Czechia in 30 minutes

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Czech statehood and Moravian identity: President Pavel’s speech and a question of belonging – Czechia in 30 minutes
News, juvenile violence, Kumar Vishwanathan interview – Czechia in 30 minutes
News, MP quits ANO but coalition retains solid majority, leading Czech palliative care NGO holds anniversary auction – Czechia in 30 minutes
Geraldine Manolas on preserving the legacy of Czechoslovak war veterans, Andreas Halskov on the genius of Miloš Forman – Czechia in 30 minutes
Public media funding – Czechia in 30 minutes
Two cities, two stories: Discovering the spirit of Ostrava and Český Krumlov – Czechia in 30 minutes
Gratias Agit Awards 2026, Egon Bondy novel Unsound Siblings gets English translation, How Czech freeskiers built a community on and off the slopes – Czechia in 30 minutes
News, El Niño to hit Czechs in the wallet, Ji.hlava at 30: Documentaries that changed the world, Kingdom Come: Deliverance star Luke Dale has pub in Prague – Czechia in 30 minutes
News, arttherapy gaining ground in Czechia, Czech crop invention heads to European farms – Czechia in 30 minutes
News, historic Spitfire returns to Czechia after decades abroad, exhibition documents Sigmund Freud’s childhood in his hometown of Příbor, Moravia – Czechia in 30 minutes
ANO’s Senate “disaster”, virtual reconstruction of the abandoned mine and small municipalities – Czechia in 30 minutes
Working with Václav Havel: Alexander Vondra on the man behind the presidency – Czechia in 30 minutes
Health Ministry planning financial incentive for preventive screenings, Pavel Haas Quartet wins latest Gramophone prize, Tomki Němec on photographing Václav Havel – Czechia in 30 minutes
Ministry and arts community at odds, first orange-breasted fig parrot bred in Czechia – Czechia in 30 minutes
News, Signalfest, Climate change threatens Krkonoše mountain tundra, Amanita Design announces a sequel to Machinarium – Czechia in 30 minutes
Cardiovascular research award, charity Soup that Helps and migrating birds crossroad in Czechia – Czechia in 30 minutes
News, municipal elections, Bílá pastelka charity drive for the blind, Martin Plesar of HairMates – Czechia in 30 minutes
Palestinian voices challenge Czech views on Israel and Gaza – Czechia in 30 minutes
News, President Pavel to skip local elections, exhibition puts Czechoslovakia’s forgotten lamp designers in the spotlight, Václav Havel Remembered. – Czechia in 30 minutes
News, Czechs at Frankfurt Book Fair, Ivan Klima book, interview with Midnight Swimmers frontman Stanislav Chyzhman. – Czechia in 30 minutes
Czech media unite against threats to journalists, Designblok director on Václav Havel and this year’s festival, archaeologists explore a former Soviet Gulag in Kazakhstan – Czechia in 30 minutes
News, Bill Clinton remembers Vaclav Havel, Czech researchers find that 3D materials not always safe, Alexander Vondra on his years with Havel – Czechia in 30 minutes
What can Czech literature tell foreign readers about Czechia? – Czechia in 30 minutes
News, municipal and Senate elections coming up, Drone Shield 2026, head of Galerie Rudolfinum Julia Bailey – Czechia in 30 minutes
Villa Müller reopens,Kamil Lhoták exhibition, improving cereal crops – Czechia in 30 minutes
News, Egon Schiele’s work on display, music conferences vying for artists, Malešice Botanical Gargen – Czechia in 30 minutes
1968 shooting victim identified; Czech scientists develop bone glue – Czechia in 30 minutes
Brother, martyr, patron saint: Why Czechs remember Wenceslas on September 28 – Czechia in 30 minutes
News, how EU citizens can vote in Czechia’s local elections, LUSTR festival of illustration and comics, trip to Olomouc – Czechia in 30 minutes
President Pavel at UN General Assembly, stunning 1930's apartment opens to public in Brno, Ida the Young band to tour UK – Czechia in 30 minutes