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, April 2:
Armenia/Russia: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov pays an official visit to Yerevan (to April 3).
Azerbaijan: Amnesty International launches a mass Twitter and Facebook campaign calling on the European Broadcasting Union -- organizers of Eurovision -- to do more to ensure the authorities in Azerbaijan respect human rights.
Belarus: IAEA Director-General Yukiya Amano visits Minsk (to April 3).
Kazakhstan: A trial against 37 defendants accused of involvement in deadly unrest in Kazakhstan’s southwestern city of Zhanaozen continues in Aqtau.
Moldova/OSCE: OSCE Special Representative for Transdniestrian settlement process Erwan Fouere visits the region to hold meetings in Kyiv, Odesa, Tiraspol, and Chisinau (to April 5).
Moldova/PACE: President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Jean-Claude Mignon makes an official visit to Moldova (to April 5).
Russia/U.S.: Russian National Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev visits Washington.
UN: New York hosts a high-level meeting on happiness and well-being.
World: World Autism Awareness Day.
TUESDAY, April 3:
Azerbaijan: The second session of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly to be held in Baku (to April 4).
Kyrgyzstan/Mongolia: Mongolian President Tsakhiagiyn Elbegdorzh pays an official visit to Bishkek (to April 6).
Russia/Azerbaijan: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov pays an official visit to Baku (to April 4).
Ukraine: David Kramer, president of the Washington-based pro-democracy organization Freedom House, to visit Ukraine.
Ukraine/Azerbaijan: Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov visits Baku.
U.S./Azerbaijan: U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security Eric Boswell visits Baku.
WEDNESDAY, April 4:
Armenia: Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Azubalis visits Yerevan (to April 5).
Kyrgyzstan/Russia: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visits Bishkek (to April 5).
UN: International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action.
U.S./Russia: Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington hosts a discussion titled "Changing Russia: The Politics of Economic and Energy Development."
THURSDAY, April 5:
Azerbaijan/Czech Republic: Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev makes a state visit to Prague (to April 6).
Russia/U.S.: Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout is expected to be sentenced in New York.
Ukraine: The George Washington University hosts a discussion titled "Ukraine in Anticipation of the October 2012 Parliamentary Elections."
FRIDAY, April 6:
Afghanistan: United States Institute of Peace in Washington hosts a discussion titled "The Afghanistan Security Transition: the Role and Importance of Afghanistan's Neighbors."
Bosnia-Herzegovina: The 20th anniversary of the beginning of the siege of Sarajevo, which lasted 1,425 days and killed and wounded thousands of people.
Bosnia-Herzegovina: Sarajevo hosts an event titled "Media in War and Peace Time: Can We Do Better?"
Kazakhstan/CIS: The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) foreign-ministerial meeting to be held in Astana.
Kazakhstan/CSTO: Astana hosts the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Council of Foreign Ministers meeting.
SATURDAY, April 7:
Russia: Russian opposition plans to hold a rally in Moscow.
World: World Health Day.
SUNDAY, April 8:
Georgia: A second round of voting to take place in Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia.
Iran: National Day of Atomic Technology.
Pakistan/India: Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari to visit New Delhi.
World: Christians celebrate Easter Sunday.
World: International Roma Day.
Now on Twitter! Daily updates at @The_Week_Ahead.
MONDAY, April 2:
Armenia/Russia: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov pays an official visit to Yerevan (to April 3).
Azerbaijan: Amnesty International launches a mass Twitter and Facebook campaign calling on the European Broadcasting Union -- organizers of Eurovision -- to do more to ensure the authorities in Azerbaijan respect human rights.
Belarus: IAEA Director-General Yukiya Amano visits Minsk (to April 3).
Kazakhstan: A trial against 37 defendants accused of involvement in deadly unrest in Kazakhstan’s southwestern city of Zhanaozen continues in Aqtau.
Moldova/OSCE: OSCE Special Representative for Transdniestrian settlement process Erwan Fouere visits the region to hold meetings in Kyiv, Odesa, Tiraspol, and Chisinau (to April 5).
Moldova/PACE: President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Jean-Claude Mignon makes an official visit to Moldova (to April 5).
Russia/U.S.: Russian National Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev visits Washington.
UN: New York hosts a high-level meeting on happiness and well-being.
World: World Autism Awareness Day.
TUESDAY, April 3:
Azerbaijan: The second session of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly to be held in Baku (to April 4).
Kyrgyzstan/Mongolia: Mongolian President Tsakhiagiyn Elbegdorzh pays an official visit to Bishkek (to April 6).
Russia/Azerbaijan: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov pays an official visit to Baku (to April 4).
Ukraine: David Kramer, president of the Washington-based pro-democracy organization Freedom House, to visit Ukraine.
Ukraine/Azerbaijan: Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov visits Baku.
U.S./Azerbaijan: U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security Eric Boswell visits Baku.
WEDNESDAY, April 4:
Armenia: Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Azubalis visits Yerevan (to April 5).
Kyrgyzstan/Russia: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visits Bishkek (to April 5).
UN: International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action.
U.S./Russia: Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington hosts a discussion titled "Changing Russia: The Politics of Economic and Energy Development."
THURSDAY, April 5:
Azerbaijan/Czech Republic: Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev makes a state visit to Prague (to April 6).
Russia/U.S.: Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout is expected to be sentenced in New York.
Ukraine: The George Washington University hosts a discussion titled "Ukraine in Anticipation of the October 2012 Parliamentary Elections."
FRIDAY, April 6:
Afghanistan: United States Institute of Peace in Washington hosts a discussion titled "The Afghanistan Security Transition: the Role and Importance of Afghanistan's Neighbors."
Bosnia-Herzegovina: The 20th anniversary of the beginning of the siege of Sarajevo, which lasted 1,425 days and killed and wounded thousands of people.
Bosnia-Herzegovina: Sarajevo hosts an event titled "Media in War and Peace Time: Can We Do Better?"
Kazakhstan/CIS: The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) foreign-ministerial meeting to be held in Astana.
Kazakhstan/CSTO: Astana hosts the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Council of Foreign Ministers meeting.
SATURDAY, April 7:
Russia: Russian opposition plans to hold a rally in Moscow.
World: World Health Day.
SUNDAY, April 8:
Georgia: A second round of voting to take place in Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia.
Iran: National Day of Atomic Technology.
Pakistan/India: Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari to visit New Delhi.
World: Christians celebrate Easter Sunday.
World: International Roma Day.