Schedule of Events for Tuesday, 18 November

LJUBLJANA - The parliament will continue an extraordinary session on constitutional changes at 10 AM. (STA)

BLED - A regional two-day conference on stolen vehicles is to open at 2 PM, organised by the foreign and interior ministries and the SE Europe Stability Pact. Participants from Slovenia, Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Moldova, Romania and Serbia-Montenegro are to be addressed by the Pact's Special Coordinator Erhard Busek. (STA)

LJUBLJANA - Chairman of the NATO Military Committee Harald Kujat is to continue his official visit to Slovenia. His agenda includes meetings with Chief of Staff of the Slovenian Armed Forces, Major General Ladislav Lipic, President Janez Drnovsek, Defence Minister Anton Grizold, and a press statement at 10.45 AM. (STA)

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel is to join his counterparts from EU member states and the acceding countries at a new round of intergovernmental talks on the reform of the EU.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - EU foreign ministers and their counterparts from the acceding countries, including Slovenia's Dimitrij Rupel, are to meet with U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell for informal talks.

LJUBLJANA - Danish Parliament Speaker Christian Mejdahl is to wind up a three-day visit by meeting President Janez Drnovsek and Prime Minister Anton Rop.

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

LJUBLJANA - The supervisory board of the Pivovarna Union brewer is to hold a session. On the agenda are the notices of resignation of three supervisory board members and the results of an extraordinary revision of Union's 2001 operations, which threw up several cases of irregularity. A press statement is to be released after the session. (STA)

LJUBLJANA - Ombudsman Matjaz Hanzek is to speak to the press at 11 AM about current issues and plans. (STA)

LJUBLJANA - The Statistics Office is to release the latest employment figures. (STA)

SLOVENJ GRADEC - Prevent, a leading car-seat cover manufacturer, is to hold a press conference at 9.30 AM.

PORTOROZ - The first European congress "Milk and Dairy Products" is to wrap up.

LJUBLJANA - The 19th Slovenian book fair is to be presented at a news conference at 11 AM.

NOVA GORICA - A news conference ahead of the 4th international computer art festival Pixxelpoint, which will be underway between 29 November and 5 December, is to be held at 11 AM.

LJUBLJANA - Press review. (STA)

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