Japan, Central Europe foreign ministers

Japan, Central Europe foreign ministers

NEW DELHI, India - Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (C) and his counterparts from four Central European countries -- Jan Kohout of the Czech Republic (far L), Miroslav Lajcak of Slovakia (2nd from L), Janos Martonyi of Hungary (2nd from R) and Radoslaw Sikorski of Poland (far R), pose for photos in New Delhi, India, on Nov. 11, 2013. Japan and the group known as the Visegrad Four, or Visegrad Group, held talks in the Indian capital on the sidelines of the Asia-Europe Meeting.

Vladimir Lotoreichik

Vladimir Lotoreichik

The Neuron Scientific Support Foundation awarded eight scientists and divided six million crowns among them at a ceremony in the National Museum in Prague today, on Wednesday, November 6, 2019. Six laureates received the young talented scientist award and 500,000 crowns. Michal Simicek researched malignant diseases and resistance to medicines, Martin Balko used computing to solve mathematical problems in combinatorics, Ondrej Pejcha deepened humanity's understanding of black holes, biologist Petr Kohout researched the influence of mycelial networks on the quality of soil and the composition of plant communities, mathematician Vladimir Lotoreichik (photo) explored spectral theory and shape optimisation and Lucie Kalousova studied the impact of social inequality on the health of human populations. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

Martin Balko

Martin Balko

The Neuron Scientific Support Foundation awarded eight scientists and divided six million crowns among them at a ceremony in the National Museum in Prague today, on Wednesday, November 6, 2019. Six laureates received the young talented scientist award and 500,000 crowns. Michal Simicek researched malignant diseases and resistance to medicines, Martin Balko (photo) used computing to solve mathematical problems in combinatorics, Ondrej Pejcha deepened humanity's understanding of black holes, biologist Petr Kohout researched the influence of mycelial networks on the quality of soil and the composition of plant communities, mathematician Vladimir Lotoreicik explored spectral theory and shape optimisation and Lucie Kalousova studied the impact of social inequality on the health of human populations. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

Lucie Kalousova

Lucie Kalousova

The Neuron Scientific Support Foundation awarded eight scientists and divided six million crowns among them at a ceremony in the National Museum in Prague today, on Wednesday, November 6, 2019. Six laureates received the young talented scientist award and 500,000 crowns. Michal Simicek researched malignant diseases and resistance to medicines, Martin Balko used computing to solve mathematical problems in combinatorics, Ondrej Pejcha deepened humanity's understanding of black holes, biologist Petr Kohout researched the influence of mycelial networks on the quality of soil and the composition of plant communities, mathematician Vladimir Lotoreicik explored spectral theory and shape optimisation and Lucie Kalousova (photo) studied the impact of social inequality on the health of human populations. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

Ondrej Pejcha

Ondrej Pejcha

The Neuron Scientific Support Foundation awarded eight scientists and divided six million crowns among them at a ceremony in the National Museum in Prague today, on Wednesday, November 6, 2019. Six laureates received the young talented scientist award and 500,000 crowns. Michal Simicek researched malignant diseases and resistance to medicines, Martin Balko used computing to solve mathematical problems in combinatorics, Ondrej Pejcha (photo) deepened humanity's understanding of black holes, biologist Petr Kohout researched the influence of mycelial networks on the quality of soil and the composition of plant communities, mathematician Vladimir Lotoreicik explored spectral theory and shape optimisation and Lucie Kalousova studied the impact of social inequality on the health of human populations. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

Michal Simicek

Michal Simicek

The Neuron Scientific Support Foundation awarded eight scientists and divided six million crowns among them at a ceremony in the National Museum in Prague today, on Wednesday, November 6, 2019. Six laureates received the young talented scientist award and 500,000 crowns. Michal Simicek (photo) researched malignant diseases and resistance to medicines, Martin Balko used computing to solve mathematical problems in combinatorics, Ondrej Pejcha deepened humanity's understanding of black holes, biologist Petr Kohout researched the influence of mycelial networks on the quality of soil and the composition of plant communities, mathematician Vladimir Lotoreicik explored spectral theory and shape optimisation and Lucie Kalousova studied the impact of social inequality on the health of human populations. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

Pavel Kohout

Pavel Kohout

The Neuron Scientific Support Foundation awarded eight scientists and divided six million crowns among them at a ceremony in the National Museum in Prague today, on Wednesday, November 6, 2019. Six laureates received the young talented scientist award and 500,000 crowns. Michal Simicek researched malignant diseases and resistance to medicines, Martin Balko used computing to solve mathematical problems in combinatorics, Ondrej Pejcha deepened humanity's understanding of black holes, biologist Petr Kohout (photo) researched the influence of mycelial networks on the quality of soil and the composition of plant communities, mathematician Vladimir Lotoreicik explored spectral theory and shape optimisation and Lucie Kalousova studied the impact of social inequality on the health of human populations. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

Pavel Kohout, Vlasta Tresnak, Pavel Landovsky, Vlasta Chramostova, Tereza Bouckova, living-room theatre, dissidents

Pavel Kohout, Vlasta Tresnak, Pavel Landovsky, Vlasta Chramostova, Tereza Bouckova, living-room theatre, dissidents

***FILE PHOTO*** From left playwright, novelist and poet Pavel Kohout, singer Vlasta Tresnak, actors Pavel Landovsky, Vlasta Chramostova and Tereza Bouckova, Kohout's daughter, during a performance in Vlasta Chramostova's appartment in Prague, 1989. Because dissident theatre workers had been banned from working in the official theatre, they formed the company Living-Room Theatre to covertly perform an adaptation of William Shakespeare's Macbeth. Vlasta Chramostova, a Czech theatre and film actress and a former leading anti-communist dissident and Charter 77 human rights manifesto signatory, died on October 6, 2019, aged 92. (CTK Photo/Oldrich Skacha)

memorial plaque to Vladimir Kruba, Frantisek Kohout, victim of Czechoslovak armed forces in August 1969, Brno

memorial plaque to Vladimir Kruba, Frantisek Kohout, victim of Czechoslovak armed forces in August 1969, Brno

Commemorative plaque for Vladimir Kruba and Frantisek Kohout (Kralodvorska street), who were shot dead by communist Czechoslovak armed forces, Police and People's Militia (LM) in August 1969 on the first anniversary of the Warsaw Pact invasion in August 1968, in Prague, Czech Republic, on August 30, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

memorial plaque to Vladimir Kruba, Frantisek Kohout, victim of Czechoslovak armed forces in August 1969, Brno

memorial plaque to Vladimir Kruba, Frantisek Kohout, victim of Czechoslovak armed forces in August 1969, Brno

Commemorative plaque for Vladimir Kruba and Frantisek Kohout (Kralodvorska street), who were shot dead by communist Czechoslovak armed forces, Police and People's Militia (LM) in August 1969 on the first anniversary of the Warsaw Pact invasion in August 1968, in Prague, Czech Republic, on August 30, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)