In the Slovak Christian tradition, Easter Sunday is considered to be the culmination of Easter week and the Easter holidays. It is the end of the period of Lent, 40 days observed as a time of penance ...

The cemetery by the memorial in the Brezina forest park in Trencin commemorates the brutal murders of 69 soldiers, partisans and civilians who were killed by the fascist occupiers between the ...

General Karol Peknik, renowned for his tactics and strategy acumen, significantly contributed to the command of combat operations of the insurgent army against fascist troops during the WW2 Slovak ...

Following Adolf Hitler's rise to power in 1933, the Czechoslovak Republic decided to build a system of border fortifications, as Hitler's foreign policy openly called for a revision of the Versailles ...

A pre-trial judge of the Special Criminal Court (STS) released Daniel B. [name abbreviated due to legal reasons], who is accused of extremist criminal activity, on Saturday afternoon and decided not ...

The Banska Bystrica-based Golian Military History Club (KVH) focuses its activities mainly on the events related to the Slovak National Uprising (SNP), its chairman Martin Gago has told TASR. KVH ...

Death Valley, situated between the villages of Kruzlova, Kapisova and Nizna Pisana in the district of Svidnik (Presov region), reminds its visitors of the events of WWII and the fighting that took ...

The end of the Second World War was marked by tragedy in Nitra, where during the city market held before the Easter holidays, Soviet aircraft began bombing the city on the morning of March 26, killing ...

For Catholics, White Saturday symbolises the resurrection of Jesus Christ and is one of the most significant holidays. In Catholic churches all over Slovakia, celebrations on the eve of Easter Sunday ...

Zilina city authority has created a special map of cherry trees in bloom via its Geographic Information System (GIS) to enable couples to share a kiss under a blossoming tree, Zilina spokesperson ...

"SHMU deserves to be a top institution, it deserves to have the best technology and software. I don't have even a pinch of desire to stifle any development of the institution," emphasised Taraba. The ...

The suffering and death of Jesus Christ is commemorated on Good Friday by believers in Slovakia, along with Christians all over the world. Christ's followers observe the day when, according to the ...