Miloslav Valko
A great jump towards racial equality in football took place in recent years all over the world. Racism though, still prevails, although Western Europe's leagues are more tolerant than the Eastern European.
CLASSIC MOVIE SUNDAYS: The Leopard - Il Gattopardo (1963)
Georgios Merkouris
“Unlike Hollywood epics that helped inspire it in parts, The Leopard is a deeply personal story. Every event that occurs is observed through the eyes of the Prince of Salina. After all, the character is featured in almost every single scene.”
Will Slovakia have its first female president?
Peter Sterančák
These seem to be the only two options possible after the first round of presidential elections on Saturday 16, 2019. Zuzana Čaputová (read: tschaputova) won the first round with 40.6 % of the vote (870 415 votes), while Maroš Šefčovič (read: marosh chef-tchovitch), the candidate of the ruling party, secured only 18.7% (400 379).
Feminism: Is there a middle way?
Vivien Slíž
How can we find the middle ground? Is there a way to be a proper feminist without stepping on anybody’s rights? People will always be offended or judgmental no matter the ideology.
What2Play: Spyro: Reignited Trilogy
Miloslav Valko
It's 11 pm on a Saturday evening, and after days of grinding I am on the verge of throwing my controller away in absolute disgust. This is due to the boss fight in the remastered version of Spyro. After last year's Crash Bandicoot N Sane Trilogy, Spyro: Reignited Trilogy is the latest attempt to feed the near-insatiable demand for gaming nostalgia.
What2Play: Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy
Arnold Remenár
“Back in the 1990s all the major gaming consoles have had their own iconic characters that defined and represented them. These were more than just widely recognizable symbols; they were in many ways a major selling point for the consoles and the respective franchises that came with them. Most people would recognize titles such as Mario or Sonic the Hedgehog as classic games of the previous century. However, there is another character that has made the Playstation 1 console nothing short of legendary – Crash Bandicoot.”
CLASSIC MOVIE SUNDAYS: The Big Sleep (1946)
Georgios Merkouris
“Infamous for its wild and confusing plot, The Big Sleep has still managed to be one of the most popular films to emerge from Hollywood's golden era. This was in part due to its leads. Humphrey Bogart was the most profitable actor in 1940s cinema, his reputation being cemented due to the success of Casablanca.”
Dark history reminder: 80th anniversary of the creation of the so-called Slovak state
Jonáš Jánsky
On March 14th, 1939 the Slovak State declared its independence from Czechoslovakia. Since its inception, the Slovak State was tied to Nazi Germany by a ‘treaty of protection’ that allowed Germans to control all strategic industries as well as provided them with control of the Slovak foreign policy.
What2Play: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Arnold Remenár
The third and final entry into the Witcher series manages to deliver an even deeper and more rewarding fantasy RPG experience than it's excellent predecessors. Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt provides a worthy conclusion for Andrzej Sapkowski's epic saga that spawned over seven books and three videogames.
CLASSIC MOVIE SUNDAYS: McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
Georgios Merkouris
Robert Altman’s elegiac masterwork represents a radical departure from previously established Hollywood filmmaking. Chronicling life in America’s frontier past, this classic follows John “Pudgy” McCabe (Warren Beatty), a gambler who arrives in the town of Presbyterian Church and establishes a brothel as his business.
The International Women Day from the perspective of our female writers
IL PONTE EDITORIAL
It's the International Women's Day today. We have 3 female writers in Il Ponte and this is what they want you to know: "It is hard to sense the beautiful smell of roses and taste the delicious sweetness of chocolate today considering the large number of other women, our sisters, who only get to encounter the bitterness of reality.”
The ultimate guide to the Sunday Derby match between Slovan and Trnava
Peter Sterančák
Sunday 18:00, 3 March 2019. This day and time will probably be remembered by every fan of ŠK Slovan Bratislava – historically the most famous and successful football club in Slovakia. It’s a day when Slovan, after 10 years, will return to the place where the history was written and where his fans feel at home– the iconic Tehelné Pole stadium (a brick field – loosely translated).
CLASSIC MOVIE SUNDAYS: The Rules of the Game (1939)
Georgios Merkouris
Expectations for “The Rules of the Game” couldn’t have been higher. Fresh off of a string of successful and beloved films, lauded director Jean Renoir wanted his next film to be "a precise description of the bourgeois of our age." This was meant to be a comedy that would relieve the director’s mind from the pessimism arising at the onset of another World War.
No Longer Sleeping
Laura Palenčíková
It has been twelve years now, twelve years of a government headed by Robert Fico and made in the likeness of that strongman of the ‘90s. There have been numerous scandals in Slovakia on Fico’s watch. Somehow, we tolerated all that. Until the headlines hit our screens on Monday morning, February 26, 2018. Several groups of organized crime have operated in Slovakia.
Beyond Intractability: Anti-democratic Resistance
Laura Palenčíková
Two months ago, I was diagnosed with a case of chronic mistrust. Today, I am struggling with the disease, trying to defeat it. The disease started out inconspicuously. I received dose after dose of bold faced lies but did not realize that it what was happening.
Ján Kuciak wasn’t just a colleague — he was a good person. One who couldn’t be bought or scared off
Zuzana Petková
First published by eTrend.sk 26.02.2018, 14:05
[WRITTEN AND PUBLISHED THE DAY AFTER INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST JÁN KUCIAK AND HIS FIANCÉ MARTINA KUSNIROVA — BOTH 27 YEARS OLD — WERE FOUND SHOT TO DEATH AT POINT-BLANK RANGE IN THE HOME THEY WERE FIXING UP TO MOVE INTO FOLLOWING THEIR WEDDING IN MAY 2018 – ED.]
Anti-semitism alive and well in the US
Pavlina Jones
On Saturday, October 27th, a hate crime broke out at the Tree of Life Congregation Synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighbourhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Leaving eleven people dead this is recorded as the deadliest attack on the Jewish community in the United States' history.
Winter is coming: Why extremism is not the answer
Peter Sterančák
If you are a Game of Thrones fan you may be familiar with the phrase, “winter is coming.” Lord Stark’s dark warning of hard times coming fits not only the fantasy world of the TV series but our current reality, as well.
Mainstream philosophy's open secret...
Georgios Merkouris
The first question one needs to ask is why forms of bigotry like racism, sexism, and xenophobia arise and take hold in society in the first place.
A Warm Welcome to Slovakia
Mara Stieber
Before I came to Bratislava, Slovakia meant for me a blank spot on the map of Europe, the continent in which a fair deal of my twenty-two years life has been spent. I chose to spend my semester abroad in Slovakia since it was one of the only destinations of which I had no stereotypes at all.