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Bratislava, Slovakia – In this first episode of the Na Slovensku Aj Po Anglicky podcast, host Jeremy Hill explores theContinue Reading
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Bratislava, Slovakia – In this first episode of the Na Slovensku Aj Po Anglicky podcast, host Jeremy Hill explores theContinue Reading
Prague, Czech Republic – Undoubtedly tied together by geographical, linguistic, and cultural proximity, the two offspring of late Czechoslovakia haveContinue Reading
On March 29, 1990, the Great Hyphen Debate, also referred to as the “Hyphen war”, erupted in Czechoslovakia, leading toContinue Reading
Prague, Czech Republic – The two main historic regions of the Czech Republic – once distinct polities, then administrative segments,Continue Reading
Warsaw, Poland – Slavs of the world, unite! But first, from Prague to Moscow, Warsaw to Kyiv and Sofia toContinue Reading
Warsaw, Poland – Potato may be the most popular vegetable in Poland, and the base ingredient for any proper PolishContinue Reading
Budapest, Hungary – Dogs are able to differentiate languages, a team of researchers in Hungary have found. Led by postdoctoralContinue Reading
Prague, Czech Republic – Czechs and Hungarians rank among the world’s hardest-working nations when it comes to learning a newContinue Reading
Warsaw, Poland – Poles are the best English speakers in Central Europe, according to the EF English Proficiency Index 2021.Continue Reading
Brno, Czech Republic – The Czech Republic is a crossroads for western and eastern European values and culture, located inContinue Reading
Krakow, Poland – Just about every country in the world has an official language. Some, like Canada, India, and China,Continue Reading
Prague, Czech Republic – The Czech Republic should change its official name to Bohemia, a controversial Czech commentator recently suggested.Continue Reading
On July 26, 1887, Polish-Jewish ophthalmologist L. L. Zamenhof published Dr. Esperanto’s International Language in which he first introduced andContinue Reading
Prague, Czech Republic – After years of debate, Czech women might soon be able to decide whether or not theyContinue Reading
Prague, Czech Republic – The official English name of Czechia / the Czech Republic has long been a contentious issue,Continue Reading
Bratislava, Slovakia – The commonly held theory about the mass migration wave that brought the Slavs to the European continentContinue Reading
Prague, Czech Republic – The Covid-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on many aspects of our lives, making itContinue Reading
Budapest, Hungary – Every year, Poetry Day – költészet napja – is celebrated in Hungary on April 11, a dateContinue Reading
Prague, Czech Republic – Kafkadesk spoke with Petr Pavlínek, member of the Civic Initiative Czechia (Občanská iniciativa Česko), an organizationContinue Reading
Bratislava, Slovakia – Pavel Vilikovsky, widely seen as one of the most important and popular contemporary Slovak writers, died earlierContinue Reading