Metro Mexico to launch in Monterrey

Metro International SA, the world's largest international  newspaper,
announces that the shareholders of Metro Mexico have decided to start
on  6th  November,  2008  in  Monterrey  an  edition  of  Publimetro.
Publimetro will be  published in Monterrey,  Mexico's second  largest
city, from  Monday to  Friday with  an initial  daily circulation  of
60,000 copies.  Publimetro Monterrey  will be  distributed at  points
along the city's main avenues as well as at Starbucks cafes.

Like the Mexico City edition Publimetro Monterrey will include local,
national and international  content and will  compete for both  local
and national advertising. It will employ a number of local  reporters
and local advertising sales specialists.

Pablo Mazzei, Metro International's  Managing Director for the  Latin
American region stated: 'Monterrey is a large and affluent city  with
a sizeable newsprint advertising market which is experiencing healthy
growth. Publimetro will  become the city's  second largest  newspaper
and  as  in  Mexico  City  will  be  targeted  at  the  city's  young
professionals'.

Robert Patterson,  Executive Vice  President of  Metro  International
commented: 'Publimetro has in the two and half years since its launch
in  Mexico  City  become  a   popular  print  medium  with   national
advertisers. I am delighted that Metro  Mexico will now also be  able
to offer its national advertisers a new high quality, good value  for
money solution to  meet their print  advertising needs in  Monterrey.
Metro Mexico has been profitable in  2008 and is expected to be  able
to finance  the new  Publimetro Monterrey  edition from  its  current
surplus cash holdings and the future positive operating cash flow  of
its Publimetro Mexico City edition'.

Metro Mexico  is  a joint  venture  between Metro  International  SA,
Inmobiliaria Torraco, S.A  de CV  and MX  Shares, S.A.  de CV.  Metro
International owns 49% of Metro Mexico's shares.

For further information please contact:
Per Mikael Jensen,  CEO and President                            tel:
+44 (0)20 7016 1300
Robert Patterson, Executive vice President                       tel:
+44 (0)20 7016 1300

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ABOUT METRO INTERNATIONAL AND METRO
Metro is the largest international  newspaper in the world. Metro  is
published in over  150 major  cities in 20  countries across  Europe,
North & South  America and Asia.  Metro has a  unique global reach  -
attracting a young,  active, well-educated  Metropolitan audience  of
over 20 million daily readers.  Metro's advertising sales have  grown
at a  compound annual  rate of  38%  since the  launch of  the  first
edition in 1995.

Metro International 'A' and 'B' shares  are listed on the OMX  Nordic
Exchange's Nordic List under the symbols MTRO SBD A and MTRO SBD B.