The Week Ahead is a detailed listing of key events of the coming week affecting RFE/RL's broadcast region.
MONDAY, July 4:
Balkans: Trial of former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic resumes in The Hague.
Russia/NATO: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev meets with NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen in Sochi.
Ukraine: Trial of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko resumes in Kyiv.
TUESDAY, July 5:
Armenia/Russia: Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian pays an official visit to Moscow (to July 6).
Kyrgyzstan: Kyrgyzstan for the first time hosts Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) military exercises (to July 8).
WEDNESDAY, July 6:
Azerbaijan: Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov visits the Vatican and France (to July 7).
Iran/Iraq: Baghdad hosts a meeting of the Iran-Iraq Economic Commission, chaired by Iranian First Vice President Mohammed Reza Rahimi and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.
Kazakhstan: Day of Astana.
OSCE: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly opens in Belgrade (to July 10).
Russia: Sochi hosts 60th meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of CIS countries, chaired by Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov.
Serbia/Bosnia-Herzegovina: Serbian President Boris Tadic pays an official visit to Sarajevo.
THURSDAY, July 7:
Afghanistan/Pakistan: U.S. House Intelligence Committee holds hearing on Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Belarus/Azerbaijan: Belarusian Prime Minister Mikhail Myasnikovich visits Baku (to July 8).
Georgia/NATO: Georgia and NATO co-host a conference titled “Emerging Security Challenges” in Tbilisi (to July 8).
Ukraine: The Atlantic Council hosts a discussion titled "Ukraine's Future: Challenges and Impact of Governance in Ukraine."
UN/Cyprus: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon hosts Cyprus reunification talks in Geneva.
FRIDAY, July 8:
Balkans: Croatia Summit 2011 opens in Dubrovnik (to July 9).
Belarus: Twentieth "Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk" international arts festival opens (to July 14).
Russia/Azerbaijan: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is scheduled to visit Baku.
SUNDAY, July 10:
Armenia: Eighth Golden Apricot International Film Festival opens in Yerevan (to July 17).
MONDAY, July 4:
Balkans: Trial of former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic resumes in The Hague.
Russia/NATO: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev meets with NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen in Sochi.
Ukraine: Trial of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko resumes in Kyiv.
TUESDAY, July 5:
Armenia/Russia: Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian pays an official visit to Moscow (to July 6).
Kyrgyzstan: Kyrgyzstan for the first time hosts Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) military exercises (to July 8).
WEDNESDAY, July 6:
Azerbaijan: Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov visits the Vatican and France (to July 7).
Iran/Iraq: Baghdad hosts a meeting of the Iran-Iraq Economic Commission, chaired by Iranian First Vice President Mohammed Reza Rahimi and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.
Kazakhstan: Day of Astana.
OSCE: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly opens in Belgrade (to July 10).
Russia: Sochi hosts 60th meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of CIS countries, chaired by Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov.
Serbia/Bosnia-Herzegovina: Serbian President Boris Tadic pays an official visit to Sarajevo.
THURSDAY, July 7:
Afghanistan/Pakistan: U.S. House Intelligence Committee holds hearing on Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Belarus/Azerbaijan: Belarusian Prime Minister Mikhail Myasnikovich visits Baku (to July 8).
Georgia/NATO: Georgia and NATO co-host a conference titled “Emerging Security Challenges” in Tbilisi (to July 8).
Ukraine: The Atlantic Council hosts a discussion titled "Ukraine's Future: Challenges and Impact of Governance in Ukraine."
UN/Cyprus: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon hosts Cyprus reunification talks in Geneva.
FRIDAY, July 8:
Balkans: Croatia Summit 2011 opens in Dubrovnik (to July 9).
Belarus: Twentieth "Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk" international arts festival opens (to July 14).
Russia/Azerbaijan: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is scheduled to visit Baku.
SUNDAY, July 10:
Armenia: Eighth Golden Apricot International Film Festival opens in Yerevan (to July 17).