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Peter Michalica (born July 10, 1945, Kremnica) is a Slovak violinist. [1] He placed third in the 1966 Carl Flesch International Violin Competition. [2]
The Movement for a Democratic Slovakia, later known as the People's Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia, was a populist political party in Slovakia. The party is commonly considered as having been authoritarian and illiberal.
ŠK Slovan Bratislava is a professional football club based in Bratislava, Slovakia, that plays in the Slovak Super Liga. Founded as I. ČSŠK Bratislava in 1919, the club changed its name to Slovan Bratislava in 1953. Slovan is the most successful team in Slovakia with the most titles in both league and cup in the country.
Kremnica is a town in central Slovakia. It has around 5,300 inhabitants. The well-preserved medieval town built above important gold mines is the site of the oldest still-working mint in the world.
Tehelné pole or National football stadium is a multi-use stadium in Bratislava, Slovakia. It was completed in 2019 and is used for football matches, including the home matches of ŠK Slovan Bratislava and the Slovakia national football team. This project concerns mutual assistance between well-known Slovak entrepreneur Ivan Kmotrík as the owner of ŠK Slovan Bratislava and the Government of Slovakia. The stadium has a capacity of 22,500 spectators, and replaced the old Tehelné pole stadium, which was demolished in summer 2013.
FC Spartak Trnava is a professional football club based in Trnava, Slovakia. The club competes in Slovak First Football League, the top division in the Slovakian league system, having participated in more seasons than any other club.
AS Trenčín is a Slovak sports club in the town of Trenčín, most known for its football department. The first team currently plays in the Slovak First Football League after winning the 2010–11 Slovak First League. The club plays its home games at the Štadión na Sihoti with a capacity of 10,000 spectators.
The Slovak Cup, currently named Slovnaft Cup due to sponsorship agreement with Slovnaft, is the only nationwide knockout competition in Slovak football. The winner qualifies for the UEFA Europa Conference League qualification rounds.
The 2. Liga (Slovakia), also known as MONACObet LIGA for sponsorship reasons, is the annual second tier football competition in Slovakia. Currently, the competition consists of 16 teams.
FC DAC 1904 is a Slovak professional football club based in Dunajská Streda. In the 2007/09 season, they were the west group champions of the Slovak Third League. In the 2008/09 season, after merging with FC Senec, they entered the Corgoň Liga. The club is strongly supported by the Hungarian minority in Slovakia.
FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce – Vráble is a Slovak football team, based in the town of Zlaté Moravce. The club was founded on 22 January 1995.
The Slovakia national under-21 football team, controlled by the Slovak Football Association, is Slovakia's national under-21 football team and is considered to be a feeder team for the Slovakia national football team.
The 2008–09 Slovak Cup was the 40th season of Slovakia's annual knock-out cup competition and the sixteenth since the independence of Slovakia. It began on 5 August 2008 the matches of first round and ended on 20 May 2009 with the final. The winners of the competition earned a place in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League. Artmedia Petržalka were the defending champions.
Martin Babjak is a Slovak operatic baritone. The winner of several international singing competitions, he has been a principal singer at the Slovak National Theatre since 1989. He has also appeared as a guest artist at opera houses in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, France, Norway, Egypt, Canada, the United States, Japan and the Czech Republic. He has particularly excelled in portraying roles from the operas of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Giacomo Puccini, and Giuseppe Verdi.
The 2010–11 Slovak Cup was the forty-second season of Slovakia's annual knock-out football cup competition and the eighteenth since the independence of Slovakia. It began on 23 August 2010 and will ended on 8 May 2011 with the final. As the 22nd ranked league system using the UEFA coefficient, the winners of the competition will earn a place in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
The 2011–12 Slovak First Football League was the nineteenth season of the Corgoň Liga, the first-tier football league in Slovakia, since its establishment in 1993. It began on 15 July 2011 and was completed on 19 May 2012. Slovan Bratislava were the defending champions, having won their sixth Slovak league championship at the end of the 2010–11 season.
The Slovak Women's Cup is the annual cup competition of women's football teams in Slovakia. It was established in 2009.
The 2016–17 Slovak Cup is the 48th edition of the competition. The winners of the competition will qualify for the first qualifying round of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League.
The 2019–20 Slovak First Football League was the 27th season of first-tier football league in Slovakia since its establishment in 1993.
Laura Ľupťáková is a Slovak model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Slovensko 2014 and Miss Universe Slovenskej Republiky 2019. She represented Slovakia at the Miss World 2014 competition and again at the Miss Universe 2019 competition.
The 2021–22 Slovak Cup was the 53rd edition of the competition.