Schedule of Events from 13 to 19 February

MONDAY, 13 February
        LJUBLJANA - The National Assembly is to meet for an extraordinary session at the behest of the opposition to debate the deployment of Slovenian military instructors in Iraq.
        LJUBLJANA - The Government Reforms Office is to present a timetable of structural reforms in the country.
        LJUBLJANA - A delegation of the Slovakian parliamentary committee for constitutional and legal matters is to begin a three-day visit to Slovenia.
        LJUBLJANA - Police official Andrej Rupnik is to address the press at the onset of the Schengen evaluation period.

TUESDAY, 14 February
        BRUSSELS, Belgium - Finance Minister Andrej Bajuk is scheduled to be taking part in a meeting of EU finance ministers.
        LJUBLJANA - Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel is scheduled to hold separate meetings with the Director General of the Israeli Foreign Ministry, Ron Prosor, and the acting coordinator of the Slovenian Muslim community, Imam Ibrahim Malanovic.
        LJUBLJANA - The Chamber of Commerce (GZS) is to stage a Slovenian-Israeli business forum on high technology.
        LJUBLJANA - President of the Constitutional Court Janez Cebulj is to present the report on the Constitutional Court's activities in 2005.
        PTUJ - Organisers of this year's Shrovetide festivities are to hold a press conference.
        LJUBLJANA - The National University Library is to put on an exhibition to mark the 250th anniversary of the birth of pioneer Slovenian dramatist Anton Tomaz Linhart.

WEDNESDAY, 15 February
        LJUBLJANA - Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel and Interior Minister Dragutin Mate are to sign a contract with print company Cetis on the production of biometric passports.
        KRANJSKA GORA - Defence Minister Karl Erjavec is to meet foreign defence attaches serving in Slovenia.
        LJUBLJANA - Austrian Ambassador to Slovenia Valentin Inzko is to deliver a lecture on Austria's stint as EU president.
        LJUBLJANA - Prime Minister Janez Jansa is to hold a meeting to discuss the work of Slovenian inspection services following the recent tragedy in which three girls were trampled to death in front of a popular nightclub near Ljubljana.
        LJUBLJANA - Publisher Rokus is to present the Slovenian edition of the National Geographic magazine.

THURSDAY, 16 February
        LJUBLJANA - The cabinet is to meet for its weekly session.
        LJUBLJANA - The parliamentary foreign policy committee is to meet behind closed doors.
        LJUBLJANA - A delegation of the Allied Command Transformation, headed by Major General Angelo Guinea, is to pay a visit to Slovenia to outline NATO transformation efforts to Slovenian officials.
        LJUBLJANA - The Public Agency for Technological Development and the Government Reforms Office are to stage an innovation festival.
        LJUBLJANA - Software company Hermes Softlab is to hold a press conference to speak about the company's results in 2005.
        LJUBLJANA - An exhibition of Slovenian painter and graphic artist Lojze Spacal is to open at the Cankarjev dom arts centre.

FRIDAY, 17 February
        LJUBLJANA - Interior Minister Dragutin Mate and MEP Miha Brejc are to outline the proposal for a cross-border directive that will allow Slovenia to keep its local border crossings with Croatia.
        RAVNE NA KOROSKEM - Defence contractor Sistemska tehnika is to open a new production facility.

SATURDAY, 18 February
        PTUJ - Shrovetide festivities are to get underway.

SUNDAY, 19 February
        LJUBLJANA - No major events are scheduled.