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Exploring Richard Strauss’s Lieder with Jakub Hrůša

Conductor Jakub Hrůša has become a pop star of Czech classical music. Accompanied by Kateřina Kněžíková, he takes us on a journey through Richard Strauss’s Lieder.
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Broadcast in English - 01/25/2026

Broadcast in English - 01/25/2026
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Jakub Landovský: Europe learned the hard way that words are not enough

Former Czech NATO ambassador Jakub Landovský reflects on war, Europe and security in the Czechia in 30 minutes weekend edition.
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Jakub Landovský on Ukraine, NATO and Europe’s illusions

Former Czech NATO ambassador Jakub Landovský speaks candidly on war, power and responsibility in Czechast, the podcast in English about all things Czech.
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Police detain man suspected of acting for Chinese intelligence; Bartůňková enjoys breakthrough Australian Open run; Euan Edworthy on Czech-British relations

Police detain man suspected of acting for Chinese intelligence; Bartůňková enjoys breakthrough Australian Open run; Euan Edworthy on Czech-British relations
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Czech police detains man suspected of working for Chinese intelligence

The Czech police has detained a man suspected of working for a Chinese intelligence service and charged him with “unauthorised activity on behalf of a foreign power.”
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Czech teenager Bartůňková enjoying breakthrough Australian Open run

Nineteen-year-old Nikola Bartůňková has stunned world No. 10 Belinda Bencic at her first Grand Slam, reaching the Australian Open third round.
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Why aren't Czechs having more children?

Over the past five years, Czechia’s total fertility rate has fallen to below 1.3 children per woman—one of the steepest declines worldwide. What happened?
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Scientists craft intestine model, Prague unveils Miloš Forman Square, Czechia’s falling birth rate explained

Scientists in Zlín develop human small intestine model, Prague unveils Miloš Forman Square design, Czechia’s falling birth rate explained
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Prague unveils winning design for Miloš Forman Square redevelopment

Miloš Forman Square in central Prague will be transformed, with Danish studio ADEPT leading the redesign after winning an international architecture contest.
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‘No more animal testing’: Scientists in Zlín developing lab model of the human small intestine

Scientists in Zlín are developing an advanced model of the human small intestine. The main goal behind this effort is to replace animal testing in developing new drugs.
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Czech Press Photo awards, pucks for Winter Olympics are Czech-made, Czech type design

Czech Press Photo awards announced, pucks for the Winter Olympics are Czech-made, Czech type design
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Image of miner from soon-to-close coal mine wins Czech Press Photo

An image of a miner at work has won this year’s Czech Press Photo. Photographer Lukáš Kaboň captured life in the country’s last hard coal mine.
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From Moravia to Milan: The Czech pucks powering Olympic ice hockey

For the 2026 Winter Olympics, Gufex, a family-run company from Kateřinice, is supplying the ice hockey pucks.
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The world of Czech type design

Czech type designers are making their mark on global typography. As Dominik Jůn discovered, the art of font design is deeply rooted in Czech history and national identity.
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FM Macinka:Czech-Israeli friendship will strengthen under current Czech government

Czech Foreign Minister Petr Macinka on Tuesday met in Prague with his Israeli counterpart Gideon Sa’ar.
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Czech-Hungarian talks, engraving from Ice Age in Moravia, Lesser Town

Czech–Hungarian alignment on migration, war and V4,Ice Age horse engraving found in Moravian Karst cave, history of license plates in Czech lands, Lesser Town
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Ice Age horse engraving found in Moravian Karst cave challenges view of early European art

Czech scientists have discovered a rare Ice Age engraving of a horse in a cave in the Moravian Karst, dating back about 15,000 years to the end of the last Ice Age.
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Prague meeting highlights Czech–Hungarian alignment on migration, war and V4

The Czech and Hungarian foreign ministers met in Prague, stressing shared positions on migration, energy and war, while differing from parts of the EU on diplomacy.
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The quiet stairways of Malá Strana

Malá Strana sits firmly on Prague’s beaten track, yet its stairways offer a quieter route through crowds, history and hillside streets just steps away.
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Prague Philharmonia’s US tour, Erotikon returns to screens with new accompaniment, Prague's Bohnice

Prague Philharmonia’s US tour, Erotikon returns to screens with new accompaniment, Prague's Bohnice
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Open Day at the University of Defence in Brno

January and February are traditionally the months when universities across the Czech Republic hold open days. The University of Defence in Brno was no exception.
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Prague Philharmonia begins US tour, ending with Carnegie Hall debut

This week, Prague Philharmonia begins a US tour at six venues across the Southeast, culminating at Carnegie Hall. Radio Prague spoke with conductor Emmanuel Villaume.
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Erotikon: A Czechoslovak silent classic returns with epic orchestral accompaniment

Few Czech silent films are as renowned as Erotikon, directed by Gustav Machatý in 1929. The provocative romance has now been digitally restored.
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Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra receives major French award for Smetana album

This Friday in Paris, the Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra received the Diapason d’Or de l’Année for its triple album of Bedřich Smetana’s complete symphonic works.
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