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, July 2:
Afghanistan: Chatham House hosts a discussion titled "The Media of Afghanistan: Challenges of Transition" in London.
EU: European Parliament holds its Plenary Session in Strasbourg (to July 5).
Iran: Iran holds military exercises with surface-to-surface missiles in the county's central desert (to July 3).
Macedonia/Kazakhstan: Macedonian President Georgi Ivanov visits Astana (to July 3).
Kyrgyzstan/Kazakhstan: Kyrgyz Prime Minister Omurbek Babanov visits Astana (to July 3).
Ukraine: Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych meets with Tajik President Emomali Rahmon and Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian in Kyiv.
UN: The United Nation conference on the arms trade treaty opens in New York (July 27).
TUESDAY, July 3:
Armenia: European Council President Herman Van Rompuy visits Yerevan (to July 4).
Azerbaijan: Argentinian Foreign Minister Hector Timerman visits Baku (to July 4).
Belarus: Independence Day.
Georgia: The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe's (PACE) rapporteur and Swedish parliamentarian Tina Acketoft is expected to visit Tskhinvali.
Iran: Istanbul hosts a technical follow-up meeting between Iran and world powers to discuss Tehran's nuclear program.
Russia: Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev to visit Kuril Islands.
Ukraine: The European Court of Human Rights to deliver a chamber judgment in the case of former Ukrainian Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko at a public hearing in Strasbourg.
WEDNESDAY, July 4:
Georgia: European Council President Herman Van Rompuy visits Tbilisi (to July 5).
Russia: Kazan hosts the Eurasian Forum of cities.
Ukraine: Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych holds news conference in Kyiv. The press conference has reportedly been postponed.
Ukraine: The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe's (PACE) rapporteur Andrea Rigoni makes a fact-finding visit to Ukraine.
THURSDAY, July 5:
Azerbaijan: European Council President Herman Van Rompuy visits Baku.
Azerbaijan: NATO Special Representative for the South Caucasus and Central Asia James Appathurai visits Baku (to July 6).
OSCE: OSCE's Parliamentary Assembly opens in Monaco to discuss Afghanistan, Belarus, Georgia, Iran, and Russia during its sessions (to July 9).
Russia: Kaliningrad hosts a meeting of the Council of CIS defense ministers, chaired by Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov.
FRIDAY, July 6:
Balkans: Dubrovnik hosts the annual Croatia Summit.
Bosnia-Herzegovina: 18th annual Sarajevo Film Festival opens (to July 14).
Russia/France: International festival "Russian Culture Days with Pierre Cardin" opens in Lacoste (to July 8).
SATURDAY, July 7:
UN: International Day of Cooperatives.
SUNDAY, July 8:
Afghanistan: Tokyo hosts an international ministerial conference on support for Afghanistan.
Armenia: International film festival Golden Apricot opens in Yerevan (to July 15).
Iraq: New hearing in the trial of Iraq's fugitive Tariq al-Hashimi is scheduled to begin in Baghdad.
Russia: Family, Love, and Fidelity Day.
Now on Twitter! Daily updates at @The_Week_Ahead.
MONDAY, July 2:
Afghanistan: Chatham House hosts a discussion titled "The Media of Afghanistan: Challenges of Transition" in London.
EU: European Parliament holds its Plenary Session in Strasbourg (to July 5).
Iran: Iran holds military exercises with surface-to-surface missiles in the county's central desert (to July 3).
Macedonia/Kazakhstan: Macedonian President Georgi Ivanov visits Astana (to July 3).
Kyrgyzstan/Kazakhstan: Kyrgyz Prime Minister Omurbek Babanov visits Astana (to July 3).
Ukraine: Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych meets with Tajik President Emomali Rahmon and Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian in Kyiv.
UN: The United Nation conference on the arms trade treaty opens in New York (July 27).
TUESDAY, July 3:
Armenia: European Council President Herman Van Rompuy visits Yerevan (to July 4).
Azerbaijan: Argentinian Foreign Minister Hector Timerman visits Baku (to July 4).
Belarus: Independence Day.
Georgia: The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe's (PACE) rapporteur and Swedish parliamentarian Tina Acketoft is expected to visit Tskhinvali.
Iran: Istanbul hosts a technical follow-up meeting between Iran and world powers to discuss Tehran's nuclear program.
Russia: Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev to visit Kuril Islands.
Ukraine: The European Court of Human Rights to deliver a chamber judgment in the case of former Ukrainian Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko at a public hearing in Strasbourg.
WEDNESDAY, July 4:
Georgia: European Council President Herman Van Rompuy visits Tbilisi (to July 5).
Russia: Kazan hosts the Eurasian Forum of cities.
Ukraine: Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych holds news conference in Kyiv. The press conference has reportedly been postponed.
Ukraine: The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe's (PACE) rapporteur Andrea Rigoni makes a fact-finding visit to Ukraine.
THURSDAY, July 5:
Azerbaijan: European Council President Herman Van Rompuy visits Baku.
Azerbaijan: NATO Special Representative for the South Caucasus and Central Asia James Appathurai visits Baku (to July 6).
OSCE: OSCE's Parliamentary Assembly opens in Monaco to discuss Afghanistan, Belarus, Georgia, Iran, and Russia during its sessions (to July 9).
Russia: Kaliningrad hosts a meeting of the Council of CIS defense ministers, chaired by Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov.
FRIDAY, July 6:
Balkans: Dubrovnik hosts the annual Croatia Summit.
Bosnia-Herzegovina: 18th annual Sarajevo Film Festival opens (to July 14).
Russia/France: International festival "Russian Culture Days with Pierre Cardin" opens in Lacoste (to July 8).
SATURDAY, July 7:
UN: International Day of Cooperatives.
SUNDAY, July 8:
Afghanistan: Tokyo hosts an international ministerial conference on support for Afghanistan.
Armenia: International film festival Golden Apricot opens in Yerevan (to July 15).
Iraq: New hearing in the trial of Iraq's fugitive Tariq al-Hashimi is scheduled to begin in Baghdad.
Russia: Family, Love, and Fidelity Day.