(ANSAmed) - ROME, NOVEMBER 2 - Following are the main events
of interest in the Euro-Mediterranean region for the week of
November 5-11.
MONDAY NOVEMBER 5 - BRUSSELS - Meeting of representatives from
southern Mediterranean partner countries on EU enlargement
policies, with EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule. TIRANA -
EU-Eastern Balkans ministers' meeting, with EU Internal Affairs
Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom (through 11/6). PARIS - French
union CGT strike by oil refinery and oilfield workers. ABU DHABI
- Visit by British Premier David Cameron. DOHA - Syrian National
Council (SNC) meeting on extending opposition to the Damascus
regime (through 11/8). CAIRO - Visit by Russian Foreign Minister
Sergei Lavrov.
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 6 - BRUSSELS - EP launches joint climate change
program, with Climate Change Commissioner Connie Hedegaard.
NICOSIA - Informal meeting of ministers for EU adhesion. ATHENS - 48-hour national anti-austerity strike by ADEDY and GSEE public and private sector unions (through 11/7). ISTANBUL - Trial hearing of four former Israeli high military officers indicted for the murder of nine Turkish citizens during an assault on the Mavi Marmara ship. PARIS - Medicis literary prize awarded. ROME - Open Government Forum 2012 organized by Business International, with Education Minister Francesco Profumo. AMMAN - Visit by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. JEDDA (SAUDI ARABIA) - Visit by British Premier David Cameron. TRIPOLI - Visit by Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi. TIRANA - EU-Eastern Balkans ministers' meeting, with EU Internal Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom. DOHA - Syrian National Council (SNC) meeting on extending opposition to the Damascus regime (through 11/8).
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 7 - BRUSSELS - Visit by Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu - BRUSSELS - EP President Martin Schulz meets with Maltese Foreign Minister Tonio Borg. BRUSSELS - German Chancellor Angela Merkel meets with MEPs and EP President Martin Schulz. ATHENS - Last day of 48-hour national anti-austerity strike by ADEDY and GSEE public and private sector unions. LISBON - Visit by Commissioner for Regional Policy Johannes Hahn (through 11/8). BRUSSELS - The assembly president from the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina meets with Commissioner for Enlargement Stefan Fule. PARIS - Awards ceremonies for Goncourt and Renaudot literary prizes. BARCELONA - Arab and Mediterranean Film Fest (through 11/11). MADRID - Google conference on a machine that was the precursor of computers, called the checker player. DOHA - Syrian National Council (SNC) meeting on extending opposition to the Damascus regime (through 11/8).
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 8 - CATANIA - Forum +, on Arab women entrepreneurs. ROME - Visit by EU Commissioner for Maritime Affairs Maria Damanaki. ROME - EP President Martin Schulz meets with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano and Italian political leaders. BRUSSELS - Conference on the EuroMed Program for the Prevention, Preparedness and Response to Natural and Man-Made Disasters (PPRD-South). BARCELONA - Eye surgery conference (through 11/9). BARCELONA - Arab and Mediterranean Film Fest (through 11/11). DOHA - Last day of Syrian National Council (SNC) meeting on extending opposition to the Damascus regime.
LISBON - Visit by Commissioner for Regional Policy Johannes Hahn. FRIDAY NOVEMBER 9 - BRUSSELS - Meeting of the Council of EU Finance Ministers (ECOFIN). BARCELONA - Eye surgery conference.
BARCELONA - Arab and Mediterranean Film Fest (through 11/11).
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 10 - BARCELONA - Arab and Mediterranean Film Fest (through 11/11).
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 11 - LJUBLJANA - Slovenian presidential elections. RAMALLAH (WEST BANK) - Anniversary of the death of former Palestinian President Yasser Arafat. RAMALLAH (WEST BANK) - Palestinian Youth Week (through 11/15). ABU DHABI - International oil industry conference and exhibit (through 11/14). BARCELONA - Last day of Arab and Mediterranean Film Fest. (ANSAmed).
NICOSIA - Informal meeting of ministers for EU adhesion. ATHENS - 48-hour national anti-austerity strike by ADEDY and GSEE public and private sector unions (through 11/7). ISTANBUL - Trial hearing of four former Israeli high military officers indicted for the murder of nine Turkish citizens during an assault on the Mavi Marmara ship. PARIS - Medicis literary prize awarded. ROME - Open Government Forum 2012 organized by Business International, with Education Minister Francesco Profumo. AMMAN - Visit by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. JEDDA (SAUDI ARABIA) - Visit by British Premier David Cameron. TRIPOLI - Visit by Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi. TIRANA - EU-Eastern Balkans ministers' meeting, with EU Internal Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom. DOHA - Syrian National Council (SNC) meeting on extending opposition to the Damascus regime (through 11/8).
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 7 - BRUSSELS - Visit by Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu - BRUSSELS - EP President Martin Schulz meets with Maltese Foreign Minister Tonio Borg. BRUSSELS - German Chancellor Angela Merkel meets with MEPs and EP President Martin Schulz. ATHENS - Last day of 48-hour national anti-austerity strike by ADEDY and GSEE public and private sector unions. LISBON - Visit by Commissioner for Regional Policy Johannes Hahn (through 11/8). BRUSSELS - The assembly president from the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina meets with Commissioner for Enlargement Stefan Fule. PARIS - Awards ceremonies for Goncourt and Renaudot literary prizes. BARCELONA - Arab and Mediterranean Film Fest (through 11/11). MADRID - Google conference on a machine that was the precursor of computers, called the checker player. DOHA - Syrian National Council (SNC) meeting on extending opposition to the Damascus regime (through 11/8).
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 8 - CATANIA - Forum +, on Arab women entrepreneurs. ROME - Visit by EU Commissioner for Maritime Affairs Maria Damanaki. ROME - EP President Martin Schulz meets with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano and Italian political leaders. BRUSSELS - Conference on the EuroMed Program for the Prevention, Preparedness and Response to Natural and Man-Made Disasters (PPRD-South). BARCELONA - Eye surgery conference (through 11/9). BARCELONA - Arab and Mediterranean Film Fest (through 11/11). DOHA - Last day of Syrian National Council (SNC) meeting on extending opposition to the Damascus regime.
LISBON - Visit by Commissioner for Regional Policy Johannes Hahn. FRIDAY NOVEMBER 9 - BRUSSELS - Meeting of the Council of EU Finance Ministers (ECOFIN). BARCELONA - Eye surgery conference.
BARCELONA - Arab and Mediterranean Film Fest (through 11/11).
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 10 - BARCELONA - Arab and Mediterranean Film Fest (through 11/11).
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 11 - LJUBLJANA - Slovenian presidential elections. RAMALLAH (WEST BANK) - Anniversary of the death of former Palestinian President Yasser Arafat. RAMALLAH (WEST BANK) - Palestinian Youth Week (through 11/15). ABU DHABI - International oil industry conference and exhibit (through 11/14). BARCELONA - Last day of Arab and Mediterranean Film Fest. (ANSAmed).
