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Radicova Leaves for New York to Collect Prize by Glamour Magazine
Sunday 07 November 2010 Zoom in | Print page
Bratislava, November 5 (TASR) – Slovak Prime Minister Iveta Radicova left for New York on Sunday. The first female PM in Slovakia's history will receive Glamour Magazine's "Woman of the Year" award during a gala in Carnegie Hall in New York on Monday, November 8.
Next to Radicova, the prestigious award will also be given to other world politicians of the female persuasion - Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite, Croatia's Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Kamla Persad-Bissessar.
Glamour will honour them in recognition of their individual achievements on behalf of their respective countries. All five honourees were ranked among the most powerful women on earth.
Past honourees include politicians Condoleezza Rice and Hillary Clinton, U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama, actresses Nicole Kidman and Susan Sarandon, tennis player Venus Williams and singer Madonna.
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