Czechia in 30 minutes

All the news in politics, culture, sport and science, along with in-depth reports and fascinating interviews, from Radio Prague International. Everything you need to know about the Czech Republic. Every weekday and Saturday.

Tik Tok disinformation, contaminated land sold in Ostrava, historian Jiří Kluc

Fake accounts on Tik Tok linked to elections, contaminated land sold to unsuspecting clients in Ostrava suburb, historian Jiří Kluc

09-30
27:25

Economists urge smarter taxes, Celtic treasure and para athlete David Kratochvil shines at World Championship

Economists urge smarter taxes, Celtic treasure uncovered in western Bohemia and David Kratochvil breaks world record in men’s 400m freestyle at the World Para Swimming Championships

09-29
29:23

Fruit distilling, replicas of Czech crowns, and David Mareček on the Czech Philharmonic

Insights into this year’s Czech wine and brandy production. An unusual exhibition of replicas of crowns worn by rulers on the Czech, Hungarian, and Austrian thrones on show in Turnov.  And, David Mareček, head of the Czech Philharmonic, on this edition Prague Talk.

09-26
29:13

Havel Lifetime Award for Joan Baez; Czechia’s 1st quantum computer VLQ; Příbrský saves Slow Loris

“An exceptional award for exceptional people”: Joan Baez to receive Václav Havel Centre Lifetime Achievement Award, Quantum leap in Ostrava: Czechia’s first public quantum computer VLQ officially starts working, From Prague to Sumatra: František Příbrský and the fight to save the Slow Loris

09-25
32:33

Czech Radio orchestra's new chief conductor, Cosmas exhibition, Serge Borenstein

Elias Grandy named new chief conductor of Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Cosmas exhibition opens in Prague, Belgian-born developer Serge Borenstein on his work in Prague

09-24
29:27

Czechs call for resilience as war risk looms, Kafka film in cinemas, Lasvit's Herbarium gift to UN

On today's Czechia in 30 Minutes show: Czech leaders call for national resilience as war risk grows; Agnieszka Holland’s new film hits Czech cinemas on Thursday; Lasvit’s Herbarium unveiled as Czechia’s official gift to the United Nations; and, for our feature, a tour of Kutna Hora’s most famous locations in Kingdom Come: Deliverance II. Enjoy!

09-23
25:49

Czechia on Middle East conflict, Chinese Imperial Art in Prague, Lidka chocolate

Czechia not ready to recognize Palestinian state yet, Chinese Imperial Art in Prague, stoy of Czech chocolate brand

09-22
28:44

Masaryk’s “last words” envelope opened, Jan Masaryk’s art collection, A “Stolperstein” laid for Pavel Tigrid, Otto Eibl on Czech elections 2025

Masaryk’s “last words” envelope opened: insights into a nation’s founding president, Jan Masaryk’s art collection, gifted to the Czech state, comes “home”, A “Stolperstein” laid for Czech writer and journalist Pavel Tigrid, Otto Eibl on Czech elections 2025: Fiala’s legacy, Babiš’s legal woes, “threats to liberal democracy”

09-19
29:03

Masaryk’s great-great-grandson Tom Kotík, Švanda Theatre North America tour, Czech hitchhikes US for free

Masaryk’s great-great-grandson Tom Kotík on art, music, and the family legacy, Švanda Theatre’s North American tour to celebrate Salivarová and Škvorecký, Have mullet, will travel: Czech hitchhikes across US for free

09-18
29:29

Výtoň Bridge to get new lease on life, Zavolíme! student-led election debates, Psychiatrist Tomáš Páleníček

Prague’s Výtoň Bridge to get new lease on life, Student debate organizer: “If you want young people to believe in politics, they must get involved”, Tomáš Páleníček: There's a continuum of experimental psychedelic use in Czechia

09-17
29:23

New DroneMap app, Czech crown jewels go on display, Mapamátky project

New DroneMap app brings clear rules for drone pilots in Czechia, Czech crown jewels go on display in Prague, highlighting their fate in World War II, Mapamátky project offers unusual walks through Prague

09-16
29:44

Czech helicopter unit helping Poland , Soňa Červená exhibition in Prague, Translator Isabel Stainsby

Czech helicopter unit helping to defend Polish airspace against Russian drone incursions, Soňa Červená exhibition at Prague museum marks 100th birthday of legendary opera singer, Isabel Stainsby: My parents said, “We forbid you from studying Czech” – Don’t say that to a teenager

09-15
29:17

Czechast with Constantin Kinsky

Interview with Constantin Kinsky, member of the Czech nobility.

09-13
29:12

Arthouse Gallery auction, Kutná Hora’s Chocolate Museum

Gems from the Baroque Renaissance, Biedermeier and Art Nouveau period to be sold in online auction, Lidka Chocolate- a famous brand with a history

09-12
28:42

Reactions to drone attack, ferries on the Vltava, Prague's Jewish Quarter

Czech reactions to drone attack on Polish territory, history of ferries on the Vltava, visit to Prague's Jewish Quarter

09-11
28:20

Art-theft, ceremony at Pilsner brewery, Prague passageways

Statue of St.Ludmila recovered, traditional ceremony at Pilsner brewery, exploring Prague's hidden passageways

09-10
27:05

Tick-borne diseases on the rise, Cosmas anniversary, Gustav Mahler

Tick-borne diseases on the rise, Cosmas anniversary highlights lack of modern-day chroniclers, Gustav Mahler and the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands

09-09
27:59

Memorial to Czech RAF pilot František Hekl, Mystery Formula 1 driver from D4 motorway apprehended, Interview with historian Ivan Puš

Memorial to Czech RAF pilot František Hekl unveiled in Scotland, Mystery Formula 1 driver from D4 motorway apprehended after 6 years of cat-and-mouse, A brief history of Jewish identity and belonging in Czechoslovakia

09-08
23:54

Julie Urbišová on yoga, motherhood and identity

Journalist and podcaster Julie Urbišová reflects on life between cultures—Czech, American, and Turkish.

09-06
29:30

UNICEF exhibition traces Czechia’s engagement in helping to improve children’s lives, Rare total lunar eclipse in Czechia, Anna Shavit on 2025 election

UNICEF exhibition traces Czechia’s engagement in helping to improve children’s lives worldwide, “Blood” Moon to rise over Czechia in rare total lunar eclipse, Anna Shavit on campaigning with early ANO, “very polarised” 2025 elections – and potential coalitions

09-05
29:07

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