Weekend selection: What is the secret of health even after the seventy?

Pleasant weekend! She never ranked to be the center of attention. When she won the Coca-Cola Popstar competition in 2003, she first refused the victory.

Singer and illustrator Zuzana Smatanová still has a fixed place on the Slovak music scene after more than 20 years, and after going through burn -out and depression, he also enlightenment about mental health. In an interview with reporter Michal Dudoň, he also talks about why she never sang for politicians and whether it was difficult to stay faithful to himself.

Although in Slovakia the research of historical executions has been delayed by several decades, the so -called. Sibenic teams. Reporter Peter Getting explains in the text why it is important to explore places such as executions and what our archaeologists have managed to learn so far.

We also bring you reviews for film news, editor Kristína Kúdelová writes about the series Hite Dept Q and the new film about the accident of submarine Titan.

Colleague Monika Moravčíková, who is involved in healthy science, also writes about new research who has proven that women who drink coffee, age healthier, and Renáta Filo, who is in charge of the Tech section, explains what traditions are to celebrate the solstice and when we are waiting.

Zuzana Smatanová: I never took performances on political campaigns and I will never do it

A few years ago she went through burn -out and severe depression. Since then it has been spreading awareness of mental health. She also reported when Minister of Culture Martina Šimkovičová criticized the former director of Bibiana that she employed two people who attended a psychiatrist.

« I would have spoken at any time if any public official or publicly known person said. explains in an interview for SME Zuzana Smatanová.

As she says, she gradually found the meaning of life in ordinary being. She also realized that she might not be a perfectionist. « I don’t have to do things at 120 percent anymore. 95 is enough, » he says.

Who knew him knows he was a psychopath. The implosion of the submarine Titan was mainly caused by the pride of its creator

Pilot of the submersible vessel Titan Stockton Rush (left), director of Oceangate. (Source: TASR/AP)

He wanted to be as Bezos and Musk, he wanted to be one of the « men with a big bird ». He longed for immortality or at least glory after his death, and he did it.

In his youth he devoured Star Wars and Star Trek, dreamed of conquering the universe. He then realized that the expeditions for adventure could also be undertaken under the sea, so he started to develop a commercial type of submarine with experts from the University of Washington.

His business plan was to bring tourists to the Titanic wreck and sell them an experience that even the most perfect 3D animation couldn’t convey. Stockton Rush did everything to get to his goal.

When in June 2023, his submarine named Titan implies in the Atlantic Ocean near Newfoundland, Canada, few had such a wide imagination to be able to cover what a physical phenomenon is.

The second unknown then remained, how someone could allow that the submarine without any certificates could even sail. The World Media has not yet had enough information about the fact that The huge tragedy was mainly the huge and uncontrollable human ego.

Vajano, Sobotka and Pool skipped in Slovakia. When will the solstice be in 2025?

The celebrations bathed. (Source: Adobe Stock)

Summer solstice and thus the longest day of the year falls on Saturday 21 June.
On this day, the Earth’s tilt will be the North Pole to the Sun in its maximum position. Maxim will take place on Saturday 21 June at 4.42.

The summer solstice also means the official beginning of the astronomical summer, the meteorological summer began on 1 June.

In history, the solstice was of great importance for people and their crops. With various magical rituals, they summoned their happiness in the management and watched the weather to estimate what the crop would be.

The solstice day was considered magical. Many of the celebrations have persisted in the world to this day.

Even in Slovakia, there are already gallows teams. They are exploring both scaffolds and hangers

Šibenničnič hill above Holíč. (Source: Peter Grznár)

From the Vrška nad Holíč you can see far. The city with the castle is located down, and to see from here to nearby Moravia. There are pastures around. A chapel is nearby.

It’s not by chance. It was here that they once led to the convicts’ scaffold, the last chapel was prayed for the last time, waiting for their rope or sword. As in many of our cities, the executives remained hanging on the gallows for a warning to others until Kat fell into a pit.

When research by archaeologists began in this place in 2022, it was at all First research of this kind in Slovakia. The excavations soon revealed numerous evidence of the dark past of this place.

Already in the excavation of the first archaeological probe they encountered a skeleton. Then they found that it was a place of stone brick gallows, and they also discovered its foundations. The skeleton was far from the last.

Degraded cops are a hit. After completing psychotherapy, their strength may still grow

Matthew Goode has the main role in Dept Q. (Source: Netflix)

Is arrogant. He has a disrupted family life. Talking to his neighbors or colleagues seems unnecessary to him, because no one reaches his intelligence, best he feels when he is alone.

A police officer with such a personality profile has become the basic element of successful criminal novels, films, series in recent years. Today it is basically a cliché and a stereotype, but it seems to the audience to work.

