all eastern Europeans are considered Russians because people don’t distinguish accents It’s not enough to give wonderful speeches to the public and talk about unity unless we focus on the real transformations that are needed, says Slovak Eva Putzova who is running on the Democratic slate in Arizona's 1st Congressional District election She spoke to The Slovak Spectator ahead of the Democratic Primary The Slovak Spectator (TSS): How did a woman born in communist Czechoslovakia end up in US politics The rest of this article is premium content at Spectator.skSubscribe now for full access Immediate access to all locked articles (premium content) on Spectator.sk Special weekly news summary + an audio recording with a weekly news summary to listen to at your convenience (received on a weekly basis directly to your e-mail) PDF version of the latest issue of our newspaper Access to all premium content on Sme.sk and Korzar.sk What did it feel like to be caged in public A central Slovak town decided to answer this question by providing tourists with a proper shameful experience reinstalled the cage of shame in its historical square where a similar device stood in the 18th century a "witch’s heart" will be included in a list of attractions as witches were imprisoned in Krupina The cage near the town hall is believed to have declined in the 19th century Its original appearance has not been preserved but historical records suggest that the device in which people were caged and publicly shamed could spin around which was made according to a drawing by local blacksmith Branislav Zelman The inspiration came from other ancient cages that can be found in several Slovak towns such as Levoča and Kežmarok “The replica of our cage is made of metal and stone,” said the Krupina mayor Radoslav Vazan, as quoted by the TASR newswire The cage is part of a circuit following the steps of Krupina-born poet Andrej Sládkovič who wrote the world’s longest love poem Marína is planning on installing a "witch’s heart" in the public space as well Although suspected witches were never put in the cage they were imprisoned in the cellars underneath the Krupina Town Hall up to 14 women were found guilty of practicing witchcraft during witch trials A helping hand in the heart of Europe thanks to the Slovakia travel guide with more than 1,000 photos and hundred of tourist spots Detailed travel guide to the Tatras introduces you to the whole region around the Tatra mountains Lost in Bratislava? Impossible with our City Guide Bolender Wins First Career Big Ten Weekly Honor2/22/2011 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis PARK RIDGE, Ill. -- After helping the No. 8-ranked University of Michigan women's tennis team to a 2-1 weekend at the ITA National Team Indoor Championship (Fri-Sun., Feb. 18-20) with a 3-0 doubles mark and a 2-0 singles record, freshman Brooke Bolender (Delray Beach, Fla./Kaplan) was named the Big Ten Tennis Athlete of the Week on Tuesday (Feb. 22). It is the first time she has ever won the weekly award. On the singles front, Bolender went 2-0 with a pair of victories at the No. 3 position. In Michigan's 4-1 win over Georgia Tech to advance to the quarterfinals, she dispatched of Sasha Krupina, 6-4, 7-5. Bolender ended the weekend with a 6-0, 7-5 triumph over Clemoson's Nelly Ciolkowski to help Michigan to a 4-2 decision. 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Or sign-in if you have an account Standing in the centre of a crowd of fellow displaced Ukrainians and local support volunteers Nataliia Osoba grew teary-eyed while expressing her thanks to Saskatchewan for its warm welcome speaking through translator Iryna Kavetska on Thursday Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience The family first left their home several months ago just after the conflict began and Russian troops began bombing where they stayed until boarding the chartered humanitarian flight to Canada four days ago Nataliia described as “very scary” and “a very hard experience because they always considered Russia like a brother country,” translated Kavetska The couple was on site at the University of Regina on Thursday morning to meet with more than a dozen local service providers all offering one-on-one aid in arranging necessities like health cards and SIN numbers is the next step in provincial support working to help settle the more-than 1,000 displaced Ukrainian residents who have arrived in Saskatchewan as temporary residents since the conflict began By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc The next issue of Headline News will soon be in your inbox Interested in more newsletters? Browse here. a director within the Saskatchewan-Ukraine Response Team said the provincial government’s focus at this time is now ensuring the new residents can find their footing in a new home “We just want to make sure every single person on that plane has what they need,” said Patrick Several non-governmental groups were also present providing help in setting up fresh bank accounts changing SIM cards and picking up a city transit pass Among them was the Regina Open Door Society and all of whom recently relocated to Saskatchewan themselves Like volunteers Yuliia Krutholova and Oksana Klepikova who both said offering their ears and tongues as interpreters was a choice close to heart Krutholova and her younger teenage sister arrived