On August 29, 2021, celebrations were held in Slovakia to mark the 77th anniversary of the anti-Hitler Slovak National Uprising (Slovenské Narodne Povstání, SNP, August 29 - October 28, 1944).
The main events of the celebration took place at the Museum of the Slovak National Uprising in the town of Banska Bystrica. It was in this city that the headquarters of the international rebel movement was located.
On August 27, the final day of two-week online advanced training courses "Modern trends of Russian as a foreign language and methods of teaching it in a foreign language environment" for foreign teachers of Russian language and literature took place, in which Slovak teachers of higher educational institutions from different cities of Slovakia also took part.
On the eve of the new academic year, from August 16 to August 29, 2021, Russian language teachers from Slovak universities are taking part in a two-week online advanced training course "Modern trends in Russian as a foreign language and methods of teaching it in a foreign language environment."
June 27, at the Russian Center of the European Foundation of Slavic Literature and Culture, a solemn awarding ceremony was held for the members of the Slovak team that took part in the International Online Olympiad in mental arithmetic "Akira Battle - The Invasion of the Magicians".
On June 22, Bratislava honored the memory of those killed during the Great Patriotic War. At the monument to the soldiers-liberators at the Slavin memorial complex, commemorative events were held with the lighting of candles, the laying of flowers and wreaths.
On June 6, the International Literary Online Marathon "Reading Pushkin's Lines" started in Slovakia.
The event is timed to the Day of the Russian Language, which is celebrated on the birthday of the classic of Russian literature - Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin.
