On Tuesday, Parliamentary Chair Richard Raši (Hlas-SD) presented the Jozef Miloslav Hurban State Award. This year’s laureates are Slovak Bishops Conference head and Archbishop of Kosice Bernard Bober, writer and screenwriter Peter Jaroš, and politician and educator Milan Ftacnik in memoriam.
The ceremony, which was held on the occasion of Slovak National Council Day (19 September) took place in the old parliament building in Bratislava.
Bober received the award for his active contribution to developing the Church, to education and to the moral and spiritual development of society in Slovakia. Among other things, the award highlights his lifelong pastoral work, spreading Christian humanism, tolerance, the idea of love and helping one's neighbour.
Jaroš was awarded for his extraordinary work as a legislator who contributed to the constitutional foundations of the state and the formation of modern Slovakia. He also received the award for his literary work, which has shaped national awareness and spread the ideas of humanism and tolerance.
Raši honoured Ftacnik in memoriam for his active contribution to establishing the independent state as a member of the Slovak parliament, to developing democracy and for his lifelong efforts to improve the quality of education in the post of education minister and as a university lecturer.
Source: TASR