in Regina three weeks ago with the help of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress Both are residing with a host family in Regina which she said has been a big support in navigating the transition who arrived three months ago with her children chose Regina to be near a cousin who emigrated 25 years ago Both said they received generous support upon their arrival which made them want to help facilitate a smooth transition for others in a similar position because we know what this feeling is,” said Krutholova “We know what first steps they have to do here.” According to settlement co-ordinator Liuba Krupina from the Ukrainian Canadian Congress of Saskatchewan at least half of the new temporary residents arriving from Ukraine are looking to settle in the province Others are seeking to relocate to other provinces and some even changed their minds upon arriving in Regina and have decided to forgo other plans and remain in the city “Most of them know or have a plan what to do next,” said Krupina The UCC is still working with many clients overseas and anticipates seeing more displaced Ukrainians seeking a new home in Canada moving forward “The hope is that they choose to stay in our province for the long term and make a home here,” said Patrick Romaniv said her family had previously looked at Saskatchewan as a destination of interest to be joined in the future by her husband and brother who remained behind currently serving on the frontlines in the Ukrainian Army The Osoba’s are also planning to remain in Regina pending employment and housing confirmation she felt comfortable relocating her family to Saskatchewan it was because of the province’s large Ukrainian community and the support it could offer “She remembers stepping onto the plane in Warsaw and she felt like ‘everything will be OK,’” said Kavetska transmission or republication strictly prohibited This website uses cookies to personalize your content (including ads), and allows us to analyze our traffic. 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By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy You can manage saved articles in your account Krupina is honeycombed with underground cavities The second-oldest royal town on the territory of Slovakia may seem like a typical Slovak town at first glance But its vast system of underground cellars is anything but ordinary Used as freezers and bunkers during the war back in the day, some of the centuries-old cellars beneath the surface of the town are now open to the public, the My Zvolen website reported The tuff-cut cellar underneath the Andrej Sládkovič Museum is one of the largest underground creations in Krupina and was built eight metres below ground level The temperature remains steady at about 10 degrees Celsius “We can refer to some of the cellars as ice-houses,” historian Miroslav Lukáč of the Andrej Sládkovič Museum said “People chopped ice in the winter and stored it in large volumes in the cellars.” Such an amount had not managed to melt by the time the summer arrived But local people did not just use the cellars for food storage They also needed space for their wine barrels as the Krupina region was surrounded by thousands of hectares of vineyards Smaller cellars carved into tuff can also be found outside Krupina in the nearby rural settlements of Červená Hora Stará Hora and Starý Háj Krupina residents built their cellars in the Middle Ages or during the invasions of the Tatars or Turks The way these tuff-cut cellars were made did not change over the centuries so it is difficult to say when the individual cellars were created “The latest data suggests the oldest cellar was built in 1444,” Lukáč noted “What we know for sure is people did not create their cellars at once,” the historian added “They expanded them gradually.” He went on to say Krupina was already surrounded by fortification walls during the presence of Turks in this part of Europe The town could not extend its borders as a result And because several generations lived in one house at that time they needed to create a bigger space for their food supplies within the house the imperial garrison stationed in Krupina during the Turkish invasions consumed large supplies of food and drink The underground cellars were of help to residents when Krupina found itself engulfed in flames as well They served as temporary residences back then One of the Krupina cellars was used for hearing and torturing suspected witches the cellar is believed to be covered with soil today the cellars were turned into official anti-aircraft shelters “The regulation said that cellar gates had to be locked,” Lukáč said The cellars differ not only in size but also in their entrances Krupina owns two cellars today; one is situated under the museum and the other one beneath a house on Sládkovičova Street A bigger cellar has been localised under a primary school for children with special needs on Partizánska Street as well Visitors are taken to the cellars every last Sunday from July to October The creation under the museum is accessible to tourists during the opening hours of the museum as well most of the cellars in Krupina are owned by people others may be covered with soil or flooded part of a cellar near the town hall was uncovered due to heavy rains Krupina invests thousands of euros every year to map the cellars “The total number of cellars