CORRECTION: "Schedule of Events for Tuesday, 24 October"
Ljubljana, 23 October - Please note that the parliament will carry out the second reading of three tax laws on Tuesday, NOT the final reading as wrongly stated in the schedule of events. Below is the corrected version of the schedule of events for Tuesday:
Schedule of Events for Tuesday, 24 October
Below is a schedule of events for Tuesday, 24 October:
LJUBLJANA - Parliament is to resume its session for October at 9 AM. The agenda for the day includes the second readings of the income tax bill, the corporate income tax bill and the tax procedure bill.
LUXEMBOURG, Luxembourg - An Agriculture Ministry delegation is to attend a two-day session of the EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council. Fisheries and the reform of the wine sector are to top the agenda.
LJUBLJANA - The Eureka 2006 technology fair is to open, to run until 26 October under the motto "Slovenia's Development Potential". The three-day event, which will be opened at 4 PM by Economy Ministry State Secretary Andrijana Starina Kosem, is to feature the R&D achievements of 30 Slovenian companies and 11 faculties. (STA/PHOTO)
LJUBLJANA - To mark United Nations Day, a round table is to be staged in Slovenia's capital at 2:30 PM on the role of the UN in resolving the Middle East crisis. Meanwhile, a peace festival will be held in Slovenj Gradec the UN Messenger of Peace City (gets underway at 11 AM).
TRIESTE, Italy - Local Self-Government and Regional Policy Minister Ivan Zagar is due to meet Riccardo Illy, the head of the Italy's Friuli-Venezia-Giulia region. Zagar is also to meet representatives of the Slovenian minority in Italy and the Italian minority in Slovenia.
MUNICH, Germany - Economy Minister Andrej Vizjak is due to visit EXPO REAL 2006, the real-estate fair.
LJUBLJANA - Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology Jure Zupan is to present the results of the competition for state funding of young researchers at a press conference scheduled for 11 AM.
TRIESTE, Italy - A panel organised by the Slovenian Cultural and Economic Association is to discuss Slovenian minority representation in the regional parliament of Friuli-Venezia-Giulia.
LJUBLJANA - Parliament Speaker France Cukjati is to receive at 11:45 AM a delegation of the Slovak Constitutional Court headed by vice-president Eduard Barany.
LJUBLJANA - The supervisory board of the Slovenian Railways will be in session. The chairman, Peter Verlic, it to talk to the press at 5 PM.
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