The glory days of Central Europe as the center of attention, the drivers of tectonic changes, is now faded memory.
The Czech Republic and Slovakia currently enjoy a relationship that should be the envy of any two neighboring countries. The prime ministers maintain good contact. The two countries engage in joint infrastructure projects and provide joint military units for NATO operations.
Perhaps it's my Vermont blood, but a little inclement weather has never been a deterrent to adventure. In fact, it virtually boils when wind, snow and ice become excuses for inaction, especially when it comes to travel. Cold many contract the bones, but it expands horizons.
It's affordable, steeped in history and, in parts, both bizarre and incredibly beautiful. Plus, in some countries, beer is cheaper than water. Yes, really, it is. But for some reason, Eastern Europe doesn't often feature on many travellers' bucket lists.
At age 15 in 1944, Thomas Beck escaped over the wall of a Nazi concentration camp in Budapest with one regret. He was leaving behind Edith Greiman, a ...
Being of half-Irish heritage and having been born in France, Ireland and France are the most promising for me to become president of another country. Again for reasons of heritage, Slovakia is also a candidate.
Journeys may be as important as the destination but they are still made infinitely more enjoyable by speed. Going fast is, after all, the great goal a...
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia -- A Slovak court is mulling whether to ask Hungary to extradite a 97-year-old suspected of abusing Jews and deporting them durin...
Many war-criminals have been sentenced, but until each one has been subjected to a full level of punishment, a dark grey cloud will hang over the lives of millions of Jewish people who are still alive.
I would actually consider being a freelance superhero, if not for the fact that I'm an ordinary middle-aged man with no costume and less-than-average courage.
BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - Two Slovak children were suspected of burning down a large gothic castle in eastern Slovakia when their experimentation with sm...
BRATISLAVA (Reuters) -- Slovaks have been voting overwhelmingly in favor of naming a new pedestrian and cycling bridge near their capital for 1980s ac...
Across Eastern Europe, it's hardly shocking to see ads with female nude torsos promoting anything from beer to motor oil. Still, when I was driving...
PRAGUE -- The Czech government has agreed to deploy 30 army doctors in Slovak hospitals after more than a thousand local doctors resigned over low pay...
BRATISLAVA, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Slovakia's government lost a confidence vote called on a plan to bolster the euro zone's EFSF rescue fund, but the ...
STOCKHOLM -- Did the Swedish king visit strip clubs, and why did his friend seek a gangster's help to snuff out the scandal? Those questions have the ...
As you graduate here in the U.S., you each can be a part of your own revolution: an energy revolution.
A suspected cannibal, believed to be behind the appearance of dismembered body parts found throughout Moscow, was arrested in Moscow Tuesday after aut...
What of Boreanaz? Well, you'd be hard-pressed to find anyone of Italian heritage who tracks to more extreme edges of the country.
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — A would-be cannibal was arrested and in critical condition after being wounded in a gunbattle with officers during an und...
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia -- Members of Denmark's team have been robbed of personal computers, iPods, iPads, money and other items at the ice hockey world ...
When the United States women’s national hockey team faced off against Slovakia in Zurich on Sunday night at the first round of the World Championshi...
Recently created countries remind us that there are no special requirements in terms of physical size, population or economic strength in order to become an independent country.
The FDA doesn't recommend avoiding any particular food to limit dioxin exposure other than its generally recommended diet. Of course there's the option of going vegan, the diet found to have the lowest exposure to dioxins.
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Bells pealed and fireworks shot across midnight skies in Bratislava two years ago, as Slovaks celebrated not only the New...
