LJUBLJANA - President of the EU Council Herman Van Rompuy will pay a visit to Slovenia to be received by President Danilo Tuerk and PM Borut Pahor. Pahor and Van Rompuy will speak to the press after their talks scheduled for 10:25 AM. (STA/PHOTO)
LJUBLJANA - A two-day Slovenian Innovation Forum, organised by the Public Agency for Entrepreneurship and Foreign Investments (JAPTI), will open at 10 AM with addresses by Economy Minister Matej Lahovnik and JAPTI director Igor Plestenjak. (STA/PHOTO)
BRUSSELS, Belgium - Finance Minister Franc Krizanic will attend a session of the eurogroup ahead of Wednesday's session of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) dedicated to the creation of a European banking authority.
BRUSSELS, Belgium - Justice Minister Ales Zalar will attend a meeting of the EU Justice and Home Affairs Council touching on multi-annual strategic work programme in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice.
ATHENS, Greece - Foreign Minister Samuel Zbogar will attend a two-day session of the OSCE Ministerial Council, meeting his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov on the margin of the event.
LJUBLJANA - The National Council will host at 10 AM a lecture by councillor and university professor Joze Mencinger on the economic and social crisis in Slovenia.
LJUBLJANA - The Culture Ministry will host a public debate on proposed amendments to the public broadcaster RTV Slovenija act at 2 PM, to be attended by Culture Minister Majda Sirca.
LJUBLJANA - A ceremony marking 90 years of Ljubljana University will begin at 7 PM, with President Danilo Tuerk as the key-note speaker. Tuerk will confer on Slovenia's oldest university the Order for Exceptional Services for a major contribution to scholarship, research, arts and teaching.
MARIBOR - Three top Roman Catholic Church dignitaries who were promoted in the reshuffle following the resignation of Ljubljana Archbishop Alojz Uran will be presented to the public at a news conference at noon.
TRIESTE, Italy - The heads of both umbrella minority organisations in Italy, Drago Stoka of the Council of Slovenian Organisations and Rudi Pavsic of the Slovenian Cultural and Economic Association, will meet Renzo Tondo, the premier of Italy's Friuli-Venezia Giulia region.
KOPER - The opposition People's Party (SLS) will organise a conference on the unacceptability of gas terminals in the Gulf of Trieste at 7 PM.
LJUBLJANA - To mark World AIDS Day, the Public Health Institute will organise a conference at 10 AM to present the 2010-2015 national strategy to prevent HIV infections and the latest HIV infection figures.
LJUBLJANA - The Ljubljana District Court will present at 2 PM a major case of mediation it has recently successfully completed.
LJUBLJANA - PM Borut Pahor will host a reception at 12:30 PM for accordion musician Slavko Avsenik, the founder of the legendary oompah band Avsenik Brothers Ensemble, to mark his 80th birthday. (STA/PHOTO)
LJUBLJANA - A symposium on new trends in the relations between China and Taiwan will open at the Faculty of Arts at noon.
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