Barentssamarbeidet: Press programme 10th Anniversay of the Barents Euro-Arctic Cooperation
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News story | Date: 07/01/2003 | Last updated: 21/10/2006
Press programme
10th Anniversay of the Barents Euro-Arctic Cooperation
Kirkenes, Norway 10-11 January 2003
(07.01.2003)
Meetings will take place aboard the "MS Trollfjord". The ship will berth at Industrikaia (Industrial Quay) in Kirkenes from Friday morning 10 January to Saturday 11 January at 9.00 am, and again from Saturday 11 January from 11.00 am. In the morning hours of Saturday 11 January the ship will cruise in the Kirkenes inlet of the Varanger Fjord. Celebrations will continue at the Borderland Museum in Kirkenes on Saturday afternoon 11 January.
The meeting’s press centre will be located in Café Viking Hall on deck 5 on the "Trollfjord". The centre will be equipped with telephone, telefax, internet access and copying facilities. The press centre will be open Friday 10 January 11.00 am-8.30 pm and Saturday 11 January 8.00 am-11.30 am.
Accredited press may check in on the "Trollfjord" from 11.00 am Friday 10 January – at the reception desk on deck 4. Press having booked cabins on board, will find these on deck 4. Press are requested to settle their cabin expenses well before the meeting moves to the Kirkenes Borderland Museum Saturday 11 January at 11.45 am.
It will not be possible to return to the "Trollfjord" after the events at the Borderland Museum on Saturday afternoon. The ship will leave Kirkenes on Saturday 11 January at 1.30 pm, southbound for i.a. Tromsø. Interested press may book tickets from the ship’s purser.
Press contact for the celebration is Øivind Østang, head of information, Prime Minister’s Office in Oslo: phone +47 91 34 64 70 or oivind.ostang@smk.dep.no. Contacts for press accreditation are advisor Birgitte Hygen or senior executive officers Mette Øwre and Benedicte Tresselt Koren, Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Oslo: phone +47 97 08 03 26, +47 48 11 24 27 or +47 90 02 93 95.
Press contact for the Swedish presidency of the Barents Euro-Arctic Cooperation in 2003 is Jan Larsson, press chief, Prime Minister’s Office in Stockholm: phone +46 70 59 33 412 or jan.larsson@primeminister.ministry.se.
Detailed press programme as of Tuesday afternoon 7 January:
Friday 10 January:
From 11.00 am: | Check-in for accredited press on the "MS Trollfjord", at Industrikaia in Kirkenes harbour. |
11.00 am: | Latest call at Oslo Airport Gardermoen Gardermoen, at check-in counter 1 (Braathens and SAS), for accredited press with seats on chartered plane BU 1105 to Kirkenes Airport Høybuktmoen. |
12.00 noon: | Departure from Oslo Airport Gardermoen for accredited press with seats on chartered plane BU 1105 to Kirkenes Airport Høybuktmoen. |
12.10 pm: | Transport for accredited Russian press from Kirkenes Airport Høybuktmoen to the "Trollfjord". |
12.20 pm: | Transport for accredited press from the "Trollfjord" to Kirkenes Airport, for photo opportunities at arrivals of Prime Ministers Bondevik and Kasianov at 12.50 pm and 13.15 pm. The transport will continue to Storskog Border Post at 2.20 pm, for photo opportunity at talks between Prime Ministers Bondevik and Kasianov. |
12.50 pm: | Arrival at Kirkenes Airport for Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik. Photo opportunity for accredited press. |
1.15 pm: | Prime Minister Bondevik receives Prime Minister Mikhail Kasianov at Kirkenes Airport. Photo opportunity for accredited press.The two prime ministers leave for the "Trollfjord". Photo opportunities for accredited press in the harbour and in reception area on deck 4. |
2.10 pm | Arrival at Kirkenes Airport Høybuktmoen for accredited press on charter plane BU 1105 from Oslo Airport Gardermoen. |
2.20 pm: | Transport for accredited photographers and TV teams from Kirkenes Airport Høybuktmoen to the conference building at Storskog Border Post. Transport for other accredited press to the "Trollfjord" . |
2.30 pm: | Prime Ministers Bondevik and Kasianov leave the "Trollfjord" for the conference building Storskog Border Post. |
3.00 pm: | Political talks between Prime Ministers Bondevik and Kasianov in the conference building at at Storskog Border Post.Photo opportunity for accredited press at the opening. |
3.15 pm: | Transport for accredited press from the "Trollfjord" to Borisoglebsk Russian Border Post, for official opening by Prime Ministers Bondevik and Kasianov at 4.00 pm, and subsequent press conference. |
3.30 pm: | Transport from Storskog to Borisoglebsk Russian Border Post for accredited photographers and TV teams. |
