Dr. Koura, head of the Cold War Research Group (CWRG), was awarded the CEFRES Platform Special Prize for his article “A prominent spy: Mehdi Ben Barka, Czechoslovak intelligence, and Eastern Bloc espionage in the Third World during the Cold War“, published in the impact journal Intelligence and National Security. The ceremony took place at the Embassy of France in Prague.

The award ceremony was also attended by Jean-Marie Lehn, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, Pavel Doleček, Deputy Minister for Higher Education, Science and Research (MŠMT), and French Ambassador Alexis Dutertre.

For more details about the ceremony and the other awardees, please follow this link.