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Farm-turned industrial park helps promote China-Slovakia cooperation

STORY: Farm-turned industrial park helps promote China-Slovakia cooperation DATELINE: May 29, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:37 LOCATION: Bratislava CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Friendship Farm in Cangzhou 2. photos from Friendship Farm Museum 3. various of guests at the reception in Bratislava, Slovakia 4. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): DUSAN BELLA, Former Slovak Ambassador to China 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): DUSAN BELLA, Former Slovak Ambassador to China STORYLINE: The Chinese ambassador to Slovakia and local guests have shared stories about the Zhongjie Friendship Farm founded over 60 years ago, expecting the exemplar of friendship and cooperation to play a bigger role in promoting China-Slovakia cooperation. Sino-Czechoslovakia is shortened to "Zhongjie" in Chinese. At a reception hosted by the Chinese Embassy in Slovakia on Thursday evening to commemorate the founding of the Friendship Farm and promote cooperation between the two countries, Chinese Ambassador to Slovakia Sun Lijie shared the story of the f

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Caslavska receives Japanese order

PRAGUE, Czech Republic - Vera Caslavska, a gymnast from the former Czechoslovakia, shows off the medal of the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon conferred by Japan in a ceremony at the Japanese ambassador's official residence in Prague on Dec. 7, 2010. Caslavska, a 68-year-old gold medalist at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, was awarded under the 2010 autumn decoration for her contribution to the enhancement of friendship between the Czech Republic and Japan.

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Caslavska receives Japanese order

PRAGUE, Czech Republic - Vera Caslavska, a gymnast from the former Czechoslovakia, addresses an award ceremony after receiving the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon, from Japan at the Japanese ambassador's official residence in Prague on Dec. 7, 2010. Caslavska, a 68-year-old gold medalist at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, was awarded under the 2010 autumn decoration for her contribution to the enhancement of friendship between the Czech Republic and Japan.

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Albright, 1st female U.S. secretary of state, dies of cancer

STORY: Albright, 1st female U.S. secretary of state, dies of cancer DATELINE: March 24, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:33 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Madeleine Albright related footage STORYLINE: Madeleine Albright, the first female secretary of state of the United States, died Wednesday, her family announced. She was 84. Albright died of cancer, her family said in a statement, adding she was "surrounded by family and friends" during the final moment of her life. A native of Prague, then Czechoslovakia, Albright migrated to the United States in 1948 as an 11-year-old refugee, rising to the top of U.S. Foreign Service as she held the post of secretary of state from 1997 to 2001 during the Bill Clinton administration. During her tenure at the State Department, Albright championed the eastward expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), pushing in particular for the alliance's military intervention -- led by the United States in 1999 -- into the conflict

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1941 The Times Britain and US give full support to Russia

1941 page 4 The Times Britain and U.S. give full support to Russia, State of emergency in Czechoslovakia and China claim big victory over Japanese Army Date: 3rd October 1941

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Caslavska receives Japanese order

PRAGUE, Czech Republic - Vera Caslavska, a gymnast from the former Czechoslovakia, shows off the medal of the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon conferred by Japan in a ceremony at the Japanese ambassador's official residence in Prague on Dec. 7, 2010. Caslavska, a 68-year-old gold medalist at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, was awarded under the 2010 autumn decoration for her contribution to the enhancement of friendship between the Czech Republic and Japan. (Kyodo)

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Caslavska receives Japanese order

PRAGUE, Czech Republic - Vera Caslavska, a gymnast from the former Czechoslovakia, addresses an award ceremony after receiving the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon, from Japan at the Japanese ambassador's official residence in Prague on Dec. 7, 2010. Caslavska, a 68-year-old gold medalist at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, was awarded under the 2010 autumn decoration for her contribution to the enhancement of friendship between the Czech Republic and Japan. (Kyodo)

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statue of Soviet Marshal Ivan Konev, depository

***FILE PHOTO*** Statue of Soviet Marshal Ivan Konev is stored in a depository in Mesice, near Prague, Czech Republic, pictured on March 31, 2021. The statue previously stood on Interbrigade Square in Prague until April 3, 2020, and in the future the statue will be exhibited in the Museum of 20th Century Memory in Prague. The Prague 6 Bubenec district removed the memorial after an unknown perpetrator poured red paint on the monument. Konev's memorial in Prague, built in 1980 to remind of his role in the liberation of Czechoslovakia from the Nazis in 1945, has been repeatedly damaged and provoked demonstrations. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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statue of Soviet Marshal Ivan Konev, depository

