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Czechia in 30 Minutes examines why Andrej Babiš is back in the political spotlight. Daniel Kaiser, journalist and keen observer of Czech politics, shares his insights into coalition talks and public sentiment. Host Vit Pohanka asks what this comeback means for the country's future direction.
On today's show: Future Czech government divided over inclusion in schools as debate echoes global culture wars; new U.S. ambassador to the Czech Republic highlights defence cooperation; goldsmith and jewellery designer Zdenek Vacek discusses his current retrospective in Prague – including an object containing one of his parent's ashes.
On today's Czechia in 30 Minutes show: Ji.hlava Festival kicks off; Czechia to ban hen cages by 2027; essential tips on learning Czech from linguist Danny Bate and his new book, Why Q Needs U. Enjoy!
New report reveals that poverty affects up to one fifth of Czechs, Medieval-style wooden chapel near Brno wins National Architecture Award, ‘Praying Wood', Krištof Kintera's new sculpture, unveiled on Štvanice Island, Concrete, rubble, and renewal: The curious story of Rohan Island
Surge in hepatitus cases, horse-drawn carriages banned from city centre, Music on Request project
Dita Kraus: the "Librarian of Auschwitz", From peas to barley - Czechia adds 150 seed samples to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, From Banat to Brisbane: Czech schools abroad keep language and heritage alive, Brutal murders and prostitution: The dark side of early 20th century Prague
The weekend edition of Czechia in 30 Minutes revisits the story of the Jan Hus Educational Foundation, a British initiative that secretly supported Czech and Slovak thinkers during communism. Among its quiet heroes were Barbara Day and Nancy Durham, whose courage helped preserve independent education and free expression. The legacy of the Jan Hus Foundation is now honored in a new exhibition in Brno called Sparks of Freedom.
News, what do travellers need to know about the EES system, 3,000-year old bronze vessel to go on display, interview with actress Zuzana Stivinova
Future Czech government line-up on hold, as police investigate ministerial candidate for hate speech. Archaeologists discover three-thousand-year-old settlement in the Pardubice region. And through the work of Czech NGO Koridor UA, we take a look at what everyday life is like in parts of Ukraine and what it means to help on the ground.
Czechia to receive Guest of Honour title at the Frankfurt book fair; the sounds of Czech bells stolen by the Nazis; a stroll through Prague's oldest botanical garden
Signal Festival to light up Prague for the 13th time; New Brno exhibition tells the story of how Oxford philosophers supported Czech dissidents; The hope of Czech AI Matyáš Boháček talks about hopes and concerns for the future of AI
A racism scandal is putting talks to form a new Czech government at risk. President Petr Pavel highlights the threat Russia poses to Europe during his speech at the Forum 2000 international conference. An interview with the translator, Susan Reynolds, of a new editon of Czech classic The Grandmother.
In this week's Czechia in 30 Minutes, we head back to Ostrava, once one of the industrial hearts of Czechoslovakia. The city is still losing young people, but its leaders hope that education, science and culture can reverse that trend. A visit to the University of Ostrava's new city campus shows how modern laboratories, art studios and sports facilities are helping to transform both the university and the city around it.
In this week's Czechia in 30 Minutes, we head back to Ostrava, once one of the industrial hearts of Czechoslovakia. The city is still losing young people, but its leaders hope that education, science and culture can reverse that trend. A visit to the University of Ostrava's new city campus shows how modern laboratories, art studios and sports facilities are helping to transform both the university and the city around it.
Brno's Moravian Autumn Festival to celebrate Sir Charles Mackerras, the great champion of Czech music, Falcons hunt bait carried by drones at Czech Falconry Festival, Richard Harry Fletcher: The English jockey who became a legend of the Great Pardubice
News, a new retrospective on photographer Dagmar Hochová, the student-run FOFR Film Festival, and a look at Folimanka Park, which inspired Dan Brown
Czech elections 2025: a record number of women elected to parliament, Prague's Designblok 2025 celebrates courage in design with guest of honour Mary McCartney, Has the left failed in the Czech Republic?
