Schedule of Events from 16 to 22 August

MONDAY, 16 August

SLOVENSKE KONJICE/CANKOVA - Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Food, Milan Pogacnik, is to visit Slovenske Konjice and Cankova, municipalities in NE Slovenia that were hit hard by a hail storm last week.

LJUBLJANA - The Youth Party (SMS) is to hold a press conference to outline its view of the interpellation motion filed against the government by SDS and NSi.

LJUBLJANA - The opposition New Slovenia (NSi) is to stage a press conference to talk about unresolved issues in agriculture.

TUESDAY, 17 August

KOPER - The Assembly for the Republic is to organise a public debate entitled "For a Slovenia of Equal Opportunities".

WEDNESDAY, 18 August

LJUBLJANA - Information Society Minister Pavel Gantar is to talk to the press to respond to the allegations aimed against his ministry in the interpellation motion filed by two opposition parties.

LJUBLJANA - A press conference ahead of the Young Lions dance and theatre festival, which starts on 20 August.

THURSDAY, 19 August

GORNJA RADGONA - The organisers of the International Agriculture and Food Fair, which starts on 28 August, are to present novelties that the fair will offer this year.

FRIDAY, 20 August

BRUSSELS, Belgium - The first meeting of the new European Commission under the leadership of Jose Manuel Barroso.

LJUBLJANA - An exhibition of video works by Slovenian artists is scheduled to lift the curtain on the Young Lions festival; until 29 August.