Allwyn-OPAP Merger Creates World’s Second Largest Gaming Entertainment Company

Allwyn International and Greece’s OPAP have announced a €16 billion ($18.5 billion) all-share merger, forming the world’s second-largest listed gaming entertainment company. Allwyn currently holds a 51.78% stake in OPAP, but the new deal will see...

Susan Reynolds on translating Czech classic The Grandmother

What led you to Czech in the first place? Your publisher, Mike Tate, tells me you came to Czech after many, many other languages. Photo: Jantar Publishing “Yes. Really I came to Czech for musical reasons. It was back in the 1970s, when Sir Charles...

Has it caused longer queues at borders?

Passengers subject to the new Entry/Exit System (EES) faced long delays at one major EU airport yesterday as the system launched - but travel to France appears to have been calm. EES digital border check regulations came into force on Sunday...

News: PeelingFlesh Release New Music Video for ‘D.V.P.B’

Slamming gangster groove act PeelingFlesh have released a new music video for their song “D.V.P.B” from their brand-new EP PF Radio 2. Watch the official video of “D.V.P.B” on YouTube: Tour Dates: 11/21 Berlin, GER – Hole 44 11/22 Bochum, GER –...

Prague 1: Referendum Delivers Clear Mandate to Restrict E-Scooters

The residents of Prague 1 have spoken: in a local referendum, voters expressed strong support for several changes in the district – from stricter rules for e-scooters to barrier-free public toilets. The Prague city centre district of Prague 1 has...

Sting Returns to Prague for Open-Air Metronome Festival 2026

After nearly a decade, Sting will once again perform in Prague — this time as the final headliner of the Metronome Festival 2026, set to take place from June 19 to 21 at Letňany Airport. The British musician, who has won 17 Grammy Awards and is a...

Most Czechs Support Babis’s Release For Prosecution, Says Poll

A majority of Czechs support the Chamber of Deputies releasing ANO leader Andrej Babis, the likely future Prime Minister, for prosecution in the Capi hnizdo case, according to a poll by Kantar CZ published yesterday. 56% of respondents supported...

Metronome Prague 2026 Celebrates 10 Years Anniversary with Sting

None other than Sting will provide a spectacular finale next year for the 10th anniversary of the Metronome Prague Festival at Letňany Airport. The British musician brings his hit-packed Sting 3.0 Tour to the Czech capital. Metronome Prague will...

Touché Amoré Announce “Stage Four” 10th Anniversary Tour

It’s getting harder and harder to accept how old some of the albums we’ve loved are getting. As if we need another reminder of our own age and how maturation in modern form has come full circle back to what we adored when we started. Something I,...

The surprising art of Pearson Hall

A month ago, I attended Susan Ewing’s lecture on the inherent monumentality in her miniature art. From her dinner rings to her Prague-inspired stars, the idea that certain concepts could seem bigger than their literal size and could successfully...

Czech billionaire Andrej Babis vows a pro-western course after election win

Chairman of opposition "ANO" (YES) movement Andrej Babis speaks to the media after talking with Czech Republic President Petr Pavel a day after he won the parliamentary elections, in Prague, Czech Republic, Sunday, October 5, 2025. DARKO BANDIC /...

Awkward moment ex-Rangers star Vaclav Cerny storms out of live TV interview as fans say ‘where’s the self-reflection?’

THE Czech Republic were condemned to one of the worst defeats in their history last night. And frustrations boiled over in the aftermath as former Rangers star Vaclav Cerny dramatically STORMED OUT of a live TV interview. Sign up for the Rangers...

Czech President Petr Pavel Postpones Government Formation After Elections

President of the Czech Republic Petr Pavel held meetings with the leaders of the ANO party, which won the largest share of votes in the latest parliamentary elections, and during a press conference stated that he had not authorized the formation...

Pavel at Forum 2000 stresses role of free media and civic structures

President Petr Pavel said at the Forum 2000 conference that regardless of the next Czech government’s composition, it is vital to preserve and strengthen the foundations of democratic civic structures. He highlighted the need for strong public...

Babis Agrees Czech Coalition Deal but Doubts and Questions Remain

Leader of the ANO movement Andrej Babis arrives for a meeting with Czech President Petr Pavel following the Czech general elections at the Prague Castle, in Prague, Czech Republic, 05 October 2025. EPA/MARTIN DIVISEK After a week of intense...

Debate: Were the Dutch right to chase down their own teammate at the Gravel World Championships? Is gravel a team sport or an individual one?

The 2025 UCI Gravel World Championships took place in the Netherlands this weekend, held on the winding farm roads of Limburg. The course, an attritious Classics mix of cobbled sectors, gravel and rolling fields, was tailor-made for the home...

Czech billionaire ex-PM’s party tops parliamentary election vote

PRAGUE: The party of billionaire ex-premier Andrej Babis has topped the Czech general election according to near-final official results. ANO secured 34.6% of the vote for a preliminary 80 seats in the 200-member parliament of the European Union...

Industry minister reiterates legitimacy of Czech nuclear power plant deal

Korea has signed a "legitimate" deal to build nuclear power units in the Czech Republic, the industry minister reaffirmed Monday, amid criticism over the intellectual property settlement deal made between the state-run Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power...

Andrej Babiš to hold talks with other Czech parties on forming government

Andrej Babiš has met the Czech president, Petr Pavel, and is to hold talks with other party leaders as the billionaire populist begins the tricky job of trying to form a stable government after his ANO (Yes) party won parliamentary elections, but...

Czech President Begins Post-election Consultations With Party Leaders

2 Peter Paul Photo: EPA The results will be announced at a special press conference. Czech President Petr Pavel began post-election consultations with the heads of political parties and movements that made it to the Chamber of Deputies on Sunday...