At the invitation of TRH the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess, the President of the Czech Republic, Petr Pavel, and his wife Eva Pavlová are paying a State visit to Luxembourg from 29 February to 1 March 2024. The presidential couple is accompanied by a delegation including around thirty Czech companies.
Friday 1st March 2024
The second day begins with a visit to the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) in Capellen. The agency brings together NATO's logistical support and procurement activities. The President of the Czech Republic and his wife, together with HRH the Grand Duke, are received at the headquarters of the NSPA by the Minister of Defence, Yuriko Backes, and the Director General of the NSPA, Stacy Cummings. The programme includes a presentation of activities and a visit to a weapons systems workshop.
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(from left to right) Eva Pavlová, First Lady of the Czech Republic; Ronald Dofing, Ambassador of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in Prague; HRH the Grand Duke; Petr Pavel, President of the Czech Republic; Stacy Cummings, Director General of the NSPA; Yuriko Backes, Minister of Defence
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(fr. l. to r.) Eva Pavlová, First Lady of the Czech Republic; Petr Pavel, President of the Czech Republic; Yuriko Backes, Minister of Defence; Stacy Cummings, Director General of the NATO Acquisition and Support Agency.
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(fr. l. to r.) Emanuele Piffaretti, Director of Procurement, NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA); Eva Pavlová, First Lady of the Czech Republic; Zoltán Nagy, Chief of Staff, NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA); Petr Pavel, President of the Czech Republic; Stacy Cummings, Director General, NATO Support and Procurement Agency; HRH the Grand Duke; Yuriko Backes, Minister of Defence.
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Group photo
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Signing of the guest book by the presidential couple and HRH the Grand Duke
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Signing of the guest book by the presidential couple and HRH the Grand Duke
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(fr. l. to r.) Petr Pavel, President of the Czech Republic; Stacy Cummings, Director General of the NATO Support and Procurement Agency; HRH the Grand Duke; Yuriko Backes, Minister of Defence
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Group photo
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Petr Pavel and Eva Pavlová and the Grand Ducal couple are welcomed at the Luxembourg II European School in Mamer by the Minister of Education, Children and Youth, Claude Meisch, and the school's director, Maurice van Daal. During a general presentation of the institution and its educational offer, the presidential couple and HRH the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess have the opportunity to attend a musical performance by Czech pupils. They also get the chance to familiarise themselves with various school projects and meet around a hundred children of Czech origin from the various sections of the European School.
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(from left to right) n.c. (security); Eva Pavlová, First Lady of the Czech Republic; Petr Pavel, President of the Czech Republic; HRH the Grand Duke; HRH the Grand Duchess --- (back) Claude Meisch, Minister of Education, Children and Youth; Monique Smit-Thijs, Mayor of the municipality of Bertrange; Maurice van Daal, Director of the École européenne II in Mamer; Luc Feller, Mayor of Mamer
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(from left to right) Petr Pavel, President of the Czech Republic; Eva Pavlová, First Lady of the Czech Republic; Monique Smit-Thijs, Mayor of Bertrange; Luc Feller, Mayor of Mamer; HRH the Grand Duchess; Claude Meisch, Minister of Education, Children and Youth
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Eva Pavlová, First Lady of the Czech Republic
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Petr Pavel, President of the Czech Republic
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Maurice van Daal, Director of the École européenne II
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(from left to right) Monique Smit-Thijs, Mayor of Bertrange; Luc Feller, Mayor of Mamer; Maurice van Daal, Director of the École européenne II in Mamer; Eva Pavlová, First Lady of the Czech Republic; Petr Pavel, President of the Czech Republic; HRH the Grand Duchess; HRH the Grand Duke; Claude Meisch, Minister of Education, Children and Youth
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(from left to right) Colonel Robert Kohnen, aide-de-camp to the House of the Grand Duke; n.c. (security); HRH the Grand Duke; Claude Meisch, Minister of Education, Children and Youth; HRH the Grand Duchess; n.c. (security); n.c. (interpreter); Eva Pavlová, First Lady of the Czech Republic; Petr Pavel, President of the Czech Republic
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(from left to right) n.c. (security); HRH the Grand Duke; Vladimír Bärtl, Ambassador of the Czech Republic in Luxembourg; HRH the Grand Duchess; Claude Meisch, Minister of Education, Children and Youth; Maurice van Daal, Director of the École européenne II in Mamer
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(middle) Claude Meisch, Minister of Education, Children and Youth
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(from left to right) HRH the Grand Duke; HRH the Grand Duchess; n.c.
