Schedule of Events for Friday, 7 November

BRDO PRI KRANJU - Government officials from the CEFTA signatory countries are to meet for a plenary session at 9:30 AM to assess the organisation's operation and its future. The summit will end with the signing of a joint declaration and a press conference at 3:30 PM. (STA)

LJUBLJANA - Chairman of the EU Military Committee, General Gustav Haegglund is to arrive for a five-day official visit at the invitation of the Chief-of-Staff of the Slovenian Armed Forces, Major General Ladislav Lipic. He is to be received by Defence Minister Anton Grizold at 10:10 AM and President Janez Drnovsek at noon.

VIENNA, Austria - Culture Minister Andreja Rihter is to leave for a two-day visit to Austria, during which she is to donate to the Austrian national library in Vienna a bundle of Slovenian works of fiction on the occasion of the Days of Slovenian Literature.

VIENNA, Austria - A parliamentary delegation headed by Speaker Borut Pahor is to wrap up its two-day official visit to Austria.

ROME, Italy - Chair of the parliamentary defence committe Rudolf Petan is to attend a meeting of his counterparts from the EU member states, acceding countries and the European Parliament.

LJUBLJANA - An international conference on health care and patients' mobility in the enlarged EU is to open at 9:15 AM, at which over 200 participants are to discuss health care challenges of future EU members.

LJUBLJANA - The National Statistical Office is to release the September import and export data.

LJUBLJANA - The parliamentary economics committee is to discuss the implementation of technology policy with Swedish officials at 9 AM.

LJUBLJANA - The opposition New Slovenia (NSi) will hold a press conference at 11:30 AM to comment on the current events concerning Croatia.

LJUBLJANA - The 14th international Ljubljana film festival LIFFe will open at 8 PM. (STA)

GOETEBORG, Sweden - Slovenia will take part in the European Championships in shooting with air weapons, which will start on Friday, with highest hopes placed on Rajmond Debevec, the Olympic gold medalist from Sydney. (STA)

LJUBLJANA - Press review.

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