The Week Ahead is a detailed listing of key events of the coming week affecting RFE/RL's broadcast region.
MONDAY, August 29:
Bosnia-Herzegovina/Turkey: Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu visits Sarajevo and other Bosnian cities (to August 30).
Russia: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is scheduled to meet State Duma leaders in Sochi.
Serbia/Czech Republic: Serbian President Boris Tadic meets with his Czech counterpart Vaclav Klaus in the Czech president's summer residence, the Lany Chateau.
Ukraine/Finland: Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kostyantyn Hryshchenko visits Helsinki.
UN: International Day Against Nuclear Tests.
TUESDAY, August 30:
Kosovo: UN Security Council is scheduled to hold debates on Kosovo in New York.
Muslim World: First day of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan.
World: International Day of the Disappeared.
WEDNESDAY, August 31:
Iran: Iran plans to start the Bushehr nuclear power plant.
Kyrgyzstan: Independence Day.
Serbia/Azerbaijan: Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic pays a working visit to Baku.
Ukraine/Poland: Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych to meet with Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski in Jurata, northern Poland.
THURSDAY, September 1:
Moldova: UN special rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief Heiner Bielefeldt makes his first visit to Moldova (to September 8).
Uzbekistan: Independence Day.
FRIDAY, September 2:
EU: Informal meeting of EU foreign ministers opens in Sopot, Poland (to September 3).
Kosovo/Serbia: EU-mediated talks between Serbia and Kosovo are scheduled to resume in Brussels.
Russia/Tajikistan: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev visits Dushanbe (to September 3).
Serbia/Turkey: Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu visits Belgrade.
Tajikistan: President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai, President of Pakistan Asia Ali Zardari, President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev, and President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon to hold a summit in Dushanbe.
Tajikistan: Foreign ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States to meet in Dushanbe.
SATURDAY, September 3:
Tajikistan: Dushanbe hosts a summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States’ Council of Heads of State. Presidents of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Russia to attend.
SUNDAY, September 4:
Iran/Tajikistan: Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad to visit Dushanbe (to September 5).
MONDAY, August 29:
Bosnia-Herzegovina/Turkey: Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu visits Sarajevo and other Bosnian cities (to August 30).
Russia: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is scheduled to meet State Duma leaders in Sochi.
Serbia/Czech Republic: Serbian President Boris Tadic meets with his Czech counterpart Vaclav Klaus in the Czech president's summer residence, the Lany Chateau.
Ukraine/Finland: Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kostyantyn Hryshchenko visits Helsinki.
UN: International Day Against Nuclear Tests.
TUESDAY, August 30:
Kosovo: UN Security Council is scheduled to hold debates on Kosovo in New York.
Muslim World: First day of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan.
World: International Day of the Disappeared.
WEDNESDAY, August 31:
Iran: Iran plans to start the Bushehr nuclear power plant.
Kyrgyzstan: Independence Day.
Serbia/Azerbaijan: Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic pays a working visit to Baku.
Ukraine/Poland: Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych to meet with Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski in Jurata, northern Poland.
THURSDAY, September 1:
Moldova: UN special rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief Heiner Bielefeldt makes his first visit to Moldova (to September 8).
Uzbekistan: Independence Day.
FRIDAY, September 2:
EU: Informal meeting of EU foreign ministers opens in Sopot, Poland (to September 3).
Kosovo/Serbia: EU-mediated talks between Serbia and Kosovo are scheduled to resume in Brussels.
Russia/Tajikistan: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev visits Dushanbe (to September 3).
Serbia/Turkey: Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu visits Belgrade.
Tajikistan: President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai, President of Pakistan Asia Ali Zardari, President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev, and President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon to hold a summit in Dushanbe.
Tajikistan: Foreign ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States to meet in Dushanbe.
SATURDAY, September 3:
Tajikistan: Dushanbe hosts a summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States’ Council of Heads of State. Presidents of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Russia to attend.
SUNDAY, September 4:
Iran/Tajikistan: Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad to visit Dushanbe (to September 5).