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I recently found out that there is a slovak-language newspaper published in the USA (in Brooklyn, NY). According to them they are the only slovak-language newspaper published in the United States. I was looking for one because I im interested about any events that going on in local Slovak community in NY/NJ/CT area - festivals, music concerts, etc. Paper like this would also post advertisements to target Slovak immigrants - it means info on local places to eat that have Slovak food, stores that sell with Slovak national symbols (baseball caps, hockey jerseys - replicas of national team, etc.), and travel agencies that specialize on central Europe which usually means better travel deals. Anyway, the newspaper called Slovensko Dnes (Slovakia Today). It comes once a week, one full year subsctiption costs $150, half-year subsctiption - $75. To subsribe go to their website - http://www.slovenskodnes.com/ to get their email address, and request subscription form. They can email it to you as a graphics file that you can print out, fill in, and then send to them along with check or money order (if you’re not paying by credit card).

Here’s their other contact information i got from subscription form a couple of month ago:

Slovensko Dnes
419 Manhattan Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11222

Tel.: ( 718 ) 218-6710
Fax: ( 718 ) 782-3969

Slovak Republic (or Slovakia) located in the Central Europe. Often you’ll see it called “The Heart of Europe” because of its location - and its true, if you look at the map of Europe (and remember, Europe’s eastern border lay on the Ural mountains in Russia, not on Russia’s western borer ;-) ) Slovakia located right at its center. There are several different studies that place geographical center of Europe in different places: I’ve seen texts claiming that it is located in Slovak Republic, Austria, Czech Republic, Poland, Lithuania, and even Ukraine. I don’t know where geographical center of Europe is, but im sure its pretty damn close to Slovakia : )

So, how do you get to the Heart of Europe? It depends on where you’re coming from…

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