Masaryk University to award Prince Charles medal of merit

Britain’s Prince Charles is to be awarded a medal of merit by Brno’s Masaryk University on Monday for his promotion of environmental and cultural issues. Masaryk University’s spokeswoman Tereza Fojtová said that the institution also wanted to honour the prince for his considerable contribution to building dialogue among religions and fostering of humanitarian and democratic ideals. The prince will be coming to the Czech Republic next week for his fifth visit, and he is scheduled to participate in a debate on environmental issues with students of the university’s college of natural sciences. The four-day trip will also include a state dinner with Czech political leaders and a tour of an ecological village in Moravia.