Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is among those set to receive Czech state
decoration on October 28, the country’s Independence Day, the daily
Mladá fronta dnes reported. Mr Fico will be decorated for his contribution
to friendship between the Czech and Slovak nations, the paper said, adding
that Mr Zeman and Mr Fico are personal friends. The president’s office
has not released the list of people set to receive the state honours on
Tuesday but according to media reports, the president will among others
decorate Sir Nicholas Winton who saved hundreds of Jewish children from the
Holocaust, and filmmaker Robert Sedláček who made a documentary about Mr
Zeman before he became president.