EU job market squeezes Slovakia By Catherine Miller BBC News, Slovakia VW and other car makers have set up plants in Slovakia Western Europe's building sites...
Ran into a great tag line at the bottom of a message today. "If Slovakia is the Heart of Europe, does that make Poland the Gall Bladder of Europe?" Greg...
This weekend we were making lekvar, or plum jam. After we picked all the plums and took the stones out we cooked them in a kettle. It took two days and 25000...
Why not listen to POLKA music on (www.thejammer.org) while on the computer ? Hope this Music picks you up like it did me..... I feel 30 yrs younger. Fred G...
Sounds like a Great Idea , if I were closer I would certainly participate. Wish I could find out about events like this in the Baltimore,Md / DC region . I...
For a mixture of modern activity and a historical area, some of you may be interested in the Kremnica - Lucky area. It is a historical gold and silver mining...
Slovakia on EU migration frontline By Catherine Miller BBC, Slovakia-Ukraine border "I'm from an orphanage, I have no family, no home, nothing in Russia. I...
For those who'd like to get "warmed-up" for the Pitt Slovak Festival, the 26th annual Carpatho-Rusin Festival will be held this Sunday, Oct 28th, at St. John...
Many of us have heard of Google Books on Line. This is a great way to find some old and out of print books that include Slovak topics and history. There are...
Those of you who will attend the Slovak festival in November in Pittsburgh will be delighted to see that after many months of work and about $5,000,000 the ...
Maybe I'm getting to Ole but dont recall seeing the Announcement on the S-W, Slovak-Roots, and Rusyn webs about the Party Sat 4 Nov !!!! Realize the Poster is...
O.k., I'll start this week's discussion. Spiesz lists, among Emperor Joseph's reforms, that priestly formation was removed "from episcopal control and...
The international journalists' organization Reporters Without Borders released its annual rating of the level of press freedom in about 170 countries. Slovak...
After Bratislava sorted out its right to the dessert wine label Tokaj/Tokay claimed exclusively by Hungary, it has embarked on a dispute about cheese with...
There's an article in today's Chicago Sun Times Business section entitled "Blood can help you locate kin" about Ancestry.com's latest info and it also mentions...
Rudo Pavlovics had a great idea about how Slovaks all over the world can join their ancestors and relatives in the tradition of All Souls Day in Slovakia. ...
Hello RU, I have heard other odd stories about the KKK in Jefferson and Armstrong Counties. But I think your guess is correct and the metal crosses were...
This may be of interest !!! Circ is the Village (now in Slovakia) my Maternal Grandparents Emigrated from in the late 1800's. They too settled in the...
I'd like to ask everyone who has enjoyed the free Slovak Festival at the University of Pittsburgh over the past almost two decades to do something in return:...
I just got a catalog from Ashgate publishing house and noticed two (rather pricey) books on the topics we've been discussing. I provide this info in case...
We seem to be a very quiet lot this week. Something that came to mind during this week's reading is the subject of taxes. I know that they varied in time and...
You folks probably already know there exists a lot of issues between Slovaks and Slovak Roma people. Whats your opinion about this? After having spent a few...
I have prepared a letter to the mayor of the town (Jarok) where I believe my grandfather, John Sirko, came from. Should I include International Reply Coupons...
Helene Cincebeaux said to Invite everyone to a Great Slovak Party ( I was there last year) near Greater Pgh Airport on Sat 3 Nov. See the two attachments Fred...
What were the terms of the peace treaty of Vasvar that the Hungarian locals so violently opposed? This author seems more interested in listing the petty ...
I was just reminded of something on p.68 that had me puzzled. Spiesz writes: "During the transition to the early modern era many of our old aristocratic...
