Sakharov Prize 2020: press conference with EP President Sassoli and laureates

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15-12-2020 - 14:45

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Sakharov Prize laureates Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya and Veranika Tsapkala will join EP President David Sassoli for a press conference on Wednesday at 12.40 CET.

This year’s Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought has been awarded to the Belarusian democratic opposition, represented by, among others, opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya. Read more on all the laureates here.

The press conference on Wednesday will take place immediately after the 2020 Sakharov Prize award ceremony in Brussels and is expected to start at around 12.40 CET.

Interpretation will be available in English, French, German, Italian, Belarusian and Russian.

Journalists wishing to actively participate and ask questions, please connect via Interactio by using the link https://broadcaster.interactio.io/join?code=HIAGWR22EJPB.

You can also follow it live from 12.40 via Parliament’s webstreaming and EbS+.

When: Wednesday, 16 December 2020, at 12.40 CET

Where: Paul-Henri Spaak building, room 0A50 (Anna Politkovskaya) and remotely via Interactio (see below)

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