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Ismaíl Kadaré, José Narro, Margaret Chan and Klaus Wowereit delivered their speeches at the 2009 Prince of Asturias Awards presentation ceremony
24 October 2009

Ismaíl Kadaré, José Narro, Margaret Chan and Klaus Wowereit delivered their speeches at the 2009 Prince of Asturias Awards presentation ceremony

The event took place on Friday 23rd October at the Campoamor Theatre in Oviedo.

Ismaíl Kadaré, Prince of Asturias Awards laureate for Letters; José Narro, vice-chancellor of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Prince of Asturias Awards laureate for Communication and Humanities; Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Prince of Asturias Awards laureate for International Cooperation; and Klaus Wowereit, Mayor of Berlin, delivered their speeches at the 2009 Prince of Asturias Awards grand presentation ceremony in its XXIX edition.

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Sixteen bagpipe maestros performed “la Alborada de los Premios Príncipe de Asturias” (the Dawn of the Prince of Asturias Awards)

The performance was be the first of the events held on Friday 23rd and took place at 10,00 a.m. outside the Cathedral of Oviedo

Live programmes from Oviedo

Live programmes from Oviedo

More than a thousand journalists from more than a hundred media stations worldwide accredited to cover the XXIX Prince of Asturias Awards.

General programme of the visit of T.R.H. the Prince and Princess of Asturias

General programme of the visit of T.R.H. the Prince and Princess of Asturias

For the 2009 Prince of Asturias Awards Presentation ceremony