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Media Programme
(Version 12 January 2007)
Ceremony "A welcome to the euro" Ljubljana, 15 January 2007
Sunday, 14 January 2007
| | Evening guided city tour and boat trip on the Ljubljanica river (Confirm on following e-mail: mateja.malnar@gov.si) |
| 21.00 | Media reception hosted by Slovene Government PR and Media Office Cutty Sark Pub (Knafljev prehod 1) - Invitations at Info Desk in Media Centre |
Monday, 15 January 2007
| 12.00 | Press Conference by the Minister of Finance of the Republic of Slovenia Dr Andrej Bajuk and Comissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs Joaquín Almunia Kosovel Hall, Cankarjev dom
Open to ALL |
| By 13.40 | Individual arrivals of delegations at Ljubljana - Brnik Airport (arrivals are recorded by Host TV - RTV Slovenia) |
| 14.00 | Luncheon hosted by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia Mr Janez Jan¹a for Heads of State and/or Government
Grand Hotel Toplice, BledArrivals of Heads of State and/or Government
Host TV and Official Photographers only Family Photo
POOL 1 (Please assemble at Pool Meeting Point at 12.25) Bus transfer will be organized from the Media Centre. |
| 14.00 | Luncheon hosted by the Minister of Finance of the Republic of Slovenia Dr Andrej Bajuk for Ministers
Brdo Castle, Brdo pri Kranju Photo and Film Opportunity at the beginning
POOL 2 (Please assemble at Pool Meeting Point at 12.30) Bus transfer will be organized from the Media Centre. |
| 16.30 | Opening of the Exhibition on Money in the Region through History
Address by Prof Dr Peter Kos, Director of the National Museum of SloveniaFoyer I, Cankarjev dom Photo ad Film Opportunity
POOL 3 (Please assemble at Pool Meeting Point at 16.10 and note that the ones in POOL 3 cannot be in POOL 4 at the same time) |
| 17.00 | Ceremony, hosted by the Government of the Republic of Slovenia and the Bank of Slovenia on the occasion of Slovenia's entry to the Eurozone (live broadcast by Host TV - RTV Slovenia)
Gallus Hall, Cankarjev domAddressed by:
- - Presiding to the European Council (January-June 2007),Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany Angela Merkel
- - President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso
- - President of the European Central Bank Jean-Claude Trichet
- - President of the Euro Group, Prime Minister of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Jean-Claude Juncker
- - Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Belgium Guy Verhofstadt
- - Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic Kostas Karamanlis
- - President of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Italy Romano Prodi,
- - Prime Minister of the Republic of Hungary Ferenc Gyurcsány
- - Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic Robert Fico
- - Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia Janez Jan¹a.
Artistic programme performed by: the RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Mr Uro¹ Lajovic, APZ Tone Tom¹iè Choir, Sopranist Ms Sabina Cvilak, Violinist Ms Anja Bukovec, The Slovene Brass Quintet, The Percussion Instruments Studio. Photo and Film Opportunity
POOL 4 (Please assemble at Pool Meeting Point at 16.20 and note that members of the pool would have to stay in the Gallus Hall till the end of the ceremony) Members of a written press and the ones who wish to follow the ceremony can obtain invitations for the Ceremony "A Welcome to the Euro" at the Info Desk and then assemble at Pool Meeting Point at 16.30. |
| 18.45 | Joint Press Conference by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia Janez Jan¹a, President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso and President of the Euro Group and Prime Minister of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Jean-Claude Juncker Kosovel Hall, Cankarjev dom
Open to ALL |
| After press conference | Reception (cold - warm buffet) in the Media Centre
Foyer II, Cankarjev dom |
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