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, August 6:
Georgia: Georgia holds a week of remembrance for the victims of the August 2008 war.
Russia: The trial of Russian feminist performance-art group Pussy Riot continues in Moscow.
Serbia: The Guca trumpet festival begins (to August 12).
TUESDAY, August 7:
Azerbaijan/Iran: The trial of Azerbaijani poets arrested in Iran due to begin.
Ukraine: Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych meets Ukrainian intellectuals to discuss the law on the principles of state-language policy.
WEDNESDAY, August 8:
Armenia/Russia: Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
THURSDAY, August 9:
UN: International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples.
UN: International Youth Day.
SATURDAY, August 11:
U.S./Middle East: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton travels to Istanbul to hold talks with the Turkish government on the crisis in Syria.
SUNDAY, August 12:
World: London hosts the closing ceremony of the Summer Olympic Games 2012.
Now on Twitter! Daily updates at @The_Week_Ahead.
MONDAY, August 6:
Georgia: Georgia holds a week of remembrance for the victims of the August 2008 war.
Russia: The trial of Russian feminist performance-art group Pussy Riot continues in Moscow.
Serbia: The Guca trumpet festival begins (to August 12).
TUESDAY, August 7:
Azerbaijan/Iran: The trial of Azerbaijani poets arrested in Iran due to begin.
Ukraine: Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych meets Ukrainian intellectuals to discuss the law on the principles of state-language policy.
WEDNESDAY, August 8:
Armenia/Russia: Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
THURSDAY, August 9:
UN: International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples.
UN: International Youth Day.
SATURDAY, August 11:
U.S./Middle East: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton travels to Istanbul to hold talks with the Turkish government on the crisis in Syria.
SUNDAY, August 12:
World: London hosts the closing ceremony of the Summer Olympic Games 2012.