Radio Prague International – latest broadcast in English

Broadcast in English - 11/17/2024

Broadcast in English - 11/16/2024

News; Velvet 89: educational new game presents events of 1989 to new generation; New exhibition showcasing photographer Helena Wilson opens in Prague; The life and lessons of the Moravian thinker John Amos Comenius

News; remains of only US pilot killed in Brno in WWII handed to US Ambassador; butter prices surge before Christmas; expat artists in Prague make art affordable for residents

News; Director of CzechTourism on the 2024 summer season; Prague Exhibition Showcases mushrooms; Urbanist at the Sustainable Urbanism Laboratory Zuzana Poláková on Prague

News; pensions increased for anti-communist dissidents; skeletons of three mammoths discovered in Brno; Alsu Kurmasheva on her nine-month detention in Russia.

News; Freedom Week to commemorate 35th anniversary of Velvet Revolution; St. Martin's Day in Czechia; Adam Stewart on Cimrman plays.

Broadcast in English - 11/10/2024

Czech-American community is as divided by the US presidential election as the rest of the country. We bring you 2 interviews from both sides of the diviide.

News; Czech FM Lipavský on future US foreign policy; Col. Jonathan Kitson on his diplomatic work and Poppy Appeal; CU Rector Milena Králíčková on US collaboration.

News; Jozef Síkela’s vision as European Commissioner; Mezipatra Queer Film Festival 2024 begins; Prague Civil Society centre on independent media

News; Trump US presidency impact on Czechia; National Museum exhibition celebrates Bedřich Smetana’s masterpiece; for our feature: Aleb – a wine bar in Prague.

On today's show: news; how Czech-Americans are planning to vote; six Czech songs included in EU songbook; Prague Talk with director Marie Dvořáková.

News; Czechs on the upcoming U.S. presidential elections; historic Torah, looted by the Nazis, finds new home in Liberec; Czech Space Week 2024 lifts off!

Broadcast in English - 11/03/2024

On today’s Saturday show, we’re revisiting the story of Vit Pohanka, among the Czech reporters kidnapped near Baghdad. Amelia Mola-Schmidt interviewed Vit to find out more.

News; Vyšehrad Bridge may be preserved; All Souls' Day trip to Prague; Metamorphosis: this year’s TEDxPrague; a visit to the Laichter House in Prague

On the show today: news; community childcare scheme may be rolled out in May; Czechoslovak soldiers killed at the Battle of the Dukla Pass have no memorial; Bouzov Castle's Trojan Horse.

News, de-mining system delivered to Ukraine by Czech volunteers, legendary Semafor theatre turns 65 and cafe May in Prague.

On the show today: news; cash donations to help Prague's homeless; Plzeň Zoo's giant tortoise lays eggs; PM Robert Fico tests Czech-Slovak relations; 'No One Stays Behind' performance premieres in Prague.

Broadcast in English - 10/28/2024

Broadcast in English - 10/27/2024

Broadcast in English - 10/26/2024

On the show today: news; final Czech Airlines flight; first Banksy piece on auction in Czechia; Bronze-Age sword found near Přerov; actress Róza Andělová on English-language theatre in Prague

On the show today: news; the debate over Andrej Babiš’s alleged collaboration with communist secret police; NATO's Czech recruitment drive; Jana Fischerová on Irish and Czech censorship.

News; Czech government invests in Rolls-Royce's modular reactor program; Czech military recruitment goals; archaeologists discover burial site; feature with Klara Votavova on the economics of austerity under Fiala

In the show today: News; Czechia plans to introduce refund on PET bottles; 100 year anniversary of Karel Čapek’ letters from England; Muchow's band Ecstasy of St. Theresa

In the show today: news; Pardubice ice hockey stadium set to be biggest in the world; Brno's beautiful Villa Arnold restored; Sergio Almedia on cyclists' rights and safety in Prague.

Broadcast in English - 10/20/2024

David Vaughan talks Audrey Knoth about the discovery from her Czech past that changed one American family's life.

