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Beirut, 27 January 2010 Press release The European Union launches the The contest for the fifth edition of the "Samir Kassir Award for Freedom of the Press" is open to candidates from the Mediterranean, the Middle East and the Gulf until 30 March 2010. The "Samir Kassir Award for Freedom of the Press", which is awarded since 2006 by the European Union in collaboration with the Samir Kassir Foundation, honours the Lebanese journalist and writer Samir Kassir who was assassinated in 2005. It has grown in popularity since its creation, each year witnessing the participation of more candidates from the Mediterranean region, the Middle East, and the Gulf. The award rewards two journalists who have proved to be an example to others by the quality of their work in the two following categories: - the best opinion article; The contest is open to all journalists of the written press (daily, weekly, monthly and online press), who are citizens of the following countries: Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestinian Territories, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. The contest regulations, application forms, and details of the candidature file are available on the following website: www.samirkassiraward.org For any questions, a telephone line and an e-mail address are available to candidates: |
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Press release 2 June 2009 2 June 2009 15 January 2009 2 June 2008 2 June 2008 8 January 2008 2 June 2007 15.12.2006 Speech of Patrick Laurent, EC's Ambassador 2.06.2006 Ceremony opening's speech 19.05.2006 |
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