Moravska Trebova in the Pardubice region has been awarded the title of Historical Town of the Year 2024 the Czech Culture Ministry told journalists yesterday adding that the accolade is a reward for the use of money from the Ministry of Culture for the restoration of monuments together with CZK 1 million for further heritage conservation was received by Deputy Mayor Vaclav Dokoupil (KDU-CSL) at a ceremony in Prague yesterday The competition is organised by the Association of Historical Settlements of Bohemia together with the ministries of culture and regional development to award the best use of subsidies from the Ministry of Culture’s programmes for urban conservation areas and zones In this year’s 31st edition of the contest the jury selected from 15 towns in the final round Dokoupil told CTK that the town has made its Renaissance town hall accessible and created a new information system it acquired the Renaissance church from the local parish which it is trying to repair and make accessible “I’m convinced that the jury appreciated that we want to open up the monuments to the public so that they are not just repaired houses,” Dokoupil said The Ministry for Regional Development’s award went to Nove Mesto nad Metuji in the Hradec Kralove Region and Prague 1 for its outstanding implementation of the programme for the rehabilitation of heritage reserves A special award was given to Horni Slavkov in the Karlovy Vary Region for the restoration of St and the town of Lipnik nad Becvou in the Olomouc Region for the restoration of its town hall Director of the Ministry’s Department of Heritage Protection the state programmes for the rehabilitation of reserves and zones should have an annual fund of CZK 700 million the government managed to allocate CZK 1.4 billion for the restoration of the fortress towns of Terezin and Josefov “I am convinced that the time of less abundance is over,” Vajcner said yesterday He said the Culture Ministry had also begun to put emphasis on plans to protect heritage reserves and zones The award this year is linked to the establishment of the International Council of Monuments and Sites 60 years ago in Warsaw 18 April has been celebrated as the International Day of Monuments and Sites under the auspices of UNESCO since 1983 so the title of Historical Town of the Year 2024 was awarded in advance Director of the National Heritage Institute a new theme of monument protection should be announced for the International Day of Monuments and Sites namely cultural heritage resilient to natural disasters and armed conflicts There are 40,000 immovable monuments in the Czech Republic Advertise with us Privacy Policy Brno Daily is a Czech media outlet for expats Our partners Gaps between the general classification widened after stage three Kasper Asgreen – making his return to competition for the first time since time trialling to silver at the National Championships held at the end of June – animated the penultimate day of the Czech Tour which travelled from Moravska Trebova to Dlouhe strane where the hardest climb of this edition awaited but a group rode away only after 40 kilometers The strong 15-man move featured also Asgreen who produced a strong effort and took some long pulls despite the fact the peloton decided to keep the escapees on a tight leash Riding the Czech Tour for the first time in his career but eventually got caught in the last 30 kilometers after the chasers upped the pace on the Mladenov ascent not only due to the big tempo pushed at the front but also because of a pile-up that caught behind many riders our team was left just with Mattia Cattaneo in the group and the Italian concluded the stage won by Thomas Gloag (Visma-Lease a Bike) as the best Soudal Quick-Step rider Photo credit: ©Luc Claessen / Getty Images to know how many times a particular page is read We only use this information to improve the content of our website These cookies are only placed after you have given your consent Marc Hirschi takes 2nd place in the 3rd stage of the Tour of the Czech Republic The 25-year-old from Bern extends his lead in the overall classification Marc Hirschi was only beaten by 22-year-old Brit Thomas Gloag in the finish of the 134 km from Moravska Trebova up to Dlouhe strane Gloag wrote a cheesy story with his victory: almost exactly one year ago the young Brit was hit by a car during training Nobody could say whether Thomas Gloag would ever be able to race again He started again for the first time in the Czech Republic - and celebrated his first professional victory in stage 3 The Swiss rider made the strongest impression in the finish of the mountain finish Hirschi extended his lead over the first chaser Hirschi also continues to lead the points classification and is second in the mountains classification behind the Czech Michal Schuran As the 20th FAI European Aerobatic Championships in Moravská Trebova (CZE) is coming up in August 2016 Having a busy schedule and focusing on all the arrangements he took some time to have a little chat with us I hope I will be ready – the competition is in a few weeks," he states with a smile. He explains that the Russian team comes to Moravská Trebova for preparation training every year "The flight conditions are good from April to September and the airport offers a very good environment to prepare well The runway and the maintenance are very good.” Mikhail and his teammates are concentrating a lot on the Unknown Program which is considered to be the most challenging and most interesting part Obviously it is an advantage for us to train where the Championships will take place as we already have the visual references.” The Russian team will consist of nine pilots The Russians are known to be a strong team especially because they are very experienced Mikhail himself has 33 years' experience as a pilot behind him “We train together so we can share our knowledge and thus increase the level of performance of the whole team He is very much looking forward to the upcoming competition: “It is the main competition and we wait for it the whole year We expect interesting flights and a fair and interesting competition.” Mikhail has been involved in powered aerobatics since 1983 He is an Honoured Master of Sports of Russia and a very successful coach He works within the CIVA sub-committees and trains aerobatic judges His achievements are unique as Mikhail is the only four-times overall European Champion one of the three two-times overall World Champions in powered aerobatics and the only overall World Champion in powered and glider aerobatics Find below a movie clip about Mikhail from last year for the 28th FAI World Aerobatic Championships in Châteauroux: FAI - Fédération Aéronautique Internationale Design by Penceo - LAB Previous teams: Liquigas-Cannondale (2006-2010) Roman Kreuziger is currently one of the most prodigious young stage racing prospects in professional cycling and is already being touted as a future Tour de France winner. Kreuziger moved to Switzerland at the age of just 15 to pursue his dream of becoming a professional cyclist. A spell in Italy followed and his talent was quickly apparent, winning a host of U19 races, including the U19 World Championships in Verona in 2004. His amateur results helped him to his first professional contract with the Liquigas team, whom he joined in 2006. He demonstrated his stage racing potential with sixth overall in the Tour of Romandy in 2007. The latest race content, interviews, features, reviews and expert buying guides, direct to your inbox! He also made his Grand Tour debut in 2007, with an impressive 21st overall in the Vuelta a España. If Kreuziger was making his mark in the professional peloton in 2007, he made a genuine breakthrough in 2008. He was a surprise winner of the Tour of Switzerland and then topped a fine season with 13th overall in the Tour de France at his first attempt. A strong climber, a fine time triallist and an excellent all-rounder, Kreuziger has all the ingredients to be a prolific Grand Tour winner. Giro del Trentino, mountains classification 2010Paris-Nice; young riders' classification Tour of Romandy; young riders’ classification Tour of Switzerland; young riders' classification Trofeo Citta di Borgomanero (with Vincenzo Nibali) Click on the thumbnails of Roman Kreuziger below to open a larger image in a new window. 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