The Week Ahead is a detailed listing of key events of the coming week affecting RFE/RL's broadcast region.
Now on Twitter! Daily updates at @The_Week_Ahead.
MONDAY, March 18:
Azerbaijan/Georgia: Georgian Foreign Minister Maia Panjikidze and Defense Minister Irakli Alasania visit Baku (to March 19).
Belarus/Indonesia: Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka visits Indonesia (to March 20).
Kazakhstan/Finland: Kazakh Foreign Minister Yerlan Idrisov visits Helsinki (to March 19).
Serbia: EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Stefan Fuele visits Belgrade.
Pakistan/Egypt: Egyptian President Muhammad Morsi visits Islamabad.
U.S./Russia: Woodrow Wilson Center hosts a discussion titled "Mr. Putin: Operative in the Kremlin."
UN: New York hosts the United Nations conference on the arms trade treaty (to March 28).
Uzbekistan/EU: An EU delegation led by the EU Special Representative for Central Asia Patricia Flor visits Tashkent (to March 19).
TUESDAY, March 19:
Afghanistan/UN: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, whose country took over the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council in March, presides over a debate on Afghanistan.
Iraq: The 10th anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq War.
Kosovo: EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Stefan Fuele visits Pristina.
Russia: Russian President Vladimir Putin makes a working visit to Kazan.
Vatican: Top-level delegations from more than 100 countries attend the enthronement of Pope Francis at the Vatican.
Ukraine: The British weekly "The Economist" hosts a conference titled "Inside Ukraine: Exploring The Country's Role In European Energy Security."
U.S./Ukraine: U.S. Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman visits Kyiv (to March 20).
WEDNESDAY, March 20:
Belarus/Singapore: Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka visits Singapore (to March 22).
EU: European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs considers a report on the freedom of press and media in the world.
EU: EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Stefan Fuele presents the European Neighborhood Policy progress reports.
EU/Bosnia-Herzegovina: European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs considers the 2012 progress report on Bosnia-Herzegovina (to March 21).
EU/Kosovo: European Parliament holds an exchange of views with Kosovar Foreign Minister Enver Hoxhaj on developments in EU-Kosovo relations.
Kazakhstan/Sweden: Kazakh Foreign Minister Yerlan Idrisov visits Stockholm.
Russia/Cyprus: Cypriot Finance Minister Michalis Sarris is expected to visit Moscow to discuss restructuring a loan from Russia.
Serbia/Kosovo: Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic and Kosovar Prime Minister Hashim Thaci continue talks in Brussels.
THURSDAY, March 21:
EU/Russia: Moscow hosts a meeting between the European Commission and the Russian government (to March 22).
Iran/Turkmenistan: Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad visits Dushanbe to attend Norouz celebrations.
Kazakhstan/Norway: Kazakh Foreign Minister Yerlan Idrisov visits Oslo.
Russia: Perm hosts the Muslim World-2013 forum.
UN: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
UN: International Day of Norouz.
UN: World Water Day.
UNESCO: World Poetry Day.
FRIDAY, March 22:
China/Russia: Chinese President Xi Jinping makes his first foreign visit to Moscow and meets Russian President Vladimir Putin (to March 24).
EU: Dublin hosts an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers (to March 23).
Kosovo/UN: The United Nations Security Council holds a debate on Kosovo.
Russia: A Moscow court holds the next hearing in the trial of Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, who died in pretrial detention in 2009.
SATURDAY, March 23:
Pakistan: Public holiday and parades mark Pakistan's Republic Day.
World: World Meteorological Day.
World: Earth Hour.
Macedonia: Local elections.
SUNDAY, March 24:
WHO: World Tuberculosis (TB) Day.
Now on Twitter! Daily updates at @The_Week_Ahead.
MONDAY, March 18:
Azerbaijan/Georgia: Georgian Foreign Minister Maia Panjikidze and Defense Minister Irakli Alasania visit Baku (to March 19).
Belarus/Indonesia: Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka visits Indonesia (to March 20).
Kazakhstan/Finland: Kazakh Foreign Minister Yerlan Idrisov visits Helsinki (to March 19).
Serbia: EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Stefan Fuele visits Belgrade.
Pakistan/Egypt: Egyptian President Muhammad Morsi visits Islamabad.
U.S./Russia: Woodrow Wilson Center hosts a discussion titled "Mr. Putin: Operative in the Kremlin."
UN: New York hosts the United Nations conference on the arms trade treaty (to March 28).
Uzbekistan/EU: An EU delegation led by the EU Special Representative for Central Asia Patricia Flor visits Tashkent (to March 19).
TUESDAY, March 19:
Afghanistan/UN: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, whose country took over the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council in March, presides over a debate on Afghanistan.
Iraq: The 10th anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq War.
Kosovo: EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Stefan Fuele visits Pristina.
Russia: Russian President Vladimir Putin makes a working visit to Kazan.
Vatican: Top-level delegations from more than 100 countries attend the enthronement of Pope Francis at the Vatican.
Ukraine: The British weekly "The Economist" hosts a conference titled "Inside Ukraine: Exploring The Country's Role In European Energy Security."
U.S./Ukraine: U.S. Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman visits Kyiv (to March 20).
WEDNESDAY, March 20:
Belarus/Singapore: Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka visits Singapore (to March 22).
EU: European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs considers a report on the freedom of press and media in the world.
EU: EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Stefan Fuele presents the European Neighborhood Policy progress reports.
EU/Bosnia-Herzegovina: European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs considers the 2012 progress report on Bosnia-Herzegovina (to March 21).
EU/Kosovo: European Parliament holds an exchange of views with Kosovar Foreign Minister Enver Hoxhaj on developments in EU-Kosovo relations.
Kazakhstan/Sweden: Kazakh Foreign Minister Yerlan Idrisov visits Stockholm.
Russia/Cyprus: Cypriot Finance Minister Michalis Sarris is expected to visit Moscow to discuss restructuring a loan from Russia.
Serbia/Kosovo: Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic and Kosovar Prime Minister Hashim Thaci continue talks in Brussels.
THURSDAY, March 21:
EU/Russia: Moscow hosts a meeting between the European Commission and the Russian government (to March 22).
Iran/Turkmenistan: Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad visits Dushanbe to attend Norouz celebrations.
Kazakhstan/Norway: Kazakh Foreign Minister Yerlan Idrisov visits Oslo.
Russia: Perm hosts the Muslim World-2013 forum.
UN: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
UN: International Day of Norouz.
UN: World Water Day.
UNESCO: World Poetry Day.
FRIDAY, March 22:
China/Russia: Chinese President Xi Jinping makes his first foreign visit to Moscow and meets Russian President Vladimir Putin (to March 24).
EU: Dublin hosts an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers (to March 23).
Kosovo/UN: The United Nations Security Council holds a debate on Kosovo.
Russia: A Moscow court holds the next hearing in the trial of Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, who died in pretrial detention in 2009.
SATURDAY, March 23:
Pakistan: Public holiday and parades mark Pakistan's Republic Day.
World: World Meteorological Day.
World: Earth Hour.
Macedonia: Local elections.
SUNDAY, March 24:
WHO: World Tuberculosis (TB) Day.