Paneuropean Picnic '89 Conference
(Várkerület 75, Pannonia Med Hotel, Sopron.)
 
 18th August 1999. Wednesday
9:00 Opening speech: Dr. József Szájer, the parliamentarian delegate of Sopron 
"The Initiators" Ferenc Mészáros, László Magas and Andreas Waha
"Blood or Peace" ret. Lieutenant colonel Árpád Bella, ret. General János Székely, Commander of the Customs of Klingenbach opk. Johann Göltl , Commander of the Customs of the territory Niederösterreich Dr. Manfred Frey , Vienna,  Burgenland
10:30 "What was the truth?" estradetalk
Miklós Németh, the Prime Minister of that time - video 
Imre Pozsgai, Minister of State of that time, patron of the Paneuropean Picnic
István Horváth, Minister of the Interior of that time
Moderator: Andreas Oplatka, Zurich (NZZ)
15:00 "Seen from without" presentments and talking
Otto von Habsburg, patron of the Paneuropean Picnic
Friedrich Bohl, former German Minister of Chancellery 
Lothar de Maisiere, former Prime Minister of the DDR
Erhard Busek, former Austrian Vice-chancellor
Andreas Oplatka, (NZZ) Zurich
Paul Hefty, (FAZ) Frankfurt
Carl Gustaf Ströhm (Die Welt)
Moderator: Kurucz Gyula
20:30 World premiere of György Kárpáti's documentary film about the Paneuropean Picnic
19th August 1999.
10:00 "The way we observed it" presentments and talking
Attila Kristóf (Magyar Nemzet)
Ferenc Gazsó L. (journalist)
Károly Alexa (publicist)
Gyula Tellér (sociologist)
Moderator: Csaba Kiss Gy.
Summary: Foreign Minister Dr. János Martonyi 

* Dr. György Kárpáti, who videoed the events of the Paneuropean Picnic in 1989, and whose recordings were taken over by almost all important TV-channels of the world, has made a film on the events of that time and from the recollections of the onetime promoters.
Title of the filme: Paneuropean Picnic 1989-99.

World premiere of the documentary: 18th August 1999., 20:30, Pannonia Med Hotel, Sopron
The Film will be presented by the Minister of Justice Ibolya Dávid, President of the HDF.
 

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