Czechia in 30 minutes

News; “A five-star general of the army of chemists”: Scientist Josef Michl dies at the age of 85; Open House Prague kicks off this week; “A replay of a lost war”: Czechoslovakia’s 1969 hockey wins over the USSR – and ensuing riots

News; 250 crowns to ride Prague City Hall paternoster starting in June; Large brown bear spotted on outskirts of Czech city

Leading child cardiologist Jan Marek on the challenges and rewards of healing young hearts

News; Jane Goodall to visit Prague Zoo; Czech company testing new method for recycling plastics

News; Commentator ahead of the Ice Hockey World Championships; Klárov: Prague’s “secret metro station”; In Kafka's Footsteps

“That’s how his literature got into my stomach!” Arnošt Lustig’s daughter on new book about his life; Písek: small city with big history

News; trans rights advocate on Czechia's landmark constitutional court ruling; singer Aiko ready to rock Eurovision semi-finals; boss of American football club Prague Lions on why now is the right time to back the sport in Europe

News; Prague metro is celebrating 50 years of service; Property prices are rising in Czechia after period of stagnation; Štěpánka Jislová on her award-winning graphic novel Heartcore

Interview with Brian Jakubec on rediscovering the Bata legacy that shaped his life.

News; One of last two surviving WWII Czechoslovak RAF veterans turns 100; New exhibition presents hockey through the ages; Locksmith-turned-sculptor wows locals with his work

News; Eye of God restored to Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross; Kissing under cherry blossoms: Will climate change thwart Czechs’ May Day love ritual? ; Franz Kafka Museum

Special program devoted to Czechia's 20 years in EU

News; Czech zoologists get involved in efforts to save Tanzanian elephant population; Prague discussion hosted by protection group for Russian LGBTQ+ community aims to “build solidarity”

News; Property prices rising in Czechia after period of stagnation; Prague expecting influx of fans for Ice Hockey World Championship; Prague Lions boss on why Europe is ready for American football

Faces of Czech Music Podcast: The Kukal Quartet

News; “We punch above our weight”: Czech development cooperation in the spotlight; internationally renowned Czech video game gears up for sequel; Czech pilot who flew vintage plane all the way from Australia to east Bohemia

News; Czech National House in La Villette ready for Paris Summer Olympics; Prague 1 residents tired of constant noise from tourists; In Kafka's Footsteps Ep. 3

News; Roma Holocaust victims honored; Planning inclusive cities

News; expert on homelessness in Czechia: “We have high demand year round”; Friedrich or Bedřich? Novel highlights Smetana’s complicated background; trans man speaks about impact of Czechia’s forced sterilisation law on daily life

News; 58th Karlovy Vary preview; Old Town Square Christmas tree gets second life;  Nicholas Lowry on One on One

Vit Pohanka on his 2004 abduction in Iraq

News; study highlights Prague's distance behind Western cities; how sudden fall in temperature can affect Czech crops; Prague Uprising memorial to replace Konev statue.

News; creating deep fake porn could be made a crime under Czech law; Czechia is running low on paediatricians - what’s the impact?; Třešť: Franz Kafka’s frequent summer getaway

News; Fiala in the US; Implementing education about LGBTQ+; Písek: small city with big history

News, Prime Minister Petr Fiala meets with President Joe Biden, newly-renovated telescope is installed at the Stefanik Observatory, comic book of the year on toxic relationships.

News; PM Fiala: Israel has the right to defend its existence; Library of Lost Books; Foodbanks are like “first aid” for people experiencing food insecurity; Cricket in Czechia

The fascinating career of great Czech movie director Miloš Forman; Second Run DVD, the UK firm helping keep classic Czechoslovak cinema alive and available.

News;  No means no: Czech MPs vote to redefine rape as non-consensual sex; Expert: Adoption of antigypsyism definition a “significant move” for Czechia; In Kafka's footsteps

News; Study: Young Czechs are overwhelmingly “mild EU supporters”; Czechia active member of Three Seas Initiative; The story of surgeon Vlasta Kálalová Di Lotti

News; Cutting-edge technology to protect Prague’s Charles Bridge tower; Brno scientists investigate bacteriocins as alternative to antiobiotics

News; Czech government congratulate Pellegrini on his win in Slovakia – but how do they really feel about it?; tropical weather arrives in Czechia – what’s the climate impact?; the Imperial Spa in Karlovy Vary restored to its former glory

Being Czech-Vietnamese; Pilot flies vintage Aero 145 from Australia to Czechia

News; New lab studying dangerous viruses; Botas shoes; Tatra 77a restored; Natural wine bar in Prague

News; EP must respond to revelations Russia paying politicians; Controversial statue inspired by Francisco Goya gets new lease on life; European Sleeper launches Prague-Brussels service

News; musician leading Czech push for Gaza ceasefire says media bias is dehumanising Palestinians; Czech experts develop robots to help search for missing persons; interview with daughter of George Brady, Holocaust survivor who fled communism to escape to Canada

