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Developing a Taste for Difference

Developing a Taste for Difference

“No pizza, Viennese Schnitzel, Goulash, not even a Kebab to go…” This is how the Slovak Catholic Charitas imagines life without migrants under the hashtag #24hwithout. Another picture has the caption „Slovakia would lack many skillful hands and us at home groceries“. The thoughts and […]

About dreams and nightmares

About dreams and nightmares

I had an interview with a refugee today – a young man who has suffered persecution in his home country. “I came to Slovakia voluntarily, you know – I chose this place. It’s not a rich country, but a good one. Money isn’t everything. You […]

A traditional Slovak Christmas dinner or The rocky road from the stomach to the heart

A traditional Slovak Christmas dinner or The rocky road from the stomach to the heart

The community center is glowing with lights and a busy hustle; there are candles and lightning chains lining along walls and shelves; the promising scent of frying oil penetrates every corner of the half-parterre flat in the Bratislava center. Today is the Christmas celebration of […]