The summer season in the High Tatras begins this Sunday, meaning the trails are once again open to hikers. This includes ...

A beautiful baroque town in central Slovakia, Banská Bystrica is a good place for the more active traveler. It’s surrounded ...

Where the Low Tatras meet the Muránska Planina in central Slovakia, an ambitious restoration project is under way. The Coburg ...

Slovakia's Low Tatras range is part of the broader Carpathian mountains, which are spread across central and eastern Europe and are a known habitat for brown bears. Wildlife researchers estimated ...

LOW TATRAS NATIONAL PARK, Slovakia — In early spring, a Belarusian couple were hiking in the trailless crags of the western Carpathian mountains when they stumbled into a brown bear. They ran but were ...

A 31-year-old woman from Belarus has died after she was chased by a bear in the north of Slovakia, officials said. The Slovak Mountain Rescue Service said the woman's body had been recovered from ...

The woman, from Belarus, was walking with her male friend in the Low Tatras mountain range when ... featuring dense forest and steep ravines. The Slovak Mountain Rescue Service recovered the ...