Calendar of Events for 20 - 25 May
TUESDAY, 20 May
LJUBLJANA - Parliament is to take a revote on the National Council vetoed new penal code and amendments to the attorneys act.
STRASBOURG, France - President of the EU Council, Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa is to attend the plenary of the European Parliament and the signing of the declaration introducing European Maritime Day.
BRDO PRI KRANJU - Meeting of the EU Troika and Nigeria.
LJUBLJANA - The National Council, the upper chamber of parliament, and Human Rights Ombudsman Zdenka Cebasek Travnik are to host a panel entitled "Poverty and Human Rights".
LJUBLJANA - Press conference of the SAZAS association of composers, authors and publishers for copyright protection.
LJUBLJANA - The Health Protection Institute is to present a report on bathing water quality for 2007.
FALA - Economy Minister Andrej Vizjak is to attend a ceremony marking the 90th anniversary of the Fala hydroelectric power plant.
LJUBLJANA - The Druga godba festival of world music is to kick off.
WEDNESDAY, 21 May
LJUBLJANA - Questions time in parliament will be followed by the first reading of the bill dealing with mental health.
THE HAGUE - Police chief Joze Romsek is to attend a meeting of the European Police Chiefs Task Force (EPCTF); until 22 May.
LJUBLJANA - Joint session of the Government Competitiveness Council and its working groups.
THURSDAY, 22 May
LJUBLJANA - Parliament is to discuss the annual motorway construction and maintenance plan for 2008, and a guarantee for loans taken out by DARS, the national motorway company.
LJUBLJANA - Regular session of the government.
BRDO PRI KRANJU - Meeting of the EU Troika with the Ukraine.
OPATIJA, Croatia - Police chief Joze Romsek is to attend a meeting with counterparts ahead of the tourist season in Croatia.
LJUBLJANA - Press conference ahead of the Vilenica International Literary Festival.
FRIDAY, 23 May
LJUBLJANA - The National Assembly is expected to meet for an extraordinary session devoted to the proposal for a referendum against the abolition of the current anti-corruption commission. Parliament will also continue its regular session.
LJUBLJANA - The five finalists for the Kresnik Prize for the best Slovenian novel are to be announced.
SATURDAY, 24 May
KOBE, Japan - Meeting of environment ministers from the G-8 and Russia, which will also be attended by Slovenia's Janez Podobnik as the representative of the EU presiding country; until 26 May.
LJUBLJANA - Annual General Assembly of the European Disability Forum; until 25 May.
SUNDAY, 25 May
MARIBOR/BRDO PRI KRANJU - An informal meeting of EU agriculture ministers and a meeting of the Special Committee on Agriculture; until 27 May.
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