Metro International: Conference Call Invitation; Preliminary Results for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2002


BERTRANGE, Luxembourg, Oct. 17, 2002 (PRIMEZONE) -- Metro International (Nasdaq:MTROA) (Nasdaq:MTROB), conference call invitation:

Thursday, October 24, 20029:30 AM (EST - New York)2:30 PM (BST - London)3:30 PM (CET - Stockholm)

Metro International's third quarter results announcement will be released on Thursday, October 24, at 8:00 a.m. New York time/1:00 p.m. London time/2:00 p.m. Stockholm time. The results announcement, together with a slide presentation, will be available at www.metro.lu.

To register for the teleconference or to listen to a recording after the event, please send an email to info@metro.lu.

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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