Agenda
MONDAY «Entrepreneurship with a Human Face» is the title of the biennial convention of the European Economic and Social Committee to be held at the Athens Concert Hall in the capital. President of the Republic Karolos Papoulias, Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso will attend. To tomorrow. Newly appointed Australian special envoy for Cyprus David Ritchie arrives in Athens to hold talks with Greek officials on the Cyprus issue. The Finance Ministry is hosting a two-day conference on «Economic Integration for Southeast Europe,» at 6 p.m. at Zappeion Hall. EU Commissioner for Regional Development Danuta Hubner will be the keynote speaker. To Wednesday. Synaspismos Left Coalition President Alexis Tsipras visits the Cyclades islands. Commemorating its 90th anniversary, the Communist Party of Greece is organizing an event dedicated to Greek songwriter and musician Manos Hadjidakis at 8.30 p.m. at the Roman Forum in Plaka. President Karolos Papoulias and his Cypriot counterpart Dimitris Christofias will attend. The sixth Euro Fed Lipid congress on «Oils, Fats and Lipids in the Third Millennium: Challenges, Achievements and Perspectives» begins at the Inter-Continental Hotel. To Wednesday. For further information, call 210.321.0621 or log on to www.axionagro.eu. PASOK leader George Papandreou to meet with the board of the General Confederation of Greek Labor (GSEE). Lawyers in Athens begin a two-day strike in opposition to the new tax bill. To tomorrow. Piraeus Mayor Panayiotis Fassoulas holds a press conference on education while presenting the municipality’s claims and goals, at 11 a.m. TUESDAY The Alba Graduate Business School is hosting its 16th Career Forum at the ATExcelixi training and conference center (154 Eleftheriou Venizelou & Romylias) in Kastri. The forum will be open from 9.30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and run through to Thursday, September 11. For details, call 210.896.4531-8 or log on to www.alba.edu.gr. WEDNESDAY Synaspismos Left Coalition President Alexis Tsipras visits the Thessaloniki International Fair. To Friday. Deputy Education Minister Andreas Lykourentzos and the president of UNICEF in Greece, Lambros Kanellopoulos, hold a press conference titled «Children Learn About their Rights,» at noon at the Press Center of the General Secretariat of Communication. THURSDAY The Hellenic Exchanges Group holds the 5th International Capital Markets Conference, starting at 9 a.m. at the Porto Carras Hotel in Halkidiki. To Friday. Tel. 210.336.6800 or log on to www.helex.gr. FRIDAY The 4th World Congress of Expatriates of Halkidiki begins at 6 p.m. at Ouranopolis, Halkidiki. For details, visit www.halkidiki.gov.gr.
