The Week Ahead is a detailed listing of key events of the coming week affecting RFE/RL's broadcast region.
MONDAY, September 12:
Afghanistan: International Monetary Fund mission to visit Kabul (to September 14).
Armenia/Belarus: Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian visits Minsk.
Georgia/Russia: The next round of Russian-Georgian talks about Russian admission to the WTO to be held in Switzerland.
Iran: Iran's first nuclear power plant, Bushehr, to be officially launched.
Kazakshtan/OSCE: Astana hosts a conference examining a draft law on television and radio broadcasting in Kazakhstan.
Kazakhstan: The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to education Kishore Singh visits Kazakhstan (to September 20).
Pakistan/Iran: Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani visits Tehran to hold talks with the Iranian leadership and discuss the regional situation (to September 13).
Russia/U.K.: British Prime Minister David Cameron visits Russia, meets with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
Russia: The Baikal Economic Forum opens in Irkutsk (to September 14).
Ukraine: Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych is expected to visit Turkmenistan (to September 13).
UN: Eighteenth session of the Human Rights Council meeting opens in Geneva.
TUESDAY, September 13:
EU: The European Commission is due to outline proposals to tighten the rules of the passport-free Schengen area in Brussels.
Russia/OSCE: Director of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR) Janez Lenarcic visits Moscow to discuss matters related to monitoring the upcoming Duma elections.
Ukraine: Kyiv hosts its First International Petroleum Summit.
UN: The 66th United Nations General Assembly opens in New York (to September 30).
UN: A global conversation with the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to be streamed live on Facebook, Twitter, Weibo, Livestream, and UN Webcast.
WEDNESDAY, September 14:
EU: First session of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly attended by representatives from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine to be held in Strasbourg (to September 15).
Georgia/EU: The mandate of the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM) is scheduled to expire.
Kyrgyzstan: Kyrgyz Prime Minister Almazbek Atambaev visits China to discuss the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railroad project (to September 16).
Russia/France: Russia's special envoy to NATO Dmitry Rogozin is scheduled to visit Paris to discuss NATO’s plan to build a missile-defense system in Europe.
Ukraine: Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Russia to visit the Ukrainian region of Lugansk (to September 15).
THURSDAY, September 15:
Belarus: The Supreme Court of Belarus is scheduled to start handling the case of the terrorist attack in the Minsk metro last April.
UN: International Day of Democracy.
Russia: Tenth International Investment Forum, attended by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, opens in Sochi (to September 18).
Ukraine: The Eighth Yalta Annual Meeting titled "Ukraine and the World: Common Challenges, Common Future," organized by the Yalta European Strategy (YES), opens.
FRIDAY, September 16:
Belarus/Russia: Russian-Belarusian military exercise Shield of the Union-2011 to begin at the Gorokhovetsky and Ashuluk military training areas in Russia (to September 22).
Russia: Final shareholder agreement for the Gazprom-led South Stream gas pipeline to be signed in Sochi.
MONDAY, September 12:
Afghanistan: International Monetary Fund mission to visit Kabul (to September 14).
Armenia/Belarus: Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian visits Minsk.
Georgia/Russia: The next round of Russian-Georgian talks about Russian admission to the WTO to be held in Switzerland.
Iran: Iran's first nuclear power plant, Bushehr, to be officially launched.
Kazakshtan/OSCE: Astana hosts a conference examining a draft law on television and radio broadcasting in Kazakhstan.
Kazakhstan: The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to education Kishore Singh visits Kazakhstan (to September 20).
Pakistan/Iran: Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani visits Tehran to hold talks with the Iranian leadership and discuss the regional situation (to September 13).
Russia/U.K.: British Prime Minister David Cameron visits Russia, meets with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
Russia: The Baikal Economic Forum opens in Irkutsk (to September 14).
Ukraine: Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych is expected to visit Turkmenistan (to September 13).
UN: Eighteenth session of the Human Rights Council meeting opens in Geneva.
TUESDAY, September 13:
EU: The European Commission is due to outline proposals to tighten the rules of the passport-free Schengen area in Brussels.
Russia/OSCE: Director of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR) Janez Lenarcic visits Moscow to discuss matters related to monitoring the upcoming Duma elections.
Ukraine: Kyiv hosts its First International Petroleum Summit.
UN: The 66th United Nations General Assembly opens in New York (to September 30).
UN: A global conversation with the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to be streamed live on Facebook, Twitter, Weibo, Livestream, and UN Webcast.
WEDNESDAY, September 14:
EU: First session of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly attended by representatives from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine to be held in Strasbourg (to September 15).
Georgia/EU: The mandate of the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM) is scheduled to expire.
Kyrgyzstan: Kyrgyz Prime Minister Almazbek Atambaev visits China to discuss the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railroad project (to September 16).
Russia/France: Russia's special envoy to NATO Dmitry Rogozin is scheduled to visit Paris to discuss NATO’s plan to build a missile-defense system in Europe.
Ukraine: Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Russia to visit the Ukrainian region of Lugansk (to September 15).
THURSDAY, September 15:
Belarus: The Supreme Court of Belarus is scheduled to start handling the case of the terrorist attack in the Minsk metro last April.
UN: International Day of Democracy.
Russia: Tenth International Investment Forum, attended by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, opens in Sochi (to September 18).
Ukraine: The Eighth Yalta Annual Meeting titled "Ukraine and the World: Common Challenges, Common Future," organized by the Yalta European Strategy (YES), opens.
FRIDAY, September 16:
Belarus/Russia: Russian-Belarusian military exercise Shield of the Union-2011 to begin at the Gorokhovetsky and Ashuluk military training areas in Russia (to September 22).
Russia: Final shareholder agreement for the Gazprom-led South Stream gas pipeline to be signed in Sochi.