Gothenburg

Johannes Schneider Johannes.Schneider at gmx.net
Fri Jun 15 11:16:14 PDT 2001


Latest from the BBC, full text at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/europe/newsid_1391000/1391007.stm

Friday, 15 June, 2001, 17:44 GMT 18:44 UK Summit dinner called off in security alert EU leaders meeting in Gothenburg have had to cancel a planned dinner because of security concerns after a second day of violent riots and clashes between protesters and Swedish police. Police have decided the dinner, originally to be held at the elegant Tragar'n restaurant in the city's Botanical Gardens, would instead be held in the conference centre, which is guarded by hundreds of police, an EU spokesman said. Swedish Prime Minister Goran Persson Four delegations attending the summit were also asked to change hotels after police said they could no longer guarantee their safety from protesters, a spokesman for the Finnish delegation told AFP.



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