Special Promotion of Czech culture overseas rewarded at Gratias Agit ceremony

07-10-2008 13:22 | Rosie Johnston

A brass band opens the Gratias Agit award ceremony in Prague's Černínský palác on Friday. The ceremony itself, and the party that follows, are in the words of Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg the single biggest event staged by the Czech Foreign Ministry each year. On Friday, the awards were given to a handful of exceptional individuals from around the world, a few of whom we'll be talking to later. But first, here's organiser Zuzana Opletalová explaining what the awards are about:

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