KESZTHELY, Hungary - The Slovenian and Hungarian governments will meet at 3 PM for what is their second working meeting, after which PM Borut Pahor and his Hungarian counterpart Gordon Bajnai will speak to the press at around 3:30 PM. (STA/PHOTO)
BRUSSELS, Belgium - Culture Minister Majda Sirca will attend a session of the EU Council for Education and Culture. She is expected to call for zero VAT rate for books to encourage the Slovenian book market.
LJUBLJANA - The Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GZS) will present its view on the 28 November worker demonstrations at 11:30 AM, outlining the reasons for which the trade unions' demand for higher wages is not feasible.
LJUBLJANA - A ceremony will be held at 8 PM to mark the 20th anniversary of the Democratic Opposition of Slovenia (DEMOS) - a coalition of parties which won the first democratic election in 1990.
CELJE - The 11th rotation of Slovenian soldiers serving as part of the ISAF mission in Afghanistan will return to Slovenia. A welcoming ceremony at noon will be attended by Defence Minister Ljubica Jelusic and Deputy Chief-of-Staff, Brig Branimir Furlan.
LJUBLJANA - The chairman of the Bosnia-Herzegovina Presidency Zeljko Komsic will wrap up his two-day visit to Slovenia with a lecture on Western Balkans' prospects to join the EU at 4 PM.
BRDO PRI KRANJU - State Secretary at the Transport Ministry Igor Jakomin will meet Daniel Calleja Crespo of the European Commission's Air Transport Directorate to discuss topical issues regarding civilian air transport; at 11:30 AM.
ANKARAN - Consortium veritatis awards for outstanding achievement in journalism will be given out by the Association of Slovenian Journalists (DNS) at 8 PM as part of Days of Journalists 2009 held between 25 and 28 Nov.
LENDAVA - President Danilo Tuerk will be the key-note speaker at a ceremony at 3:30 PM marking 50 years since Slovenian-Hungarian primary education was introduced.
NOVA GORICA - The municipality of Nova Gorica will pay tribute to Slovenia's pioneer aviator Edvard Rusjan, who 100 years ago performed his first flight in a home-made airplane. The ceremony will begin at 3:30 PM.
BITOLA, Macedonia - The opening of the exhibition of painter Marko Butina will accompany the launch of the new premises of the Slovenian Consulate in Bitola.
LJUBLJANA - STA will run a backgrounder ahead of the workers' demonstration to be organised by trade unions in the centre of Ljubljana on Saturday. (STA)
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