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Obonete Ubam - Chairman of the League of Ethnic Minorities

In many ways there's nothing unusual about my guest in this week's programme - he's a Czech who grew up in a small town in North Moravia, did his military service like…
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My Prague – Karel Och

Karel Och, who hails from a small town in the Vysočina region, is artistic director of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. For most of the year, Och and his…
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My Prague – Karel Och

Karel Och, who hails from a small town in the Vysočina region, is artistic director of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. For most of the year, Och and his…
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Some highlights of our Czechs in New York series

Earlier this year I flew to New York to record a series of special reports about Czechs in the city, visiting several important Czech institutions and speaking to dozens…
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My Prague – Zdeněk Lukeš

Zdeněk Lukeš is one of the country’s best known architects. During the 1990s he was part of Václav Havel’s team revitalising Prague Castle and he still works in its…
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Suzanna Halsey: I organised New York celebration of Velvet Revolution from offices of Penthouse

Suzanna Halsey is one of the most active members of the Czech community in New York and describes herself as an inveterate organiser. Alongside teaching Czech and other…
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Stephen Morris: Author of Prague-based urban fantasy “Come Hell or High Water”

Fans of urban fantasy may be interested to learn more about “Come Hell or High Water” a trilogy written by New York-based author Stephen Morris – a former Eastern Orthodox…
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Stephen Morris: Author of Prague-based urban fantasy “Come Hell or High Water”

Fans of urban fantasy may be interested to learn more about “Come Hell or High Water” a trilogy written by New York-based author Stephen Morris – a former Eastern Orthodox…
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Mailbox

Today in Mailbox: disappearing bazaars in Prague, the Mánes café, a photo featured in Mailbox on our website in September, the Czech Republic’s space satellites. Listeners…
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News

President’s chief bodyguard quits after security detail fails to react to pellet gun attack The chief bodyguard of the Czech president, Václav Klaus, has resigned…
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News

Saturday marks 90th anniversary of historic first broadcast by Czech(oslovak) Radio Saturday is the 90th anniversary of the first regular broadcast by Czechoslovak, later…
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News

Man caught trespassing in Lány Chateau dies A twenty-eight year old man caught trespassing in the president’s summer residence Lány Chateau died of a heart attack as the…
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Mailbox

This week in Mailbox: Response to Czech Books, Radio Prague's Big Band, Radio Prague's annual listeners' contest. Listeners quoted: David Eldridge, Peter Morpuss, Stephen…
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Václav Havel in underground poetry exhibit opens in Prague

Václav Havel is known as the first president of the Czech Republic, an anti-communist dissident, and a playwright. A new exhibition, which opened in Prague on Tuesday…
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Daily news summary

Foreign Ministry unable to confirm report about Czech nationals being taken hostage in Ukraine The Czech Foreign Ministry says it has no information which would confirm…
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From ballroom dancing to the Olympics - questions from listeners across the world

In this week's Mailbox, we have letters from the US, India and Ireland. Mohammad Shamim asks about Czech participation in the Olympics, Jonathan Murphy recalls his recent…
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Searching for love: fairy tales and real life

Spring is here and love is in the air - in this week's Magazine we'll take a look at two very different forms of courtship. One is an amateur children's performance of The…
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Yeltsin, Mozart, Chopin and other famous 'Czechs'

What do other Europeans know about the Czechs? This Tuesday saw the release of an unusual survey in the Czech capital.
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Mailbox

This week's topics: EU resolution on cigarette advertising, average wage, Czech arms trade, new autumn schedule. Listeners quoted: Paul Marsh, Barry Levingston, Justine…
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Mailbox

This week in Mailbox: the 20th anniversary of the start of the Velvet Revolution, reception in China, the story of Czech asylum seeker Ferdinand Platil in Canada in 1968…
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Ireland’s Good Soldier Švejk reaches Prague

All the characters in Máirtín Ó Cadhain’s great Irish-language comic novel Cré na Cille are dead. The title could be translated as Graveyard Clay and the setting is a…
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Summer school in Dobruška brings together Czech expats from around the world

Each summer the small eastern Bohemian town of Dobruška becomes a home to dozens of people from around the world who come to reconnect with the language and customs of…
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Mailbox

Today in Mailbox: Response to Radio Prague's special 80th anniversary broadcast, monthly listener's quiz. Listeners/readers quoted: Robert LaRose, Alan Holder, Claes…
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My Prague – Michal Bregant

Michal Bregant is the director of the National Film Archive, which is tasked with preserving the Czech Republic’s rich cinema heritage and oversees over 150 million metres…
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“I love to approach a story from several different angles” - David Vaughan on his new series No Night So Dark

No Night So Dark is a new radio series that explores the true story of a Jewish family living in 1930s Prague. We discussed it with its creator David Vaughan.
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