Agenda
Thursday Development Minister Dimitris Sioufas to meet with visiting European Commissioner for Regional Policy Danuta Hubner at 9.45 a.m. Interior Minister Prokopis Pavlopoulos visits Thessaloniki. The Education Ministry hosts a conference on «The Role of Lifelong Learning in Modern Labor Policy,» at the Athens Hilton Hotel. Labor Minister Savvas Tsitouridis will speak. IKA’s Panhellenic Federation of Health Scientists (POSEYPIKA) hosts a conference on» Pharmaceutical Treatment in the Social Security Foundation (IKA),» at the Titania Hotel in Athens. Labor Minister Savvas Tsitouridis will speak. Tel. 210.384.5732 or log on to www.poseypika.150m.com for details. PASOK Youth Congress begins. To Saturday. The Argo Hellas Communications publishing house hosts a forum on «Epirus: Shelter of Life and Development,» at 10.30 a.m. at Zappeion Hall. Archbishop Christodoulos and Deputy Finance Minister Antonis Bezas will speak. Tel. 210.691.2505 for details. The Panhellenic Confederation of Unions of Agricultural Cooperatives (PASEGES) holds a conference on «The Future of European Agriculture,» at the Divani Caravel Hotel in Athens. Visit www.paseges.gr for details. The Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) hosts a lecture by European Commissioner for Regional Policy Danuta Hubner on «Growth and Competitiveness in Europe: A Case for a Strong Cohesion Policy,» at 12.30 p.m. at the Kranidiotis Amphitheater at the Foreign Ministry (1 Academias). Tel. 210.725.7124 or visit www.eliamep.gr for details. Friday Environment Minister Giorgos Souflias to meet with the visiting European Commissioner for Regional Policy Danuta Hubner at 9 a.m. EU Transport Commissioner Jacques Barrot to meet with Transport Minister Michalis Liapis to discuss Olympic Airways. Saturday 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’s office in Athens holds a conference on «The Transition to a New Europe: Prospects of Development in an Enlarged Europe,» at the Ionian Blue Hotel on the island of Lefkada. The head of New Democracy’s Euro-deputies Yiannis Varvitsiotis will speak. Visit www.europarl.europa.eu.
