Christy Agor is the Deputy Chief of Mission at U.S. Embassy Prague. She previously served as the Economic Counselor at U.S. Embassy Madrid and the Deputy Principal Officer at the U.S. Consulate General Istanbul, coordinating operations of a Consulate with 350 staff members spanning five agencies. She has also served diplomatic assignments in Pakistan, Jerusalem, …
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Jennifer Bachus previously served as the Office Director for Central Europe at the U.S. Department of State. Prior to that, she served as a Special Assistant in the Office of the Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment; Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Pristina, Kosovo; Political-Economic Counselor in Astana, …
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Chargé d’Affaires Steve Kashkett participated on April 14 in the opening of a Junior Achievement (JA) event highlighting the efforts of hundreds of Czech student entrepreneurs who have created small business that produce innovative products. Deputy Cultural Affairs Officer Tony Jones also served as a “secret judge” in the competition for the best entry. This …
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On April 7, Deputy Chief of Mission Steve Kashkett met a group of 34 Charles University law students and briefed them on Embassy operations. The students, who are members of the local European Law Student Association (ELSA) branch, were interested in learning more about the daily operations of a U.S. Embassy, the State Department, and …
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On March 16, Chargé d’ Affaires Steve Kashkett hosted a meeting of business leaders at the Chief of Mision Residence which was focused on the topic of water and sustainable management and use of water. Richard Meussen, a co-chair of the Milwaukee Water Council and a CEO of Badger Meter spoke at the event about …
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Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) Steven Kashkett delivered the keynote address for the Institute of International Relations’ (IIR) conference on “Czech Foreign Policy: The Future of the Global Order,” at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’s Czernin Palace on September 23. In his remarks, DCM Kashkett underlined our strong bilateral cooperation with the Czech Republic in …
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On September 2nd, Deputy Chief of Mission Steve Kashkett hosted a special ceremony in Prague for the signing of a collaborative agreement between The Nonwovens Institute, North Carolina State University, and the Institute for Nanomaterials, Technical University of Liberec. The agreement provides for a formal cooperative relationship between the two institutions in the areas of …
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On June 23, Chargé d’Affaires Steven Kashkett was the honored guest at the Eagles Stadium in Prague 4 where he threw out the first pitch for the 34th Prague Baseball Week. Jan Bagin, the tournament founder welcomed Kashkett and the Deputy Mayor of Prague 4 Zdeněk Kovářík to the field for brief remarks before the …
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As we do every year, the U.S. Embassy participated in the annual commemoration of one of the most brutal incidents of World War II: the Nazi annihilation of the Czech village of Lidice and the summary execution of most of its inhabitants in collective retaliation for the assassination of the senior German officer in Prague …
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