News; “David Černý on creating David Lynch head for LA; Handprints of celebrities captured in Bohemia crystal; creator behind Just Czech Things

Historian Vít Smetana on President Edvard Beneš' exile government in London

News; Czechs bust a Russian network paying off European politicians; Prague 1 tries to curb its depopulation problem; new exhibition presents a fresh perspective on Czechoslovak interwar art

News; Fears of AI-driven disinformation in campaigning to European elections; Prague housing crisis impacting “more people than it used to before”; “Things really went wild”: The 1969 Czechoslovak ice hockey riots

News; Amanita games wins prestigious prize in San Francisco; Czechs doing Erasmus reaches over 400,000; Heartcore

News; Carpenters make replica of 7,000-year-old wooden well using prehistoric tools; Chess players in Prague have their own café in Karlín; Red tape: Rosamund Johnston digs into Czechoslovak Radio under communism

Miroslav Srnka on episode three of the Faces of Czech Music podcast

News, renovated Maj department store to reopen soon, 60 years since Škoda 1000 MB was unveiled, Ukrainian refugees in Czechia.

News; 30 years of People In Need: a grassroots story; Czech glassmakers make medals for the Ice Hockey World Championships; interview with the US-born Peter Zusi, associate professor of Czech and Comparative Literature at the University of London

News; Czech government and opposition clash over “pacifist” language on Ukraine; New CAMP exhibition draws attention to importance of “living better with nature”; Hradec Králové: city where history meets modernity

News; “Very powerful”: New Havel doc gets special Prague Castle screening; “International experiences can change your life”: Exchange programs on the rise in Czechia; New game aims to make Kafka’s work more accessible to young people

News; Russians in Prague join “Noon against Putin” protests at home; “Culture defines a nation”: Head of National Library on urgency to preserve Ukrainian cultural artefacts

In the week of the anniversary of Jan Patočka's death, we hear from Ivan Chvatík, the man who has done more than anybody to keep the philosopher's legacy alive

News, Prague mayor under fire for going to work with whooping cough, scientists confirm first human presence in Europe 1.4 million years ago, monument to Roma children who were born and died in WWII camps.

News; State-owned forest company opens first plant for wild game; Thousand-year-old bone skate discovered in Moravian city of Přerov; From Czechia, to Toronto and Japan, the Brady family leaves a legacy

News, Prague joins ICORN network, street named after Alice Masaryk, Karel Čapek's birthplace

News; Enlargement “a good investment”, Clinton tells Prague NATO conference; Prague ranks best European city for nightlife – but is the title welcome?; Heartcore: award-winning graphic novel examines modern-day relationships

News; Clinton in Prague; TV mini-series Volga dominates annual Czech film awards; Expert: NATO membership makes Czechs safer than at any time

Raymi Britto on life in Czechia and his Instagram account

News; Pavel one year in office;  Prague draws red line in growing foreign policy discord with former sister state; Sparta concedes to Liverpool

News; 2024 One World to also show fiction films on human rights theme;  Forgotten sculpture designed by Jan Kaplický to go on display in Prague;  The Imperial Spa

News; French President Emmanuel Macron discusses new ways to help Ukraine on his visit to Prague; what’s behind the sudden rise of whooping cough in Czechia?; we speak to two of the real ‘Winton children' behind the new biopic One Life

News; European Commission promises to act on Czech objection to German gas transit fee; Brno scientists grow ‘mini brains’ to study Alzheimer’s disease; Project to revive abandoned WWII bunkers

News; Labour minister unveils list of demanding professions which will merit early retirement; Ukrainian tech start-ups to meet Czech investors in Prague; Andy Whiting from the National Czech and Slovak Museum and Library in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, shares a fascinating plan

“Things have changed for the better”: Raymi Britto on life in Czechia and his Instagram account

News; Josef Škvorecký’s library to open in his home-town of Náchod; Students create space app simulating life on the ISS; Simon Johnson, head of Czech branch of Crestyl

News; marriage equality campaigner says parliamentary vote shows Czechia still isn’t part of the West; Czech Tennis Federation gets embroiled in massive fraud scandal; as Bedřich Smetana's 200-year anniversary approaches, we take a closer look at one of his most famous operas

News; Czech book resale service aims to be “first choice for Europeans”; New study explores effect of sound on video game players; Czech comic book pays homage to Soviet-era superheroine Octobriana

News; Minister: Czechia wins broad support for shells-for-Ukraine plan in Paris; Banks placing obstacles in way of Czech arms exporters; New production brings communist-era dissident home theatre back to life; Harpsichord maker Jukka Ollika

Big differences among leaders of V4 countries ahead of Prague summit; new study to detect harmful chemicals in children’s bodies gets underway; how a Czechoslovak émigré established the Bača Cup tradition in Pennsylvania

Episode two of the Faces of Czech Music podcast, in conversation with mezzo-soprano Bella Adamova.