probably does not exceed 100,” Lukáč said Friendship like none other tied families or rescuers and rescuees in times of war Ján Bukov and his wife Mária Bukovová were awarded the Righteous Among the Nations award for helping the Eckstein family Ján Bukov and his wife Mária Bukovová were awarded the Righteous Among the Nations award in September 2022 at the time of mass transportation of Jews Arpád took over the management of the farm of his father Jakub and adapted it for milk production As Eckstein's dairy farm supplied most of Krupina's inhabitants with milk Arpád Eckstein received an exemption for an economically significant Jew a fair in Krupina attracted many visitors from the surrounding villages the town was part of the national uprising territories the rumor spread about the German army and units of the Hlinka Guard marching to Krupina The inhabitants and visitors of the town were trying to flee no matter what they wandered without a shelter until they reached the village of Dačov Lom Jozef Fekiač lived in a village Litava and it was impossible to hide a family of five there Eckstein remembered the family of Ján Bukov from Čelovce He believed that they would be willing to help him and take him in with his family They lived in one of them and used the other for shepherds and farm helpers Jozef Fekiač brought the Eckstein family on a horse-drawn carriage Ján Bukov told his neighbor and friend Pavel Petroch that he was hiding Jews The families of Ján Bukov and Pavel Petroch gave them warm clothes and selflessly provided them with food for six months After liberation of Čelovce by Soviet Army the Ecksteins moved to the hopuse of the Bukovs in the village and after the end of war Later they moved to Bratislava stayed in contact with the families of the rescuers through letters He graduated in Prague and immigrated to Germany after 1968 where he worked as a researcher at the universities of Bonn and Freiburg until his retirement Friendship between the families of the Ecksteins the Petrochs and the Fekiačs has lasted until today and survived the difficult post-war period when the communist regime persecuted all three families as enemies of society (kulaks) FILM.UA Group and Ukraina TV Channel present a teaser trailer of the first spring 2022 comedy What can turn a seemingly regular gateway into the BIG PICNIC?Watch the teaser trailer and get prepared for movie in the cinemas — welcome spring uplifted Meet your favourite stars - Olena Kravets and Yuriy Tkach -  in the leading roles on the big screen for the first time along with surprising cameos of well-known Ukrainian footballers and artists whose tracks are playing around almost at every Ukrainian tableful Who's gonna amaze the viewers and what's gonna happen to the characters of the family comedy?  Play the TEASER TRAILER and get in the centre of occasions Mariana! And even “rabbit” The Nalyvaychenkos - a local entrepreneurial family - have set themselves for a full-fledged nature gateway liqueur specialties and essential attributes of a family pastime - take that inflatable flamingo which dad Tolia (Yuriy Tkach) likes so much Flamboyant Raia (Iryna Hatun) also cannot sit still keeping an eye on her children — teenage fashionmonger influencer Mariana (Veronika Lukyanenko), and little fidget Denyska (Aleks Berezovskyi) — who knows what they are up to this time the Drahomanovys break in the family paradise reserved art history teacher Tania (Olena Kravets) her spouse - chef d'orchestre Yevhen (Andriy Isayenko), young environmental activist Liza (Margo Krupina-Binkovska) and avowed Shakhtar FC fan Yaroslav (Illya Paladin) view their leisure somewhat differently  — they prefer outdoor and sports activities two absolutely different by standpoint families are not the only ones to get interested in this grassplot local bribe-taker Stepan Khomiak (Mykhaylo Zhonin) and his helper Hena (Oleksiy Zavhorodniy) are hiding out to come up with something Seems all the ingredients of a "hot acquaintance" are in captain of Ukraine's national football team, Andriy Pyatov and Shakhtar FC fullback Yevhen Konoplyanka appear (spoiler: they will not only be playing football) Who will turn this already unusual picnic into the BIG one Who else but sparky VERKA SERDUCHKA and her mom the characters' life won't be the same (just another spoiler The Big Picnic coming to the big screen on the 24th of February 2022 The comedy plot unfolds around two totally different families: the Dragomanov working in culture and the Nalyvaychenko who are local businessmen On a spring weekend they decide to go for a traditional open-air barbecue and by virtue of destiny arrive at the same clearing each family considers “theirs” quickly transforming into a grotesque war for a barbecue spot a third claimant for the territory arrives; this is a bribetaker on the run who hid his money in this same clearing and takes the youngest children from both families hostage demanding to give back the money that disappeared from the hideout different views not only on barbecue marinade recipes but also on the “right ways to live” This is a story telling us that no matter how different we are and how much we quarrel we are always a united powerful force in the face of a common threat This film is supported by the Ukrainian State Film Agency You can follow project news on its official pages on Facebook and Instagram