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Prime Minister Luc Frieden then has the honour of welcoming, on behalf of the Luxembourg government, the Head of State of the Czech Republic and his wife for a lunch which is also attended by ministers Yuriko Backes and Elisabeth Margue. Discussions focus on bilateral relations, both political and economic, as well as the major issues on the European and international political agenda.
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(from left to right) Luc Frieden, Prime Minister; Petr Pavel, President of the Czech Republic; n.c. (security)
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(from left to right) Yuriko Backes, Minister of Defence; Elisabeth Margue, Minister Delegate to the Prime Minister for Media and Connectivity; Claude Wiseler, President of the Chamber of Deputies; n.c. (security); Luc Frieden, Prime Minister; Petr Pavel, President of the Czech Republic; Eva Pavlová, First Lady of the Czech Republic
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(from left to right) Elisabeth Margue, Minister Delegate to the Prime Minister for Media and Connectivity; Eva Pavlová, First Lady of the Czech Republic; Petr Pavel, President of the Czech Republic; Luc Frieden, Prime Minister; Yuriko Backes, Minister of Defence
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(from left to right) Christophe Schiltz, President of the Council of State; Yuriko Backes, Minister of Defence; Eva Pavlová, First Lady of the Czech Republic; Luc Frieden, Prime Minister; Elisabeth Margue, Minister Delegate to the Prime Minister for Media and Connectivity; Claude Wiseler, President of the Chamber of Deputies; Petr Pavel, President of the Czech Republic
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(from left to right) Yuriko Backes, Minister of Defence; Eva Pavlová, First Lady of the Czech Republic; Luc Frieden, Prime Minister; Vladimír Bärtl, Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Luxembourg; Francis Delaporte, President of the Administrative Court; Paul Dühr, Marshal of the Court; Marc Baltes, Advisor to HRH the Grand Duke, House of the Grand Duke; Petr Pavel, President of the Czech Republic
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Later, Petr Pavel is welcomed at the European Court of Justice (ECJ) by its President, Koen Lenaerts, and has the opportunity to meet judges and staff of Czech origin.
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(from left to right) Petr Pavel, President of the Czech Republic; Koen Lenaerts, President of the European Court of Justice
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(from left to right) Petra Škvařilová-Pelzl, Judge at the General Court of the European Union; Petr Pavel, President of the Czech Republic; Koen Lenaerts, President of the European Court of Justice; Jan Passer, Judge at the European Court of Justice; David Petrlik, Judge at the General Court of the European Union; Jaroslav Zajíček, Director of the Foreign Affairs Department, Office of the President
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(from left to right) Koen Lenaerts, President of the European Court of Justice; Petr Pavel, President of the Czech Republic; n.c. (protocol)
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(from left to right) Petr Pavel, President of the Czech Republic; Koen Lenaerts, President of the European Court of Justice
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(from left to right) n.c. (security); n.c. (security); Tomáš Pernický, Director of the Protocol Department, Office of the President; Petr Pavel, President of the Czech Republic; Koen Lenaerts, President of the European Court of Justice
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The President of the Czech Republic and HRH the Grand Duke are then received at the Chamber of Commerce by the Minister of the Economy, SME, Energy and Tourism, Lex Delles, the President Fernand Ernster, and the Director General Carlo Thelen. As part of the Czech Republic-Luxembourg Business Forum, Petr Pavel, Lex Delles and the Vice-President of the Czech Chamber of Commerce, Radek Jakubský, are giving speeches. The forum is also the setting for the signing of a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) between the Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce and the Czech Chamber of Commerce.