***FILE PHOTO*** Statue of Soviet Marshal Ivan Konev is stored in a depository in Mesice, near Prague, Czech Republic, pictured on March 31, 2021. The statue previously stood on Interbrigade Square in Prague until April 3, 2020, and in the future the statue will be exhibited in the Museum of 20th Century Memory in Prague. The Prague 6 Bubenec district removed the memorial after an unknown perpetrator poured red paint on the monument. Konev's memorial in Prague, built in 1980 to remind of his role in the liberation of Czechoslovakia from the Nazis in 1945, has been repeatedly damaged and provoked demonstrations. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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statue of Soviet Marshal Ivan Konev, depository

***FILE PHOTO*** Statue of Soviet Marshal Ivan Konev is stored in a depository in Mesice, near Prague, Czech Republic, pictured on March 31, 2021. The statue previously stood on Interbrigade Square in Prague until April 3, 2020, and in the future the statue will be exhibited in the Museum of 20th Century Memory in Prague. The Prague 6 Bubenec district removed the memorial after an unknown perpetrator poured red paint on the monument. Konev's memorial in Prague, built in 1980 to remind of his role in the liberation of Czechoslovakia from the Nazis in 1945, has been repeatedly damaged and provoked demonstrations. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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statue of Soviet Marshal Ivan Konev, depository

***FILE PHOTO*** Statue of Soviet Marshal Ivan Konev is stored in a depository in Mesice, near Prague, Czech Republic, pictured on March 31, 2021. The statue previously stood on Interbrigade Square in Prague until April 3, 2020, and in the future the statue will be exhibited in the Museum of 20th Century Memory in Prague. The Prague 6 Bubenec district removed the memorial after an unknown perpetrator poured red paint on the monument. Konev's memorial in Prague, built in 1980 to remind of his role in the liberation of Czechoslovakia from the Nazis in 1945, has been repeatedly damaged and provoked demonstrations. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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statue of Soviet Marshal Ivan Konev, depository

***FILE PHOTO*** Statue of Soviet Marshal Ivan Konev is stored in a depository in Mesice, near Prague, Czech Republic, pictured on March 31, 2021. The statue previously stood on Interbrigade Square in Prague until April 3, 2020, and in the future the statue will be exhibited in the Museum of 20th Century Memory in Prague. The Prague 6 Bubenec district removed the memorial after an unknown perpetrator poured red paint on the monument. Konev's memorial in Prague, built in 1980 to remind of his role in the liberation of Czechoslovakia from the Nazis in 1945, has been repeatedly damaged and provoked demonstrations. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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The Russian Embassy High School in Prague

The Russian Embassy High School in Prague, Czech Republic, April 20, 2021. The Prague leadership has called on the government to negotiate with Moscow the return of part of the Prague-Stromovka park, seized when the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact troops invaded Czechoslovakia in 1968 and used by the Russian Embassy since. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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Embassy of the Russian Federation in Prague, property, Stromovka park, wall

A massive concrete wall separating properties of the Embassy of the Russian Federation from Stromovka park in Prague, Czech Republic, pictured on April 20, 2021. The Prague leadership has called on the government to negotiate with Moscow the return of part of the Prague-Stromovka park, seized when the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact troops invaded Czechoslovakia in 1968 and used by the Russian Embassy since, Prague representatives told journalists on April 19, 2021. (CTK Photo/Milos Ruml)

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Embassy of the Russian Federation in Prague

Woman walks with her dogs along the wall of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Prague, Czech Republic, April 20, 2021. The Prague leadership has called on the government to negotiate with Moscow the return of part of the Prague-Stromovka park, seized when the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact troops invaded Czechoslovakia in 1968 and used by the Russian Embassy since. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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The Russian Embassy Consular Section in Prague

The Russian Embassy Consular Section in Prague, Czech Republic, April 20, 2021. The Prague leadership has called on the government to negotiate with Moscow the return of part of the Prague-Stromovka park, seized when the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact troops invaded Czechoslovakia in 1968 and used by the Russian Embassy since. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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Embassy of the Russian Federation in Prague

The Embassy of the Russian Federation in Prague, Czech Republic, April 20, 2021. The Prague leadership has called on the government to negotiate with Moscow the return of part of the Prague-Stromovka park, seized when the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact troops invaded Czechoslovakia in 1968 and used by the Russian Embassy since. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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Trade Representation of the Russian Federation in Prague

