Category archives for: Culture & Sport

Vladimir Weiss No Longer National Football Team Coach

Vladimir Weiss losing popularity (c) Майоров Владимир

Vladimir Weiss is no longer the head of the Slovak national football team after an amicable agreement with the Slovak Football Association, which sees Weiss carry off EUR 105,000 in severance pay. The news was confirmed for daily Hospodarske Noviny this afternoon by head of the SFA, Jan Kovacik. Kovacik expressed his appreciation for what [...]

Bratislava: English Comedy Night is Back

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Matt Price is back! Arguably the most extroverted and animated comedian we have ever brought to Bratislava returns for another all-action show at Goblins. Opening the show will be Scotland’s multi-talented Maureen Younger. Tickets are just €9 in advance, €10 on the door or FREE for holders of Baby Blue Banana Annual Season Card. To buy [...]

Slovak Football Association Eyes Weiss Replacement

Vladimir Weiss losing popularity (c) Майоров Владимир

Things haven’t being going too well recently for head coach of the Slovak national football team after Slovakia were knocked out of the 2012 European Championships thanks mostly to defeats to Armenia, so there is now talk of ousting him from his position. Weiss’ contract as national team coach doesn’t run out until the end [...]

Slovakia Wants National Football Stadium By 2014

Former national venue Tehelne Pole now an overgrown crumbling wreck

The government agreed today to put up part of the financing to build a national football stadium, which is, embarrassingly, something Slovakia has been lacking for the past several years. Education minister Eugen Jurzyca announced the news, but without specifying how much the state was willing to contribute. According to Hospodarske Noviny, Jurzyca said the subsidy [...]

Emiliana Torrini Confirms Show at Pohoda Festival

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Emiliana Torrini will be the first artist confirmed at the next Pohoda Festival 2012. The Icelandic singer, already in 2009 in one of her last interviews stressed quite specifically that he wanted to return to Trenčin to perform again. “Emiliana Torrini has produced beautiful recordings and her concerts are a feast of music with unique [...]

Thursday Art Talk at Slovak National Gallery

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Explore the gallery in the evening with a glass of wine and through discussions. The program is dedicated to English speakers who live in Bratislava and would like to know more about Slovak visual art. Baroque Art in Slovakia (permanent collection) Come and see the art testimonies of the dramatic and triumphant times of the [...]

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