Czechia in 30 minutes

Nest week, Czechia will be Guest of Honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair under the motto Czechia: A Country on the Coast. Ahead of the event, we meet Belgian intellectual-property lawyer and passionate reader Bart van Besien, whose Bookmarked Places project explores countries through literature. He tells us how visits to Czechia led him to discover writers including Bohumil Hrabal, Jiří Weil and Marek Šindelka – and what their books have taught him about the country.

News, municipal and Senate elections coming up, Drone Shield 2026, head of Galerie Rudolfinum Julia Bailey 

Villa Müller reopens to visitors, exhibition showcasing work of artist Kamil Lhoták opens in Prague and Czechs have developed a way to help cereal crops make better use of water and nutrients 

News, Egon Schiele's work on display, music conferences vying for artists, Malešice Botanical Gargen

Man shot during 1968 invasion identified, with bullet still in leg; Brno scientists develop glue that could help heal complex fractures.

In Monday's Czechia in 30 Minutes, we travel back more than a thousand years to the violent death of Saint Wenceslas. Historian Robert Novotný explains how a murdered 10th-century prince became the patron saint of the Czech lands and one of the country's most enduring symbols.

News, how EU citizens can vote in Czechia's local elections, LUSTR festival of illustration and comics, trip to Olomouc

President Pavel at UN General Assembly, stunning 1930's apartment opens to public in Brno, Ida the Young band to tour UK

Havel's widow entrusts legacy to Prague Municipal Library, the story of Karel Kuttelwascher, Czech flora atlas 

OnlyFans human trafficking case highlights growing sex crime online, Prague funicular back in operation, Vyšehrad Casemates: exploring Prague's hidden underground  

Czechia reaches Davis Cup final, UNICEF CR presents Paddington's Postcards, trip to Obora Hvezda in Prague

In the weekend edition of Czechia in 30 Minutes, Vít Pohanka speaks to Latvian-born Linda Zeilina-Cross, who chose Prague as the base for her work on sustainable finance in Central and Eastern Europe. She sees Czechs as naturally sceptical of new ideas, but says that once they are convinced, change can happen remarkably fast. Their conversation, recorded at Climate Week Prague, explores Czech attitudes to sustainability, investment and the country's potential for a greener economy.

Bohemian crown jewels on display, Havel's relationship with architecture and how he transformed Prague Castle, the campaign encouraging children to walk to school 

Student film Volklore wins silver at the film festival in Toronto, how many toxic sites need to be dealt with around the Czech Republic? Trip to Mikulov in southern Moravia 

News, Czech archaeologists comb site of former Soviet gulag in Kazakhstan, Dürer painting The Rosary Feast to undergo major restoration, trip to Prague's Bohnice district  

From mortgages to food prices: Climate Week Prague puts climate change into everyday terms, Czech government declares war on illegal kratom sales, raises purchasing age, Why study Czech today? Neil Bermel on language, translation and the future of Czech studies

Czech Radio testing new radio warning system for emergencies, Záviš Cross: Czech medieval treasure reveals hidden relic and misidentified gemstones, Jan Zikmund on bringing today's Czech writers to the world

Interview with historian Cynthia Paces. She is the author of Prague: The Heart of Europe, which traces the city's story from the 10th century to the modern era.

News, Letters to Olga -Vaclav Havels correspondence from jail, how have travelogues changed over the centuries? Trip to Mikulov, in southern Moravia. 

Czech Pavel Hlava on capturing unique images of 9/11, Could climate change threaten the quality of Czech beer? Researchers working on drought-resistant hops, Inside Phonopolis, the striking new game from Czech studio Amanita Design

News, Otto Jelinek obit, rare Gospel of Mark fragment leaves Prague for Italy, mobility on Czech labour market, Malešice Botanical Garden 

News, Hazardous chemicals in Sumava National Park, Czech classic Valerie and her Week of Wonders screened in Venice 

Antonin Dvořák anniversary, Linda Noskova in quarter-finals of US Open, craft chocolate compoany

Security incidents in Germany reverberate in Czechia, Masaryk death investigation, Dvorak Music Festival  

News, Previously lost play by Václav Havel, Warning, to get its first performance, Czech lace inspires new Žižkov mural by Polish artist, interview with Václav Bartuška, Czechia's ambassador to the United Kingdom.

Havel ALIVE festival, copy of Infant Jesus of Prague heading for Ireland, extensive atlas of country's wild plants nearing completion 

Czech demographic paradox and schools. Campaign encouraging kids to walk to school  Why study Czech today? Neil Bermel on language, translation and the future of Czech studies.

Brno's Štetl Fest celebrates Jewish culture; Radio Prague International marks 90 years since its first broadcast - listeners share their memories with us.

Czech Radio's international service is celebrating its 90th anniversary. What is Radio Prague International like today? How has it changed and who are the people behind it?

Prague and Warsaw have responded to a disinformation campaign falsely claiming Poland planned to seize Czech territory, Beavers fighting drought in Czechia are “ecosystem engineers,” says zoologist, Former president Václav Klaus says Czechia needs to “desubsidize” its economy 

Czech tennis players Karolína Muchová and Jakub Menšík claim their first Grand Slam title at the US open, Obnaženi festival brings together multiple generations, Filmmaker Karen Kruger about her documentary at the Jewish cultural Štetl fest

PM Babiš on Invalidovna overhaul: “It's a great project”, Returns to Brno: ŠTETL FEST revives the city's Jewish stories, Secret Soviet bunker built to survive a nuclear blast opens to visitors in Czechia, Why study Czech today? Neil Bermel on language, translation and the future of Czech studies

Liberec Zoo sea lion dies after swallowing child's toy, raising safety concerns, Prague's Rohan Island concrete plant could be transformed into urban farm. Kingdom Come and the real Middle Ages: Can video games teach us history?, TerraDrought: global real-time drought tool

Crystal Valley Week turns Liberec into a showcase of Bohemian glass, horseback archery slowly gaining ground in the Czech Republic, Evie Harbury on the magic of Czech cuisine

RPI history series Part 7 - signature tunes and significant broadcasts 

From Čapek and Einstein to Protectorate-era hockey and OMD. Dive into the 90-year history of international broadcasting that shaped the image of Czechoslovakia around the world and became the voice of hope, art and political propaganda.

Trauma of betrayal we should learn from: Political leaders honor victims of 1968 invasion, “He was sending a message to future generations”: Artist Hynek Martinec on Jan Palach's legacy, Broken angel, believed to have inspired one of Karel Kryl's 1969 protest songs, coming home

If pidgeons turned to gold -Czech film selected for 2027 Academy Awards, efforts to save critically endangered “glacial” plant, Ester Geislerová's new documentary  

Measures against drought, exhibition of 1968 letters to RPI, history of the Šumperak houses

Statue said to have inspired Karel Kryl returned for the August 21 anniversary; new anthology of Czech and Slovak Romany writing set for Frankfurt; Prague new circus fest.

Jan Svěrák's comedy Five Plums to hit UK cinemas under the title What a Way to Go, Pat and Mat turn 50: Czechia's clumsy handymen take DIY chaos worldwide, Inside Prague's summer school of Czech

Dive into the history of Radio Prague, which connected countries and offered popular music in exchange for political proclamations.