Agenda
THURSDAY British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw arrives in Athens for talks with Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis and Foreign Minister Petros Molyviatis. Synaspismos Left Coalition party and the Greek Social Forum demonstrate at 5 p.m. outside the British Embassy in view of British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw’s visit to Athens. Labor Minister Panos Panayiotopoulos meets with representatives of the General Confederation of Greek Labor (GSEE). Health Minister Nikitas Kaklamanis inaugurates the new laboratory building of Evangelismos Hospital. Foreign Ministry hosts the third European meeting of the National Committees for International Humanitarian Law at 9 a.m. at the ministry. Deputy Foreign Minister Evripidis Stylianidis will make the opening address. Vocational Training SA, a subsidiary of the Greek Manpower Organization (OAED), hosts a conference on «Training and Employment in the Tourism Sector,» at 10 a.m. at the Athens Imperial Hotel. Labor Minister Panos Panayiotopoulos to make the opening address. For further details, log on to www.ep-katartisi.gr. The Consumer Institute (INKA) holds a press conference on «Natural Gas.» Deputy Development Minister Giorgos Salagoudis to speak. Athens Mayor Dora Bakoyannis visits Salzburg. To Saturday. FRIDAY Socialist International Women meeting on «Women Promote World Values in a Multicultural World,» begins at the Titania Hotel in Athens. PASOK leader George Papandreou to speak. To Saturday. For further details, call 210.366.5351. Transport Minister Michalis Liapis chairs meeting of transport ministers of Southeast Europe in Athens. Xenia 2006 International Tourism Industry Exhibition opens at the Old Airport in Hellenikon. To Monday. Tel. 210.884.2916 or log on to www.xenia.gr. SATURDAY Panhellenic Property Federation (POMIDA) holds its annual congress on «The New Tax System in Real Estate,» at 10 a.m. at the Titania Hotel. Tel. 210.322.8500.
