Thanks to the principle: each letter is always pronounced the same way (or almost), Slavic languages are rather easy to read. Here is the first video in a very beginner-friendly series dedicated to reading Slavic languages whose Latin alphabet was formed on the standard created for Czech. These are #Czech, #Slovak, #Slovenian and #Croatian and #Serbian
#Slovak
Živá energia tradičného folklóru! Sobota zo 54. ročníka Šarišských slávností piesní a tancov v Raslaviciach 2024 — spev, tance, kroje a neopakovateľná atmosféra. Perfektné pre milovníkov ľudovej kultúry. Nechajte sa uniesť rytmom! #Šariš #folklor #ľudovákultúra #tance #piesne #kroje #Slovak
https://tv.raslavice.sk/videos/watch/2545a274-f8f5-4083-9d00-5de6ce82509e
Il Fatto Quotidiano: Paralimpiadi 2026, Mazzel nello sci alpino regala la prima medaglia all’Italia | La classifica aggiornata
Le Paralimpiadi invernali di Milano-Cortina 2026 sono iniziate: fino a domenica 15 marzo ci sono in palio 79 medaglie d’oro. L’Italia ne ha vinte due nell’ultima edizione di Pechino, con 7 podi complessivi. Nei Giochi di casa, come ha dichiarato il presidente del Comitato italiano paralimpico (Cip) Marco Giunio De Sanctis a ilfattoquotidiano.it, l’obiettivo è fare meglio, possibilmente arrivando almeno a 10 medaglie complessive. Il record fu a Lillehammer 1994 con 13 (ma zero d’oro), mentre il miglior piazzamento azzurro nel medagliere paralimpico resta il nono posto di Torino 2006.
La prima medaglia azzurra è stata conquistata nella discesa femminile da Chiara Mazzel che in coppia con la guida Nicola Cotti Cottini, è argento a 48 centesimi dall’austriaca Veronika Aigner, oro con il tempo di 1’22″55. Terza la slovacca Alexandra Rexova, quinta l’altra azzurra in gara, Martina Vozza, a 7″99.
Il medagliere live delle Paralimpiadi invernali di Milano-Cortina
Il medagliere delle ultime Paralimpiadi di Pechino 2022
1 Cina 18 20 23 61
2 Ucraina 11 10 8 29
3 Canada 8 6 11 25
4 Francia 7 3 2 12
5 Stati Uniti 6 11 3 20
6 Austria 5 5 3 13
7 Germania 4 8 7 19
8 Norvegia 4 2 1 7
9 Giappone 4 1 2 7
10 Slovacchia 3 0 3 6
11 Italia 2 3 2 7
L'articolo Paralimpiadi 2026, Mazzel nello sci alpino regala la prima medaglia all’Italia | La classifica aggiornata proviene da Il Fatto Quotidiano.
Paralimpiad 2026, Mazzel’s alpine skiing brings Italy’s first medal | Updated rankings
The Winter Paralympics in Milan-Cortina 2026 have begun: until Sunday, March 15th, there are 79 gold medals at stake. Italy has won two in the last edition in Beijing, with a total of 7 medals. As declared by the President of the Italian Paralympic Committee (Cip), Marco Giunio De Sanctis to ilfattoquotidiano.it, the goal is to do better, possibly reaching at least 10 medals overall. The record was set in Lillehammer 1994 with 13 (but zero gold), while Italy’s best placement in the Paralympic medal table remains ninth place in Turin 2006.
The first Italian medal was won in the women’s downhill by Chiara Mazzel, who, in partnership with guide Nicola Cotti Cottini, finished second, 48 hundredths of a second behind Austrian Veronika Aigner, who won with a time of 1’22”55. Third was Slovak Alexandra Rexova, with Italian Martina Vozza in fifth place, 7.99 seconds behind.
Live medal table of the Winter Paralympics in Milan-Cortina
Medal table of the latest Beijing 2022 Paralympics
1 China 18 20 23 61
2 Ukraine 11 10 8 29
3 Canada 8 6 11 25
4 France 7 3 2 12
5 United States 6 11 3 20
6 Austria 5 5 3 13
7 Germany 4 8 7 19
8 Norway 4 2 1 7
9 Japan 4 1 2 7
10 Slovakia 3 0 3 6
11 Italy 2 3 2 7
Article: Paralympics 2026, Mazzel in alpine skiing gifts the first medal to Italy | The updated ranking comes from Il Fatto Quotidiano.
