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Volunteers from the animal rights group OBRAZ – Obránci zvířat covered an Albert supermarket chain billboard in Prague today. The action aimed to highlight conditions in the chicken farms supplying the retailer. The group claims Albert sells chickens from farms that would no longer be permitted in Western Europe. The statement does not specify the billboard's location or Albert's response.

Taiwanese bubble tea franchise CoCo Bubble Tea, which operates over 5,000 locations worldwide, has opened its first outlets in Hungary and Armenia. It plans to open a location in Kyiv by the end of December. According to Persistence Market Research, the European bubble tea market will reach $727.2 million in 2026 and grow to $1.26 billion by 2033. The Hungarian outlet on Dohány street opened on May 20.

Komerční banka has opened to clients a new bond fund with an investment horizon to 2032, which can be joined until 12 January 2027. The fund is managed by the Amundi team and the bank states an expected net yield of 5.03 percent a year in crowns. The bank notes that it is an investment with an uncertain result and that the expected yield is only indicative.

A crowdfunding campaign to expand an arcade machine museum near Prague raised over CZK 400,000 from 120 backers in its first week, four times the basic target. The museum, open since 2011, offers 173 original working machines and plans to start an extension in spring 2027 that would make more than 70 further machines accessible. The Startovač campaign runs until 18 November 2026.

Operator O2 has added six more countries to its Data Pas packages, including Morocco, Cape Verde, the Seychelles, Taiwan, Bahrain and Bangladesh. According to the company, the packages now apply in 101 countries outside the EU and start at CZK 199. The company says the number of trips by its customers to Morocco grew by 22 % year on year between January and September 2026, and to Cape Verde by 13 %.

The airline Smartwings launched a scheduled route from Prague to Lisbon on 23 October 2026. Flights operate on Monday, Wednesday and Friday with a Boeing 737 seating 189 passengers. The journey from Prague takes about 3 hours 40 minutes, and one-way tickets start at CZK 2,940.

The MONETA group reports a net profit of CZK 5.5 billion, 12.7 percent more than before. Its operating income reached CZK 11.2 billion, an increase of 8.2 percent. The release also says the group received the top AAA grade in MSCI's ESG rating. A new client is to get 5 percent back on card payments, up to CZK 3,000, and the Long-Term Investment Product can be opened online in the Smart Banka app.

The Chinese vehicle brand LEPAS, part of Chery Group, plans to enter the markets of the Czech Republic, Denmark, Hungary, Slovakia and Sweden in the first half of 2027. It first appeared in Europe in April 2026 during Milan design week and is already being launched in the United Kingdom, Italy and Spain. In the first three quarters of 2026 Chery Group sold 2,206,789 vehicles worldwide, 9.9% more than a year earlier. The release gives no prices or models for these markets.

Raiffeisenbank's deposit rating stays at A2 on the long-term scale and P-1 on the short-term scale, the bank announced after the decision by Moody's Ratings. The outlook on the long-term rating moved from stable to positive. The bank's baseline credit assessment (BCA) was raised from baa2 to baa1. The announcement is dated 22 October 2026.

The recruitment agency Předvýběr.CZ asked one hundred owners, managers and HR staff of firms whether they will pay Christmas bonuses this year. Almost 67% of firms will pay a bonus for the year's results, and its size is to be roughly the same as in previous years. The survey was online and the sample was one hundred regular respondents.