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(from left to right) Petr Pavel, President of the Czech Republic; HRH the Grand Duke; Lex Delles, Minister of the Economy, SME, Energy and Tourism; Fernand Ernster, President of the Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce
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(standing, l. to r.) HRH the Grand Duke; Petr Pavel, President of the Czech Republic - (seated, l. to r.) Fernand Ernster, President of the Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce; Radek Jakubský, Vice-President of the Czech Chamber of Commerce
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(speaker) Lex Delles, Speech by the Minister of the Economy, SME, Energy and Tourism
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(speaker) Petr Pavel, President of the Czech Republic
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(from left to right) Sasha Baillie, CEO Luxinnovation; Paul Dühr, Marshal of the Court; Vladimír Bärtl, Ambassador of the Czech Republic in Luxembourg; Carlo Thelen, Director General of the Chamber of Commerce; Lex Delles, Minister of the Economy, SME, Energy and Tourism; HRH the Grand Duke; Petr Pavel, President of the Czech Republic
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(left to right) Petr Pavel, President of the Czech Republic; Fernand Ernster, President of the Chamber of Commerce
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(from left to right) Carlo Thelen, Director General of the Chamber of Commerce; Petr Pavel, President of the Czech Republic; Fernand Ernster, President of the Chamber of Commerce; HRH the Grand Duke; Lex Delles, Minister of the Economy, SME, Energy and Tourism
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For their part, HRH the Grand Duchess and Eva Pavlová, accompanied by Stéphanie Obertin, Minister for Research and Higher Education, are visiting the Belval campus of the University of Luxembourg. At the Maison des sciences humaines, HRH the Grand Duchess and the First Lady of the Czech Republic attend a presentation by the Epsylon network (Experimental Psychology Laboratories Network) and have the opportunity to find out about current projects at the Luxembourg Centre for Educational Testing (LUCET), the research and transfer unit dedicated to the evaluation of multilingual education systems.
They visit the cognitive neuroscience laboratory, where they receive explanations of recent research into mathematical cognitive disorders, as well as the VR Bias project on eating disorders. The visit ends with a brief tour of the Luxembourg Learning Centre and an exchange with students and staff of the University of Luxembourg of Czech origin.
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(left to right) HRH the Grand Duchess; n.c. (security); Stéphanie Obertin, Minister for Research and Higher Education; Jens Kreisel, Rector of the University of Luxembourg; Simone Asselborn-Bintz, Mayor of Sanem; Meris Sehovic, Alderman of Esch-sur-Alzette; Eva Pavlová, First Lady of the Czech Republic.
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(from left to right) n.c.; n.c. (security); HRH the Grand Duchess
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(from left to right) Petra Bärtlová, spouse of Vladimír Bärtl; Marie-Pierre Pausch-Antoine, Director of the Luxembourg Learning Centre; Eva Pavlová, First Lady of the Czech Republic; HRH the Grand Duchess; Pavla Štechová, Department of Protocol, Office of the President; Stéphanie Obertin, Minister for Research and Higher Education; Meris Sehovic, Alderman of the City of Esch-sur-Alzette
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(from left to right) Jens Kreisel, Rector of the University of Luxembourg; Stéphanie Obertin, Minister for Research and Higher Education; HRH the Grand Duchess; Eva Pavlová, First Lady of the Czech Republic; Christine Schiltz, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences, Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE), University of Luxembourg
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(from left to right) Eva Pavlová, First Lady of the Czech Republic; Christine Schiltz, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences, Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE), University of Luxembourg; HRH the Grand Duchess; Sonja Ugen, Research Scientist and Head of Diagnostic Projects, University of Luxembourg; Simone Asselborn-Bintz, Mayor of Sanem
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Eva Pavlová, First Lady of the Czech Republic
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(from left to right) n.c.; HRH the Grand Duchess; Eva Pavlová, First Lady of the Czech Republic; n.c.
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The State visit concludes with a concert by Martinů Strings Prague at the Cercle Cité, followed by a reception hosted by the President of the Czech Republic, Petr Pavel, and his wife Eva Pavlová in honour of TRH the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess, in the presence of the Hereditary Grand Ducal couple.
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(from left to right) Eva Pavlová, First Lady of the Czech Republic; Petr Pavel, President of the Czech Republic; HRH the Crown Princess
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(from left to right) Eva Pavlová, First Lady of the Czech Republic; Petr Pavel, President of the Czech Republic; Tomáš Pernický, Director of the Protocol Department, Office of the President; HRH the Grand Duke; HRH the Grand Duchess
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(from left to right) HRH the Crown Princess; Eva Pavlová, First Lady of the Czech Republic; HRH the Grand Duke; Petr Pavel, President of the Czech Republic; HRH the Grand Duchess; HRH the Crown Prince
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(speaker) Vladimír Bärtl, Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Luxembourg
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(speaker) Petr Pavel, President of the Czech Republic
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(from left to right) Eva Pavlová, First Lady of the Czech Republic; Petr Pavel, President of the Czech Republic; HRH the Grand Duke; HRH the Grand Duchess; Eduard Hulicius, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Claude Wiseler, President of the Chamber of Deputies; Isabel Wiseler-Lima, wife of Claude Wiseler
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