Trade Representation of the Russian Federation in Prague, Czech Republic, April 20, 2021. The Prague leadership has called on the government to negotiate with Moscow the return of part of the Prague-Stromovka park, seized when the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact troops invaded Czechoslovakia in 1968 and used by the Russian Embassy since. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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Embassy of the Russian Federation in Prague, property, Stromovka park, wall

One of buildings behind a massive concrete wall separating properties of the Embassy of the Russian Federation from Stromovka park in Prague, Czech Republic, pictured on April 20, 2021. The Prague leadership has called on the government to negotiate with Moscow the return of part of the Prague-Stromovka park, seized when the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact troops invaded Czechoslovakia in 1968 and used by the Russian Embassy since, Prague representatives told journalists on April 19, 2021. (CTK Photo/Milos Ruml)

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Embassy of the Russian Federation in Prague, property, Stromovka park, wall

One of buildings behind a massive concrete wall separating properties of the Embassy of the Russian Federation from Stromovka park in Prague, Czech Republic, pictured on April 20, 2021. The Prague leadership has called on the government to negotiate with Moscow the return of part of the Prague-Stromovka park, seized when the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact troops invaded Czechoslovakia in 1968 and used by the Russian Embassy since, Prague representatives told journalists on April 19, 2021. (CTK Photo/Milos Ruml)

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Embassy of the Russian Federation in Prague, property, Stromovka park, wall

A massive concrete wall separating properties of the Embassy of the Russian Federation from Stromovka park in Prague, Czech Republic, pictured on April 20, 2021. The Prague leadership has called on the government to negotiate with Moscow the return of part of the Prague-Stromovka park, seized when the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact troops invaded Czechoslovakia in 1968 and used by the Russian Embassy since, Prague representatives told journalists on April 19, 2021. (CTK Photo/Milos Ruml)

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Embassy of the Russian Federation in Prague, property, Stromovka park, wall

A massive concrete wall separating properties of the Embassy of the Russian Federation from Stromovka park in Prague, Czech Republic, pictured on April 20, 2021. The Prague leadership has called on the government to negotiate with Moscow the return of part of the Prague-Stromovka park, seized when the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact troops invaded Czechoslovakia in 1968 and used by the Russian Embassy since, Prague representatives told journalists on April 19, 2021. (CTK Photo/Milos Ruml)

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Embassy of the Russian Federation in Prague, property, Stromovka park, wall

One of buildings behind a massive concrete wall separating properties of the Embassy of the Russian Federation from Stromovka park in Prague, Czech Republic, pictured on April 20, 2021. The Prague leadership has called on the government to negotiate with Moscow the return of part of the Prague-Stromovka park, seized when the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact troops invaded Czechoslovakia in 1968 and used by the Russian Embassy since, Prague representatives told journalists on April 19, 2021. (CTK Photo/Milos Ruml)

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the Ladislav Park

The memorial plaque Ladislav Park on the Holesovice foreground of the Liben Bridge in Prague, February 24, 2021. The park with a playground was opened in 2005 and named after Ladislav Winterstein, who served as Czechoslovakia's first consul to Israel. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

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The Velvet Revolution memorial, Narodni Street, rose, tulip

The memorial plaque marking the November 17, 1989, events leading to the fall of communism on the facade of Baroque Classicist Schirding palace (Kanka House) in Narodni street in Prague where it was in 2016 removed from its arcade for safety reasons, in Prague, Czech Republic, March 24, 2021. The bronze plaque shaped as hands showing the letter V symbolising victory was unveiled in memory of the students' demonstration on November 17, 1989, which was beaten up by the communist police. The most brutal clashes took place in the arcade. The event initiated the Velvet Revolution that removed the communist regime and opened the path to democratic changes in the former Czechoslovakia. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

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The Velvet Revolution memorial, Narodni Street, rose, tulip

The memorial plaque marking the November 17, 1989, events leading to the fall of communism on the facade of Baroque Classicist Schirding palace (Kanka House) in Narodni street in Prague where it was in 2016 removed from its arcade for safety reasons, in Prague, Czech Republic, March 24, 2021. The bronze plaque shaped as hands showing the letter V symbolising victory was unveiled in memory of the students' demonstration on November 17, 1989, which was beaten up by the communist police. The most brutal clashes took place in the arcade. The event initiated the Velvet Revolution that removed the communist regime and opened the path to democratic changes in the former Czechoslovakia. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

