Kumar Vishwanathan

I'm Sierra Krieger-Wolf, and you're listening to Czechia in 30 Minutes, the show where we give you a rundown of what's recently been happening in the country in just half an hour.

Coming up on today's show, juvenile violence is on the rise, schools strengthen crisis response training, Kumar Vishwanathan on three decades of supporting Roma in Czechia, and finally, a look into the Cold War relic turned sky-high luxury, the Zizkov Tower.

We have all those reports coming up soon, but first, we'll turn to the news with Deepa Honka.

Prime Minister Andrej Babiš from the ANO party has suggested that public Czech television and Czech radio could be financed through a model inspired by Nordic countries, rather than directly from the state budget.

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Among the recipients of state awards on Wednesday's Czechoslovak Independence Day was Kumar Vishwanathan, an Indian-born social worker who has devoted decades of his life to helping Czechia's Roma community.

Vishwanathan quit a teaching job to work with Roma who lost their homes in flooding in Ostrava in 1997, and eventually helped set up the city's coexistence village, which he still heads today.