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

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

News; using green infrastructure to fight climate change on Prague’s Strossmayer Square; Boží 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 Lipavský 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 Bedřich Smetana's music and a Czech linguistic genius with a lasting legacy: Bedřich Hrozný, the decipherer of Hittite

News; “Lex Babiš” law barring ministers from owning media outlets; Laurin & Klement race car set for auction; interview with Jitka Pánek Jurková, head of the Czech Centres.

News; Brno scientists testing algae in water purification; Baroque masterpiece being restored in Dolní Věstonice; 'Eve of the Clearance' exhibition of photos that helped to save Žižkov from demolition.

News; Czech leaders react to fall of Assad regime in Syria; political scientist Pehe on future of Motorist party; a tour of Prague's passages.

Three out of four Czechs pick mushrooms. In Britain and other English speaking countries hardly anybody practices this kind of recreational foraging. Why is that?  Vít Pohanka speaks to experts to find out.