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exhibition, gay, ban, communism, Loading Love, love

Outdoor exhibition called Loading Love on Alsovo nabrezi in front of the Rudolfinum building in Prague. It tells the stories of forbidden love during the communist era and the struggle for the rights of homosexuals and lesbians in the former Czechoslovakia and Hungary. (CTK Photo/Petr Malina)

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Krzysztof Penderecki, Zdenek Vokurka

***FILE PHOTO*** Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki, right, with Prague Spring music festival secretary Zdenek Vokurka after Pendereckiｴs opera The Black Mask was staged at the festival on May 14, 1989, in Prague, Czechoslovakia. (CTK Photo/Zuzana Humpalova)

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the reconstructed National Museum historical main building in Prague

The National Museum reconstructed its historical building at Vaclavske namesti (Wenceslas Square), Prague, Czech Republic, on the January 31, 2019 photo, marking 200 years from establishment of National Museum and 100 years from birth of Czechoslovakia. (CTK Photo/Tomas Cerny)

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a sabre of Milan Rastislav Stefanik

The ceremony of awarding state orders and medals the 41 personalities by Czech President Milos Zeman on the occasion of the national holiday of the 100th anniversary of Czechoslovakia's establishment took place at Prague Castleｴs Vladislav Hall, Prague, Czech Republic, on Sunday, October 28, 2018. Compared with the previous ceremonies, the one today differed in some details. For example, a sabre of Milan Rastislav Stefanik, one of the founding fathers of Czechoslovakia, which he received from Czechoslovak legionaries in Russia, was brought to the Prague Castle's Vladislav Hall, the ceremony venue. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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Dagmar Havlova

The first Czech Republic President Vaclav Havel's widow Dagmar Havlova arrives to the Prague Castleｴs Vladislav Hall during the ceremony of awarding state orders and medals the 41 personalities by Czech President Milos Zeman on the occasion of the national holiday of the 100th anniversary of Czechoslovakia's establishment at Prague Castle, Prague, Czech Republic, on Sunday, October 28, 2018. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)

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money, Czech crowns, 5000, banknotes, cash

Highest value Czech crowns banknotes with portrait of first Czechoslovakia president Tomas Garrigue Masaryk, in Prague, Czech Republic, September 4, 2020. (CTK Photo/Martin Macak Gregor)

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Vratislav Vajnar

Former Czechoslovak interior minister Vratislav Vajnar is seen in Prague, Czechoslovakia, June 20, 1983. A state attorney has halted the prosecution of former Czechoslovak top Communist officials Milos Jakes, Lubomir Strougal and Vratislav Vajnar over the shooting at Czechoslovakia's state borders, as Jakes died and the other two have a mental disease. Vajnar (90) was the interior minister in 1983-1988. (CTK Photo/Jiri Krulis)

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Milos Jakes

Former Czechoslovak Communist Party's secretary general Milos Jakes is seen in Prague, Czech Republic, August 10, 2017. A state attorney has halted the prosecution of former Czechoslovak top Communist officials Milos Jakes, Lubomir Strougal and Vratislav Vajnar over the shooting at Czechoslovakia's state borders, as Jakes died and the other two have a mental disease. Jakes was the Czechoslovak Communist Party's (KSC) secretary general before the fall of the regime in late 1989. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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Petr Vana, Blessing of a replica of the Marian column in Prague

Czech sculptor Petr Vana, author of the Marian column replica, stores a copy of the panel painting of the so-called Virgin Mary Rynecka to a revived Virgin Mary column, a replica of the original 17th-century baroque artifact that was demolished by a mob in 1918, in Prague, Czech Republic, August 15, 2020. The Marian column returned to Old Town Square in Prague centre after 102 years. The Virgin Mary Column was erected in Old Town Square in 1650 and consecrated two years later as a symbol of the Catholic Church's victory in the Czech Lands. The column was pulled down by an angry mob in November 1918 after the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian (Habsburg) Monarchy and the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Blessing of a replica of the Marian column in Prague