News; animal cruelty on Czech farms; Identita exhibition shows story of Czech graphic design; international coffee festival in Prague.

On the show today: news; scientist develop probe to save infected trees; Prague Cemeteries and Funeral Services host open days; Moravian cimbalom player Matěj Číp on his journey to Berklee College of Music

On today's show: news; Czechia has been ranked second in fixed sports matches; new 'poetry jukebox' is unveiled at Prague Airport; we explore Prague's passages with architect Štěpán Beneš.

Broadcast in English - 10/15/2024

News; Experts creating 3D model of Terezín; Slavic fortress in Germany now under Czech ownership; Edith Pargeter: Murder-mystery novelist and self-taught Czech translator

Broadcast in English - 10/13/2024

Broadcast in English - 10/12/2024

News; new plans unveiled for Wenceslas Square; Jan Žižka's face reconstructed; 40 years since Jaroslav Seifert won the Nobel Prize for Literature

News; senate approves restrictions of kratom and HHC; land exchange in flood-risk areas; songbook marks Velvet Revolution; Veronika Novotna, Czech UN Youth Delegate.

News, Signal Festival in Prague, Czech scientists develop atomic antibiotics, portrait of Vaclav Havel "in his own words".

News; Czechia struggling with pensions reform; St. Wenceslas Vineyard on the slopes of Prague Castle; Disinformation in Czechia continues to threaten democracy

News; three-day strike by judicial workers; the recipients of this year's Thalia awards; Evan Rail on absinthe and its Czech connections

Broadcast in English - 10/06/2024

Broadcast in English - 10/05/2024

News, The European Commission calls on  Czechia to stop discriminating against Roma children, what are Czechs most concearned about and why? Duke Wenceslas Future Leaders Programme in Prague.

News; method to detect pancreatic cancer; solar bikes from Czechia to the Sahara; conductor Jakub Hrůša wins two 'classical music Oscars'; André Amalio theater performance

News; Czechia vetoes EU call for ceasefire in Lebanon; Designblok 2024 to celebrate youth and longevity in art; Marek Hovorka on 28 years of Ji.hlava

News, Adolf Loos building in Plzen to become museum, Kutna Hora featured in Kingdom Come:Deliverance II, life of Lidice survivor Jaroslava Sklenickova. 

News; ANO’s win in 2024 Czech regional and Senate elections; first-ever astronomical clock in US; Ministry of Foreign Affairs opens archives; Jirka Chroustovský interview.

Broadcast in English - 09/29/2024

Broadcast in English - 09/28/2024

News; a new report shows increase in social media addiction among teens; Czechs at the Brooklyn Book Festival; historian Rosamund Johnston on radio under communism.

News; Petr Pavel at UN General Assembly; Architecture Day explores places related to Kafka; initiative at Charles University seeks to change firearms laws

News; Czech government faces shake-up as junior partner may walk out; People in Need helping flood-hit regions; scientists say human activity partly to blame for floods

News; Old's Cool festival begins in Smíchov; the Serial Killer TV and internet festival kicks off in Brno; writer Jana Prikryl on her family's flight from Czechoslovakia.

News; Pundit on regional elections results; Prague aims to have a thousand charging stations for electric cars; Bruce Weber gets major retrospective in Prague

Broadcast in English - 09/22/2024

Harpsichord maker Jukka Ollika on making the Omniwerk, inspired by Leonardo da Vinci; Zlín: modernist architecture, bustling industry and big personalities

News; Voting in elections “tough test” for flooded municipalities; Biggest Czech festival of illustration and comics kicks off in Prague; Czech Please: You can eat as well in Prague as in major world cities

News; Prague rated the coolest student city in Europe; Ivan Theimer 80th birthday; Adam Štěch’s architecture and design exhibition Elements opens in Vienna.

