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 23:
Azerbaijan/Israel: Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman visits Baku.
COE: The spring session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) to be held in Strasbourg (to April 27).
EU: EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting begins in Luxembourg to discuss developments in Bosnia-Herzegovina as well as events in Syria and Afghanistan.
Tajikistan/Russia: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visits Dushanbe.
UNESCO: World Book and Copyright Day.
TUESDAY, April 24:
Bosnia-Herzegovina: Sarajevo hosts an international donor conference to collect 500 mln euros to find housing solutions for many of the remaining refugees, internally displaced, and returnees in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Europe: Amnesty International launches a report on discrimination against Muslims in Europe.
Kazakhstan: Seventh session of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Forum to be held in Almaty.
Russia/Japan: Visa-free travel between the South Kuril Islands and Japan begins.
WEDNESDAY, April 25:
Azerbaijan/U.S.: Washington hosts a conference to mark the 20th anniversary of the U.S-Azerbaijan diplomatic relations (to April 26).
NATO: Brussels hosts the 167th NATO Chiefs of Defense meeting.
World: Freedom House launches its annual Freedom in the World report in Brussels.
World: World Malaria Day.
THURSDAY, April 26:
Azerbaijan: Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov visits Baku (to April 27).
Belarus: Belarusian opposition to hold a "Chornobyl Path" march.
Moldova: Moldovan President Nicolae Timofti to visit Brussels (to April 27).
Russia: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to give an interview to three Russian federal TV channels.
Russia: The All-Russian Congress of Muslim women, titled "Muslim Women In The XXI Century, Their Role In Society," to be held in Moscow.
Ukraine: The European Policy Center in Brussels holds a discussion titled "Ukraine 2012: Time For Democratic Transformation."
World: World Intellectual Property Day.
FRIDAY, April 27:
Turkmenistan/Belarus: Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov is scheduled to visit Belarus (to April 28).
Russia/Bulgaria: Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill to visit Bulgaria (to April 29).
Russia: Moscow hosts an international cultural festival "Vostochny Bazar."
Now on Twitter! Daily updates at @The_Week_Ahead.
MONDAY, April 23:
Azerbaijan/Israel: Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman visits Baku.
COE: The spring session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) to be held in Strasbourg (to April 27).
EU: EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting begins in Luxembourg to discuss developments in Bosnia-Herzegovina as well as events in Syria and Afghanistan.
Tajikistan/Russia: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visits Dushanbe.
UNESCO: World Book and Copyright Day.
TUESDAY, April 24:
Bosnia-Herzegovina: Sarajevo hosts an international donor conference to collect 500 mln euros to find housing solutions for many of the remaining refugees, internally displaced, and returnees in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Europe: Amnesty International launches a report on discrimination against Muslims in Europe.
Kazakhstan: Seventh session of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Forum to be held in Almaty.
Russia/Japan: Visa-free travel between the South Kuril Islands and Japan begins.
WEDNESDAY, April 25:
Azerbaijan/U.S.: Washington hosts a conference to mark the 20th anniversary of the U.S-Azerbaijan diplomatic relations (to April 26).
NATO: Brussels hosts the 167th NATO Chiefs of Defense meeting.
World: Freedom House launches its annual Freedom in the World report in Brussels.
World: World Malaria Day.
THURSDAY, April 26:
Azerbaijan: Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov visits Baku (to April 27).
Belarus: Belarusian opposition to hold a "Chornobyl Path" march.
Moldova: Moldovan President Nicolae Timofti to visit Brussels (to April 27).
Russia: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to give an interview to three Russian federal TV channels.
Russia: The All-Russian Congress of Muslim women, titled "Muslim Women In The XXI Century, Their Role In Society," to be held in Moscow.
Ukraine: The European Policy Center in Brussels holds a discussion titled "Ukraine 2012: Time For Democratic Transformation."
World: World Intellectual Property Day.
FRIDAY, April 27:
Turkmenistan/Belarus: Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov is scheduled to visit Belarus (to April 28).
Russia/Bulgaria: Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill to visit Bulgaria (to April 29).
Russia: Moscow hosts an international cultural festival "Vostochny Bazar."