Priests wears face masks during a divine service in the Church of our Lady before Tyn in Prague, Czech Republic, August 15, 2020. Divine service preceded the blessing of revived Virgin Mary column, a replica of the original 17th-century baroque artifact that was demolished by a mob in 1918. The Marian column returned to Old Town Square in Prague centre after 102 years. The Virgin Mary Column was erected in Old Town Square in 1650 and consecrated two years later as a symbol of the Catholic Church's victory in the Czech Lands. The column was pulled down by an angry mob in November 1918 after the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian (Habsburg) Monarchy and the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Blessing of a replica of the Marian column in Prague, protest, opponents

The opponents of the Marian column with banners reading Column of Shame, left, and Assassinated by the Vatican and Habsburg during the blessing of a revived Virgin Mary column, a replica of the original 17th-century baroque artifact that was demolished by a mob in 1918, in Prague, Czech Republic, August 15, 2020. The Marian column returned to Old Town Square in Prague centre after 102 years. The Virgin Mary Column was erected in Old Town Square in 1650 and consecrated two years later as a symbol of the Catholic Church's victory in the Czech Lands. The column was pulled down by an angry mob in November 1918 after the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian (Habsburg) Monarchy and the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Petr Vana, Blessing of a replica of the Marian column in Prague

Czech sculptor Petr Vana, author of the Marian column replica, stores a copy of the panel painting of the so-called Virgin Mary Rynecka to a revived Virgin Mary column, a replica of the original 17th-century baroque artifact that was demolished by a mob in 1918, in Prague, Czech Republic, August 15, 2020. The Marian column returned to Old Town Square in Prague centre after 102 years. The Virgin Mary Column was erected in Old Town Square in 1650 and consecrated two years later as a symbol of the Catholic Church's victory in the Czech Lands. The column was pulled down by an angry mob in November 1918 after the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian (Habsburg) Monarchy and the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Petr Vana, Blessing of a replica of the Marian column in Prague

Czech sculptor Petr Vana, right, author of the Marian column replica, claps during the blessing of a revived Virgin Mary column, a replica of the original 17th-century baroque artifact that was demolished by a mob in 1918, in Prague, Czech Republic, August 15, 2020. The Marian column returned to Old Town Square in Prague centre after 102 years. The Virgin Mary Column was erected in Old Town Square in 1650 and consecrated two years later as a symbol of the Catholic Church's victory in the Czech Lands. The column was pulled down by an angry mob in November 1918 after the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian (Habsburg) Monarchy and the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Blessing of a replica of the Marian column in Prague

A copy of the panel painting of the so-called Virgin Mary Rynecka was stored to a revived Virgin Mary column, a replica of the original 17th-century baroque artifact that was demolished by a mob in 1918, in Prague, Czech Republic, August 15, 2020. The Marian column returned to Old Town Square in Prague centre after 102 years. The Virgin Mary Column was erected in Old Town Square in 1650 and consecrated two years later as a symbol of the Catholic Church's victory in the Czech Lands. The column was pulled down by an angry mob in November 1918 after the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian (Habsburg) Monarchy and the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Blessing of a replica of the Marian column in Prague

Participants in the blessing of a revived Virgin Mary column, a replica of the original 17th-century baroque artifact that was demolished by a mob in 1918, in Prague, Czech Republic, August 15, 2020. The Marian column returned to Old Town Square in Prague centre after 102 years. The Virgin Mary Column was erected in Old Town Square in 1650 and consecrated two years later as a symbol of the Catholic Church's victory in the Czech Lands. The column was pulled down by an angry mob in November 1918 after the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian (Habsburg) Monarchy and the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Blessing of a replica of the Marian column in Prague

People wear face masks during a divine service in the Church of our Lady before Tyn in Prague, Czech Republic, August 15, 2020. Divine service preceded the blessing of revived Virgin Mary column, a replica of the original 17th-century baroque artifact that was demolished by a mob in 1918. The Marian column returned to Old Town Square in Prague centre after 102 years. The Virgin Mary Column was erected in Old Town Square in 1650 and consecrated two years later as a symbol of the Catholic Church's victory in the Czech Lands. The column was pulled down by an angry mob in November 1918 after the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian (Habsburg) Monarchy and the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Petr Vana, Blessing of a replica of the Marian column in Prague

Czech sculptor Petr Vana, author of the Marian column replica, smiles during the blessing of a revived Virgin Mary column, a replica of the original 17th-century baroque artifact that was demolished by a mob in 1918, in Prague, Czech Republic, August 15, 2020. The Marian column returned to Old Town Square in Prague centre after 102 years. The Virgin Mary Column was erected in Old Town Square in 1650 and consecrated two years later as a symbol of the Catholic Church's victory in the Czech Lands. The column was pulled down by an angry mob in November 1918 after the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian (Habsburg) Monarchy and the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Blessing of a replica of the Marian column in Prague

