This Week
Monday President Costis Stephanopoulos to attend inauguration of Loukia Georgandi museum of sculpture and effigies. Foreign Minister Petros Molyviatis to meet with Cypriot EDEK party president Yiannakis Omirou. PASOK National Reconstruction Council convenes to discuss issues related to the party’s forthcoming congress. Left Coalition (Synaspismos) president Alekos Alavanos to speak at Patissia’s Sporting indoor stadium, 7 p.m. OTE telecom workers stage a 24-hour strike against management plans for a voluntary retirement program. Bank employees stage a 24-hour strike over pension fund demands. Unionists will meet on Tuesday to discuss further strike action. Development Minister Dimitris Sioufas holds a news conference on Research and Technology programs at 12 noon at the Zappeion Mansion. Interior Minister Prokopis Pavlopoulos to meet with board of civil servants’ federation (ADEDY). Deputy Foreign Minister Evripidis Stylianidis attends informal meeting of cooperation and development ministers in Luxembourg. To Tuesday. Professors at the University of Crete stage a 24-hour strike over financial demands. University of Patras in cooperation with Greece’s Open University are organizing a conference on «Digitalization of Cultural Material: Good Practices and Issues Concerning Copyright.» At the university. Tel. 2610.993.805 or www.upatras.gr. Conference on «E-learning: Is this the Right Way to Flexible Learning?» organized by AIIWeb Solutions, is held at the Stratos Vassilikos Hotel in Athens. Tel. 210.747.4774. Tuesday New taxi fares come into effect. The flag rate increases from 75 to 85 cents and the minimum fare from 1.60 to 1.75 euros. Deputy Foreign Minister Yiannis Valinakis visits Ioannina to speak at a conference on the new European Constitution. Vice Admiral Dimitris Gousis takes over as Greece’s new navy chief at a ceremony at the naval officers’ academy. Wednesday Government to present its wages and income policy. National Education Council convenes to discuss improvements to the education system. Secondary school teachers and university and technical college professors will stage a demonstration, starting at 12 noon at the old Athens University, on Panepistimiou St. Hellenic Society of International Law and International Relations holds a conference on «Greek-American Relations: Problems and Perspectives,» at the Foreign Ministry, 1 Academias St. Deputy Foreign Minister Yiannis Valinakis will speak. Tel. 210.362.9625. Deputy Agriculture Minister Alexandros Kontos visits Larissa to inaugurate the fifth exhibition on agriculture and the environment. Thursday Ecofin meeting in Brussels to formally approve measures pertaining to Greece’s excessive deficit. Economy and Finance Minister Giorgos Alogoskoufis will attend. To Friday. Deputy Foreign Minister Yiannis Valinakis visits Slovenia to attend EU deputy foreign ministers meeting on fiscal issues. Revolutionary Popular Struggle (ELA) trial resumes. Deputy Culture Minister Petros Tatoulis visits Vienna. Friday Deputy Foreign Minister Yiannis Valinakis visits Zagreb to attend inauguration ceremony of Croatian President Stipe Mesic. Third Greek-Turkish journalism conference begins in Athens. To Sunday.