News, ANO leader faces tough coalition talks, writer and dissident Ivan Klima dies at 94, Geocaching in Czechia
In this weekend edition of Czechia in 30 Minutes, we revisit the milestones of Czech parliamentary elections since 1990. Political scientist and commentator Jiří Pehe reflects on the rise of Klaus and Zeman, the “opposition agreement,” and the dominance of new movements like ANO. As voters head to the polls again, Czechia in 30 Minutes puts the past 35 years of free elections into perspective.
On today's Czechia in 30 Minutes show: this year's Ostrava international puppetry festival, Spectaculo Interesse; day of Architecture festival spotlights Czech women architects past and present; and for our feature, Prague-based director Tereza Nvotová discusses her film Father, which is about a man who causes the death of his small daughter.
News, Moravian Karst caves make bid for place on UNESCO World Heritage List, NASA's Europa Clipper mission gets support from Czech scientists, Rekino projects gives old cinemas new lease on life
President Pavel addressed the nation ahead of elections, bunkers for sale in Czechia, Lednice Chateau
Fake accounts on Tik Tok linked to elections, contaminated land sold to unsuspecting clients in Ostrava suburb, historian Jiří Kluc
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
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.
“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
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
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!
Czechia not ready to recognize Palestinian state yet, Chinese Imperial Art in Prague, stoy of Czech chocolate brand
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”
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
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
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
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
Interview with Constantin Kinsky, member of the Czech nobility.
Gems from the Baroque Renaissance, Biedermeier and Art Nouveau period to be sold in online auction, Lidka Chocolate- a famous brand with a history
Czech reactions to drone attack on Polish territory, history of ferries on the Vltava, visit to Prague's Jewish Quarter
Statue of St.Ludmila recovered, traditional ceremony at Pilsner brewery, exploring Prague's hidden passageways
Tick-borne diseases on the rise, Cosmas anniversary highlights lack of modern-day chroniclers, Gustav Mahler and the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands
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
Journalist and podcaster Julie Urbišová reflects on life between cultures—Czech, American, and Turkish.
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
Revised War Veterans Act opens the way for better care for country's war heroes, From Sydney to Bohemia: Unique toy collection donated to Chrudim museum, Prague's D line: Why is the city getting a fourth metro line?
Czech Studies at the University of Vienna is celebrating an incredible 250 years, what are the chances of a train-tram being introduced in Czechia, interview with Martina Dvořáková
On today's Czechia in 30 Minutes show: Historic US Open quarterfinals for Czech tennis as four players reach the last eight; international Organ Festival in Olomouc celebrates Baroque masters Bach and Handel; and for our feature, our interview with Jiří Pehe in wake of the attack on opposition leader, Andrej Babiš.
On today's Czechia in 30 Minutes show: Deadly myxomatosis hits hares in southern Moravia: experts warn of serious risk'; Czech teacher salaries continue to lag behind OECD average, but why?; and for our feature, we meet Barbora Baronová, who says she puts all her own money into her feminist publishing company – and can only afford to do this as she has no children. Enjoy!
Interview with American film director David Borenstein, author of the award-winning documentary “Mr. Nobody Against Putin” and a closer look at the many historical house signs in Prague's Lesser Town, which once served in place of numbers.
News; Lost manuscripts of The Good Soldier Švejk found after 90 years in Prague archive; Conservationists ringing alarm bells over surge in poisonings of wild birds and animals; Is Czechia's view on Israel changing? The ambassador to Israel responds to criticism in exclusive interview.
19 EU countries propose monitoring communications in the EU, but what would that mean for privacy?, Tigers in Kletečná should be turned over to the state, Minister Hladík promises “tough action” against illegal breeders, Jeff White on why shortwave radio still matters: HFCC Conference in Prague
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