The award has been bestowed on Ruljancic in recognition of her contribution to the development of the overall relations between Croatia and the Czech Republic, the society's president Marijan Lipovac said on Sunday.
The society also conferred the awards to Slavomira Ribarova, a senior Czech language instructor at Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of Zagreb University, who authored a Czech Grammar Book in the Croatian language, and to historian Damir Agicic for his academic research of the Croatian-Czech connections in the past.
A few more awards have been bestowed by this society on several artists and scientists for their contribution tot the development of the Croatian-Czech relations, and the award-giving ceremony will be held in Zagreb on 14 June.