This Week
MONDAY Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis to meet with President Karolos Papoulias at 1.15 p.m. Interior Minister Prokopis Pavlopoulos to chair a National Committee for Gender Equality meeting at noon at Zappeion Hall. The Natural History Museum of Crete hosts two Stavros Niarchos Foundation-sponsored exhibits on «Biodiversity.» Education Minister Marietta Giannakou inaugurates the exhibition «Meeting in Ancient Agora of Athens: Ideas, Values, Institutions, Ideals – Then and Today,» hosted by the Foundation of the Hellenic World at 7.30 p.m. at the Hellenic Cosmos cultural center. Tel. 212.254.0000 or log on to www.ime.gr. The Hellenic American Union hosts an exhibition on American design titled «Made in the USA,» at 8.30 p.m. at its premises, 22 Massalias, Kolonaki. TUESDAY President Karolos Papoulias pays a three-day official visit to Hungary. To Thursday. Synaspismos Left Coalition President Alekos Alavanos to address party’s political rally at 8 p.m. at the Palace Theater in Athens. WEDNESDAY The Civil Servants’ Union (ADEDY) holds a 24-hour strike over financial and institutional demands. Athens Mayor Nikitas Kaklamanis to open the exhibition «Anna Chromy: Mythos Revisited,» featuring the artist Anna Chromy and her works at 7 p.m. at the National Archaeological Museum of Athens. The exhibition will run through June 17. The Greek Council for Refugees holds a conference on «Refugees’ Status and their Business and Education Prospects for Social Integration,» at 9.30 a.m. at the Roumelioton Cultural Center on the corner of Sina and Dafnomili streets in Athens. Tel. 210.332.0000 or log on too www.gcr.gr. The sixth international Glaucoma Symposium begins at 8 a.m. at the Megaron Athens International Conference Center. To Saturday. For details, log on to www.kenes.com. The Hellenic Endocrine Society hosts the 34th congress on «Endocrinology and Metabolism,» at the Creta Maris Hotel in Crete. To Saturday. Tel. 210.777.4370 or log on to www.endo.gr. The Open Forum 2007 on «50 Years of the European Union: Greece in Europe, Europe in the World,» begins at 4 p.m. at Zappeion Hall. To Thursday. The forum is hosted by the Federation of Greek Industries. For details, log on to www.anoiktoforum.gr. THURSDAY European Commissioner for Regional Policy Danuta Hubner visits Athens. To Friday. PASOK’s Youth Congress begins. To Saturday. Easter shopping hours come into effect as of today. Stores will be open from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m. The Citizens’ Movement and the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) hold a conference on «Europe and the Role of Civic Society,» at 7 p.m. at Zappeion’s Aigli venue. European Commission Vice President Margot Wallstrom will be the keynote speaker. Tel. 210.725.7124 or log on to www.eliamep.gr. The Greek Chemists’ Association and the Hellenic Association of Chemical Engineers hold a conference on «Biotechnology and Food Technology,» at 8.30 a.m. at the Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry, 7 Academias. To Saturday. Tel. 210.382.1524 or log on to www.foodbiotech.gr. FRIDAY Greek Society of Melanoma Studies holds a conference on «Melanoma: Developments in Diagnosis and Treatment,» at 5 p.m. at the Xenia Hotel in Volos. To Saturday. Tel. 210.363.4944 or log on to www.era.gr. SATURDAY The Aristides Daskalopoulos Foundation holds a seminar on «Harvard Nutrition and Metabolism – Mediterranean Diet in the 21st Century,» at 8 a.m. at the Divani Caravel Hotel in Athens. Tel. 211.349.4101 or log on to www.iad.gr. Synaspismos Left Coalition’s Health and Welfare Secretariat hosts a conference on «Public-Private Partnership in the Health Sector,» at 5 p.m. in the amphitheater of the Red Cross Hospital. Tel. 210.337.8417-318 or log on to www.syn.gr.
