This Weekend
Saturday Transport Minister Michalis Liapis pays an official visit to Bulgaria to hold talks with his counterpart Petar Mutafchiev and the Bulgarian Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev. – The Aristides Daskalopoulos Foundation holds a seminar on «Harvard Nutrition and Metabolism: The 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 and the Health and Welfare Secretariat host a conference on «Public-Private Partnership in the Health Sector,» at 5 p.m. at the amphitheater of the Erythros Stavros (Red Cross) Hospital. Tel. 210.337.8417-318 or log on to www.syn.gr. – Economy and Finance Minister Giorgos Alogoskoufis makes a five-day visit to Australia, heading a mission for the promotion of Greek exports and investments. – The European Parliament Bureau in Athens holds a conference on «The Transition to a New Europe: Prospects of Development in the Enlarged Europe,» at the Ionian Blue Hotel on the island of Lefkada. The head of New Democracy’s Eurodeputies Yiannis Varvitsiotis will speak. For details log on to www.europarl.europa.eu. Sunday President Karolos Papoulias visits Messolongi to attend events on the 181st anniversary of the uprising against Ottoman rule. – Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis meets with the ten-member delegation of the US House of Representatives.
