This Week
Monday Labor Minister Panos Panayiotopoulos to chair a meeting of the National Labor Committee. President Karolos Papoulias to attend an event in memory of the Greek Jewish victims of the Holocaust at the Athens Concert Hall. Socialist International council meeting to begin at the Hilton Hotel in Athens. PASOK leader George Papandreou to be elected the council’s new president. Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero and Turkish Republican People’s Party leader Deniz Baikal to attend. To tomorrow. Athens Mayor Dora Bakoyannis holds a press conference on the hosting of the Euroleague Basketball 2007 Final Four in Athens. Tuesday Kokkalis Foundation to host a public lecture on «The Future of the Western Balkans: A View from Serbia,» at 6.30 p.m. at the Hotel Grande Bretagne. Tel. 210.668.2827. Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) in cooperation with the Embassy of South Africa to hold a lecture on «Conflicts in Africa of the 21st century: Promoting Peace and Stability in the Region,» at 7 p.m. at the Manufacturing Chamber of Athens. South African Deputy Foreign Minister Aziz Pahad to speak. Tel. 210.725.7124 or log on to www.eliamep.gr. Employees at the citizens’ information and service centers (KEP) to stage a 24-hour strike demanding permanent status. Hospital doctors in Athens and Piraeus stage a 24-hour strike demanding more money, better working conditions and more staff. Wednesday Deputy Foreign Minister Panayiotis Skandalakis to present the book «50 Years since the Anti-Greek Riots of September 1955 in Istanbul,» by Irini Sarioglou. At 6 p.m. at Zappeion Hall. Thursday Education Ministry in cooperation with the University of Athens to hold a conference on «Archives, Libraries and the Law in the Information Society,» at the National Research Foundation, 48 Vas. Constantinou. To Friday. Tel. 210.825.3731 or log on to www.eae.org.gr. Sunday Civil Servants’ Union (ADEDY) to stage a demonstration at 11 a.m. in Syntagma Square protesting the revision of the constitution and the abolition of jobs for life in the public sector. City of Athens to host an event in Eleftherias Park to heighten public awareness of stray animals.
