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Join Friends of Slovakia for the 2024 Annual Freedom Lecture: A Conversation on the Future – Energy, Change, Innovation, and Democracy
Since its inception in 2000, the Annual Freedom Lecture has become a prestigious forum dedicated to exploring the journey of the Czech and Slovak republics toward freedom, security, the rule of law, and a market economy. Organized by Friends of Slovakia, American Friends of the Czech Republic, and the Embassies of the Slovak and Czech […]
11
Nov
2024
Friends of Slovakia Brings Slovak Photographer’s Compelling Refugee Story to the US
Just three days after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began, Jana Rajcová, a Bratislava-based photographer, felt compelled to use her documentary photography skills to make a difference. FOS is sponsoring the project’s first solo US exhibition at the National Czech and Slovak Museum & Library in Cedar Rapids. The exhibit opens on September 19, 2024 and will run through January 26, 2025, marking a significant milestone in Rajcová’s journey as she brings her perspective on Ukrainian refugees to the American Midwest.
02
Sep
2024
Proliferation of Russian-Style Foreign Agents Laws: A Tool for Repression in Civil Society – Friends of Slovakia’s Chair Martina Hrvolová Among Panelists
On June 20th, 2024, the U.S. Helsinki Commission held a briefing to address the proliferation of Russian-style foreign agent laws, a concerning trend that has spread to several countries beyond Russia. Originally implemented by Russia in 2012, the foreign agents law has been utilized as a tool to suppress independent civil society and opposition voices, […]
24
Jun
2024
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Friends of Slovakia Brings Slovak Photographer’s Compelling Refugee Story to the US
Just three days after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began, Jana Rajcová, a Bratislava-based photographer, felt compelled to use her documentary photography skills to make a difference. FOS is sponsoring the project’s first solo US exhibition at the National Czech and Slovak Museum & Library in Cedar Rapids. The exhibit opens on September 19, 2024 and will run through January 26, 2025, marking a significant milestone in Rajcová’s journey as she brings her perspective on Ukrainian refugees to the American Midwest.
02
Sep
2024
Join Friends of Slovakia for the 2024 Annual Freedom Lecture: A Conversation on the Future – Energy, Change, Innovation, and Democracy
Since its inception in 2000, the Annual Freedom Lecture has become a prestigious forum dedicated to exploring the journey of the Czech and Slovak republics toward freedom, security, the rule of law, and a market economy. Organized by Friends of Slovakia, American Friends of the Czech Republic, and the Embassies of the Slovak and Czech […]
11
Nov
2024
Beata Balogová Joins the Board of the European Press Prize
Beata Balogová, editor-in-chief of Slovakia’s SME, recipient of the 2020 European Press Prize Opinion Award, and keynote speaker of the 2021 Annual Freedom Lecture, has been selected to join the Board of the European Press Prize on October 14, 2024.
15
Oct
2024
FOS Congratulates SASW On Its 35th Anniversary
Friends of Slovakia (FOS) proudly congratulates the Slovak American Society of Washington, D.C. (SASW) on celebrating its 35th anniversary. SASW was founded in the summer of 1989, a time of tremendous political and social change in Central Europe. Its earliest activities took place against the backdrop of popular protests against the communist governments in Poland, […]
13
Oct
2024