PRAGUE – Christmas 2025. As 2025 slowly draws to a close, the Christmas spirit once again lights up not only our homes, but also our minds and hearts. These are days of silence between the news we bring, moments when even the global world of information quietens down for a moment and allows us to breathe thanks to the peace of Christmas. At this time, I would like to pause and thank you, our dear readers and friends of our international web portal General News.

We live in a time when the world is changing faster than the headlines in global and local news. Nevertheless, I believe that the purpose of journalism remains the same: to seek the truth, to provide people and our readers with information in context, to remind them that behind every news item, commentary or analysis, conflict or decision, there is an ordinary or extraordinary human story. Christmas reminds us of this fact with a gentle but urgent force. It teaches us humility, mutuality, friendship and hope, which is always born in turbulent times.

I would like to thank the entire editorial team at General News – GNEWS.co.uk for their tremendous work, patience and empathy towards what we do, what we are working on and how we are fulfilling our common goals. I would also like to thank our readers and people from different countries, cultures and time zones who prove every day that international cooperation is not just a phrase, but a living reality. Our readers, who show us positive trust and support, give our work real meaning and responsibility to continue. I wish all people of good will that the Christmas holidays of 2025 will be filled with love, harmony, human closeness and quiet joy, even in the little things. May the new year bring even more understanding, less fear and more light in our personal lives and in the world around us.

On behalf of the editorial team of General News Jan Vojtěch – Editor-in-Chief