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Broadcast in English - 05/16/2026

May 16, 202627 min

Czech Radio Plus conference to spotlight Ukraine’s future and Europe’s defence strategy, Who is turning 100 and still making children laugh? Meet Hurvínek, Prague Fringe at 25: Steve Gove and Angus Coull on turning an idea into a leading fringe festival

May 15, 202629 min

Daniel Žižka takes Eurovision stage with Crossroads, Popular Czech bedtime story character Maxipes Fík turns 50, Baba, Prague’s modernist plateau

May 14, 202629 min

Pundit on Sudetens "controversy", skull theft curse warning, Book World Prague head

May 13, 202628 min

Wolfgang Beltracchi exhibition, new app helping adapt to climate change, Šumperaky houses

May 12, 202629 min

Slavia fan on shocking derby scenes, Czech-Italian Nico Moro sets off on another epic walk for a cause, Interview with Prague Spring artistic director Josef Třeštík

May 11, 202629 min

Looking at Czechia's communist legacy

May 9, 202629 min

Fighting the Nazis with humour: wartime broadcasts by the legendary Voskovec and Werich

May 8, 202630 min

Sudeten German Congress in Brno stirs controversy, WWII paratroopers get linden tree memorial, Vojta Náprstek Reloaded exhibition

May 7, 202626 min

Tens of thousands rally in Prague in support of public media, Prague fossil discovery, British Ambassador Matt Field on Czechia, Ukraine and role of public media

May 6, 202628 min

Prague Uprising remembered at Czech Radio, Anifilm at 25: myths, Japanese animation highlights, and Prince of Persia creator, Interview with linguist Julie Sedivy

May 5, 202629 min

Firefighters hold line in Bohemian Switzerland as drought fuels fire risk across Czechia, Priceless Great Moravia finds displayed in Modrá Treasury, From Prague to Australia: the lost photographs of Jiří Viktor Daneš

May 4, 202628 min

Broadcast in English - 05/02/2026

May 2, 202629 min

Blood in Bohemia: the dark story behind the murder of Saint Wenceslas

May 1, 202628 min

News, Peter Sís stamp, drought threatening harvest, trip toTelč

Apr 30, 202628 min

News, kratom intoxications on the rise, Baroque Štiřín Chateau still unsold

Apr 29, 202628 min

United Islands festival in Prague, Ledecka reshuffles team, Štvanice Island in Prague

Apr 28, 202629 min

Politicians clash over Czechia's defense spending shortfall, Czechia ranks high in Prosperity Index, but sociologist Daniel Prokop warns results can mislead, Klánovice Forest

Apr 27, 202631 min

Alejandro Cruz: a Mexican expat’s journey in Prague

Apr 25, 202627 min

“She remembered every word”: ex-ambassador recalls Queen Elizabeth II; The Přemyslids revisited at National Museum; Benjamin Souček on restoring homes and roots

Apr 24, 202629 min

Public service media debate escalates, Young Czech pianist Jan Schulmeister wins prestigious BBC music award, Dancing House exhibition marks 30 years of Prague landmark, A Czech Harry Potter collector: the Weasley twins are the quickest to send their aut

Apr 23, 202628 min

Plzeň 1945 celebrations, Composers Summit Prague, Mexican musician Omar Rojas

Apr 22, 202628 min

Amnesty on Czechia’s human rights record, Karlovy Vary festival to pay tribute to Havel, Vášáryová, Mariánské Lázně, Rare aardwolves born in Czechia, Women in high places

Apr 21, 202628 min

Govt. plane clash, Czech-made game takes UK prize, stinky cheese, real bagels in Prague

Apr 20, 202629 min

Czechia’s defence readiness: strong foundations, slower decisions

Apr 18, 202624 min

NATO chief Mark Rutte in Prague, Jan Potměšil death, Dvorecký Bridge opens in Prague

Apr 17, 202627 min

William Kentridge exhibition at Kunsthalle, Elias Grandy on leading the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, interview with linguist Jan Bičovský

Apr 16, 202629 min

Concerns over media independence as funding changes loom; Globsec: Czechia strong in defence, slow in crises; National Library in the Clementinum

Apr 15, 202627 min

Prague City Tourism, new implants, Czech "Route 66", financing of public media

Apr 14, 202627 min

Hungary after Orbán: What to expect from Péter Magyar, Czech women seal dramatic comeback to reach Billie Jean King Cup finals, Moravian Karst caves may become next Czech UNESCO natural heritage site

Apr 13, 202627 min

Petr Dudek: why Czech mood today may be worse than Havel's "blbá nálada" in the 1990s

Apr 11, 202629 min

Czech Pussy Riot radio play takes award; AI mayor; end of mining in North Moravia

Apr 10, 202628 min

Czech-Vatican treaty hits the rocks, National Collection of Bad Habits, Imrich Bugar dies, Holešovická tržnice

Apr 9, 202627 min

Pavel and NATO summit, WWII hero recalled, Prague 1990s expat press

Apr 8, 202626 min

Czech government introduces daily fuel price ceilings, economists remain sceptical, The most leaning tower in the world? Michalovice aspiring for place in Guinness World Records, How Pavlína Louženská reads the future

Apr 7, 202629 min

The Maidens' War -Czech legend, efforts to save St. Linhard's Church

Apr 6, 202629 min

Telling a country’s story to the world: Petr Brod about international media and RPI

In Czechia in 30 minutes, journalist and veteran broadcaster Petr Brod looks back at the history of international broadcasting and its role during the Cold War. He also reflects on how global media have changed in the digital age. And he considers what future there may be for services like Radio Prague International.

