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N.B. All times are CET (GMT +1, "Brussels time") and provisional. The timing of each webcast will depend on how long the meeting goes on for. The list at www.eu2006.fi/webcasts will be updated as agendas and schedules for forthcoming Council meetings are settled.



Environment Council, BrusselsOpen sessions- Monday 18 December at 9.30 (GMT+1) Press conference - Monday 18 December at 15.00 (GMT+1)

Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel in Helsinki, FinlandPress conference with Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen- Tuesday 19 December at 18.10 (GMT+1)

Agriculture and Fisheries Council, BrusselsOpen session- Tuesday 19 December at 11.00 (GMT+1) Press conferences to be announced later



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The EU Member States agreed in June 2006 that the public sessions of the Council of Ministers' meetings should be broadcast on the Internet. The Council Secretariat is responsible for the broadcasts. Broadcasts of the public sessions of ministerial meetings should be available in all official languages of the EU on the Council's website at www.consilium.europa.eu/videostreaming.



Further information: Miia Lahti, Web Editor-in-Chief, Government Communications Unit, tel. +358 9 1602 2161 or +358 40 820 1001