September 19: Celebrate South Africa's Heritage Braai Day in Prague
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- Czech President Petr Pavel said in his interview with the Guardian that he had warned the leadership of Ukraine against a rushed counteroffensive. He added that while Ukrainian top military commanders “still have a feeling that they do not have everything to start successfully an operation,” a poorly planned counteroffensive could turn into a disaster.
- Senate Speaker Miloš Vystrčil, Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský and members of the Sokol organisation were among those who gathered on Monday to commemorate the end of the Second World War and the liberation of Czechoslovakia at the Red Army memorial at Prague’s Olšany Cemetery on Monday.
- Acclaimed Czech mezzosopranist Soňa Červená has died at the age of 97, Czech Television reported on Monday. Červená dated the start of her career back to the times of the so-called interwar avant-garde Prague Free Theatre period, during which she performed alongside the famous dramatists Jiří Voskovec and Jan Werich.
- Czechia’s President Petr Pavel and other leading state representatives honoured the victims of the Second World War at Prague’s Vítkov memorial on Monday on the occasion of the anniversary of the end of the war in Europe, celebrated in Czechia as Victory Day.
- Vesna, the Czech girl group representing Czechia at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool, is one of the favourites to win according to both BBC News and the Spotify streaming platform.
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