Schedule of Events for Monday, 17 November

LJUBLJANA - Parliament is scheduled to meet at 2 PM for an extraordinary session to debate on proposed changes to the Constitution. The 13 proposals for changes refer to regionalism, the election of government, referendums, permanent term of judges, MP immunity, non-discrimination of the disabled, social security rights, voting legislation and the preamble to the Constitution. (STA)

LJUBLJANA - Speaker of the Danish parliament Christian Mejdahl, who is paying a visit to Slovenia, is due to hold a meeting with his Slovenian counterpart Borut Pahor, with the two officials to give a statement to the press at 11 AM. (STA)

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel is to attend a meeting of EU foreign ministers.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Defence Minister Anton Grizold is to attend a meeting of EU defence ministers.

LJUBLJANA - Chairman of NATO Military Committee, General Harald Kujat is to pay a visit to Slovenia at the invitation of Slovenian Armed Forces Chief of Staff Major General Ladislav Lipic.

LONDON, Great Britain - Minister of Labour, Family and Social Affairs Vlado Dimovski is to pay a two-day visit to Great Britain.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Agriculture Minister Franci But is to attend a meeting of EU agriculture ministers.

LJUBLJANA - The opposition Slovenian Democrats (SDS) are to hold a press conference at 11 AM to talk about the latest developments in transport sector.

LJUBLJANA - A five-day international conference on supervision of the securities market, organised by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Slovenian Securities Market Agency, is to begin at 9 AM. (STA)

PORTOROZ - The European congress "Milk and Dairy Products", hosted by the Ljubljana Biotechnics Faculty, is to continue.

LJUBLJANA - The Slovenian Statistics Office is to publish monthly figures on wages.

LJUBLJANA - The national football team is to hold a press conference at 3:30 PM.

LJUBLJANA - Press review. (STA)

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