Minister Lipavský Presented the Gratias Agit Awards for 2024
18.10.2024 / 10:36 | Aktualizováno: 18.10.2024 / 11:02
Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský awarded the Gratias Agit Prize to prominent personalities and organisations that have contributed to spreading the good name of Czechia abroad. The ceremony took place in the Czernin Palace on October 17, 2024.
Based on the decision of the Minister of Foreign Affairs Jan Lipavský, the Gratias agit Award for spreading the good name of Czechia abroad for 2024 was awarded to the following 10 personalities and 2 organisations.
Jana Beranová – Netherlands – poet, translator, activist for freedom of speech and artistic expression
Jana Fischerová – Ireland – university lecturer, promoter of Czech language, culture and history in Ireland
Helena Lehečková – Finland – philologist, neurolinguist, educator, book author and translator
Jacques Rupnik – France – political scientist and historian specialising in Central and Eastern Europe
Gabriel C. Salvia – Argentina – President of the Argentine NGO CADAL, human rights activist
George Edward Scott – United Kingdom – historian and writer, caring for the legacy of Czechoslovak war veterans, the award will be presented in November 2024 in London
Michael Paul Seng – USA – Professor of Constitutional Law and Legal Comparative Studies at John Marshall Law School
Alexander Speiser, in memoriam – Israel – Holocaust survivor, ICT entrepreneur, former chairman of the Israel-Czech Chamber of Commerce
Eva Urbanová – Czechia – renowned Czech soprano
Herbert Werner – Germany – first German co-director of the Czech-German Future Fund, former long-time member of the Bundestag (CDU)
Slovácký krúžok and Skaličané folklore group – Slovakia
Tokyo University of International Studies – Japan