TODAY

Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis to meet with the Parliament Speaker Anna Psarouda-Benaki at 10 a.m. At 11.30 a.m., he will meet with Tourism Minister Fanni Palli-Petralia. – Finance Minister Giorgos Alogoskoufis to chair a ministerial committee on public-private partnerships at 12.30 p.m. – Defense Minister Evangelos Meimarakis to attend informal EU defense ministers’ meeting in Wiesbaden, Germany. – Labor Minister Savvas Tsitouridis to meet with the president of IKA’s Panhellenic Federation of Health Scientists (POSEYPIKA) at 11.45 a.m. – Justice Minister Anastassis Papaligouras to meet with the chairman of the Russian Audit Chamber, Sergey Stepashin, at 1 p.m. at the ministry. – The European Parliament Bureau in Athens and the Hellenic Center for European Studies (EKEM) hold a conference titled «50 Years Since the Foundation of the European Union: European Social Model and Employment – Toward a Society of Cohesion and the Future of Europe,» at 7 p.m. at the Tripolis Cultural Center. Tel. 210.327.8911 or log on to www.ekem.gr. – University professors and students hold a demonstration in downtown Athens opposing the amendment of Article 16 of the Constitution. – Synaspismos Left Coalition President Alekos Alavanos to meet with the Central Union of Tobacco Producers (Kapniki) at 4 p.m. – Deputy Foreign Minister Evripidis Stylianidis to attend ministerial conference on middle-income countries in Madrid, Spain. To tomorrow.