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ANO leader and likely future prime minister Andrej Babiš announced that he is severing all personal ties to the Agrofert holding to resolve his conflict-of-interest issue. In a video posted on social media on Thursday evening, he said he will not return to the company even after leaving politics.

Agrofert shares will be placed under an independent trustee within a trust structure and supervised by an independent protector, both chosen by an independent authority. Under the arrangement, the company would pass to his children only after his death. Babiš said the steps go beyond what current regulations require.

President Petr Pavel had asked him to present a clear solution before being appointed prime minister. According to Babiš, the move meets the condition the president set for his nomination. Pavel has indicated the appointment could come next week, followed shortly by the rest of the ANO–SPD–Motorists cabinet.

Petr Macinka, the Motorists’ nominee for foreign minister, met with President Petr Pavel on Thursday to discuss coordination and continuity in foreign policy and Czechia’s position in the EU. Speaking to journalists afterward, Macinka said he expects to see consensus between the government and president on key foreign policy matters in the future.

They also addressed Ukraine and opportunities for Czech businesses, though the so-called “munition initiative” was not mentioned. Macinka stressed that the future government recognizes Czechia’s stance as hostile to Russia.

The talks touched upon the potential appointment of Motorists’ honorary president Filip Turek as environment minister, which President Pavel called unlikely.

A new interactive 3D digital model of Prague’s Astronomical Clock will go on display at the Old Town Hall on Friday. The installation in the Knights’ Hall shows not only the famous exterior dial but also the inner mechanism normally hidden from view.

Using a touch screen, visitors can rotate the model, zoom in and examine individual parts, including the astrolabe and the driving chronometer. The digital reconstruction took two years and involved scanning more than a thousand components of the medieval clock.

The exhibit is open to visitors with a ticket to the tower or the town hall interiors.

Austria has named “moose Emil” its 2025 word of the year. The moose first drew public attention this summer while wandering across Czechia. He later continued through Lower and Upper Austria, travelling more than 500 kilometres. In late September, after coming too close to a motorway junction, he was tranquillised and returned to the Czech side of the Šumava mountains to a nature reserve.

According to the Austrian Society for German, the term became so widely used during Emil’s journey that it clearly topped the public vote. More than 28,000 people took part in the poll, the highest turnout Austria has recorded.