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, February 18:
Armenia: Armenians go to the polls to elect a new president.
Azerbaijan: A group of military experts from NATO and the U.S. visits Baku (to February 19).
Azerbaijan/Turkey: Azerbaijani Defense Minister Safar Abiyev visits Ankara.
EU: European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee meeting begins in Brussels (to February 19).
Kyrgyzstan: UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination considers the latest periodic report from Kyrgyzstan (to February 19).
Moldova: Next round of 5+2 talks on the Transdniester conflict settlement starts in Lviv (to February 19).
Russia: A Moscow court holds a preliminary hearing in the trial of Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, who died in prison in 2009. (NOTE: The trial has been postponed until March 4).
Russia/NATO: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meets NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen in Brussels.
UK: London hosts the International Petroleum Week forum (to February 20).
TUESDAY, February 19:
Armenia/OSCE: The international election observation mission monitoring the presidential election in Armenia holds a press conference in Yerevan.
EU/Russia: EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton hosts the EU-Russia political dialogue with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Brussels.
EU/Serbia/Kosovo: EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton hosts the fifth meeting between Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic and Kosovar Prime Minister Hashim Thaci in Brussels.
Russia/Jordan: Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Jordanian King Abdullah II in Moscow.
Ukraine/Poland: Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych visits Wisla in Poland, meets with his counterparts from Poland and Slovakia.
U.S./Iran: The Brookings Institution hosts a discussion titled "Iran’s Nuclear Program: Is a Peaceful Solution Possible?"
WEDNESDAY, February 20:
China/Russia: Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi visits Moscow (to February 22).
Russia/Egypt: Egyptian Foreign Minister Muhammad Amr is scheduled to visit Moscow to attend the Russian-Arab Cooperation Forum.
Russia/Brazil/Cuba: Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev visits Brazil and Cuba (to February 22).
Tajikistan: U.S. Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert Blake visits Dushanbe (to February 22).
U.S./Russia: Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies hosts a discussion titled “Back to the USSR? Vladimir Putin as Kremlin Operative” with Fiona Hill.
UN: World Day of Social Justice.
THURSDAY, February 21:
NATO: Brussels hosts the NATO defense ministers’ meetings (to February 22).
OSCE: The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly's 2013 Winter Meeting opens in Vienna (to February 22).
UN: International Mother Language Day.
FRIDAY, February 22:
Ukraine: Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych is scheduled to appear live in a new TV program called "The Dialog With The Country" on Ukrainian state television.
SATURDAY, February 23:
Russia: The Russian Communist Party (KPRF) holds a congress devoted to its 20th anniversary (to February 25).
SUNDAY, February 24:
U.S.: The 85th annual Academy Awards ceremony held in Los Angeles.
Now on Twitter! Daily updates at @The_Week_Ahead.
MONDAY, February 18:
Armenia: Armenians go to the polls to elect a new president.
Azerbaijan: A group of military experts from NATO and the U.S. visits Baku (to February 19).
Azerbaijan/Turkey: Azerbaijani Defense Minister Safar Abiyev visits Ankara.
EU: European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee meeting begins in Brussels (to February 19).
Kyrgyzstan: UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination considers the latest periodic report from Kyrgyzstan (to February 19).
Moldova: Next round of 5+2 talks on the Transdniester conflict settlement starts in Lviv (to February 19).
Russia: A Moscow court holds a preliminary hearing in the trial of Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, who died in prison in 2009. (NOTE: The trial has been postponed until March 4).
Russia/NATO: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meets NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen in Brussels.
UK: London hosts the International Petroleum Week forum (to February 20).
TUESDAY, February 19:
Armenia/OSCE: The international election observation mission monitoring the presidential election in Armenia holds a press conference in Yerevan.
EU/Russia: EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton hosts the EU-Russia political dialogue with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Brussels.
EU/Serbia/Kosovo: EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton hosts the fifth meeting between Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic and Kosovar Prime Minister Hashim Thaci in Brussels.
Russia/Jordan: Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Jordanian King Abdullah II in Moscow.
Ukraine/Poland: Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych visits Wisla in Poland, meets with his counterparts from Poland and Slovakia.
U.S./Iran: The Brookings Institution hosts a discussion titled "Iran’s Nuclear Program: Is a Peaceful Solution Possible?"
WEDNESDAY, February 20:
China/Russia: Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi visits Moscow (to February 22).
Russia/Egypt: Egyptian Foreign Minister Muhammad Amr is scheduled to visit Moscow to attend the Russian-Arab Cooperation Forum.
Russia/Brazil/Cuba: Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev visits Brazil and Cuba (to February 22).
Tajikistan: U.S. Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert Blake visits Dushanbe (to February 22).
U.S./Russia: Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies hosts a discussion titled “Back to the USSR? Vladimir Putin as Kremlin Operative” with Fiona Hill.
UN: World Day of Social Justice.
THURSDAY, February 21:
NATO: Brussels hosts the NATO defense ministers’ meetings (to February 22).
OSCE: The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly's 2013 Winter Meeting opens in Vienna (to February 22).
UN: International Mother Language Day.
FRIDAY, February 22:
Ukraine: Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych is scheduled to appear live in a new TV program called "The Dialog With The Country" on Ukrainian state television.
SATURDAY, February 23:
Russia: The Russian Communist Party (KPRF) holds a congress devoted to its 20th anniversary (to February 25).
SUNDAY, February 24:
U.S.: The 85th annual Academy Awards ceremony held in Los Angeles.
