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British musician Sting performs Saturday night at the Winning Group Arena in Brno as part of his STING 3.0 tour. Coming from Berlin, he will continue to Poland and the UK after the Czech concert. The 74-year-old singer and bassist, born Gordon Sumner, will be joined by guitarist Dominic Miller and drummer Chris Maas. The setlist will include Sting’s biggest hits as well as rarities from his rich career, according to organizers. Sting last performed in Czechia in July at the Colours of Ostrava festival. His latest live album, STING 3.0, features classics such as Message in a Bottle, Englishman in New York and Every Breath You Take.

Czech climber Adam Ondra has claimed victory for the seventh time in the prestigious Rock Master competition in Arco, Italy, winning the duel event that combines lead and speed climbing. In the final, the 32-year-old from Brno defeated last year’s champion, Italy’s Filip Schenk. Ondra said the route was more demanding this year, resulting in slower times, especially in the early rounds. “In the final, Filip and I were neck and neck under the roof section, so I knew I had to give it everything. I used a completely different method and finally got through faster,” he told reporters. On Saturday, Ondra will also compete in the bouldering event, which he won in 2021 and 2023.

Andrej Babiš said Friday his movement does not plan to increase the state budget deficit for next year, though he did not specify the target figure. The outgoing government’s draft foresees a deficit of 286 billion crowns, compared with 241 billion this year.  Babiš said the proposal would need to be revised to include funding for health care, transport infrastructure, and EU projects. He plans to discuss it with his potential coalition partners, the Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD) party and the Motorists’ party. Motorists’ leader Petr Macinka said his party first wants to review the outgoing cabinet’s proposal and called on the government to resubmit the budget to the Chamber of Deputies. He criticized the cabinet’s refusal to do so as “childish” and said the Motorists will present their own ideas on where to save money next week.

ANO party leader and likely next Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš is once again the sole owner of the Agrofert group, according to a notarial record published in the Collection of Documents and confirmed by company spokesman Pavel Hermanský to Ekonomický deník news site. The second trust fund into which Babiš placed Agrofert in 2017 has transferred about 10 percent of the company’s shares back to him. The first fund was dissolved at the end of last year, returning the remaining 90 percent. As a potential prime minister, Babiš would face a conflict of interest by owning a multibillion company Agrofert but has pledged to resolve the issue in line with Czech and EU law.