1
: a member of a Slavic people of Slovakia
2
: the Slavic language of the Slovak people
Slovak
adjective
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At the time, locals had to navigate the uncharted territory of authoritarianism, when the far-right Hlinka Slovak People’s Party rose to power with the encouragement of the Nazis.
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Stephen Saito, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
Eight years ago, at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, the Slovak beat Italy’s then-world No 8 Roberta Vinci.
—Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 1 Aug. 2024
Indeed, it’s sometimes overlooked that while the Czech lands were under Nazi occupation in 1939, the Slovak State was founded as a clerical client fascist state of Hitler’s Germany.
—Will Tizard, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024
The on-demand service will be added to Cosmote TV’s streaming platform in Greece, Slovak Telekom’s Magio TV in Slovakia and T-Mobile’s Magenta TV in Czech Republic from November 2024.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2024
Tesla, Norton Slovak, and the Ministry of Transport of the Czech Republic were all contacted for this piece, but none responded.
—Carlton Reid, WIRED, 15 Oct. 2024
Set near the Hungarian border during WWII in the Nazi puppet Slovak state, the novel embraces the imagery of the Death’s Head Moth, whose pattern reflects the same skull adopted by the Nazi SS, to force readers to confront a period Grofova says most Slovaks would prefer to forget.
—Will Tizard, Variety, 7 July 2024
Check out the complete list of winners below. Works in Progress
Works in Progress Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Award
Virtual Girlfriends (Czech Republic, Slovak Republic), directed by Barbora Chalupová and produced by Pavla Klimešová, Monika Lošťáková and Simona Hrušovská.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 July 2024
The gunman, identified by Slovak news outlets as a 71-year-old poet, was immediately wrestled to the ground by security officers.
—Richard Pérez-Peña, New York Times, 15 May 2024
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Stephen Saito, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
Eight years ago, at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, the Slovak beat Italy’s then-world No 8 Roberta Vinci.
—Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 1 Aug. 2024
Indeed, it’s sometimes overlooked that while the Czech lands were under Nazi occupation in 1939, the Slovak State was founded as a clerical client fascist state of Hitler’s Germany.
—Will Tizard, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024
The on-demand service will be added to Cosmote TV’s streaming platform in Greece, Slovak Telekom’s Magio TV in Slovakia and T-Mobile’s Magenta TV in Czech Republic from November 2024.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2024
Tesla, Norton Slovak, and the Ministry of Transport of the Czech Republic were all contacted for this piece, but none responded.
—Carlton Reid, WIRED, 15 Oct. 2024
Set near the Hungarian border during WWII in the Nazi puppet Slovak state, the novel embraces the imagery of the Death’s Head Moth, whose pattern reflects the same skull adopted by the Nazi SS, to force readers to confront a period Grofova says most Slovaks would prefer to forget.
—Will Tizard, Variety, 7 July 2024
Check out the complete list of winners below. Works in Progress
Works in Progress Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Award
Virtual Girlfriends (Czech Republic, Slovak Republic), directed by Barbora Chalupová and produced by Pavla Klimešová, Monika Lošťáková and Simona Hrušovská.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 July 2024
The gunman, identified by Slovak news outlets as a 71-year-old poet, was immediately wrestled to the ground by security officers.
—Richard Pérez-Peña, New York Times, 15 May 2024
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Slovak
noun
Slo·vak
ˈslō-ˌväk 
-ˌvak
1
: a member of a Slavic people of Slovakia
2
: the Slavic language of the Slovak people
Slovak
adjective
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