This Week
Monday Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis is on an official visit to Paris. To tomorrow. Transport Minister Costis Hatzidakis to unveil new mobile units for the technical inspection of vehicles at 11 a.m. at the Ministry. Deputy Education Minister Andreas Lykourentzos to meet with the Panhellenic Union of Parents of Music School Pupils to inform them on the latest development in music schools. Chinese Ambassador in Athens Luo Linquan and the soprano Tang Can hold a press conference ahead of the concert «Glory and Dream Athens Concert,» to be staged tomorrow at the Athens Concert Hall in celebration of Olympic ties between Greece and China. At 1 p.m. at the Chinese Embassy. A summer session on «Sociology and the Quality of Life,» begins at the University of Crete and will run through Friday, July 18. The summer school aims at exploring how theory and methods can be combined in the study of societies in Europe in general and the study of the quality of life in particular. For further information, log on to www.cinefogo.org. Tuesday Summer sales begin and will run through August 31. The concert «Glory and Dream Athens Concert,» hosted by the Chinese Embassy in Athens to celebrate Olympic ties between Greece and China, begins at 8.30 p.m. at the Athens Concert Hall. For details, call 210.678.3807. The Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry hosts a conference on «The Course and the Perspectives of the Real Estate Market,» starting at 10 a.m. at its premises (7 Academias). Finance Minister Giorgos Alogoskoufis will speak. For further information, call 210.338.2238 or log on to www.acci.gr. Wednesday Contract employees at the Technical University of Crete stage a five-hour work stoppage from 8.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. calling on authorities to renew contracts of 30 colleagues working at the university. Another work stoppage is scheduled for August 25. A protest will be held at 9 a.m. outside the University faculty in Hania. The Technical College of Crete is hosting an international conference on «Telecommunications and Multimedia,» at the Melina Mercouri amphitheater in Ierapetra, Crete. New and original research results and the latest state-of-the-art in telecommunications and multimedia will be presented. To Friday. For details, call 2810.379.828 or log on to www.temu.gr. Thursday The Athens Institute for Education and Research is hosting the fifth international conference on «Law,» at the Athens Cultural Center of the Athens Municipality (50 Academias). To Sunday. For details, call 210.363.4210 or log on to www.atiner.gr. Friday The 13th Commercial Fair of Alexandroupolis begins and will run through July 23. For further information, call 23210.99710.
