Honours and Awards
- 1993 Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
- 2004 Grand Star of Honour of the Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria
- 2005 Grand Collar of the Order of Prince Henry
- 2006 Collane of Merit Sovereign Military Order of Malta
- 2006 Grand Cross of the Order of Collane of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
- 2006 Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary
- 2007 Grand Cross of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav
- 2007 Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
- 2007 Order of the Seraphim
- 2008 Ring of Honour of the Province of Styria
- 2009 Florianiplakette of the Austrian Federal Fire Association in gold
- 2008 Freedom of the City of Graz
- 2008 Honorary Doctorate of Law Faculty of the University of Tel Aviv
- 2009 Honorary Doctorate from the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences
- 2009 Grand Collar of the Order of Saint James of the Sword
- 2009 Grand Cross with Golden Chain of the Order of Vytautas the Great
- 2011 The BrandLaureate Brand Personality Lifetime Achievement Award.
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