This Week
Monday Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis visits Italy to meet with her Italian counterpart Massimo D’Alema. Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis to meet Interior Minister Prokopis Pavlopoulos at 10.30 a.m. President Karolos Papoulias to meet with Development Minister Dimitris Sioufas at noon. Athens Mayor Nikitas Kaklamanis to meet with the chairman of Panathinaikos Amateur Sports Club, Thanassis Yiannakopoulos, at 9.30 a.m. At noon, Kaklamanis and the president of the Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Constantinos Michalos, will hold a press conference to declare 2007 as «Year of the Homeless.» Tourism Minister Fanni Palli-Petralia to meet with Piraeus Mayor Panayiotis Fassoulas at 11.30 a.m. to discuss the regeneration of the Piraeus-Faliron coastal zone. Constantine Karamanlis Institute for Democracy holds a conference on «Reforms in Public Administration,» at 1 p.m. at Zappeion’s Aigli venue. Interior Minister Prokopis Pavlopoulos to be the keynote speaker. Tel. 210.725.7495. The Greek section of Euroscience to hold a conference on «Science in Society» with the British Council. Registration begins at 9 a.m. at the British Council at 17 Kolonaki Square in Athens. For more information, log on to www.euroscience.gr. Tuesday Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis begins an official visit to the USA. She is expected to meet with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. New Democracy Euro MP Costis Hadjidakis to present the electronic guide «Rights of European Citizens: European Union in Everyday Life,» at 1 p.m. at the Athens Imperial Hotel. Interior Minister Prokopis Pavlopoulos to speak. Tel. 210.729.2856-7. The Agapi social welfare organization holds a conference to present the results of its second scientific study «Body and Organ Donation,» at 12.30 p.m. at the Experimental School of the University of Athens, 43 Skoufa Street, Kolonaki. Tel. 2310.203.202 or log on to www.koagapi.gr. Wednesday The Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) holds a conference on «The Marshall Plan: 60 Years On: Would a New Peace-Building Plan Work?» at 6.30 p.m. at the Foreign Ministry’s Kranidiotis Amphitheater. Deputy Foreign Minister Evripidis Stylianidis to speak. Tel. 210.725.7110 or log on to www.eliamep.gr. Thursday Skai Radio and TV hold a conference on «Ethics: Obligation or Hypocrisy,» in association with BBC World, from 11 a.m. at the King George Palace Hotel in Athens. BBC World editor Jeremy Hillman will address the conference, as will Minister of State Theodoros Roussopoulos. Tel. 210.480.0100. Saturday Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis to attend informal EU summit in Berlin. To Sunday.
