The Week Ahead is a detailed listing of key events of the coming week affecting RFE/RL's broadcast region.
MONDAY, October 10:
EU: The EU Foreign Affairs Council to discuss the situations in Belarus and Iran.
Georgia/Czech Republic: Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili visits Prague to attend the Forum 2000 conference.
Iran: Iranian Foreign Minister Ali-Akbar Salehi visits Kuwait to participate in the 10th session of the Asia Cooperation Dialogue.
Kosovo: Kosovar President Atifete Jahjaga attends the Forum 2000 conference in Prague.
OSCE: The 2011 OSCE Mediterranean Conference opens in Budva, Montenegro.
Russia/Germany: The fourth German-Russian Dialogue Baden-Baden meeting opens in Germany (to October 16).
Russia: U.S. Assistant Secretary Michael Posner travels to Moscow, Nizhniy Novgorod, and Kazan to discuss a wide range of human rights and democracy issues (to October 15).
WHO: World Mental Health Day.
World: 2011 Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences to be announced in Stockholm.
World: World Day Against the Death Penalty.
TUESDAY, October 11:
Azerbaijan/Austria: Austrian Federal President Heinz Fischer pays an official visit to Baku.
EU: The European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee to discuss the situations in Georgia and Ukraine.
Russia/China: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visits Beijing to attend the 16th regular meeting of the two countries' premiers (to October 12).
Ukraine: The trial of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to resume in Kyiv.
U.S./Russia: Jury trial begins for suspected Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout in New York.
WEDNESDAY, October 12:
Azerbaijan/Turkey: Turkish Defense Minister Ismet Yılmaz visits Baku.
EU: The European Commission to announce its annual overview of enlargement strategy and progress made toward EU accession in the Western Balkans, Turkey, and Iceland.
EU/Russia: The EU-Russia aviation summit starts in St. Petersburg (to October 13).
Russia: Russian opposition plans to hold a rally to mark Day of Wrath in Moscow.
Turkmenistan: Chatham House in London hosts a discussion on Turkmenistan's domestic and foreign policies.
UN: International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction.
World: The biggest book and media fair in the world, Frankfurt Book Fair 2011, begins in Germany (to October 16).
THURSDAY, October 13:
OSCE: First OSCE Southeast Europe Media Conference opens in Sarajevo (to October 14).
Armenia/CIS: Yerevan hosts the CIS Interior Ministers’ Council meeting.
Turkmenistan/Austria: Austrian Federal President Heinz Fischer is scheduled to visit Ashgabat.
SUNDAY, October 16:
World: World Food Day.
MONDAY, October 10:
EU: The EU Foreign Affairs Council to discuss the situations in Belarus and Iran.
Georgia/Czech Republic: Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili visits Prague to attend the Forum 2000 conference.
Iran: Iranian Foreign Minister Ali-Akbar Salehi visits Kuwait to participate in the 10th session of the Asia Cooperation Dialogue.
Kosovo: Kosovar President Atifete Jahjaga attends the Forum 2000 conference in Prague.
OSCE: The 2011 OSCE Mediterranean Conference opens in Budva, Montenegro.
Russia/Germany: The fourth German-Russian Dialogue Baden-Baden meeting opens in Germany (to October 16).
Russia: U.S. Assistant Secretary Michael Posner travels to Moscow, Nizhniy Novgorod, and Kazan to discuss a wide range of human rights and democracy issues (to October 15).
WHO: World Mental Health Day.
World: 2011 Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences to be announced in Stockholm.
World: World Day Against the Death Penalty.
TUESDAY, October 11:
Azerbaijan/Austria: Austrian Federal President Heinz Fischer pays an official visit to Baku.
EU: The European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee to discuss the situations in Georgia and Ukraine.
Russia/China: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visits Beijing to attend the 16th regular meeting of the two countries' premiers (to October 12).
Ukraine: The trial of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to resume in Kyiv.
U.S./Russia: Jury trial begins for suspected Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout in New York.
WEDNESDAY, October 12:
Azerbaijan/Turkey: Turkish Defense Minister Ismet Yılmaz visits Baku.
EU: The European Commission to announce its annual overview of enlargement strategy and progress made toward EU accession in the Western Balkans, Turkey, and Iceland.
EU/Russia: The EU-Russia aviation summit starts in St. Petersburg (to October 13).
Russia: Russian opposition plans to hold a rally to mark Day of Wrath in Moscow.
Turkmenistan: Chatham House in London hosts a discussion on Turkmenistan's domestic and foreign policies.
UN: International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction.
World: The biggest book and media fair in the world, Frankfurt Book Fair 2011, begins in Germany (to October 16).
THURSDAY, October 13:
OSCE: First OSCE Southeast Europe Media Conference opens in Sarajevo (to October 14).
Armenia/CIS: Yerevan hosts the CIS Interior Ministers’ Council meeting.
Turkmenistan/Austria: Austrian Federal President Heinz Fischer is scheduled to visit Ashgabat.
SUNDAY, October 16:
World: World Food Day.