From 8-10 February 2025, the team of Polish climbers consisting of Michał Czech, Maciek Kimel and Tomek Klimczak made the first free ascent of the classic 'Direttissima' on the east face of Rysy in ...

Slovakia’s High Tatras may soon feature in an international film production, after Hollywood actor and director Ben Stiller quietly toured the mountain range as part of an early location search for ...

Young alpinists Danny Mensik and Petr Vicha have made the first free ascent of 'Bílý Rys', White Lynx, a route established over a decade ago by Pavel Vrtík and Martina Kratochvílová on the NE Face of ...

This picturesque colourised postcard dating back to the beginning of the 20th century shows a group of skiers on the frozen Popradské pleso in the High Tatras. It is notable that all the women have a ...

Every week The Slovak Spectator brings you a selection of three short stories from across Slovakia from which pessimism and negativity are absent. Just hours after being elected, Pope Leo XIV is ...