FPA Visit to Yemen

 

 

To all journalist members participating in the FPA visit to Yemen:

 

  • The journey starts on Thursday 8 April 2010

  • We will tell you the exact time and the terminal, as we are still negotiating a convenient fare – either EgyyptAir or Yemeniya.

  • We will stay at the well known “Burj As Salam” hotel in historic Old Sanaa.

  • Room Rates:   Bed/Breakfast per person in single room US $ 60.-, Double Room US $ 85.-

  • The bus transport in Sanaa and to Hudeida and Aden will be extremely cheap, no need to bother (less than US $ 30.-)

  • The two nights hotel lodging in Aden and Hudeida will be in the range of US $ 75.- each.

 

  • We will see following personalities:

  • The ministers of Information, foreign affairs, economy, the prime minister, Mufti Al Hitari, the commander of the Special forces to fight terrorism.   In Aden and Hudeida we shall be offered special programs.   Any special request  should be applied for now through the FPA office.

 

  • WE NEED YOUR VALID PASSPORTS NOT LATER THAN THURSDAY 25 MARCH

  • The visas will be issued on the same date. The issuing process will last three to four days.

 

  • Any FPA member joining from abroad kindly inform our office NOW , because we shall arrange for their visas here. Those colleagues should give us their personal data and passport details on the spot.

  • EVERYBODY JOINING MUST BE IN THE POSSESSION OF A VALID FPA 2010 MEMBERSHIP CARNET

  • The Vise Fees for all nationalities will be 206 LE

 

Thank you,

Best regards,

Volkhard Windfuhr

Chairman

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Dear Members,

The proposed Yemen trip which was expected to take place from 18-24 March now has been postponed until 8 April.  The Yemeni Ministry of Information felt that our agenda including visits to an anti-terrorism training camp and Internally Displaced Person camp north of Sana'a could best be fulfilled by delaying our arrival until early April.

For all of those still interested please send an e-mail to the FPA office with the following information so we can be prepared for the visa process when the Yemeni authorities give us final approval for the trip.

Name
Media outlet
passport details

Best regards,

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The List of Names to Visit Yemen

According to the Dates of Registration

 

No Name Nationality Media
       
1 Volkhard Windfuhr Germany Der Spiegel Magazine
2 Michael Nelson USA European Pressphoto Agency
3 Cris Bouroncle French AFP-Agence France Presse
4 Betsy Heil USA Pittsburgh Tribune
5 Max Rodenbeck British The Economist
6 Shawn Baldwin USA New York Times
7 Vivian Ronay USA Fulbright scholar and photographer
8 Martin Gehlen Germany Tagesspiegel - Berlin
9 Katharina Uglau Germany Tagesspiegel - Berlin
10 Ygal Saadoun French France 24 TV
11 Scott Nelson USA Focus Agency. Germany
12 Julia Gerlach Germany Berliner Zietung
13 BANDO Kazuyuki Japanese The Hokkaido Shimbun Press
14 Dale Lynn GAVLAK USA The Associated Press / BBC Radio
15 Mohab Mouries Egyptian  
16 Kristina Bergmann Swiss NZZ-Neue Zurscher Zeitung
17 Dmitry Tarasov Russian ITAR-TASS, Russian News Agency
18 Nadim Zuaui Russian RIA-Novosti
19 Sarah Topol USA Newsweek magazine
20 Elijah Zarwan USA DPA English service
21 Paivi Arvonen  Finnish Salon Newspaper, Finland
22 Mona Iraqi Egyptian OTV Channal/Al-Masry Al-Youm
23 Astrid Frefel Swiss Tages Anzeiger, Swiss
24 khaled Elgohary Egyptian Rai Al-Oma Newspaper, UK
25 Nabil Fahmy Egyptian  
26 Hwaa Irfan Francis British Media International
27 Hadeel Al-Shalchi   Associated Press
28 Nadia Abu Al-Magd Egyptian  
29 Carla Fibla spain Spanish radio CADENA SER
30 Olfa Sellami      Tunisian Tunisian TV 
31 Dana Smillie USA Polaris Images
32 Tomas Avenarius Germany Süddeutsche Zeitung, München

    

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Dear Mike, dear board colleagues, dear interested colleagues,

 

I just received the folllowing news from the Yemeni minister of information:

 

The FPA Yemen trip should start on Thursday, 8th of April 010. Compelling reasons.

The proposed and accepted program remains unchanged. An addition would be a visit of the training grounds of special forces units.

We shall meet with the ministers of foreign affairs, interior, economy and information. At this point however, it is not yet possible to fix the exact data of the ministerial meetings, Visits of Hudaida and Aden are secured and will be arranged in the framework of our meetings.

A special  audience by president Ali Abdullah Saleh is not to be excluded

 

The hotel arrangements and airline bookings will be done as soon as the exact number of participants is known, the same applies to the hotel and airline fares.

Best regards,

 

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Dear FPA Members,

 

 

The FPA is planning a trip to Yemen the middle of March.

The proposed trip is expected to take place sometime between 14 and 24 March and will last 5 days.

 

The proposed itinerary is as follows:

Day One:  arrive in Sana'a

Day Two: visit Sana'a and meet with officials (possibly Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Information)

Day Three:  Visit outside of Sana'a (possible overnight trip to Hudaydah on Red Sea, or to Marib or Taizz - depends on security situation)

Day Four: Visit to Aden

Day Five: Aden return to Sana'a


Also, there is planned a private (non-FPA) excursion to the Island of Socotra for 3/4 days following the FPA trip.

For the FPA trip, we plan to stay at the Borg Salam Hotel in the Old City in Sana'a.

Accommodations in Hudaydah and Aden will be arranged.

Cost of flight is expected to be 1,700 LE r/t and each hotel night around 45 usd.

 

Please advise soonest your interest in the FPA trip as well as the possible private non-FPA camping trip to Socotra Island.

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