Agenda
MONDAY – PASOK-affiliated trade union grouping (PASKE) holds a press conference on «PASKE’s Positions on Social Security and the General Collective Labor Agreement.» At the amphitheater of GSEE, Patission Ave. & 2 Aenianos. – Eurobank Ergasias holds its annual general meeting at the Athenaeum Intercontinental Hotel. – The union of the Capital Market Commission’s civil servants stages a nine-day strike, till April 30. – The Federation of Industries of Northern Greece (SVVE) will hold a conference on «Investments in the Balkans – Practical Approach.» At the Macedonia Palace Hotel in Thessaloniki. – Business Intelligence Forum on «Visions & Strategies for the Intelligent Enterprise» opens at the Gaia congress center, Goulandris Museum. TUESDAY – French Transport Ministry, in cooperation with the Greek Transport Ministry, to hold a conference on «Urban Transport: The French Experience.» At the Metropolitan Hotel. For further information, tel 010.724.0517. – Prime Minister Costas Simitis visits Interior Ministry to have talks with ministry’s officials on draft law regarding illicit slot machines. WEDNESDAY – Association of Greek Tourist Enterprises (SETE) holds an open general meeting at the Astir Palace Hotel, Vouliagmeni. For further information, tel 010.321.7165. – GSEE general council reconvenes to decide a response to the government’s social security funding proposals and to employers’ wage offer for the next two years. – Employees of the National Bank of Greece throughout the country stage a four-hour work stoppage, from 11 a.m. -3.30 p.m, in protest at NBG’s shareholders’ composition. – Shareholders of National Bank of Greece hold the annual general meeting. Bank Governor Theodoros Karatzas will be the keynote speaker. He is expected to be re-elected to a new three-year term. THURSDAY – The German Embassy, in cooperation with the Greek-German Chamber of Industry and Commerce, will hold a conference on «Greek-German Cooperation on Technology.» At the Caravel Hotel. Finance Minister Nikos Christodoulakis will make the opening address. Deputy Finance Minister of Germany Dr A. Gerlach and Defense Minister Akis Tsochadzopoulos will also attend. For further information, tel 010.641.9025. – Visa International, a worldwide sponsor of the Olympic Games, to announce its partnership with the Athens 2004 Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games. The president of Athens 2004, Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki, the chairman of Visa EU, Hans van der Velde, and the executive vice president of Visa International will attend. At the Zappeion’s Aigli restaurant.
