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Foreign Minister Steinmeier Receives Foreign Press Association Media Prize

Some of the most famous 20th century reporters have belonged to the Berlin-based Foreign Press Association (Verein der Auslaendischen Presse in Deutschland), which celebrated its 100th anniversary on October 24 in the Berlin capital.

Prize: Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier was awarded the Foreign Press Association Media Prize for 2006 in recognition of his openness towards the foreign press.

Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier was awarded the Foreign Press Association Media Prize for 2006 in recognition of his openness towards the foreign press. Steinmeier in his speech referred to correspondents as ambassadors who help to shape Germany's image abroad with their reports.

Congratulations:
Chancellor Merkel congratulated Foreign Minister Steinmeier.

The Foreign Press Association invites around a hundred guests in the course of a given year to take part in background interviews. The members of the association select the winner of the Media Prize from among these persons.

The Association of the Foreign Press in Germany (VAP) was founded in 1906 with the aim of improving working conditions for international journalists who live and work in Germany. The oldest association of its kind in Germany, it currently has 425 members from 60 countries. The VAP helps its members build top-level contacts by organising press conferences and background meetings with leading players in politics, industry, science, culture and sport.

October 26, 2006

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"Speech by Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on the Centenary of the German Foreign Press Association, October 24, 2006"

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