Radio Prague International

🎧 What can phone calls reveal about life during wartime?

Prague-born sound designer Victoriia Kralko spent months collecting messages exchanged by Ukrainians separated by war. She later turned them into Hovory (Calls), an audio series that recently won Czech Audiobook of the Year 2025.

👉 Listen to our interview with Victoriia Kralko: rozhl.as/kam

🌿 Is Czechia heading for a tougher drug policy?

The Babiš government is preparing a major shift away from the more liberal approach of recent years. Proposed measures include tighter rules on kratom and cannabis, as well as expanded powers for municipalities and police.

👉 Find out more: rozhl.as/kaj

🕊️ Zdena Mašínová has died at the age of 92.

The daughter of a WWII resistance hero and sister of the controversial Mašín brothers, her life was deeply shaped by some of the defining events of 20th-century Czech history.

👉 Find out more: rozhl.as/kac

📚 What do 17 million library loans reveal about Czech readers?

Data journalist Michal Kašpárek analysed three years of borrowing data from Prague's Municipal Library, uncovering some surprising patterns in who reads what, when, and how reading habits change over time.

👉 Listen to the interview: rozhl.as/k9C

Our voice has been broadcast to the world for nine decades. Now it is time for your voice to be heard on our program! 🎙️
🎧 Send us an email at [email protected] with a recording answering the questions above.
📱 Send us your phone number so we can call you and record your answers.
📑Send us your answers in written form, and we will read them for you.

Your responses can be anonymous, or they can include your name if you wish. In any case, they will become a central part of our special broadcast, culminating at the end of August.

🕊️ Eighty-four years ago today, the village of Lidice was wiped off the map by the N**is.

On June 10, 1942, the N**is destroyed the Central Bohemian village in retaliation for the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich. The massacre became one of the most notorious atrocities committed in occupied Czechoslovakia during World War II.

👉 Find out more: rozhl.as/k8Q

⚽ Can Czechia make a splash at football's biggest tournament?

Back at the competition for the first time in two decades, Czechia begins its campaign against South Korea on Thursday. We spoke to football journalist Jiří Hošek about the team's chances in North America.

👉 Listen to the interview: rozhl.as/k85

🧵 A first for Czech craftsmanship.

Vamberk bobbin lace has become the first Czech craft product to receive European protected geographical indication status. The town of Vamberk has been synonymous with lace-making for generations.

👉 Find out more: rozhl.as/k7q

🚀 A Czech astronaut could make history next year.

Aleš Svoboda is on track to become the first Czech citizen to visit the International Space Station after a new agreement between the European Space Agency and the US company VAST opened the door to a future mission.

👉 Find out more: rozhl.as/k7y