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Information about mutual meetings of partner cities

The first annual international marathon Emil Zátopek Ostrava Golden Marathon 2024 was held in Ostrava, to which representatives of our partner cities Košice/Katowice/Miskolc were invited to participate in the V4 marathon relay together with our city. The event was attended by the mayor Mgr. Jan Dohnal and the deputy mayor of Košice Mr. Lucie Gurbáľová.

The partner city of Dresden offered flood assistance and donated 30 dryers and two pumps to the city of Ostrava.
At the invitation of the mayor of the partner city of Katowice, Mr. Marcin Krupa, a joint meeting of the city council members of both partner cities of Ostrava and Katowice was held in Katowice, focused on exchanging experiences in the field of economic, financial and cultural development of both cities. The program included an introduction to projects that the city of Katowice is planning or currently implementing in the near future, as well as a tour of successfully implemented projects directly in the field, such as the renovation of the Old Railway Station, the new city stadium, the International Congress Center, the Spodek Multifunctional Hall, or the Katowice Gaming and Technology Center.
The partner city of Katowice offered flood assistance and lent 10 dehumidifiers to the city of Ostrava.
The partner city of Košice offered flood assistance and donated 10 dehumidifiers to the city of Ostrava.

Representation of the statutory city of Ostrava at the 4th annual international event "Festival of Twin Cities", which took place in the partner city of Katowice. This year's edition was called "Bread unites us" and was attended by the partner cities of Katowice - Cologne (Germany), Miskolc (Hungary), St. Etienne (France), Opava and Ostrava.
At the invitation of the Mayor of the partner city of Katowice, Mr. Marcin Krupa, the representative of the statutory city of Ostrava, Deputy Mayor Andrea Hoffmannová, participated in the EuroScience Open Forum 2024 conference and the accompanying event of the 2nd European Talent Fair, the European job fair for young scientists, those interested in a scientific career and research. The aim of this initiative is to provide young people deciding on their careers, students, doctoral candidates and young researchers with a space to meet and discuss with representatives of science, higher education and the research and development sector.

At the invitation of the Mayor of the partner city of Split, the Ostrava delegation participated in the celebrations organized in honor of the Day of the City of Split, annually held to honor the memory of St. Dominius, the founder of Split.
The representative of the Ukrainian city of Dnipro, Oleksandr Sanzhara, Secretary of the City Council, participated in a working visit to the city of Ostrava. At the same time, the Agreement on Partnership Relations between the Statutory City of Ostrava and the City of Dnipro was signed, with the participation of the Mayor of Ostrava, Mgr. Jan Dohnal, and representatives of the Ukrainian Embassy in Prague, Head of the Diplomatic Mission of Ukraine in the Czech Republic – Vitaliy Usatyi, Council for Economic Affairs – Valeriy Demyanets, and 1st Secretary – Andrii Kolesnichenko.

Fairy Tale Festival – this year was the 8th year of this international event. Every year, approximately 400 children from Ostrava kindergartens participate in this event. Children were shown films on a given topic – this year the theme was “My Dream”. Fairytale and educational workshops were held, where children could make various objects related to the given topic themselves. The event included the announcement of an art competition in 5 age categories on the same theme of the entire festival – My Dream – and at the end of the event, on April 19, 2024, a ceremonial evaluation of this competition took place in the partner city of Katowice.
The Statutory City of Ostrava received an invitation to participate in a 10-member relay team in the international event “Ultramarathon Košice – Miskolc 2024”, which was attended by runners from among the employees of the Ostrava City Hall and employees of the Ostrava Municipal Police, and they came in 3rd place among the 10-member relay teams.

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