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Tirana, Albania, 21st September 2014 Pope Francis will visit Tirana, Albania, on September 21st. He will meet with State and religious authorities, visit local charities and give a total of six speeches. The event expected to draw the biggest crowd is the Pope's Mass in Tirana's Mother Theresa Square. The programme of the Pope's Apostolic trip to Tirana was published as follows: The Holy Father will arrive at the “Mother Theresa” aerodrome in Tirana at 9 a.m. (07:00 gmt), where he will be greeted by the prime minister, Edi Rama. He will proceed to the Presidential Palace to make a courtesy visit to the president of the Republic of Albania, Bujar Nishani, followed by greetings with the political authorities. At 11 a.m. (09:00 gmt), Francis will celebrate Mass and pray the Sunday Angelus in Mother Theresa Square. He will then transfer to the apostolic nunciature to lunch with the Albanian bishops and members of the papal entourage. At 4 p.m. (14:00 gmt) he will address the leaders of other religions and Christian denominations at the Catholic University “Our Lady of Good Counsel”. At 5 p.m. (15:00 gmt) he will celebrate Vespers with the priests, religious, seminarians and members of Albanian lay movements in the Cathedral of Tirana, after which, at 6.30 p.m. (16:30 gmt), he will visit children at the Betania Centre, along with various people from other charitable centres in Albania. Eurovision Special Events will offer the following broadcast facilities onsite: Standup position for Live programme inserts Playout (multi-format) Access to SDI pool signal through D/A distribution with your own recorder Connectivity to the Eurovision Global Network Please contact Eurovision Special Events: t: +41 22 717 2840 e: newsoperations@eurovision.net twitter: @EVspecialevents