This Weekend
FRIDAY Finance Minister Giorgos Alogoskoufis meets with his French counterpart Thierry Breton in Paris. – Labor Minister Savvas Tsitouridis visits Iraklion, Crete, to meet with local government officials. Tomorrow he will visit Hania to attend events for the celebration of Greek Independence Day. – Communist Party General Secretary Aleka Papariga leaves for Brussels to attend the second European Convention of Communist and Labor Parties. – The Hellenic Federation of University Teachers’ Associations (POSDEP) meets to discuss further strike action. – The municipal workers’ union POE-OTA begins an open-ended strike over financial demands. – New Democracy General Secretary Lefteris Zagoritis visits Kalamata to attend events for Greek Independence Day. – Eurobank Properties shareholders hold a general meeting at noon at the King George Hotel in Athens. SATURDAY Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis attends an informal EU summit in Berlin. To Sunday. SUNDAY Clocks go forward one hour – from 3 a.m. to 4 a.m. – as official summer time begins. – President Karolos Papoulias visits the National Technical University of Athens at 7 p.m. to attend an official ceremony for Greek Independence Day.
