Arrangements for the press at the Memorial Ceremony for Anna Lindh

Arrangements for the press at the Memorial Ceremony for Anna Lindh
16 september 2003 11:38


Anna A Forsberg Head of Press Service +46 8 700 26 36 +46 70 568 32 44 Jonna Lundberg Press Assistant +46 8 700 26 83 The Swedish Social Democratic Party is organising a memorial ceremony for the late Anna Lindh, to be held in the Blue Hall at Stockholm City Hall on Friday 19 September at 11.00 a.m., for specially invited guests. The programme for the memorial ceremony will be presented later. Information about media access to the ceremony: A very limited number of places will be available for representatives of the media to attend the memorial ceremony. Accreditation is required to attend Stockholm City Hall and other events connected with the memorial ceremony. SVT, in cooperation with Eurovision, will offer cabled workspaces with pool feed, tape playout facilities, live stand-up positions and editing, September 19. SVT Special Events Cecilia Larsson Tel: +46 8 784 7369 e-mail: cecilia.larsson@svt.se EUROVISION News operations Lance Newhart Tel: +41 792008794 Fax: +41 22747 4840 e-mail: newsoperations@eurovision.net For production assistance before September 19 please contact: SVT Eurovision News (EVN) Tel: +46 8 784 75 83 Fax: +46 8 665 33 19 E-mail: svtnews@svt.se Services who will be working with SVT/Eurovision at the SVT TV Centre will need special accreditation. Please send the names and function of all crew members from an official e-mail to:susanne.cornelius@svt.se At the events connected with the ceremony, a photo pool system will be used. Photographers included in the pools must be accredited. Foreign media representatives not offered a place in the Blue Hall can follow the memorial ceremony at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs Press Centre, Fredsgatan 4, with broadcast simultaneous interpretation into English. Applications for accreditation must be delivered to the Swedish Social Democratic Party no later than Wednesday 17 September at 8.00 a.m. Confirmation of accreditation will be sent later on Wednesday. An application form is enclosed. Accreditation can also be arranged via the Swedish Social Democratic Party website www.socialdemokraterna.se. Press credentials are required and must be shown on demand. Please send your application to jonna.lundberg@sap.se, via the above website or by fax to +46-(0)8-20 26 03.