The Week Ahead: July 9-15

The Week Ahead is a detailed listing of key events of the coming week affecting RFE/RL's broadcast region.

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MONDAY, July 9:

Armenia/Iran: Iranian Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar pays an official visit to Yerevan (to July 10).

Azerbaijan: OSCE Secretary-General Lamberto Zannier visits Baku.

Balkans: The war crimes trial of former Bosnian-Serb military leader Ratko Mladic resumes in The Hague.

EU/Ukraine: The European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee to host an exchange of views on the EU-Ukraine Visa facilitation agreement in Brussels.

Kyrgystan: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay visits Bishkek and Osh (to July 10).

Moldova/Georgia: Moldovan Prime Minister Vlad Filat pays an official visit to Tbilisi (to July 11).

OSCE/Georgia: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly in Monaco to adopt a resolution on Georgia, which reaffirms support for Georgia's territorial integrity and recognizes its sovereignty in its internationally recognized borders.

Ukraine: The U.S.-Ukrainian Sea Breeze 2012 military exercise to be held in Odessa and the Black Sea basin.

UN: UN Human Rights Committee to hold its 105th session in Geneva (to July 27).


TUESDAY, July 10:

Central Asia: The International Institute For Strategic Studies hosts a discussion titled "India, Central Asia, and the new Silk Road" in London.

Georgia: OSCE Secretary-General Lamberto Zannier visits Tbilisi and Batumi (to July 11).

Georgia: EU enlargment commissioner Stefan Fule attends the conference titled "Georgia's European Way - The EU and Its European Neighbors" in Batumi.

EU/Russia: The European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee to discuss a draft report on a recommendation to the EU Council and EU Commission on the new EU-Russia agreement.

EU/Russia: The European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee to discuss a draft report on a recommendation to the EU Council on establishing common visa restrictions for Russian officials involved in the Sergei Magnitsky case.

Ukraine: The trial against former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko continues in Kharkiv court.

World: Transparency International releases its latest study titled "Transparency in Corporate Reporting: Assessing the World’s Largest Companies."


WEDNESDAY, July 11:

Armenia: OSCE Secretary-General Lamberto Zannier visits Yerevan (to July 12).

Balkans: Seventeenth anniversary of Srebrenica massacre.

Bosnia-Herzegovina: An International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation
visits Sarajevo.

Kazakhstan: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay visits Almaty and Astana (to July 12).

UN: World Population Day.


THURSDAY, July 12:

Belarus: The 21st International Festival of Arts Slavianski Bazaar opens in Vitebsk.

Israel/Ukraine: Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman is scheduled to visit Ukraine.

Russia/Ukraine: Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych in Yalta.

Tajikistan/Azerbaijan: Tajik President Emomali Rahmon visits Baku (to July 13).

Ukraine: A Kyiv court continues hearings of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's appeal against her conviction and seven-year prison sentence handed down to her last October on abuse-of-office charges.


FRIDAY, July 13:

Montenegro: Statehood Day.

Ukraine: Odessa International Film Festival opens (to July 21).


SATURDAY, July 14:

Iraq: Republic Day.


SUNDAY, July 15:

Belarus: Nomination of candidates to the House of Representatives begins  (to August 13).