Today is the 24th of December, and as Czechs unwrap their presents and tuck into their traditional dinner, many households will be celebrating with someone who did not grow up with the traditions of Czech Christmas, but rather got to know it as a foreigne

News, ikov nativity scene, Brno's pilberk Castle highlights citys history and legends, interview with biochemist Jan Konvalinka

News; concert with 1,000 amateur singers concludes Year of Czech Music; Czech Radio surveytries to find best Christmas cookie; marking the first anniversary of the 2023 Faculty of Arts shooting.

News; MPs approve law to make it harder for Russians to get Czech citizenship; new Czech technology can monitor hearts through AI; Jan Mrkvika on the work of the global Czech charity People in Need.

News; thirteen years since the death of Vclav Havel; Russian oligarch Zorikov to remain on Czech sanctions list; interview with academic Veronika Tuckerov on reading Kafka.

News; UK government agrees to billionaire Ketnsks acquisition of Royal Mail; School preparing kids to face cyber security threats; Daniela Richterov on revolutionaries and terrorists in pre-89 Prague

News; using green infrastructure to fight climate change on Pragues Strossmayer Square; Bo Dar Christmas stamps celebrate 30 years; interview with Arthur Kornienko, creator of 'Just Czech Things'.

Infants in foster care - interview with forster parents, growing trend of young Czechs not wanting to have children at all.

News, Foreign Minister Lipavsk receives seal and stamp symbolizing the termination of the Warsaw Pact, the original Rapid Arrows comics on display, interview with actress Roza Andelova

News, gun sales in Czechia to come under stricter control, a new documentary sheds light on Nazi attempt to reinterpret Bedich Smetana's music and a Czech linguistic genius with a lasting legacy: Bedich Hrozn, the decipherer of Hittite