Schedule of Events from 25 April to 1 May

MONDAY, 25 April

LUXEMBOURG, Luxembourg - Foreign Ministry State Secretary Bozo Cerar and head of the Government Office for European Affairs, Marcel Koprol, are to attend a monthly meeting of EU foreign ministers.

SEOUL, South Korea - OSCE chairman, Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, is to addend a traditional meeting between OSCE and its Asian partners, to conclude on Tuesday.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - A delegation of the parliamentary committee on EU affairs is to attend an inter-parliamentary debate on the EU economic policy, hosted by the European Parliament.

MUNICH, Germany - Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning Janez Podobnik is to visit Munich upon invitation of Bavarian State Minister of
the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection Werner Schnappauf.

LJUBLJANA - Trade union associations Independence - KNSS, KSS Pergam and KS 90 are to hold a news conference on the situation of Slovenian workers.

WASHINGTON, United States - The Slovenian-American committee for cooperation in science and technology is to meet. The Slovenian delegation is to be chaired by Janez Mozina, State Secretary at the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology.

LJUBLJANA - The government Office for Religious Communities is to hold consultations with representatives of the religious communities about the tax legislation on religious workers.

LJUBLJANA - The Public Opinion and Mass Media Research Centre is to present the results of the latest Politbarometer public opinion survey.

TUESDAY, 26 April

LUXEMBOURG, Luxembourg - Agriculture Ministry State Secretary Franc But is to attend the session of the EU council on agriculture and fisheries.

LUXEMBOURG - Head of the Government Office for European Affairs, Marcel Koprol, is to attend an informal meeting of EU ministers in charge of European affairs.

LJUBLJANA - The Society of the Slovenian-Austrian Friendship and a number of associations in the Austrian province of Carinthia are to organise the Cultural Days of Carinthia.

WEDNESDAY, 27 April

LJUBLJANA - A number of ceremonies are to be held to mark Resistance Day.

THURSDAY, 28 April

LJUBLJANA - EU Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs Joaquin Almunia is to begin a two-day visit. He is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Janez Jansa, Finance Minister Andrej Bajuk and Bank of Slovenia Governor Mitja Gaspari.

SKOPJE, Macedonia - Speaker of Parliament France Cukjati is to begin a two-day official visit to Macedonia. He is due to meet Speaker Ljupce Jordanovski, President Branko Crvenkovski and Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski.

LJUBLJANA - The government is to hold its weekly session.

FRIDAY, 29 April

LJUBLJANA - Irish Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern is to pay a visit, to meet his Slovenian counterpart Dimitrij Rupel.

SATURDAY, 30 April

NOVA GORICA - Municipalities of Slovenian Nova Gorica and Italian Gorizia are to organise a ceremony to mark the first anniversary of Slovenia's EU entry.

SUNDAY, 1 May

LJUBLJANA - May Day.