Schedule of Events for Friday, 24 February

NAPLES, Italy - Four Slovenian military instructors are scheduled to head for Iraq where they will be taking part in the training of Iraqi security personnel.

LJUBLJANA - Macedonian Justice Minister Meri Mladenovska Georgievska is to meet Slovenian counterpart Lovro Sturm, as well as paying visits to the Constitutional Court, Supreme Court and the Supreme State Prosecutor's Office. Sturm and Mladenovska Georgievska are scheduled to speak to the press at 10:50 AM. (STA/PHOTO)

VIENNA, Austria - Health Minister Andrej Brucan is to attend a meeting of EU health ministers and their counterparts from the candidates states dedicated to preventing the spread of the bird flu.

LJUBLJANA - Finance Minister Andrej Bajuk and aides are to outline plans for changes to tax legislation at a press conference scheduled for 11 AM. (STA)

LJUBLJANA - The Economic and Social Council, an industrial relations forum, is to discuss the proposed changes to social security payments at its session that gets underway at 10 AM. (STA/PHOTO)

LJUBLJANA - The college of deputy group heads is to meet at noon to decide on the agenda of the February session of parliament.

TURIN, Italy - Education and Sports Minister Milan Zver is to attend the final events at the Turin Olympic Games, through Sunday, to meet Slovenian athletes at the Olympic village and journalists.

BUDAPEST, Hungary - Culture Minister Vasko Simoniti is to be on a visit to Hungary. Simoniti and Hungarian counterpart Andras Bozoki are scheduled to sign the 2006-2008 programme on cooperation in culture following talks on cultural cooperation.

LJUBLJANA - The Strategic Foreign Policy Council is to meet at 11 AM to debate the reactions by Muslims to the publications of cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed.

LJUBLJANA - The opposition Social Democrats (SD) and Liberal Democracy (LDS) are to speak to the press at 10:30 AM after filing a demand for the constitutional check of the changes to the asylum act and the anti-graft act. (STA)

LJUBLJANA - The opposition Liberal Democracy (LDS) is to present the party's view on PM Janez Jansa's proposal for a development pact at a press conference scheduled for 11 AM.

LJUBLJANA - The junior coalition People's Party (SLS) is to outline its views on the proposed taxation of property and other topical issues at a press conference scheduled for 11 AM.

LJUBLJANA - The coalition New Slovenia (NSi) is to hold a press conference at 10 AM to outline the results of Thursday's session of the party's executive committee.

LJUBLJANA - The parliamentary EU affairs committee is to meet at 2 PM for its regular weekly closed-door session. Its chair Anton Kokalj is to speak to the press at 3:30 PM.

AJDOVSCINA - Bread and pasta company Mlinotest is to presents its results for 2005 at 2 PM.

LJUBLJANA - Press review. (STA)

TURIN OLYMPIC SCHEDULE

- Alpine skiing		* women's giant slalom (1st run at 9:30 AM, 2nd at 1 PM)

- Cross country		* women's 30km freestyle (11:30 AM)

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