All entries located in Prague (Czechia), newest first. tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:en:en/regions/prague 2026-10-01T06:00:00Z Eurotrack tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:80dadf30:en 2026-10-01T06:00:00Z

Pegasus Airlines announced on 1 October 2026 that it has completed the purchase of ČSA and the Smartwings group, agreed in December 2025, for €154m including the debt of both companies. The Czech competition authority ÚOHS had approved the deal on 11 September 2026 on condition that summer slots on Prague–Antalya are handed to another carrier; Smartwings stays as a brand (Air Journal, 2 Oct 2026; Reuters via Marketscreener, 8 Dec 2025). — Source: https://www.air-journal.fr/2026-10-02-la-compagnie-turque-pegasus-met-la-main-sur-smartwings-et-prend-pied-en-europe-centrale-5277868.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:6e06c978:en 2026-09-22T06:00:00Z

The funicular up Prague's Petřín hill has been running again since 22.09.2026, after heavy rain destroyed the line in September 2024. Metrostav DIZ renewed the track for about CZK 134m according to ČTK, and Doppelmayr/Garaventa supplied new, more extensively glazed cars for up to 120 instead of 100 passengers for CZK 137.7m; because downhill cars no longer stop at Nebozízek, they run roughly every ten minutes (E15, 20.09.2026; Newstream, 22.09.2026). — Sources: https://www.e15.cz/byznys/doprava-a-logistika/lanovka-po-dvou-letech-znovu-vyjede-na-petrin-meni-se-ceny-i-zastavky-1435681 · https://www.newstream.cz/enjoy/obrazem-petrinska-lanovka-je-zpatky-dva-roky-cekani-nove-vozy-a-jizdenka-za-stovku

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:83bae280:en 2026-09-16T06:00:00Z

Czech public broadcaster Česká televize plans to shed about 12% of its roughly 2,900 staff, close to 350 posts, between this year and 2030; Director-General Hynek Chudárek gave the figure at the television council on 16.09.2026. The cuts respond to the government's planned switch from licence fees to funding from the state budget and a CZK 350m savings target for 2027; the budget for new programmes falls to CZK 2.2bn (E15/ČTK, 16.09.2026). — Source: https://www.e15.cz/byznys/technologie-a-media/velke-skrty-na-kavcich-horach-ct-propusti-350-lidi-a-na-vyrobu-poradu-da-o-ctvrtinu-mene-1435829

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:fcc057f6:en 2026-07-15T06:00:00Z

Czech CE Industries (Jaroslav Strnad) and Auctor Holding (J&T group) have completed the purchase of 49.99% of the Polish port and logistics group OT Logistics via the joint vehicle DD Rail Properties. The investors gain access to Polish Baltic ports (Świnoujście, Gdynia), to be integrated with CE Industries' rail division; the Polish and Czech competition authorities had approved the deal. Second source: Respekt. — Source: https://www.e15.cz/byznys/doprava-a-logistika/pristavy-zeleznice-a-hutni-produkty-jaroslav-strnad-buduje-novy-logisticky-retezec-ve-stredni-evrope-1434331

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:96e7615a:en 2026-06-01T06:00:00Z

The general meeting voted on 1 June 2026 with over 90% of the votes present to move ČEZ Prodej, ČEZ Distribuce, GasNet, ČEZ ESCO and the trading companies into a subsidiary from the first quarter of 2027. ČEZ is to keep 51% and offer the rest to investors later; the state holds about 70% and wants full control of the group by 2029. The source gives no overall price for buying out minority shareholders (oEnergetice, 1 Jun 2026 and 15 Apr 2026). — Source: https://oenergetice.cz/en/stocks/cez-gets-green-light-shareholders-approve-new-distribution-company

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:70dc00a2:en 2026-03-02T06:00:00Z

The Czech rail infrastructure manager Správa železnic is cutting 121 jobs, mainly in administration and management, as part of a restructuring under its new director general Tomáš Tóth; staff working in operations are not affected. The management structure is being simplified from April, spending on marketing, IT and legal services falls by 20 %, and annual savings are to total CZK 335.6 million (approx. EUR 14 million). The 21 operating districts are being placed under the central control centres in Prague and Přerov, the preparation of public contracts is being centralised and opened up to smaller and foreign bidders, and the money freed up is to go mainly into preparing investment projects. The date is the date of the report; the article does not give the date of the announcement (LOK Report, 2 Mar 2026). — Source: https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/tschechien/65493-tschechien-umfassende-umstrukturierung-von-sprava-zeleznic-mit-abbau-von-121-stellen.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:2f6f8e21:en 2026-01-26T06:00:00Z

EP Group, the holding headed by Daniel Křetínský, announced a cash offer for Fnac Darty on 26 January 2026 at €36 a share, welcomed unanimously by the board. EP already holds 28.5% and wants to become long-term majority shareholder, with no squeeze-out and no delisting. Update (20 October 2026): the European Commission cleared the acquisition of sole control under the normal procedure without competition concerns; whether the offer has since completed is not documented here (Il Sole 24 Ore, 26 January 2026; European Commission, 20 October 2026). Addendum: not previously tracked. Update (20 October 2026): the takeover offer by EP FR Holdco, controlled by EP Group, at €35 per share (after the €1.00 dividend paid on 5 June 2026) closes on 9 November 2026; if it succeeds (more than 50% of the capital or voting rights) it will reopen for at least ten trading days (Fnac Darty, 20 October 2026). — Sources: https://en.ilsole24ore.com/art/fnac-darty-flies-to-paris-the-czech-billionaire-opa-kretinsky-AIcUtk3 · https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/mex_26_2208 · https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/10/20/3384786/0/en/fnac-darty-takeover-bid-initiated-by-ep-group-closing-date-of-the-tender-offer-on-november-9-2026.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:0fd3c7ee:en 2025-08-01T06:00:00Z

On 1 August 2025, the roughly 1.3 km long, newly double-tracked and electrified section between the new Praha-Bubny station and the new Praha-Výstaviště stop entered service (limited operation initially, full timetable towards Kladno from 4 August). The section is the third stage of the eleven-part "Prague – Airport – Kladno" project, which will eventually link central Prague by rail to Václav Havel Airport; the actual airport connection is not expected before 2029/2030. Praha-Bubny is Prague's first entirely new mainline station building in about 40 years and is linked via an underground passage to the Vltavská metro station (line C). — Source: https://md.gov.cz/Media/Media-a-tiskove-zpravy/Modernizace-trati-na-letiste-v-useku-mezi-Bubny-a?lang=en-GB