Political scientist and journalist Tomáš Klvaňa, now Executive Director of Aspen Institute Central Europe, speaks about how power really works and why liberal democracy is facing growing pressure. Drawing on his experience as an academic, journalist and former spokesman for President Václav Klaus, Klvaňa reflects on the decline of traditional media and the rise of populism.

Venezuela releases Czech political prisoner: Prague signals readiness for diplomatic reset, Petr Pavel’s Ukraine visit highlights care for wounded soldiers and war-affected children, Photographer Bet Orten on art, motherhood and moving on from fashion

Injured speleologist saved in dramatic rescue operation in Moravian Karst , Palach anniversary, Prague as seen from tram 22

Czech conductor Jakub Hrůša has been named Artist of the Year for 2026 by the International Classical Music Awards, the health risks of tatooing, trip to Brno's Spilberk fortress

Confidence vote debate opens in Chamber of Deputies, Moravian folk shawls go digital, interview with Radio Farda’s Hannah Kaviani on Iran

Suing the president: how unusual is it in Czech politics?, Let’s Protect Prague’s Nights: White light turns darkness into day, Museum in Mladá Boleslav creates replica of interwar years aircraft, ‘We are very concerned’: Czechia's Honorary Consul in Nuuk on Trump and Greenland

War in Ukraine and the conflict in Gaza have reshaped international politics — and forced smaller countries to define their role more clearly. In the weekend edition of Czechia in 30 Minutes, former foreign minister Jan Lipavský reflects on how Czech diplomacy responded to these turbulent years. Now an opposition MP elected on the Civic Democratic Party ticket, he also shares his view on where Czech foreign policy stands today and what lies ahead.

Rare books return to monastery library in Votice. Why the ice on the Lipno reservoir has turned green. Michal Smetana on Trump, Greenland and the future of European security.

Czech ammunition initiative to go on: government shifts stance after taking office, Czech scientists study how salt destroys metal structures to protect bridges and spacecraft, From Prague to Australia: the lost photographs of Jiří Viktor Daneš, Czechoslovakia’s first consul down under

On today's Czechia in 30 Minutes show: Important veteran of the First Czechoslovak Army Corps, Miloslav Masopust, has died; Florenc21’s transformation of one of Prague’s key urban sites; and later Bohem Brewery: Showing London what good lager tastes like.