News; Sex helpline upgraded to cover sexual orientation and gender identity concerns;Franz Kafka and German-speaking literature focus of this year’s Book World Prague; Mykola and Mariia: Young Ukrainians in Czechia open up

News; Social geographer: Majority of Ukrainian refugees employed far below their skill level; Lost and found: 1935 passion play music score preserved in family archivePilot flies vintage Aero 145 from Australia to Czechia

News; how did the Pirate party beat government leaders the Civic Democrats in the latest poll?; a new bill proposes a minimum of one-third women in upper management positions in large companies; a trip to the newly renovated Automatic Mills in Pardubice

News; Army chief says military service may need to return; scientists prepare for a nuclear waste repository; and František Bělský, a successful Czech sculptor in the UK.

Interview with Jan Sokol, the noted Czech philosopher and one-time politician who died three years ago this week.

News; Official: “In-depth public discussion” on firearms critical in wake of December shooting; Project studies impact of wolves on Šumava forest regeneration; First Czech female rabbi Kamila Kopřivová

News; Disinformation in Czechia; Centenary of musician Jiří Šlitr

News: Petition responds to Catholic Church sex abuse cases; Prague 10 latest city district to rebrand itself; and Emil Holub, Czech explorer of Africa.

News; New production of Smetana’s Dalibor; AI recreates voice of Czech literary great Karel Čapek; Ambassador Emily McLaughlin: Canada and Czechia “share a lot of values”

News; Significantly less snow in Czechia’s future; Czech hedgehog: 1930s anti-tank obstacle also seen in today’s Ukraine; Peter Zusi on Karel Teige

John Bok: Eternal rebel who was Havel’s handyman then security chief

News: NGO helps students without Czech succeed; pear tree to represent Czechia in Europe; and it is 65 years since Jaroslav Heyrovský won the Nobel Prize for chemistry.

News; Czechs to abstain in EU migration pact vote; Sir Simon Rattle on his new role at the Czech Philharmonic; and Kutná Hora's little-known Belveder.

News, Are some lawmakers also spreading disinformation? A Lot With Little: new exhibition at CAMP, Richard Santus on how he flew a vintage plane from Australia to Czechia.

News; Czech toddler with rare genetic disorder recovering; 200-year-old Czech glassworks saved from closure

News; increasing numbers of children admitted to hospital after eating sweets containing HHC; Dry February: Does alcohol control you, or do you control it?; Czechia’s “zmijovka” hat: The West Africa connection; CzechTourism CEO on what country has to offer visitors

Interview with Venezuelan born Valerio Mendoza Guillén, co-founder of NGO La Casa Venezolana and documentary filmmaker

News; Biathalon; LISA space mission; Winton children

News; Czech government unexpectedly expands nuclear power tender; Czech start-up gives new life to used tennis balls; Czech artist reveals new mural; Mecca of Czech biathlon hosting 2024 World Biathlon Championships

News; government proposes radical overhaul of the Czech labour market – but would Czechs accept less security?; Project Manager for new Vltava Philharmonic says the eye-catching building will help modernise Prague; effects of Czechs’ penchant for beer on the country’s economy

News; Czechia facing dire lack of nurses; TI: Czechia lacks political will to fight corruption Czechia’s oldest beech tree discovered in Krušné Hory

News; Czechia and US sign huge defence deal; new Prague housing development pays tribute to Czechoslovak hockey heroes; Ed Ley, the Englishman exploring stories of Prague’s streets on social media

In conversation with Aid Kid - Faces of Czech Music

News: What next after postal voting clears first hurdle?; Czech WWII diplomat honoured for saving Jews; and TV series highlights daughter of National Revival figure.

News; Pehe: Gender focus in Czech Istanbul Convention debate aids Russia; Greenery on the green line; Canadian hockey players

News; Czech initiative to train young Ukrainian pilots brings “second wind” to students; Czech scientists set off for annual Antarctic expedition; Czech region with most UNESCO heritage sites may be one you've never even heard of

News; Conference marks 20th anniversary of Czechia’s accession to the EU; Czechia still not ready to move towards euro adoption

News; filmmaker Bille August; ‘80s INXS video

In-depth interview with Ivan Chvatík. He has done more than anyone to keep alive the legacy of Czech philosopher Jan Patočka and also has fascinating stories of his own.

News; case highlights treatment of rape victims in Czechia; Italian police recover 16th century Czech book; Economist Tomáš Dvořák on why Czechia is “sick man of Europe”.

News: Foreign Ministry pokes fun at Russian propaganda; first Czech centre for sexual violence victims; Mirek Gosney on his Nazi forced labour documentary.

News, Czech deputy foreign minister on Davos talks, a four-year old Czech girl reaches base camp of Mount Everest and birthplace of Czech music great Gustav Mahler.

News; President Pavel assures Israel of Czechia’s continued support in its war against Hamas; famous clock tower returns to Prague’s Florenc metro station; Instagram content creator with over 65,000 followers who says Czech humour is something we can all learn from