4.00 pm: | Prime Ministers Bondevik and Kasianov open new Russian customs and border control post at Borisoglebsk. Open to accredited press. Joint press conference following the opening. |
4.30 pm: | Prime Ministers Bondevik and Kasianov leave Borisoglebsk for the "Trollfjord". |
4.30 pm: | Transport for accredited press from Borisoglebsk to the "Trollfjord. |
4.30 pm: | Prime Minister Göran Persson of Sweden arrives at Kirkenes Airport Høybuktmoen by special plane, for transportation to the "Trollfjord" in Kirkenes harbour. Photo opportunity for accredited press at the airport, in the harbour and in reception area on deck 4. |
4.30 pm: | Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen of Finland arrives at Kirkenes Airport Høybuktmoen by special plane, for transportation to the "Trollfjord" in Kirkenes harbour. Photo opportunity for accredited press at the airport, in the harbour and in reception area on deck 4. |
5.00: | Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen of Sweden arrives at Kirkenes Airport Høybuktmoen by special plane, for transportation to the "Trollfjord" in Kirkenes harbour. Photo opportunity for accredited press at the airport, in the harbour and in reception area on deck 4. |
6.00 pm: | "Visions and Realities".Celebration in Valhall Amphitheatre aboard the "Trollfjord".Barents Chamber Orchestra will perform, former Minister of Foreign Affairs Thorvald Stoltenberg will be among the speakers, and Norwegian soprano Marianne Hirsti will present Sami romances. Restricted number of seats for accredited press. |
7.30 pm: | Working reception in Panorama Lounge on deck 8, for prime ministers, EU-representatives, representatives of the Barents regions and aboriginal peoples, and representatives of observer states. Photo opportunity for press pool at opening. |
8.30 pm: | Jubilee dinner in Saga Hall on deck 5.Accredited press invited.Photo opportunities for press pool. |
Saturday 11 January:
9.00 am: | The "Trollfjord" leaves port, to cruise in the Kirkenes inlet of the Varanger Fjord until 11.00 am. |
9.30 am: | Barents Euro-Arctic summit meeting, in Espolin Johnson room on deck 8, for prime ministers and EU representatives.Presiding will be Swedish Prime Minister Göran Persson.Photo opportunity for press pool at opening. |
11.00 am: | The "Trollfjord" returns to Industrikaia in Kirkenes harbour. |
11.15 am: | Press conference with prime ministers and EU representatives, in Valhall Amphiteatre on deck 5. |
11.45 am: | Transport for accredited press from the "Trollfjord" to Kirkenes Borderland Museum. |
12.10 pm: | Participants in celebrations aboard
the "Trollfjord" arrive at Kirkenes Borderland Museum.Access for
accredited press.
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From 2.00 pm: | Departure from Borderland Museum for participants leaving by separate planes from Kirkenes Airport Høybuktmoen. |
2.00 pm: | Departure from Borderland Museum for accredited press holding seats on chartered plane BU 1106 from Kirkenes Airport Høybuktmoen to Oslo Airport Gardermoen. |
Ca. 2.00 pm: | Departure for Russian press with seats on Russian plane from Kirkenes Airport Høybuktmoen to Murmansk. |
2.15 pm: | Latest call at Kirkenes Airport Høybuktmoen for accredited press holding seats on chartered plane BU 1106 to Oslo Airport Gardermoen. |
Ca. 2.30 pm: | Transport for accredited press from Borderland museum to Kirkenes. |
3.00 pm: | Departure from Kirkenes Airport Høybuktmoen to Oslo Airport Gardermoen for accredited press holding seats on chartered plane BU 1106. |
5.10 pm: | Arrival at Oslo Airport Gardermoen for accredited press holding seats on chartered plane BU 1106 from Kirkenes Airport Høybuktmoen. |
Following celebrations in Kirkenes
Prime Ministers Kjell Magne Bondevik and Paavo Lipponen of Finland
will leave for Tromsø, for political talks and dinner. Press
contact is State Secretary Gunnar Husan, phone +47 91 12 12 16.
As of 7 January the programme looks as follows:
3.45 pm: | Prime Minister Bondevik receives Prime Minister Lipponen at Tromsø Airport Langnes. |
3.55 pm: | Prime Ministers Bondevik and Lipponen, with spouses, visit Polaria Centre in Tromsø. Photo opportunity. |
4.30.pm: | Meeting between Prime Ministers Bondevik and Lipponen, at Rica Ishavshotellet in Tromsø. |
5.15 pm: | Short press meeting with Prime Ministers Bondevik and Lipponen. |
5.55 pm: | Prime ministers and spouses attend concert of religious folk tunes in Tromsdalen Church ("Arctic Cathedral") in Tromsø. |
6.30 pm: | Prime ministers and spouses gather for dinner at Rica Ishavshotellet. |
8.20 pm: | Prime Ministers Bondevik and Lipponen leave Tromsø for Oslo and Helsingfors. |