Arrogant and non -social is also inspector Carl Morck of Edinburgh, the main character Scottish series Dept Q, Department of Qcurrently very popular on Netflix.

Among his Scottish colleagues, Morck still has the minus that he is an Englishman. Moreover, in the eyes of his superiors, he is temporarily disqualified that he was seriously injured in the service and the traumatic experience does not allow him to fully perform the field work.

The best films of the year 2025: Černák, sinners, Czech hit and ageless Tom Cruise

Illustrative photo. (Source: CLOSER/Lionsgate, DreamWorks, Universal, Warner Bros)

In the cinemas we have the opportunity to see several excellent films. They scored the mafia film Černák, unusual sci-fi, a new Czech-Slovak fairy tale, but also a Czech hit about drug cookers.

This one List of the best films of the year 2025 We will regularly complement the top comedies, action or romantic films, as well as new sci-fi films and warfarers, which will be in our cinemas or streaming platforms.

He was nicknamed a man with a golden hand. His blood saved more than two million children

James Harrison on his last, 1137. Blood donation. (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

He didn’t like the feeling when a needle slowly killed his vein. Her sharp tip always made him nervous, and every time he turned his eyes away than to look at the scene.
Despite the aversion to the needles, however, Australian James Harrison exhibited voluntarily. Approximately every two weeks from the eighteen years he visited the blood bank and looked for his sleeve to the elbow.

A small discomfort tolerated bravely because he knew that His blood saves lives. It contained a rare antibody that allowed countless mothers, including his own daughter, to give birth to healthy children.

In six decades of regular visits to offtake centers, he has become one of the most fertile and possibly the most important donors in the history of blood donation.
He donated blood and blood plasma 1173 times. Fourteenth June we commemorate World Blood Donor Day.

The secret of health and bright mind after the age of seventy? Maybe it’s coffee

Illustrative photo. (Source: Adobe Stock)

He can kick quickly when one loses energy. It tastes great and smells. For many, it is a ritual that connects people and makes the wound more beautiful and bearable.
In addition, drinking coffee has an increasingly important place in health.

In addition to demonstrably reducing the risk of diabetes 2. Type, it protects against liver diseases, promotes weight regulation and is also related to less risk of depression, the latest research suggests that it can even contribute to healthy aging, especially in women.

The findings from a recent study presented in early June at the Nutrition 2025 conference bring encouraging news for women who cannot imagine a day without coffee.

A regular cup of a favorite drink can contribute to a longer life in a healthy body and with a bright mind.

Urbanist Štasselová: Safe Street is if you can go to the baby to buy ice lolly

Sandra Štasselová claims that schools in Bratislava are well placed and most children could go to school on foot. (Source: Archive of As)

She was also afraid of her son when he started to go to school alone. This is obvious, says Sandra Štasselová, who and colleagues work to become a safe city for children.

They are engaged in the mobility of children, especially in the morning when they move to school. « We found out that 95 percent of all children who live in Bratislava have 15 minutes to the catchment school, which is the perfect number, » says the Metropolitan Institute of Metropolitan Institute.

Many children could walk to school on footbut often their parents drive them by car.

« Because children do not move their neighborhoods themselves, their access to public spaces is limited. After school, they do not go with friends to bury the ball or sit on the bench because they don’t get there, » he says.

In doing so, if the public spaces are adjusted so that children can move on foot, it will be safe for everyone.

Baroque baro -baroque made a modern house inspired by sacral elements

Jan Žaloudek proposed a minimalist building inspired by Baroque, sacral motifs, but also local morphology. (source: boysplaynice)

Houses with the story have a special charm, especially if at the end there are satisfied residents. The story of the house we introduce to you was written by architect Jan Žaloudek together with his wife Jolanta Trojaková, who is the art historian and writer.

Both were looking for a place around Prague with a history where they could create unlimitedly, but also relax. Finding a property with the potential were trying for a long time, but since they failed, the search gave up.

« Suddenly a colleague came to me that he had found something for me, » recalls Jan Žaloudek. Since the architect knew that his friend knew his taste and feeling, they went with his wife to look at the parcel offered.

In this case, the « property » is a strong word. In the middle of the land in the garden, which once belonged to the castle, the dilapidated Baroque barn baroque. The husbands immediately knew they found what they were looking for.

On that day they made a deposit and became the owners of a new property. At the same time They stood at the beginning of a new storythat has its wonderful nooks, depending on which part of the story or house you are just located.

Weekend recipe

Pistachio cookies. (Source: Tortyodmamy.sk | FromMykitchendotcom)

They are green, healthy and tasty. Try out Pistachio goodiesthat will please not only the eyes

Thank you for spending part of your weekend with SME. We wish you a successful start next week and see you again on Saturday.