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            By Marcela Uhlíková and Jan Velinger
            August 29, 2019


            Czech ambassadors welcomed the opportunity to meet at Charles University on Wednesday, whe
            greeted by Rector Tomáš Zima. Education, scientific research and international cooperation

            topics discussed in a friendly atmosphere in the historic Jan Hus courtyard at the Carolin

            As part of a packed week of activities, the group of ambassadors took the opportunity to m

            room to discuss various developments in education and trade with the rector and other memb
            Following a toast and brief address, Rector Zima also thanked the ambassadors for their ro
            secure international cooperation between schools.

            Their mission, he noted, was the promoting the good name of the Czech Republic abroad whil
            officials’ was "to bring together top experts” from around the world.
            The rector stressed that 18 percent of the student body (and nine percent of employees) at

            countries such as England, Portugal, Germany, parts of the former Soviet bloc, Canada and 

            During the meeting, the rector also discussed the 4EU+ Alliance, which has successfully br

            prestigious universities together and received EC funding for its aim of deepening coopera
            levels including international research and raising student and staff mobility.
            The Czech ambassador to Berlin, Tomáš Jan Podivínský, one of the more outspoken at the mee

            on the success of fresh start-ups in neighbouring Germany. As the longest-serving diplomat
            Wednesday, he extended compliments to Charles University, thanking the rector and his team
            for their wide-ranging efforts in education and more.


            The group was then given a tour by Rector Zima, joined by members of his team. Many of the
            their way around the Carolinum easily enough, the rector quipped, having studied at Charle

            in years past. Those in attendance included the Czech ambassadors to Vienna (Ivana Červenk
            (Vladimír Zavázal), Hanoi (Vítězslav Grepl), Washington (Hynek Kmoníček), Berlin (the afor
            Jan Podivínský), Tbilisi (Petr Mikyska) and Bratislava (Tomáš Tuhý).