TODAY
Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis meets with Qatar Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jabr Al-Thani at 9.30 a.m. before addressing the General Confederation of Greek Labor (GSEE) congress at 10.30 a.m. – President Karolos Papoulias meets with pensioners’ federations at 1 p.m. Later he will visit Volos in central Greece, where he will be declared an honorary citizen of the city. – Synaspismos Left Coalition President Alekos Alavanos addresses the 33rd GSEE congress at 12.45 p.m. – Parliament Speaker Anna Psarouda-Benaki attends the third Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly in Tunis. To tomorrow. – Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis meets with US Ambassador Charles Ries. – The National Council for Research and Technology holds a conference in honor of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Professor Nicholas P. Negroponte, at 11 a.m. at the National Research Foundation. Development Minister Dimitris Sioufas will address the conference. – Justice Minister Anastassis Papaligouras addresses a conference on «The Cycle of Abuse and Psychic Trauma: Contemporary Methods of Identification, Treatment and Prevention,» hosted by the Hellenic Association for the Prevention of Sexual Abuse at 4 p.m. at the Hellenic American Union (22 Massalias Street, Kolonaki). – The Panhellenic Federation of University Teachers’ Associations (POSDEP) meets to discuss further strike action. – The Academy of Athens and the Austrian Embassy in Athens host an international symposium on «Austrian-Greek Encounters over the Centuries: History, Diplomacy, Politics, Arts, Economics,» at 9.30 a.m. at the Academy of Athens (28 Panepistimiou). Culture Minister Giorgos Voulgarakis will speak. Tel. 210.725.7285.
