Hanno R. Ellenbogen Citizenship Award
For instance when the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra won the award in 2000, the cash prize was given to Lukas Vondracek, an aspiring musician at the time, who is now recognized worldwide.
Vladimir Valek has performed in many major cities around the world like Brussels, Cairo, Copenhagen, London, New York, Paris, Beijing, Tokyo, and Vienna.
Since then he has appeared frequently with the orchestra, including a major USA tour, and concerts in Cologne, Vienna, Lucerne, Bad Kissingen, and Birmingham's Symphony Hall.
She is the Chairman of The National Democratic Institute for International Affairs and founder of the Albright Group, a global strategy firm delivering solutions and advice for businesses in a rapidly changing world.
In the following years she covered events in Chechnya, Abkhazia, Ossetia, Georgia, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Nagorny Karabakh, Kurdistan, Kashmir and East Timor.
Openly critical to President Lukashenko's regime, and the only major newspaper written in Belarusian, Nasha Niva has become an important symbol of freedom and independence.
In August 1999 he was selected as the tenth Secretary General of NATO, and the same month received a life peerage, taking the title Lord Robertson of Port Ellen.
Encouraged by Ms Bela Gran Jensen, founder of the "Centipede" movement, he wrote an essay named "What I would do if I were General Secretary of NATO".
From his earliest Czechoslovakian work through his American period to Goya's Ghosts, Forman's directing remains close to the reality of life; its absurdity and transforming joys.
Over the next fifty-five years he worked as a mechanic, commercial pilot and businessman and, with his wife Queen Anne, Princess of Bourbon-Parma, brought up their five daughters.
Petrisor has spent over 4000 hours of voluntary work on programs developed by the Alaturi de Voi Romania Foundation and has brought hope to over 200 young people living with HIV.
In 2005 he was chosen by the United Democratic Forces of Belarus as joint candidate of the opposition in the presidential elections of 2006, to stand against the authoritarian Alexander Lukashenko.
He is also a talented publicist, author of a number of books and articles in which he presents his ideas and values, calling Belarusians to a national awakening and protest against autocratic rule.
He was involved in many fields during his time in the Czech Republic: Vice-Chairman of the British Chamber of Commerce, he was also well known for his support of the International School of Prague, and an active member of the congregation of the Roman Catholic Church of St Thomas in Mala Strana.
A historian and co-founder of KOR (Committee for the Defense of Workers) 1976, he was detained many times during 1965-1980 and was a prominent Solidarity activist during the 80s, and spent a total of six years in Polish prisons for activities opposing the communist regime.
As a politician he played a pre-eminent role in shaping post-Communist foreign policy in a democratic Czechoslovakia between 1989 and 1993 and from Central Europe to Asia to the Middle East.
As a lawyer and journalist, Pastrana had been dedicated to fighting corruption and the Colombian drug trade that lies at the root of his country's civil conflict already before he became president.
[14][15] Věra Čáslavská won seven Olympic gold medals before she was forced into retirement and for many years was denied the right to travel, work and attend sporting events following her protest against the Soviet-led occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1968.
[16][17] Tony Fitzjohn was a conservationist who worked extensively with George Adamson (of "Born Free" fame) and ran a successful sanctuary for rhinos and African wild dogs in Mkomazi National Park in Tanzania.
He emphasized the close cooperation with neighboring communities, and developed special programmes that allow local children and students to visit Mkomazi National Park and a rhino sanctuary.
The Sanctuary provides local communities with clean water supplies, dispensary and Flying Doctor services - with the notable achievement of completing construction of a new secondary school for 400 children.
Currently she is a moderator and public speaker and works for the Washington Post Newspaper, German TV channel ZDF and The Daily Beast.
Financial component donated to Praunheimer Werkstätten and Arthur F. Sniegon The financial parts were divided as Souad Mekhennet nominated organizations Praunheimer Werkstätten (working with challenged people) and Die Weisser Ring (Helping the victims of crimes), Tony Fitzjohn nominated Arthur F. Sniegon which is an aspiring conservationist from Czech Republic.
Financial component donated to Petr Koukal and ŽivenaThe financial part was divided into 2 parts as Magda Vášáryova has chosen the oldest women organization in Europe - Živena and its activity towards females from the Roma community in Slovakia and Zdeněk Tuma has chosen Petr Koukal (badminton), Czech Olympic winner and his foundation which is helping men with testicle cancer.
Both Pope Benedict and Pope Francis continually drew the attention of the Church and wider world to the moral and human crisis evident in this widespread human exploit Financial Part Donated to Caritas Bakhita House Cardinal Vincent Nicols intends to donate the money from the award to Caritas Bakhita House in the Diocese of Westminster for their work to help victims of trafficking get back on their feet, whether they wish to return home or find suitability in this country.
It exposed politicians, public officials and business representatives discussing kickbacks in return for procurement and privatization contracts and rocked the Slovak political scene.
Before the communist regime collapsed in 1989, he was engaged in semi-official scientific work and often hosted discussion groups inviting dissidents and academics in his apartment overlooking the River Vltava in Prague.
He later co-founded the Center of Theoretical Studies (jointly with Ivan Chvatik) in Prague and held the position of Editor-in-Chief of the esteemed scientific journal Vesmír for over two decades.
Amongst many of his achievements, he is greatly respected for his significant efforts that helped spell the end of the Cold War in the late 1980s, when Communist eastern European governments toppled leading to German reunification.
[33] Milan Kňažko, born in 1945 in Horné Plachtinice, has had a varied career, starting as a theatre stage technician and miner before rising to fame as a film and television actor.
