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ICEFA 2009 Prize Awards – Azerbaijan, Baku

1. 12. 2009

On Friday 25 September 2009 in the morning, the Large Ceremonial Hall of the Slavonic University at Baku hosted the 37 ICEFA Lidice 2009 Prize Awards to young artists of Azerbaijan on the occasion of the official visit of President of the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic Mr. Přemysl Sobotka to Azerbaijan.

The certificates and small presents were bestowed on the young Azerbaijan winners by President of the Senate Mr. Přemysl Sobotka. Appreciating the participation of Azerbaijan children in the competition, he wished both winners much success in making use of their talents.

In his speech, Mr. Přemysl Sobotka mentioned the Lidice tragedy as well as various tragedies on Azerbaijan‘s way to freedom, democracy and prosperity. The President of the Senate wished Azerbaijan and the Czech Republic and their peoples „that tragedies like that of Lidice would become only the past that will not recur“.

The ICEFA Lidice 2009 Prize Award Ceremony was attended by almost 600 guests including the members of the delegation of the President of the Senate, the top management, the teaching staff and students of the Slavonic University and the management of the Centre of Out-of-School Work no. 46 – Children’s Art Studio “The Sun”.

A pleasant atmosphere of the prize awards was created by students of the Department of Slavic Philology of the Slavic University, who appeared in a programme comprising songs in Czech language.

Radek Matula, ambassador
 


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