The Week Ahead is a detailed listing of key events of the coming week affecting RFE/RL's broadcast region.
Now on Twitter! Daily updates at @The_Week_Ahead.
MONDAY, March 5:
Armenia: Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian visits Brussels, meets with NATO Secretary-General Andres Forg Rasmussen, President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso, and Chairman of the European Parliament Martin Schulz (March 7).
Azerbaijan: OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs to discuss Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in Baku.
Belarus: Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi visits Minsk (to March 7).
Russia: The international observers monitoring the presidential election in Russia present their preliminary postelection statement at a news conference in Moscow.
EU/Eastern Partnership: The ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Visegrad Group and Eastern Partnership countries meet in Prague.
IAEA: Vienna hosts the IAEA Board of Governors Meeting (to March 9).
Czech Republic: A book about Vaclav Havel, written by his former spokesman Ladislav Spacek, to be released in Prague.
NATO: Monthly press briefing by NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen.
Turkey/OIC: Istanbul hosts a meeting of the Islamic Conference of Ministers responsible for Water (to March 6).
TUESDAY, March 6:
Czech Republic: The 14th One World International Human Rights Film Festival opens, focusing on documentaries highlighting protests, unrest, and revolt in various parts of the world (to March 15).
Georgia/Azerbaijan: Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili pays an official visit to Azerbaijan (to March 7).
World: The world's largest computer fair opens in Hannover (to March 10).
U.S./Russia: Hudson Institute in Washington hosts a discussion of the meaning of the Russian election results and what they signal for the future of Russia and its relations with the United States.
U.S./Pakistan: New America Foundation’s National Security Studies Program along with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty host a discussion on Pakistan featuring Daud Khattak, senior editor for RFE/RL's Pakistan service, Radio Mashaal.
WEDNESDAY, March 7:
Azerbaijan: The Azerbaijani, Turkish, and Iranian foreign ministers are planning to meet in Nakhichevan.
EU: The European Parliament hosts a seminar titled "Life After The Soviet Union" in Brussels.
EU/Russia: The EP Delegation for EU-Russia Parliamentary cooperation committee to exchange views after the presidential election in Russia with Lilia Shibanova, head of the election observation organization Golos; Nikolay Petrov, chairman of the Carnegie Center Moscow; and Stefanie Schiffer, European Exchange Berlin.
Pakistan: The Supreme Court of Pakistan holds a hearing in the case of Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani.
Pakistan: Carnegie Endowment in Washington holds a discussion on the economic outlook for Pakistan.
World: The Military Balance 2012, the annual assessment of the military capabilities and defense economics of 170 countries to be launched in London.
U.S./Russia: The Center on the United States and Europe at Brookings (CUSE) holds a discussion to explore the political, economic, and foreign policy implications of the election in Russia.
THURSDAY, March 8:
World: International Women's Day.
FRIDAY, March 9:
EU: Informal foreign affairs council opens in Copenhagen (to March 10).
SATURDAY, March 10:
Georgia: Parliamentary elections in the breakaway region of Abkhazia.
SUNDAY, March 11:
EU: European Day for Victims of Terrorism.
Now on Twitter! Daily updates at @The_Week_Ahead.
MONDAY, March 5:
Armenia: Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian visits Brussels, meets with NATO Secretary-General Andres Forg Rasmussen, President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso, and Chairman of the European Parliament Martin Schulz (March 7).
Azerbaijan: OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs to discuss Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in Baku.
Belarus: Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi visits Minsk (to March 7).
Russia: The international observers monitoring the presidential election in Russia present their preliminary postelection statement at a news conference in Moscow.
EU/Eastern Partnership: The ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Visegrad Group and Eastern Partnership countries meet in Prague.
IAEA: Vienna hosts the IAEA Board of Governors Meeting (to March 9).
Czech Republic: A book about Vaclav Havel, written by his former spokesman Ladislav Spacek, to be released in Prague.
NATO: Monthly press briefing by NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen.
Turkey/OIC: Istanbul hosts a meeting of the Islamic Conference of Ministers responsible for Water (to March 6).
TUESDAY, March 6:
Czech Republic: The 14th One World International Human Rights Film Festival opens, focusing on documentaries highlighting protests, unrest, and revolt in various parts of the world (to March 15).
Georgia/Azerbaijan: Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili pays an official visit to Azerbaijan (to March 7).
World: The world's largest computer fair opens in Hannover (to March 10).
U.S./Russia: Hudson Institute in Washington hosts a discussion of the meaning of the Russian election results and what they signal for the future of Russia and its relations with the United States.
U.S./Pakistan: New America Foundation’s National Security Studies Program along with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty host a discussion on Pakistan featuring Daud Khattak, senior editor for RFE/RL's Pakistan service, Radio Mashaal.
WEDNESDAY, March 7:
Azerbaijan: The Azerbaijani, Turkish, and Iranian foreign ministers are planning to meet in Nakhichevan.
EU: The European Parliament hosts a seminar titled "Life After The Soviet Union" in Brussels.
EU/Russia: The EP Delegation for EU-Russia Parliamentary cooperation committee to exchange views after the presidential election in Russia with Lilia Shibanova, head of the election observation organization Golos; Nikolay Petrov, chairman of the Carnegie Center Moscow; and Stefanie Schiffer, European Exchange Berlin.
Pakistan: The Supreme Court of Pakistan holds a hearing in the case of Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani.
Pakistan: Carnegie Endowment in Washington holds a discussion on the economic outlook for Pakistan.
World: The Military Balance 2012, the annual assessment of the military capabilities and defense economics of 170 countries to be launched in London.
U.S./Russia: The Center on the United States and Europe at Brookings (CUSE) holds a discussion to explore the political, economic, and foreign policy implications of the election in Russia.
THURSDAY, March 8:
World: International Women's Day.
FRIDAY, March 9:
EU: Informal foreign affairs council opens in Copenhagen (to March 10).
SATURDAY, March 10:
Georgia: Parliamentary elections in the breakaway region of Abkhazia.
SUNDAY, March 11:
EU: European Day for Victims of Terrorism.