HELCOM to hold its annual international rowing competition

Helsinki, 8 August (HELCOM Information Service) – The Helsinki Commission will hold the 13th annual HELCOM Trophy international rowing boat competition on 28 August in Kaliningrad, Russia, following the international pollution response exercise BALEX DELTA 2008. The competition will be conducted among the national teams of the BALEX DELTA participating countries. It will take place at the terminal of the industrial complex ”Sodrudgestvo SOYA” starting at 09:00 LT.

Media representatives interested in attending the event should contact Ms. Lubov Britvina, Deputy Head of the Public Relations Division, Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation, tel. +7 495 626-14-79, fax +7 495 694-01-20, e-mail britvinaLA@mintrans.ru by 12th August.

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Event:          HELCOM Trophy rowing competition

Date:           Thursday, 28th August 2008

Time:            09:00 – 11:00 LT

Location:     terminal of the industrial complex ”Sodrudgestvo SOYA”, Kaliningrad

Follow-up:   Winners of last year’s HELCOM Trophy rowing competition - http://www.helcom.fi/press_office/news_helcom/en_GB/HELCOM_Trophy2007/

Press release on the BALEX DELTA 2008 exercise – http://www.helcom.fi/press_office/news_helcom/en_GB/BalexDelta2008/ 

For more information, please contact:

Mr. Nikolay Vlasov

Information Secretary

HELCOM

Tel: +358 (0)207 412 635

E-mail: nikolay.vlasov@helcom.fi