Day of Armed Forces celebrated at Vitkov hill

Outgoing Defense Minister Vlastimil Picek and the army’s chief-of-staff, Petr Pavel, commemorated Czech soldiers who died on foreign missions on Sunday by laying a wreath on the grave of the unknown warrior on Vitkov hill in Prague. The Day of Armed Forces has been celebrated in the Czech Republic on 30 June since 2002. The caretaker Prime Minister Jiří Rusnok has asked Mr. Picek to continue in the post of defense minister in his new cabinet. Mr. Picek has not officially responded to the offer.