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NOTE: Accredited media representatives should arrive at the Office of the President of the Republic exclusively between 8:45 and 9:20 via the entrance at Villa Prekrižje (Pantovčak 281). Transportation to the main building of the Office of the President has been arranged for media representatives

10:00 - Official welcoming ceremony for the President of the Republic of Albania Bajram Begaj and First Lady Armanda Begaj (terrace adjacent to the Office of the President) Joint photo op of the President of the Republic Zoran Milanović and the President of the Republic of Albania Bajram Begaj (Stateroom, Office of the President)

10:15 - Tête-à-tête between the President of the Republic Zoran Milanović and the President of the Republic of Albania Bajram Begaj (Cabinet of the President of the Republic) NOTE: Cameramen and photojournalists may record the beginning of the meeting

10:50 - Bilateral meeting between the delegations of the Republic of Croatia and the Republic of Albania (North Salon) NOTE: Cameramen and photojournalists may record the beginning of the meeting

11:30 - Statements to the media by the President of the Republic of Croatia Zoran Milanović and the President of the Republic of Albania Bajram Begaj (Stateroom) NOTE: Statements will be delivered in Croatian and in Albanian. Simultaneous translation of the statements will be provided

12:10 - Wreath-laying ceremony of the President of the Republic of Albania Bajram Begaj in front of the Monument to the Homeland (Trg Stjepana Radića 3)

14:15 - Meeting between the President of the Republic of Albania Bajram Begaj and the Speaker of the Croatian Parliament (Trg sv. Marka 6)

14:45 - Working lunch in honour of the President of the Republic of Albania Bajram Begaj hosted by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Croatia Andrej Plenković

20:00 - State dinner in honour of the President of the Republic of Albania Bajram Begaj and Mrs. Armanda Begaj hosted by the President of the Republic of Croatia Zoran Milanović and Mrs. Sanja Musić Milanović (Office of the President) NOTE: The media do not have access to the State dinner

14:00 - The President of the Republic will visit the observatory built as part of the project “SPARK –Synergy of naturalists, astronomers and computer specialists from Križevci,” which is part of the Center for Cosmology – Center for Science and Education, the first of its kind in Croatia, dedicated to space research and the popularization of space topics (Trg svetog Florijana 16)

14:30 - The President of the Republic will visit the Križevci Development Center and Technology Park, where he will tour the companies “Hedona” Ltd. and “Codel” Ltd., and visit Križevački sunčani krovovi [Sunny roofs of Križevci] (Franje Tuđmana 20)

16:00 - The President of the Republic will attend the special session of the Križevci Town Council on the occasion of Križevci Day (Croatian Lodge, Antuna Gustava Matoša 4) The President of the Republic will deliver an address

STARI MIKANOVCI

15:30 - The President of the Republic will attend a special session of the Municipality of Stari Mikanovci Municipal Council on the occasion of Stari Mikanovci Municipal Day (Šahovski dom, Školska 17) The President of the Republic will deliver an address

ZAGREB

19:30 - The President of the Republic will attend the premiere of the opera “Lennon” by composer Ivo Josipović (Croatian National Theatre, Trg Republike Hrvatske 15)

11:00 - The President of the Republic will attend the observance of Remembrance Day of the Victims of the Jasenovac concentration camp (Jasenovac Memorial Site).

KRAPINA - 11:00

The President of the Republic will attend a special session of the County Assembly on the occasion of Krapina-Zagorje County Day (Festival Hall, Šetalište hrvatskog narodnog preporoda 13) The President of the Republic will deliver an address

MARUŠEVEC - 17:00

The President of the Republic will attend a special session of the Municipality of Maruševec Municipal Council on the occasion of Municipality Day and the Feast of Saint George the Martyr (Gustav Krklec Elementary School, Čalinec 78) The President of the Republic will deliver an address

13:00 - The President of the Republic and Commander in Chief of the Croatian Armed Forces will bestow decorations upon Homeland War veterans (Office of the President, Pantovčak 241) The President of the Republic will deliver an address

NOTE: Media representatives are requested to arrive at the Office of the President by 12:20 and announce their arrival at the e-mail glasnogovornik@predsjednik.hr on Wednesday, 19 April by 10 o’clock.

17:00 - The President of the Republic will attend a commemoration on the occasion of Holocaust Remembrance Day – Yom Hashoah to be held at the Statue of Moses in Mirogoj cemetery

12:00

The President of the Republic of Croatia Zoran Milanović will attend a special session marking the 30th anniversary of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County (Kvarner Hotel, Pava Tomašića 2) The President of the Republic will deliver an address

11:00

The President of the Republic Zoran Milanović will attend the formal session of the Koprivnica-Križevci County Assembly on the occasion of County Day and the 30th anniversary of Koprivnica-Križevci County (“Domoljub” building, Starogradska ulica 1) The President of the Republic will deliver an address

18:00

The President of the Republic of Croatia Zoran Milanović will attend the formal session of the Municipal Council of Viškovo marking Municipal Day (Gymnasium of “Sveti Matej” elementary school, Vozišće 3, Viškovo) The President of the Republic will deliver an address