Brigadier General Píka receives State Award on his 95th birthday

President Andrej Kiska bestowed the Order of Ľudovít Štúr, 2nd Class on retired Brigadier General Milan Píka for his extraordinary contributions towards democracy and the protection of human rights and freedoms. Kiska presented Píka with the state award at an event marking the 95^th birthday of the WWII veteran. Milan Píka is one of the last living Czechoslovak officers who fought in the British Royal Air Force during WWII. His father, the prominent Czech military officer and hero of the First and Second World Wars Heliodor Píka, was executed by the Communists following a fabricated trial.