Apr 4, 202624 min

Alice Masaryk's "Easter truce" and Josef Šíma painting rediscovered

Alice Masaryk's "Easter truce" - a legacy of peace and compassion, Josef Šíma painting rediscovered after nearly a century to go to auction in New York

Apr 3, 202629 min

Mental health, digital risks and family conflicts among top priorities for new Children’s Ombudsman, Visual Computing and Game Design studies launched by CTU, “We could not rely on international law”: Matviichuk speaks to Czechs about justice in Ukraine

Mental health, digital risks and family conflicts among top priorities for new Children’s Ombudsman, Czech Technical University launches Visual Computing and Game Design studies, “We could not rely on international law”: Matviichuk speaks to Czechs about justice in Ukraine

Apr 2, 202629 min

Czechs end 20-year World Cup wait with dramatic win, Czech birth rate falls to lowest level since 1785, Prague’s National Museum to display Olympic gold medal of Olga Fikotová-Connolly, Library of the Archbishop’s Castle in Kroměříž

Euphoria in Prague: Czechs end 20-year World Cup wait with dramatic win, Demographers ringing alarm bells: Czech birth rate falls to lowest level since 1785, Prague’s National Museum to display Olympic gold medal of Olga Fikotová-Connolly, Library of the Archbishop’s Castle in Kroměříž, Following in Henry’s footsteps: KCD fans flock to real-life Bohemian locations

Apr 1, 202628 min

Czech-Slovak cabinet session, drink spiking, probiotic dental nanofloss

Czech-Slovak joint cabinet session, push to criminalize drink spiking, Czech scientists develop probiotic dental nanofloss, Pisek bridge

Mar 31, 202628 min

Editors vs. PM Babiš: Czech media push back over attacks on journalism, Czech experiment with cash and social help for homeless people challenges stereotypes, How Liberec Zoo became a global leader in bird of prey conservation

News. Editors vs. PM Babiš: Czech media push back over attacks on journalism, Czech experiment with cash and social help for homeless people challenges stereotypes, How Liberec Zoo became a global leader in bird of prey conservation

Mar 30, 202629 min

Knitting, films and trains: inside Olomouc’s most unusual cinema

Czechia in 30 minutes (weekend edition) explores a cinema hidden inside a railway station in Olomouc. The Waiting Room offers films alongside creative ideas—from community screenings to unusual clubs. It’s a reminder that cinema can still surprise, even in the streaming era.

Mar 28, 202629 min

Efforts to curb kratom use, Czechs beat Ireland in WC qualifier, Czech typography

Efforts to curb kratom use among teenagers, Czechs beat Ireland in World Cup qualifier, history of Czech typography

Mar 27, 202629 min

Svěrák turns 90, Figure-skating WC in Prague, end of coal mining in Ostrava basin

Oscar-winning film director Svěrák turns 90, Figure- skating WC in Prague, end of coal mining in Ostrava-Karviná basin

Mar 26, 202628 min

Czech, US nationals among suspects charged in Pardubice arson case, Prague’s National Museum sends mobile 3D digitization lab to Ukraine, Dozens detained in major match-fixing probe in Czech football, Lokšany Library

Czech, US nationals among suspects charged in Pardubice terror arson case, Prague’s National Museum sends mobile 3D digitization lab to Ukraine to protect cultural heritage, Dozens detained in major match-fixing and corruption probe in Czech football, Lokšany Library: The oldest castle library in Bohemia

Mar 25, 202627 min

Czech coalition moves to scrap licence fees for some groups, sparking backlash, new guide encourages visitors to explore the country with respect, who owns Czech football?

Czech coalition moves to scrap licence fees for some groups, sparking backlash, how to travel responsibly in Czechia: new guide encourages visitors to explore the country with respect, who owns Czech football?

Mar 24, 202627 min

Pardubice arms firm fire sparks debate over security, Českomoravská metro station reopens with bubble glass panels by Maxim Velčovský, Klánovice Forest: Prague’s largest woodland with a dark past and peaceful present

Pardubice arms firm fire sparks debate over security, Českomoravská metro station reopens with bubble glass panels by Maxim Velčovský, Klánovice Forest: Prague’s largest woodland with a dark past and peaceful present

Mar 23, 202629 min

From wartime love to life in Czechoslovakia: Joy Kadečková’s story of tragedy and hope

Joy Kadečková’s life was shaped by a promise she made during the Second World War to her Czech husband, an RAF pilot. After his death, she moved with their son to Czechoslovakia and built a life there through decades of political upheaval. In the weekend edition of Czechia in 30 Minutes, we bring you her extraordinary story from the Memory of Nations archive.

Mar 21, 202628 min

National Gallery Prague head unexpectedly dismissed, Giant E. coli lands in Brno for the Days of Electron Microscopy, Prague Castle research reveals hidden wilderness

Dismissal without explanation: National Gallery Prague enters uncertain chapter, Giant E. coli lands in Brno for the Days of Electron Microscopy, Prague Castle research reveals hidden wilderness

Mar 20, 202628 min