Foreign minister presents Gratias Agit awards

Czech Foreign Minister Jan Kohout on Friday presented the Gratias Agit award to individuals and organizations for promoting the good name of the Czech Republic. This year’s laureates include Nataša Al Radi Cimbálová, a Czech pianist living in Iraq, Czech studies teacher and translator Donka Rousová from Macedonia, Alfred Bauer, a philanthropist from the United States, the former Vatican envoy to Prague, Cardinal Giovanni Coppa, and two French lyceums with Czech studies programmes.