FYITitle: The Big PicnicThe first joint project of industry leaders Ukraina TV channel and FILM.UA GroupSlogan: Skewers up!Release date: 24 February 2022Genre: comedyTiming: 90 minsProduction: FILM.UA ProductionDistributors: Kinomania and FILM.UA DistributionDirector: Oleg ZborovskyScreenwriters: Artur Lerman tеl.: 0 800 308 028, +380 44 501-39-71 fax: +380 44 546-68-97 e-mail: info@film.ua Developed by Argentum IT Lab traditional potato bread and dried venison sausage are among the included foods Fifteen food products from Slovakia have so far been included in the international Ark of Taste (Archa chutí) list which was created under the auspices of Slow Food with the aim of recording high-quality small-scale food production that may disappear within a few generations There are currently more than 5,000 products from more than 150 countries on the list According to Igor Pašmík, the Rural Development Association chairman, bryndza sheep cheese was added to the list about ten years ago as the first ever Slovak product which has been produced on a large scale in Slovakia since the second half of the 18th century when it was supplied to the market by Ján Vagač's plant in Detva Valaška sheep and adzymka potato posúch (salty cake) which is baked in the north-east of Slovakia Hontianka - the original heritage type of bee from Hont - Pukanec’s onion Horehronie’s ham and Polhora’s dried ham from Šovdra made it to the list there are many more food products in Slovakia that are produced or grown on a small scale and are unique and should deserve more attention from the public which is still grown and preserved by several women in the village of Litava in the Krupina district Another example is čelovská chrupka the only variety of cherry that can be dried which was widespread in the past and is now preserved only in Sebechleby the association invited growers and producers to register endangered regional foods and crops as heritage flavors on their site They could also include unique and now almost forgotten recipes SLOVAK producer of mine clearance systems Way Industries continues to expand into African and Asian markets with the firm now signing a contract for supplying five Božena minesweepers to Nigeria The deal follows up supplies to Indonesia in 2014 “We’ve just received the results of a tender in Bangladesh in which Slovakia’s Božena won as well,” Bohuslav Lipovský general director of Way Industries told the TASR newswire Apart from regular supplies of mine clearing equipment the Slovak firm also specialises in consulting and training soldiers “Our expert team recently returned from the Golan Heights where we provide a whole tailor-made mine clearing system,” said Lipovský The Krupina-based company has also approached potential business partners aside from those in developing countries It has concluded deals with the US Air Force “We’ve signed deals with the American military already received payments and will send off the goods this month,” said Lipovský “I’m glad that we managed to establish business contacts following the stabilisation of ownership relations and have also gained the trust of financing banks.” Way Industries was founded in 2009 and took over the Krupina production programme manufacturing construction and mine clearing equipment The production portfolio features skid steer loaders land defence systems and demining and riot control systems with 94 percent of total production geared towards export the firm recorded year-on-year growth of 38.8 percent in sales The love between Andrej and Marína was not meant to be This is not a story of love between Romeo and Juliet It is a real love story between Krupina-born poet Andrej Sládkovič and Marína Pišlová from Banská Štiavnica It all happened in the 19th century but did not last forever which was born in Banská Štiavnica Sládkovič wrote the longest love poem Little did he know it was going to become a modern-day treasure Banská Štiavnica has become home to a love bank which recounts Marína and Andrej’s story It is housed in a special place and offers more than a story People from all over the world store their tokens of love here Apart from hundreds of caves made by geological activities there are also dozens of man-made caves in Slovakia They usually served as protection and shelters from enemies The probably most well-known nationally are the rock dwellings in Brhlovce near the village of Hontianske Tesáre in Krupina District they have not been subject to expert research and their age or purpose have not been unambiguously determined their construction is connected with the Ottoman invasion in the 16th century; but some opinions say they are still older People are said to have hidden there during the Tartar raid in the 13th century The Tesáre Dúpence has had new tourist signs and tourism information boards since last year Mayor Dana Kohútová told TASR They were made by the end of last summer by a young Slovak artist Hontianske Tesáre was then one of the stops on the Kinobus presentation Part of it was also the residence of artist Tomáš Džadoň and the presentation of his work in the valley behind the village were given boards with the inscription “Dúpence” Džadoň made the due number of holes into each of the boards corresponding to the number of holes the cave itself has can be found in the neighbouring village of Lišov; also in Ľuboreč in the Lučenec District.