Lieutenant General František Fajtl, a WWII hero who commanded an RAF squadron and later got hard labour in communist Czechoslovakia, died on October 4, 2006.
Broadcast in English - 10/04/2026
As Czechia prepares to take centre stage at the Frankfurt Book Fair, Belgian reader Bart van Besien explains what he has discovered about the country through its books.
Czechast meets Belgian reader Bart van Besien, who has been discovering the country through its literature.
News, municipal and Senate elections coming up, Drone Shield 2026, head of Galerie Rudolfinum Julia Bailey
Czechs go to the ballots in a week’s time for municipal elections and elections to one-third of the seats in the Senate. How significant will the latter be for ANO?
The Czech military is winding up a 12-day international exercise, Drone Shield 2026, aimed at mapping and testing available technologies.
British art historian, curator and writer Julia Bailey has been the head of Prague’s Galerie Rudolfinum for two and a half years.
One of Czechia’s most celebrated modernist buildings, Prague’s Villa Müller, has just reopened after renovations.
Villa Müller reopens to visitors, Kamil Lhoták exhibition underway in Prague and Czechs have developed a way to help cereal crops make better use of water and nutrients
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A new exhibition at Prague’s Villa Pellé explores the work of Kamil Lhoták, one of the most distinctive Czech artists of the 20th century.
The Baťa company has officially announced it will close its last factory in Central Europe, definitively ending production of the traditional footwear brand in the region.
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News, Egon Schiele’s work on display, music conferences vying for artists, Malešice Botanical Gargen
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky visited Prague three times, but his stays were not always a triumph. His life and death remain surrounded by myths and unanswered questions.
Two rarely displayed Egon Schiele drawings are going on show at the National Gallery Prague, with Seated Woman with Bent Knees followed by Self-Portrait.
The best-known events Prague Music Week, ReConnect Brno and Czech Music Crossroads in Ostrava are strategically placed in the country’s three major cities.
Man shot during 1968 invasion identified, with bullet still in leg; Brno scientists develop glue that could help heal complex fractures.
Scientists in Brno have developed a special bone glue that could one day help doctors treat even complicated fractures. The material is now being tested on sheep.
People gathered on Říp Mountain this past Sunday to mark 900 years since the restoration of its historic rotunda.
Jaroslav Mareček, shot outside Czechoslovak Radio during the 1968 Soviet-led invasion, has been identified in an iconic photograph 58 years later.
In Monday’s Czechia in 30 Minutes: why Czechs mark their statehood on the anniversary of the murder of Saint Wenceslas, the country’s patron saint.
Broadcast in English - 09/27/2026
Jakub Šimanský is a Czech guitarist, drummer and sound explorer based in Brno, who has made a significant mark on the Czech alternative music scene.
