AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoRetail: Tesco will sell its Czech and Slovak businesses to Ahold Delhaize for €1.7 billion, exiting one of its last major markets outside the UK and Ireland. The deal includes all stores and distribution centres and is expected to close in the second half of 2027. Diplomacy: Czech diplomat Klára Schneiderová, who led the embassy’s branch office in Jerusalem, has died after being struck by a minibus. The Foreign Ministry called her death a painful loss. Nuclear Project: South Korea’s KHNP has ended contract talks with a construction consortium over the Dukovany expansion, reportedly after a dispute over a $700 million cost gap. KHNP says the project will not be delayed. EU Funding: The European Commission cleared Czechia’s final €951 million payment request under the NextGenerationEU recovery programme. Prague: The city’s winter-maintenance plan starts November 1, with 74 large gritting vehicles on round-the-clock standby and crews responsible for more than 4,000 kilometres of roads and pavements.
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