News, Czechia gets International Partnerships portfolio in EC, government helping flood-hit regions organize voting in elections, trip to Loučen Chateau in Central Bohemia 

News; PM Fiala on solidarity in flood crisis, promises support at all levels; Bohemian crown jewels go on display at Prague Castle; interview with Veronika Novotna, who argues for amplifying voices of youth in politics.

News; Storm Boris swept across central and eastern Europe; Czech Red Cross on the ground helping those most hit by floods; interview with Euan Edworthy

Broadcast in English - 09/15/2024

Meet the Czech-US couple who’ve fostered 12 babies in 12 years; The mysterious, hidden Belveder near Kutná Hora

New;s Prague hosts the NATO Military Committee; the Jewish Museum in Prague celebrates 30 years since its return to the Jewish community; Vyšehrad's hidden treasures

News; new book pays tribute to pioneering ornithologist and resistance fighter Veleslav Wahl; Czechia braces for flooding; Czech soprano Nada Šormova to get Thalia Lifetime Achievement Award

News; Antonín Dvořák and his enduring connection to Central Bohemia; Rudolf Vrba and the horrors of Auschwitz; rigidity and outdated policies stifle Czechia's labor market

News; Brno chemists uncover real heat behind mislabeled chilli peppers; Czech political scene increasingly polarized ahead of regional and Senate elections

News; Czechs win 8 medals at the XVII Paralympics; Catastrophic year for distilleries, opening path for black market; Olomouc exhibition presents historic cookbooks; Milan Babík: Heading Havel Library after 30 years in US

Broadcast in English - 09/08/2024

In celebration of Dvořák Prague Festival; Brian Kennety interview with Douglas W Shadle

News; Fort Hanička: intended as a nuclear shelter during totalitarianism, now it functions as a museum; Dvořákova Praha 2024: A celebration of Antonín Dvořák’s legacy; Mykola and Mariia: Young Ukrainians in Czechia open up

News; Savarin Palace to open to public for Prague Art Week; Unprecedented bomb threats disrupt Czech schools at start of school year

News; Czech Constitutional Court ruling over home births; Nicholas Winton Street honors Holocaust hero; Czech scientists create new compound to treat obesity & Alzheimer’s

News, helpline says more children reaching out for help, Czech teenagers can get incolved in space project, interview with Veronica Tucker who authored a book about F. Kafka 

News; Unity and support for Ukraine at forefront of GLOBSEC Forum; Old boiler ban now in force in Czechia; Czech teenage swimmer wins two medals at Paris Paralympics, Interview with teacher Pavel Bobek

Broadcast in English - 09/01/2024

Czech Ambassador to Canada Martin Tlapa talks about his childhood in Prague before delving into the relations of the two countries and the need to support Czech-Canadians .

News; Globsec draws world leaders to Prague; “Invisible stamp” developed by Czech scientists could help identify stolen documents; Gustav Mahler: a world-renowned composer who drew inspiration from the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands

News; Czech scientist receives prestigious award for evolutionary microscope; MotoGP will return to Brno Replica of 18th century Czech pirate ship sails the seas!, On the trail of handmade glass in Harrachov

News; Czechia among leading consumers and producers of poppies; Czech expedition to explore possibly world's largest underground thermal lake; Award-winning graphic novel Heartcore

News; Czech ambassadors discuss future of Czech foreign policy; Plzeň residents facing a late summer bat invasion; Award-winning cafe opens new store in Vinohrady, Prague

News; Police union pushes for raises; Czech woman makes Western-style cowboy saddles for a living; Jaroslav Rudiš: Everything is connected in Central Europe

Broadcast in English - 08/25/2024

Broadcast in English - 08/24/2024

News, unexploded World War Two bomb found in Litvinov refinery, video projection in St. Jacob's Church in Brno, tour of Brno underground

News, postal vote for expats, Czech-Slovak shop in NY, interview with David Bradbury about life in Czechoslovakia after 68 invasion. 

News; Czechia marks 56th anniversary of the Soviet led invasion of Czechoslovakia; Film Waves; the memories of two prominent Czech filmmakers on the night of the invasion.

