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GRATIAS AGIT Award 2012

On 1 June 2012 in Czernin Palace, the first vice-premier and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, Karel Schwarzenberg, will bestow the GRATIAS AGIT Award 2012 upon outstanding personalities who have significantly helped to promote the renown of the Czech Republic throughout the world.

 
 
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Puppeteer Jiří Trnka – 100th birthday…

The 100th anniversary of the birth of Jiří Trnka was included into the official UNESCO list of anniversaries for 2012.

 
 
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Czech Grand Design 2011

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State Opera Merges with National…

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Traditional Czech producers of musical…

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Josef Škvorecký (1924–2012)

Josef Škoverecký was an internationally renowned writer, essayist and translator and one of the most significant Czech…

 
 
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Population census in the Czech Republic…

The population of the Czech Republic is now bigger than in 2001 due to foreigners. In 2001, the population of the CR…

 
 
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UNESCO Intangible Heritage – Shrovetide…

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