#Mazzel #Italy #first #Milan #Beijing #Paralympic #ninth #Turin #Italian #ChiaraMazzel #NicolaCottiCottini #second #Austrian #VeronikaAigner #Third #Slovak #AlexandraRexova #MartinaVozza #fifth #Paralympics #China #Ukraine #Canada #France #Norway #Japan #Slovakia #IlFattoQuotidiano
#Slovak opposition party #SaS files #criminal complaint against #Fico for #treason, #terrorism, #inhumanity and other suspected #crimes
Sunday, February 22, 2026
Explosions rock Kyiv as Russia launches ballistic missiles at Ukraine's capital -- Europe's green transition is now a matter of energy security -- 4 killed in northeastern Ukraine as Russia strikes ambulance carrying minor hospitalized in blast -- Ukraine hits Russian planes, ships, and artillery in major strikes on occupied territories ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/02/sunday-february-22-2026/
@EUCommission, makes sense.
But eg. for #Slovak, my native language, they have accounts only on non-libre, and even non-European platforms 😔
It would be really nice if more EC representatives, and other EU institutions and programs have active accounts on libre, global social media, like many in #Fediverse 🥰
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#Ukraine rejects and condemns the ultimatums and blackmail by the governments of #Hungary and the #Slovak Republic regarding energy supplies between our countries 🇺🇦🇭🇺🇸🇰
#Slovak opposition party #SaS claims that Robert #Fico is threatening #Ukraine on instructions from #russia.
"This step is not only a moral failure, but also pure economic nonsense"
«#Slovak fugitive who had been on the run for 16 yrs was finally arrested when he turned up in #Milan 2 support his national ice #hockey team @ #MilanCortina #WinterOlympics, police sed Friday
44-year-old man, not named, was wanted by #Italian authorities 4 a series of thefts committed in 2010
The #Carabinieri managed 2 track down & arrest the man Wednesday after he checked in2 campsite in the outskirts of Milan, thanks 2 automatic alert frm campsite reception»
You Can See a Swirling Sculpture Made of 8,000 Books at a Library in Prague – Smithsonian Magazine
You Can See a Swirling Sculpture Made of 8,000 Books at a Library in Prague
Officials are managing an influx of tourists coming to see “Idiom,” a seemingly infinite tunnel of books by the artist Matej Krén, at the Municipal Library
By Christian Thorsberg, Correspondent January 16, 2026
Inside Idiom, which uses mirrors to provide the illusion of infinite length Omar Marques / Anadolu Agency / Getty ImagesNearly 30 years after a dizzying sculpture fashioned from books was first installed at the Prague Municipal Library in the Czech Republic, literature lovers on TikTok and Instagram have turned the artwork into a viral fascination and unexpected tourism hotspot.
Idiom, created by Slovak artist Matej Krén, features roughly 8,000 books stacked into a tower. Mirrors placed on the top and bottom give the illusion of infinite length, and a raindrop-shaped entryway invites visitors to peek inside the wormhole—almost like they’re literally disappearing into a good book.
“The Idiom is meant to symbolize the infinity of knowledge,” according to a description of the sculpture on the library’s website. “[Books] are like bricks to [Krén], but they contain much more information, destinies, stories and knowledge. He puts them into the form of dwellings: primitive on the one hand, infinitely intelligent on the other.”
During peak travel seasons, the library estimates that 1,000 people per day are visiting the installation. Omar Marques / Anadolu Agency / Getty ImagesThe installation made its debut at the Sao Paulo International Biennial in 1995, and in 1996 it was brought to Prague. It was first exhibited for a summer at the Jiri Svestka Gallery, which in the 1950s was a communist warehouse of banned books, before moving to its permanent home at the library in 1998.
For years, Idiom stood as little more than a familiar fixture, with its fame generally limited to the regular library-goers in the Czech capital. But beginning in 2022, the sculpture gained renown by going viral on BookTok, the pocket of TikTok dedicated to discussions of books and writing. Algorithms on Instagram similarly pushed the sculpture to the forefront of feeds.
“Kids that were in Prague looking into their phones suddenly saw a cool thing that they liked and they wanted to see it as well,” Czech journalist Janek Rubeš told Radio Prague International in 2023. “And as it is in today’s world, everyone wants to have the same picture or same video, because it looks cool and they can get likes.”
Quick fact: Idiom on the cover of Science
A photo of the sculpture was featured on the magazine’s cover in January 2011.In that issue, researchers analyzed a massive collection of 5.2million books to study cultural trends.
Today, librarians and local tourism officials are bewildered at the foot traffic the sculpture generates. During peak travel seasons—such as Christmas and Easter—more than 1,000 people each day endure wait times of more than two hours to snap a photograph.
“We’ll have to deal with it in some way, because working with tourist crowds is a completely different service from that we have provided up to now,” Lenka Hanzlikova, a spokesperson for the library, tells Agence France-Presse (AFP). “Most readers laugh about it and say it’s bizarre, but we have had people who wanted to return books and joined the queue.”
Continue/Read Original Article Here: You Can See a Swirling Sculpture Made of 8,000 Books at a Library in Prague
#8000Books #CzechRepublic #Czechoslovakia #Idiom #Instagram #Library #MatejKren #MunicipalLibrary #Prague #Slovak #SmithsonianInstitution #SmithsonianMagazine #SwirlingSculpture #TikTok
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