Broadcast in English - 08/20/2024

News, Kurt Gebauer installation, young people developing own lingo, Yoyo Store founder Jan Kordovský on the ups and downs of the Czech yoyo scene

Broadcast in English - 08/18/2024

Interview with David Linvingstone: an American in Olomouc

News, should kids be allowed mobiles in school? Conservationists call for special unit to protect wildlife, interview with adventurer Pavlina Adam

News, game developer on Russia's demand for ban on Last Train Home, Letni Letna circus festival, reconstruction of Savarin Palace

News, Czech army looking for recruits, twin wedding rings of Rožmberks on display, life and work of Anton Raphael Mengs

Broadcast in English - 08/13/2024

News, Czechia's five Olympic medals, archeologists discover remains of Neolithic settlement, Prague's Jewish Quarter

Broadcast in English - 08/11/2024

Interview with Karin Gifford, a woman with both Czech and British identities.

News, Chodsko folk festival underway, critically endangered peregrine falcon  thriving in Jeseníky, trip to Telc in south-east Bohemia

News; Czechia's housing marking is among the least affordable in Europe; art installation by Ester Geislerová has opened, titled What We Should Have Said But Didn’t; interview with Mason Parker.

News, antisemitism on the rise, app shows users Prague Castle underground, interview with Ed Ley, the Englishman recording the stories of Prague’s streets  

News: intolerance to the LGBTQ+ community in Czechia; on construction in Czechia; Nicholas Lowry's film IDENTITA: A Film About Czech Graphic Design.

News: Prague Pride Festival which has just begun; Czechia’s first Olympic medals; Veronika Tuckerová Reading Kafka in Prague: The Reception of Franz Kafka in Czechoslovakia

Broadcast in English - 08/04/2024

Ben Donenberg is a theater producer at the Shakespeare Center in Los Angeles. He visited Czechia to start work on a unique project with the Švanda Theater in Prague.

News, surfing on the Vltava River, Vinohrady Water Tower to be transformed into water education centre,Via Czechia pilgrimage trails

Vltava in Prague safe for swimming, says expert; Jiří Bubeníček's ballet masterclasses in Český Krumlov attract young dancers from around the world; Red tape: Rosamund Johnston digs into Czechoslovak Radio under communism

News, study looks into the roots of poverty across generations, trees as a barrier against noise pollution and a trip to the picturesque town of Mikulov in Moravia.

News; Prague 1 reintroduces a nighttime ban on vehicles in defiance of City Hall; a special map for Czech mushroom pickers predicts mushroom growth in different areas; CzechPlease, anonymous Prague food blogger who has built up a large online following

News, majority of Czechs dissatisfied with Czech politics, should Czech children start learning English at a younger age? Interview with pilot Richard Santus.

Broadcast in English - 07/28/2024

In-depth interview with Bijan Sabet, American ambassador to Prague. Topics range from his training in the art of diplomacy to his family background in the US.

News: Czech House public hub at Paris Olympics; climber Adam Ondra hopes to make up for Tokyo disappointment in Paris; UK man Ed Ley documents stories of Prague streets.

News; government agrees to nominate Jozef Síkela as new Czech EU Commissioner; mini Eiffel tower made out of recycled ocean waste erected at Olympic Festival on shores of Lake Most; Veronika Tuckerová, author of new book on how Kafka was perceived in Czechoslovakia under communism

News: canoeist Jiří Prskavec hopes to defend his Olympic title in Paris; three Czech films set to screen at the Venice film festival at the end of this summer; an interview with Yale historian Timothy Snyder.

News: National Theatre in Prague to undergo major renovations; world champions Schweiner and Perušič among Czechia’s Olympic hopefuls; summer Czech Course for Expats

News; Top Czech politicians to Joe Biden news; Lukáš Krpálek going for third judo gold at Olympics; Peter Zusi, a US academic teaching Czech literature in the UK.

Broadcast in English - 07/21/2024