going to visit two important places in Bratislava named after this famous Slovak writer. What places are they? Listen to the first story to find out. The Danube is the second longest river in Europe and passes through 10 countries. However, did you know that there are more than 900 islands on the Danube? In today’s second feature we are going to discuss them with Andrea Froncová from the Regional Association for Nature Conservation, who will tell us why it is important to restore natural water dynamics.