Participants in the blessing of a revived Virgin Mary column, a replica of the original 17th-century baroque artifact that was demolished by a mob in 1918, in Prague, Czech Republic, August 15, 2020. The Marian column returned to Old Town Square in Prague centre after 102 years. The Virgin Mary Column was erected in Old Town Square in 1650 and consecrated two years later as a symbol of the Catholic Church's victory in the Czech Lands. The column was pulled down by an angry mob in November 1918 after the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian (Habsburg) Monarchy and the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Karel Schwarzenberg, Petr Vana, Blessing of a replica of the Marian column in Prague

Former Czech Minister of Foreign Karel Schwarzenberg, center, and Czech sculptor Petr Vana, author of the Marian column replica, right, during the blessing of a revived Virgin Mary column, a replica of the original 17th-century baroque artifact that was demolished by a mob in 1918, in Prague, Czech Republic, August 15, 2020. The Marian column returned to Old Town Square in Prague centre after 102 years. The Virgin Mary Column was erected in Old Town Square in 1650 and consecrated two years later as a symbol of the Catholic Church's victory in the Czech Lands. The column was pulled down by an angry mob in November 1918 after the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian (Habsburg) Monarchy and the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Dominik Duka, Blessing of a replica of the Marian column in Prague

Prague Archbishop Cardinal Dominik Duka on the large screene, left, celebrates a divine service in the Church of our Lady before Tyn in Prague, Czech Republic, August 15, 2020. Divine service preceded the blessing of revived Virgin Mary column, a replica of the original 17th-century baroque artifact that was demolished by a mob in 1918. The Marian column returned to Old Town Square in Prague centre after 102 years. The Virgin Mary Column was erected in Old Town Square in 1650 and consecrated two years later as a symbol of the Catholic Church's victory in the Czech Lands. The column was pulled down by an angry mob in November 1918 after the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian (Habsburg) Monarchy and the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Blessing of a replica of the Marian column in Prague

Participants in the blessing of a revived Virgin Mary column, a replica of the original 17th-century baroque artifact that was demolished by a mob in 1918, in Prague, Czech Republic, August 15, 2020. The Marian column returned to Old Town Square in Prague centre after 102 years. The Virgin Mary Column was erected in Old Town Square in 1650 and consecrated two years later as a symbol of the Catholic Church's victory in the Czech Lands. The column was pulled down by an angry mob in November 1918 after the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian (Habsburg) Monarchy and the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Blessing of a replica of the Marian column in Prague

People pray at the revived Virgin Mary column, a replica of the original 17th-century baroque artifact that was demolished by a mob in 1918, in Prague, Czech Republic, August 15, 2020. In this day the Marian column was blessed by Prague Archbishop Cardinal Dominik Duka. The Virgin Mary Column was erected in Old Town Square in 1650 and consecrated two years later as a symbol of the Catholic Church's victory in the Czech Lands. The column was pulled down by an angry mob in November 1918 after the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian (Habsburg) Monarchy and the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Blessing of a replica of the Marian column in Prague

Participants in the blessing of a revived Virgin Mary column, a replica of the original 17th-century baroque artifact that was demolished by a mob in 1918, in Prague, Czech Republic, August 15, 2020. The Marian column returned to Old Town Square in Prague centre after 102 years. The Virgin Mary Column was erected in Old Town Square in 1650 and consecrated two years later as a symbol of the Catholic Church's victory in the Czech Lands. The column was pulled down by an angry mob in November 1918 after the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian (Habsburg) Monarchy and the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Dominik Duka, Blessing of a replica of the Marian column in Prague

Prague Archbishop Cardinal Dominik Duka on the large screene, left, celebrates a divine service in the Church of our Lady before Tyn in Prague, Czech Republic, August 15, 2020. Divine service preceded the blessing of revived Virgin Mary column, a replica of the original 17th-century baroque artifact that was demolished by a mob in 1918. The Marian column returned to Old Town Square in Prague centre after 102 years. The Virgin Mary Column was erected in Old Town Square in 1650 and consecrated two years later as a symbol of the Catholic Church's victory in the Czech Lands. The column was pulled down by an angry mob in November 1918 after the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian (Habsburg) Monarchy and the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)