Schedule of Events from 17 to 22 January
TUESDAY, 17 January
BEIJING, China - A Slovenian delegation, headed by Agriculture Ministry State Secretary Franc But, is to attend a two-day international conference on avian flu.
BRDO PRI KRANJU - State Secretary for European Affairs Marcel Koprol is to hold a working lunch with the ambassadors of the EU countries to Slovenia.
LJUBLJANA - Slovenian Trade Chamber is to hold a session to discuss the government-sponsored bill on chambers of commerce.
LJUBLJANA - Slovenian Ombudsman Matjaz Hanzek is to talk to the press about current issues as well as outline his work.
LJUBLJANA - Slovenian rating firm Bonitetna hisa I and the international rating firm Dun&Bradstreet are to confer awards on three Slovenian companies with the highest rating in 2005.
WEDNESDAY, 18 January
NEW YORK, US - President Janez Drnovsek is scheduled to meet UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to discuss Drnovsek's recent initiative to solve the humanitarian crisis in Darfur.
BRDO PRI KRANJU - President Janez Drnovsek and PM Janez Jansa ate to host a reception for the diplomats to mark the beginning of the new year.
TRIESTE, Italy - Director general of the Slovenian Administration for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief, Bojan Zmavc, and Regional minister for Civil Protection in the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, Gianfranco Moretton, are to sign a protocol on cross-border cooperation.
LJUBLJANA - The Health Insurance Institute (ZZZS) is to speak to the press about its business results in 2005 and plans for 2006.
LJUBLJANA - The gay and lesbian organisation Legebitra is to open new premises and talk to the press about its work in 2005 and plans for 2006.
LJUBLJANA - An international exhibition of the European network Art Nouveau is to open in Ljubljana.
VELENJE - The international tournament in table tennis, the Liebherr Slovenian Open, is to start in the town of Velenje.
THURSDAY, 19 January
VILLACH, Austria - Labour Minister Janez Drobnic is to take part in an informal meeting of labour ministers of the EU member states.
LJUBLJANA - The government is to hold its weekly session.
BOROVNICA - A press conference on ammunition control in the Slovenian Armed Forces to take place. Afterward, Defence Minister Karl Erjavec and Chief-of-Staff of the Slovenian Armed Forces Ladislav Lipic are to open facilities for ammunition maintenance and speak to the press.
LJUBLJANA - The Slovenian Sociological Society is to host a round table on social effects of the government-sponsored reforms.
FRIDAY, 20 January
LJUBLJANA - Education and Sports Minister Milan Zver is to attend the ceremony marking the presence of the Olympic Flame in Slovenia before the Winter Olympic Games in Italy's Turin in February.
GORIZIA, Italy - The Gorizia-based Slovenian Economic Association and the Northern Primorska Chamber of Commerce and Industry are to present the possibilities of cross-border cooperation of Slovenian small and medium-sized businesses.
MARIBOR - Slovenian Enterprise Fund is to present to the press its aid programmes for development investments of small and medium-sized businesses in Slovenia.
KLAGENFURT, Austria - The 26th Tischler Award - conferred onto Slovenian people or institutions credited with merits for the Slovenian minority in Austria's Carinthia - is to be conferred by two minority organisations. This year's laureate is musician and composer Joze Ropitz.
TENERIFE, Spain - Theatre director Tomaz Pandur is to start a one-month tour of Spain with his controversial piece "100 Minutes".
LJUBLJANA - The Slovenian National Opera and Ballet (SNG) and the Cankarjev dom arts centre are to jointly stage Sergei Prokofiev's modern opera "The Love for Three Oranges".
SUNDAY, 22 January
LA PAZ, Bolivia - President Janez Drnovsek is scheduled to attend the inauguration of the new Bolivian president Evo Morales.
VELENJE - The international tournament in table tennis, the Liebherr Slovenian Open, is to conclude in the town of Velenje.
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