The Ambassador of the Czech Republic participated in an event in the reconstructed Great Basilica in Plovdiv
13.06.2019 / 10:29 | Aktualizováno: 30.01.2020 / 12:16
On June 11, 2019 in Plovdiv was held an event on the initiative of the America for Bulgaria Foundation, the Municipality of Plovdiv and the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Bulgaria.
It was a tour of the „new“ archaeological site of the Great Basilica combined with a presentation of „peace” messages of several foreign embassies in Bulgaria. These messages, or short quotes of classics, politicians, etc. under the theme of "together", "society", "progress together" will be permanently engraved in one of the walls of the future reconstructed basilica along with the names of their authors. Ambassador of the Czech Republic Mr. Dušan Štrauch presented in Czech, Bulgarian and English a short quote from President Václav Havel's speech from 1993, encouraging Czech society to become more coherent and more interested in public affairs, in order not to open the door to the universal “evil”. The event was attended by 16 ambassadors, another 4 contributions were only read by the organizers of the event. Václav Havel's quotation caused a positive feedback among the participants.