Foreign minister presents Gratias Agit awards to eight laureates

At a gala ceremony at Černín Palace, Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský presented eight laureates with the Gratias Agit award for promoting the country‘s good name abroad. Among this year’s recipients are: Cecilia Rokusek, head of the Czech and Slovak Museum and Library in Cedar Rapids, the head of the Association for Home Care Tamara Adasan from Moldova, Hazbun Samir Yousef Salim, Czech Honorary Consul in Bethlehem, Antoine Marès, Professor of History of Central and Eastern Europe at the Sorbonne in Paris, and the Czech School in Rome.

The tradition of Gratias Agit awards was established in 1997 in appreciation of the work of prominent personalities and organizations developing activities that promote Czechia’s good name around the world.