SWEDEN realised early on that saving energy is the most important source of energy and has developed energy-saving techniques and systems that are being exported around the world. Yet Sweden's ...

ONE of the most important figures in Slovak modernism in the first half of the 20th century, Martin Benka (1888-1971), gained much of his inspiration from the Slovak countryside and its people.He ...

From Edinburgh to Prague and Romania to England, one of Europe's defining features is its castles. While many other European countries boast dozens of fairytale-like hidden castles, Slovakia is ...

For most Americans, Slovakia and its capital city, Bratislava, are still seen as secondary stops on the express train between Prague and Budapest or other better-known eastern European destinations.