On the 18th and 19th of November, the 25th annual Hanno R. Ellenbogen Citizenship Award Ceremony took place at Pálffy Palace in Bratislava. On the 20th November in Brno.

The event was dedicated to commemorating the 35th Anniversary of the Velvet Revolution and was organised in cooperation with H.E. Rudolf Jindrák, Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Slovakia, H.E. Pasi Tuominen, Ambassador of Finland to the Czech Republic and Slovakia and under the patronage of H.S.H. Elizabeth Princess Lobkowicz, Hon. Magda Vašáryová, Hon. PM Petr Nečas, Hon. Štefan Füle, Hon. Martin Palouš and Hon. Charles C. Adams.

This year’s Awards were personally received by Cardinal Dominik Duka, Hon. Milan Kňažko, Evgenia Chirikova and Barbara Day.

In addition to the ceremony, Offline Sessions were also held at the Czech Centre in Bratislava and the Event was concluded in Brno with a Policy Chat and Discussion with the participation of Denis Bilunov and Deputy Minister of Finance Marek Mora.