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Czechia in 30 minutes
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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.
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Black-clad broadcasters warn funding reform could threaten media independence, Closely Watched Trains turns 60, Amanita Design's Phonopolis
3d ago00:29:35Tap to summarizeBlack-clad broadcasters warn funding reform could threaten media independence, Closely Watched Trains turns 60: Revisit the station where the Oscar-winning film was shot, Inside Phonopolis, the striking new game from Czech studio Amanita Design
Transcribe →Prague approves new zoning plan, Jakub Menšík storms into Roland Garros semifinals, Mucha poster collection on display, Czech Academy of Sciences' song archive
4d ago00:28:19Tap to summarize“It’s a big moment”: Prague approves plan paving way for massive number of new flats, Czech tennis sensation Jakub Menšík storms into Roland Garros semifinals, The art that captivated Paris: Historic Mucha poster collection on display, Czech Academy of Sciences' digital archive of folk songs
Transcribe →From Czechia to Myanmar: Karlovy Vary unveils 2026 Crystal Globe competition line-up, Survey finds widespread experience of teacher-student relationships in Czechia, Stalin in Prague: A symbol of electronic music and free spirit
5d ago00:28:57Tap to summarizeFrom Czechia to Myanmar: Karlovy Vary unveils 2026 Crystal Globe competition line-up, Survey finds widespread experience of teacher-student relationships in Czechia, Stalin in Prague: A symbol of electronic music and free spirit
Transcribe →Czech hero honoured in Spain, system to help prisoners, New Czech dementia test
6d ago00:23:13Tap to summarizeA quiet Czech hero of WWII is honoured in Spain; a new system aims to help prisoners stay out after release; new Czech test may help identify dementia.
Transcribe →The massacre that helped create the Czech state? The bloody fate of the Slavníkovci
1w ago00:29:25Tap to summarizeWas the destruction of the Slavníkovci clan a ruthless act of political consolidation, or something more complex? In the weekend edition of Czechia in 30 Minutes, we bring you a shortened version of Blood in Bohemia episode, exploring the massacre that helped shape the future of Bohemia and continues to raise questions more than a thousand years later.
Transcribe →Night of Churches invites to explore and reflect all across Czechia, New gold coin celebrating Plzeň, Jan Zikmund on bringing today’s Czech writers to the world
1w ago00:27:40Tap to summarizeLeaning church or the deepest-sounding bell? Night of Churches invites to explore and reflect all across Czechia, New gold coin celebrating Plzeň sells for nearly CZK 60,000, “When I go to the US people only know Kundera” – Jan Zikmund on bringing today’s Czech writers to the world
Transcribe →Petřín funicular cars unveiled, Prague garden opens to public, eels saved
1w ago00:28:55Tap to summarizeNew funicular cars for Prague's Petřín unveiled; garden of notable Prague villa opens to public; Czech project saves eels.
Transcribe →FM addresses UN Security Council, Czech Senate turns 30, Folimanka Park
2w ago00:29:17Tap to summarizeFM Macinka addresses UN Security Council, Czech Senate marks 30 years since founding, trip to Folimanka Park
Transcribe →Richard Falbr, former union leader and politician, dies at 85, Child dies of diphtheria in Czechia, prompting renewed calls for timely vaccination, Klánovice Forest
2w ago00:29:20Tap to summarizeRichard Falbr, 1990s union leader and politician, dies at 85, Child dies of diphtheria in Czechia, prompting renewed warning against delaying vaccines, Klánovice Forest: Prague’s largest woodland with a dark past and peaceful present
Transcribe →Prague Sounds line-up, Belvedere reconstruction, Sudeten German gathering in Brno
2w ago00:27:20Tap to summarizePrague Sounds line-up, Belvedere reconstruction, Sudeten German gathering in Brno
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