Media Timetable

Due to security measures please make sure to arrive 15 minutes prior to all media events.

Federal Chancellery

Wednesday, 26 August 2015

11.55 am Arrival of the Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Hercegovina Dragan Čović and the President of Montenegro Filip Vujanović at the office of the Austrian Federal President; Welcome of the Austrian Federal President (Office of the Austrian Federal President, Ballhausplatz, 1010 , Maria- Theresien-Zimmer)

12.00 noon Film & Photo-op with all three Heads of States in the Maria-Theresien- Zimmer

12.35 pm Film & Photo-op Signing of the border agreement between Montenegro and Bosnia and Hercegovina by the Minister for Interior Raško Konjević (Montenegro) and Foreign Minister Igor Crnadak (Bosnia and Herzegowina) (Maria-Theresien-Zimmer)

12.40 pm Press statement of the Heads of States Welcome words by the Austrian Federal President (English) Statement by President Filip Vujanović (Montenegrin) Statement by Chairman Dragan Čović (Croatian) (Maria-Theresien-Zimmer; consecutive Interpretation)

Thursday, 27 August 2015

10.30 am Film & Photo-op Arrival of the Prime Ministers participating at the Western Balkans Summit at the Josefsplatz (Hofburg, 1010 Vienna)

11.00 am Opening of the Prime Minister segment of the Western Balkans Summit (Hofburg, Kleiner Redoutensaal) Open for media

12.55 pm Group picture with all participating Ministers and Prime Ministers (Hofburg, Großer Redoutensaal)

2.30 pm Press Conference with the Austrian Federal Chancellor Werner Faymann, the German Federal Chancellor , High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission Federica Mogherini and the Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić (Hofburg, Großer Redoutensaal; simultaneous Interpretation German/English)

Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs

Wednesday, 26 August 2015

1.00 pm Panel discussion: “Bilateral Disputes in the Western Balkans” By Invitation only (Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs, Minoritenplatz 8, 1010 Vienna, Marmorsaal)

2.15pm Film & Photo-op Signing of the cultural agreement between and Kosovo with Austrian Foreign Minister and the Foreign Minister of Kosovo Hashim Thaçi (Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs, Minoritenplatz 8, 1010 Vienna)

9.00 – 10.30 pm Film & Photo-op Soccer game „FC-Future EU“ vs. „FC-EU“ Team „FC-Future EU“: Albania (Rama, Bushati, Ahmetaj), Bosnia and Hercegovina (Crnadak), Kosovo (Thaci, Collaku), Macedonia (Gruevski, Poposki), Montenegro (Luksic), Serbia (Vucic), RCC (Svilanovic)

Referees: Commissioner Hahn

Team„FC-EU“: Austria (Kurz, Linhart, Kickert, Lutterotti, Sattler), Slovenia (Cerar, Počivalšek), European Commission (Karnitschnig, Paquet, Björnsson) Teams and players subject to changes (Austria Stadion Wien, Horrplatz 1, 1100 Vienna)

Thursday, 27 August 2015

09.15 am Press Conference with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dačič, Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Poposki, EU-Commissioner and Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz (Hofburg, Großer Redoutensaal)

09.45 am Film & Photo-op Opening of the side-meeting for the highway construction Nis (Serbia) - Prishtina (Kosovo) - Durres (Albania) with Prime Minister Vučić, Prime Minister Rama, Prime Minister Mustafa, European Investment Bank President Hoyer, Commissioner Hahn, EBRD President Chakrabarti (Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs, Minoritenplatz 8, 1010 Vienna, Wappensaal)

10.30 am Opening of the conference of the Foreign Ministers Topic 1: Regional Cooperation Topic 2: Migration Topic 3: Religious Dialog and Anti-Extremism Film & Photo-op (Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs, Minoritenplatz 8, 1010 Vienna, Marmorsaal

Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy

Thursday, 27 August 2015

10.30 am Group picture Welcome by the Austrian Vice Chancellor and Minister for Economics (Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy, Stubenring 1, 1010 Vienna, Gobelinsaal)

10.45 am Opening of the conference of the Ministers of Economics (Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy, Stubenring 1, 1010 Vienna, Marmorsaal)  not open for media

12.20 pm Presspoint (Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy, Stubenring 1, 1010 Vienna, Room 82)

Other Events

Wednesday, 26 August 2015 all day Western Balkans Summit Vienna 2015 – Civil Society Forum (Workshops) (Renner Institute, Khleslplatz 12, 1120 Vienna)  organised by: ERSTE Stiftung

6.00 pm Panel discussion: Western Balkans Civil Society Forum Serbian Prime Minister Vucic, Albanian Prime Minister Rama, Bosnien Prime Minister Zvizdic, Commissioner Hahn and Austrian Foreign Minister Kurz (Ankerbrotfabrik, Absberggasse 27, 1100 Vienna)  organised by: ERSTE Stiftung Film & Photo-op

Thursday, 27 August 2015

4.30 pm TV Recording Youth (Diplomatic Academie, Favoritenstraße 15A, 1040 Vienna)

6.00 pm OSCE event: Follow-on-Serbia-Kosovo (Panel discussion) (Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs, Minoritenplatz 8, 1010 Vienna) By Invitation only organised by OSCE