MTG: Conference Call -- Financial Results for the Six-Months Ended 30 June 2003


BERTRANGE, Luxembourg, July 17, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- MTG (Nasdaq:MTGNY) Conference Call:

Thursday 24 July 2003 11 AM (EST - New York) 4 PM (BST - London) 5 PM (CET - Stockholm)

PRESENTERS:

Pelle Tornberg - President and Chief Executive Officer Jens Torpe - Chief Operating Officer Robert Patterson - Chief Financial Officer

The financial results will be released on Thursday 24 July 2003, at 9 am New York time, 2 pm London time, 3 pm Stockholm time. The results announcement will be available at www.metro.lu together with a slide presentation.

Please send an email to info@metro.lu to register for the teleconference. A recording of the telephone conference will also be made available at the company's website.

For further information please visit www.metro.lu or telephone +44 20 7321 5010.

Metro is the world's largest free newspaper, publishing and distributing 25 editions in 16 countries in 14 languages: Stockholm, Prague, Gothenburg, Hungary, the Netherlands, Helsinki, Malmo, Santiago, Philadelphia, Toronto, Rome, Milan, Warsaw, Athens, Montreal, Barcelona, Boston, Madrid, Copenhagen, Aarhus, Paris, Marseille, Lyon, Hong Kong and Seoul.

Metro International S.A. 'A' and 'B' shares are listed on NASDAQ and the Stockholmsborsen under the symbols MTROA and MTROB.

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