This year’s Nobel Peace Prize will be awarded in the Oslo City Hall on Sunday 10 December at 1300 hours.

The prize winners Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank will give a press conference at the Nobel Institute, Henrik Ibsens gate 51, on Saturday 9 December at 1300.

A press centre will be established at Grand Hotel, 6th floor (Norwegian 7th floor) in connection with the awarding of the Peace Prize. The press centre will open on Saturday 9 December at 1000 hours. The press centre’s telephone and fax numbers will be announced at a later date.

After the ceremony in the Oslo City Hall, CNN will broadcast alive an interview with the award winner at 1700 hours in the City Hall. Reporters are invited as audience.

All media rights belong to Nobel Media AB. The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) has, however, been given the right to distribute the Peace Prize Ceremony 2006 inside the EBU area. Trans World International (TWI) in London has distribution rights outside the EBU-area. NRK may on request provide footage not exceeding five minutes for use in regular news broadcasts by television companies that are members of EBU.

Requests for technical assistance by foreign television companies may also be directed to NRK.
TWI London: Tel. 44 208 233 5479, Fax 44 208 233 5301
NRK: Marit Moi, NRK-TV, Tel. + 47 23 04 96 21, fax + 47 23 04 82 27, e-mail marit.moi@nrk.no.

More information on the Nobel Peace Prize, see www.nobelpeaceprize.org.

A detailed press programme will be available at a later date.

Please send application form for press accreditation to press@mfa.no before 4 December 2006.

Information and accreditation for the Nobel Peace Prize Concert on 11 December at 2000 hours: nobelpeaceprize.org/concert. For log in: user name: concert, pass word: imgpress. For further information please contact Ms. Miriam Henriksen, press officer, tel. + 47 974 79 238, e-mail: mhenriksen@imgworld.com. Applications must be sent before 30 November.