Lubomír Smatana
Slovak journalist Lubomír Smatana is Bratislava correspondent for the Czech public radio station ČRo. His recent book, entitled "Jánošíci s těžkou hlavou" (A headache for Jánosik), focuses on the day-to-day realities of life in this European country that extends from the Tatras mountains to the Danube.
Updated: 8 March 2010
In the run-up to the Slovak general elections on 12 June, the campaign has degenerated into a nationalist overkill contest. The latest brainwave: have the national anthem played at schools and town halls, on radio and television.