Agenda
TUESDAY – Farmers from northern Greece hold a protest rally in Athens, beginning from the Panathenaic Stadium and continuing to the prime minister’s residence and the Agriculture Ministry. – The Federation of Olympic Airways employees (OSPA) hold two three-hour work stoppages, from 9 a.m. to noon and from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m., demanding the withdrawal of the company’s restructuring plan. – Hellenic Management Association holds the 7th Banking Forum titled «Information Technology Systems in Banking Business: Directions, Thoughts and Prospects.» At the Ledra Marriott hotel. National Economy Minister Nikos Christodoulakis is expected to attend. For further information, tel 010.211.2000. – The Economist Conferences in cooperation with the Culture Ministry organizes the «2004 Olympic Games Summit: Management Strategies for the Success of the Olympiad.» IOC chairman Denis Oswald, Martin Luther King III, campaigner of civil rights, Culture Minister Evangelos Venizelos and President of the Athens 2004 Organizing Committee Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki are among speakers. At the Athenaeum Intercontinental hotel. To Wednesday. WEDNESDAY – The Greek-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry holds its annual general meeting for 2002, at the Divani Caravel hotel. German Finance Minister Hans Eichel will speak on «Reforms for Further Development and Employment,» while Greek National Economy and Finance Minister Nikos Christodoulakis talks on «The Course of Europe After the Euro.» – Thessaloniki: The Hellenic Business Management Association (EEDE) organizes a conference on «Internal Auditing and Corporate Governance.» At the cultural center of Piraeus Bank, 14-16 Katouni St. – The European Commission is to decide whether to open a new inquiry into Greece’s embattled state carrier, Olympic Airways, for possible fiscal improprieties. THURSDAY – General Bank holds its Annual General Meeting at the Athens Concert Hall, at 1 p.m. – 4th International Fair on Education and Careers opens at the Piraeus Port Authority (OLP) building. To Sunday. FRIDAY – National Economy Minister Nikos Christodoulakis and the chairman of Capital Market Commission (CMC), Stavros Thomadakis, will address. the conference on «International Accounting Standards,» organized by the Athens Stock Exchange. The list of companies that made use of the provision for the entry of reserves against non-operating losses – which reduces a company’s capital by that amount – even before the bill was passed by Parliament includes the following, with the respective declines in own capital from 2000.
