Broadcast Archive

Alsu Kurmasheva | Photo: Matěj Skalický, Vinohradská 12

11/12/2024

Matěj Skalický,
Jakub Ferenčík

“Now I Feel Safe”: Prague-based journalist speaks to Czech Radio after nine months in Russian detention

Alsu Kurmasheva, a Russian-American Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalist, was released in a prisoner exchange in August, following nine months in Russian detention.

Lidija Kovařík | Photo: Igor Suvorov, Radio Prague International

11/12/2024

New address: Czechia

“If we feel it from within, then life will surprise us”: Lidija Kovařík on her life and work with Prague’s Illusion Art Museum

Lidija Kovařík, originally from Croatia, is the managing director of the Illusion Art Museum in Prague. She tells us about her story and career.

Anthropos Pavilion | Photo: Moravian Museum Brno

11/12/2024

Archeology

Skeletal remains of three mammoths discovered in Brno city centre

Archaeologists in the Moravian city of Brno have unearthed the bones of at least three mammoths, alongside remains from other animals.

Illustrative photo: Archive of Radio Prague

11/12/2024

Vít Pohanka

Domestic affairs

Czechia increases pensions for people who fought against the Communist regime

As the country approaches the 35th anniversary of Velvet Revolution of 1989, hundreds of dissidents have been their income rise by an average of 4,400 Czech Crowns.

11/12/2024

Vít Pohanka

History

Freedom Week kicks off in Prague

Czechia approaches the anniversary of the Velvet Revolution and end of Communism in 1989. To commemotrate the historic milestone, Freedom Week kicks off in Prague.

11/11/2024

Czechia in 30 minutes (November 11, 2024)

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

11/11/2024

Danny Bate

Culture

Signal Festival applies for lease of magnificent yet empty Old Town Market

The company behind the popular annual Signal Festival is currently the only applicant for the lease of the Old Town Market (Staroměstská Tržnice).

Photo: Danny Bate, Radio Prague International

11/11/2024

Danny Bate

Culture

Roast goose, new wine and first snows: Czechia celebrates St. Martin’s Day

November 11th is the feast day of St. Martin of Tours, and Danny Bate spoke to diners at one Prague pub especially renowned for its St. Martin’s Day goose.

11/11/2024

Picture of the week

Memorial 1620: re-enactment of a military march from Rakovník to Bílá Hora

On the occasion of the 404th anniversary of the Battles of Rakovník and the White Mountain, the Bohemian troops set out again this year to meet their crushing defeat.

Adam Stewart | Photo: Ian Willoughby, Radio Prague International

11/11/2024

Ian Willoughby

Prague Talk

Adam Stewart: Many Czechs don’t believe Cimrman plays could possibly work in English

Adam Stewart is the founder of the thriving Prague Youth Theatre. He is also a leading member of the Cimrman English Theatre, which performs much-loved Czech comic plays.

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