August 21, 2008: Czech and Slovak Premiers To Commemorate Jointly August 1968

On Thursday, August 21, 2008, Czech Premier Mirek Topolánek will receive his visiting Slovak counterpart Robert Fico. The Slovak Premier will come to the Czech Republic on an official visit on the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of the landmark events in former Czechoslovakia in August 1968. The two Premiers will meet in the Kramá? Villa, the official seat of the Czech Prime Minister. After a welcoming ceremony and bilateral talks they will lay flowers at the grave of student Marie Charousková who was killed in August 1968, visit the Slovak Institute, and jointly inaugurate an exhibition called “And Tanks Arrived in 1968“ held in Prague’s National Museum. 

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10.00 a.m. – journalists meeting in front of the entrance to the Kramá? Villa 
10.30 a.m. – photo opportunity, welcoming ceremony 
11.35 a.m. – joint press statement by the two Premiers 
Venue: garden of the Kramá? Villa, Gogolova Street 1, Prague 6 

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11.55 a.m. – photo opportunity, laying flowers at the grave of student Marie Charousková
Venue: Klárov (corner of u Železné lávky Street and náb?eží E. Beneše), Prague 1 

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1.50 p.m. – photo opportunity, visit to the Slovak Institute
Venue: Slovak Institute, Jilská Street 450/16, Prague – Old Town
(Journalists are requested to arrive 15 minutes before the event at the latest.) 

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3.30 p.m. – photo opportunity, inauguration of the exhibition “And Tanks Arrived in 1968“
Venue: National Museum, Václavské nám?stí 68, Prague 1
(Journalists are requested to arrive 15 minutes before the event at the latest.) 

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Journalists are requested to confirm attendance at the scheduled events at these Internet addresses: tiskovy.odbor@vlada.cz and stadler.jakub@vlada.cz by 2.00 p.m. on Tuesday, August 19, 2008 at the latest. Thank you.