Slovak immigrants to America were able to preserve the traditions from their old homeland. Stories about Slovaks living ...

It’s been nearly a year since Slovakia’s hard-right minister for culture Martina Šimkovičová fired Matej Drlička from his position as director of the Slovak National Theatre, the country’s oldest and ...

Group 7 “Rev. Josef Murgas” Slovak Catholic Sokol of Wilkes-Barre will hold its 83rd annual “Sokol Day” Picnic from noon to 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29, at the Plains Lions Pavilion, Clarke Lane, Plains ...

Correspondent photo / Amanda Davis.... Loretta Ekoniak of Canfield, a 1971 Mooney graduate, has a home filled with items related to her Slovakian heritage, including cultural books, pictures, ...

Most Christmas trees are put up on Christmas Eve, according to a handout on Christmas traditions distributed by the museum. Dinner on Christmas Eve is an occasion, although menus vary by region. In ...

Shown from left are board members of the Slovak Heritage Society, first row: Helen Bacumpas, Anthony Palischak, Anna Hudock and Dorothy Sullivan. Second row: new chaplain the Rev. Andrew S. Hvozdovic, ...

Slovak communities in the US had a rich social life. Organisations regularly held dance parties, balls, New Year's Eve parties, and the like. In the 1930s, banquets were held more frequently; their ...

Slovak Culture Minister Martina Simkovicova has sparked protests by sacking the heads of top cultural institutions - Copyright South Korean Presidential Office/AFP ...

Pope Francis arrives in procession to celebrate Mass on the fields outside the Basilica of Our Lady of Seven Sorrows in Šaštín, Slovakia, Sept. 15, 2021. (Credit: Paul Haring/CNS.) ŠAŠTIN, Slovakia — ...

Slovakia’s new Culture Minister Martina Šimkovičová has reversed a ban on cooperating with Belarus and Russia, Slovak publication Pravda reported on Jan. 20, citing leaked documents. The ministry ...