Czechia in 30 minutes

Czech media unite against threats to journalists and restrictions on information, Designblok director on Václav Havel, light as a symbol of hope and the festival’s biggest edition yet, Czech archaeologists comb site of former Soviet Gulag in Kazakhstan that held Czechs and Slovaks

News, Bill Clinton remembers Vaclav Havel, Czech researchers find that 3D materials not always safe, Alexander Vondra on his years with Havel

Nest week, Czechia will be Guest of Honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair under the motto Czechia: A Country on the Coast. Ahead of the event, we meet Belgian intellectual-property lawyer and passionate reader Bart van Besien, whose Bookmarked Places project explores countries through literature. He tells us how visits to Czechia led him to discover writers including Bohumil Hrabal, Jiří Weil and Marek Šindelka – and what their books have taught him about the country.

News, municipal and Senate elections coming up, Drone Shield 2026, head of Galerie Rudolfinum Julia Bailey

Villa Müller reopens to visitors, exhibition showcasing work of artist Kamil Lhoták opens in Prague and Czechs have developed a way to help cereal crops make better use of water and nutrients

News, Egon Schiele’s work on display, music conferences vying for artists, Malešice Botanical Gargen

Man shot during 1968 invasion identified, with bullet still in leg; Brno scientists develop glue that could help heal complex fractures.

In Monday’s Czechia in 30 Minutes, we travel back more than a thousand years to the violent death of Saint Wenceslas. Historian Robert Novotný explains how a murdered 10th-century prince became the patron saint of the Czech lands and one of the country’s most enduring symbols.

News, how EU citizens can vote in Czechia’s local elections, LUSTR festival of illustration and comics, trip to Olomouc

President Pavel at UN General Assembly, stunning 1930's apartment opens to public in Brno, Ida the Young band to tour UK