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Press Prize Award Ceremony

Fritt Ord’s and Zeit-Stiftung’s Press Prizes for Russia and Easter Europe will be will be bestowed at an award ceremony at The Norwegian Nobel Institute, Henrik Ibsens gate 51, Oslo, on Thursday June 20 at 12.00 h.

Published: June 21, 2013

When: Thursday, 20. June 2013 12:00
To: Thursday, 20. June 2013
Where: Oslo, The Norwegian Nobel Institute
Host: Fritt Ord and Zeit-Stiftung
More info: fritt-ord.no/en/

The musicians Musikerne Mathias Eick, Andreas Ulvo and Mats Eilertsen will open the ceremony by performing the piece “Oslo”. Gry Larsen, State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, will give the speech of congratulations to the prize laureates. Alexander Golts, political commentator and editor-in-chief of the online newspaper Ezhenedelny Zhurnal, will give the speech “Foreign Policy of Russia at Vladimir Putin’s third term” on behalf of the laureates.

The Press Prizes for 2013 are awarded to:
The journalist Elena Kostyuchenko (Moscow; Russia)
The journalist Alexander Golts (Moscow, Russia)
The weekly newspaper Yakutsk Vecherniy (Jakutsk, Russia)
The journalist Sergey Leschenko (Kiev, Ukraine)
The journalist Tahmina Tagizade (Ganja, Azerbaijan)
The photojournalist Mehman Huseynov (Baku, Azerbaijan)

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Azerbaijan – Baku Norway – Oslo Russian Federation

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