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, May 13:
Azerbaijan/Austria: Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev travels to Vienna for an official visit.
Belarus/Armenia: Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka visits Yerevan to meet with Armenia's leadership.
Bosnia-Herzegovina: UN Special Rapporteur Farida Shaheed visits Sarajevo to assess the country’s implementation of cultural rights (to May 24).
EU: European finance ministers meet in Brussels (to May 14).
Kyrgyzstan: Bishkek holds a week against homophobia and transphobia.
Norway: Hundreds of world's most influential people meet at the fifth annual Oslo Freedom Forum to promote free and open societies (to May 15).
UK/Ukraine: Chatham House in London hosts a discussion titled "Ukraine's Foreign Policy Priorities."
U.S./Afghanistan: Center for Strategic and International Studies presents the "Building on Progress in Afghanistan: 2014 and Beyond" forum in Washington.
U.S./Russia: Wilson Center in Washington hosts a discussion titled "Enforcing Laws on Human Trafficking in Russia."
U.S./UK: U.S. President Barack Obama meets British Prime Minister David Cameron in the White House.
TUESDAY, May 14:
Balkans/Turkey: Ankara hosts a trilateral summit among presidents of Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Turkey (to May 15).
Middle East: Arab Media Forum begins its work in Dubai (to May 15).
NATO: NATO chiefs of defense meeting takes place in Brussels (to May 15).
U.S.: Two Kazakh students appear in court to face charges of obstructing the investigation of Boston Marathon bombing suspect.
U.S./Russia: Carnegie Endowment in Washington hosts a panel discussion titled "North Caucasus Under the Spotlight."
WEDNESDAY, May 15:
Belarus/Vietnam: Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung travels to Minsk to meet with his counterpart, Mikhail Myasnikovich (to May 17).
EU/Georgia: European Policy Center in Brussels hosts a discussion titled "Political Reforms in Georgia: Challenges and Perspective in the Transition Period."
EU/Iran: EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton meets Iran's nuclear negotiator Said Jalili in Istanbul, aiming to resolve the dispute over Tehran's nuclear program.
EU: European Business Summit opens in Brussels (to May 16).
Iran/IAEA: Negotiations between the International Atomic Energy Agency and Iran take place in Vienna.
Russia: Trial of Russian opposition activist Aleksei Navalny resumes in Kirov.
Russia: Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin's mausoleum in Red Square reopens to public after being closed for half a year.
Russia: Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev attends International Legal Forum in St. Petersburg (to May 18).
Sweden: Swedish city of Kiruna hosts a ministerial meeting of the Arctic Council, which consists of the eight Arctic countries: Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden, and the United States.
UN: International Day of Families.
U.S./Iran: U.S. Senate Foreign Affairs Committee holds hearings on Iran.
THURSDAY, May 16:
EU/Ukraine: The European Policy Center in Brussels hosts an event titled "EU-Ukraine: Prospects for the Vilnius Summit."
Germany: Academic scholars and decision makers come together at the Munich Economic Summit to discuss important European issues (to May 17).
Kyrgyzstan/Tajikistan: Bishkek hosts a Kyrgyz-Tajik intergovernmental commission meeting (to May 16).
U.S./Turkey: U.S. President Obama meets with Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan in Washington.
FRIDAY, May 17:
Armenia/Azerbaijan: Armenian Foreign Minister Eduard Nalbandian meets his Azerbaijani counterpart, Elmar Mammadyarov, in Krakow, Poland.
Bosnia-Herzegovina: Sarajevo Business Forum opens.
EU/Poland: Foreign ministers of the Visegrad Group countries meet in Krakow.
EU/Poland: Eastern Partnership ministerial council meeting begins in Krakow (to May 18).
World: International Day Against Homophobia.
SATURDAY, May 18:
Armenia/CoE: Armenia assumes the chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe.
World: Grand Final of Eurovision Song Contest 2013.
World: International Museum Day.
SUNDAY, May 19:
Croatia: Local elections.
U.S./Iran: The U.S. and Iranian wrestling teams face in an exhibition match in Los Angeles.
Now on Twitter! Daily updates at @The_Week_Ahead.
MONDAY, May 13:
Azerbaijan/Austria: Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev travels to Vienna for an official visit.
Belarus/Armenia: Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka visits Yerevan to meet with Armenia's leadership.
Bosnia-Herzegovina: UN Special Rapporteur Farida Shaheed visits Sarajevo to assess the country’s implementation of cultural rights (to May 24).
EU: European finance ministers meet in Brussels (to May 14).
Kyrgyzstan: Bishkek holds a week against homophobia and transphobia.
Norway: Hundreds of world's most influential people meet at the fifth annual Oslo Freedom Forum to promote free and open societies (to May 15).
UK/Ukraine: Chatham House in London hosts a discussion titled "Ukraine's Foreign Policy Priorities."
U.S./Afghanistan: Center for Strategic and International Studies presents the "Building on Progress in Afghanistan: 2014 and Beyond" forum in Washington.
U.S./Russia: Wilson Center in Washington hosts a discussion titled "Enforcing Laws on Human Trafficking in Russia."
U.S./UK: U.S. President Barack Obama meets British Prime Minister David Cameron in the White House.
TUESDAY, May 14:
Balkans/Turkey: Ankara hosts a trilateral summit among presidents of Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Turkey (to May 15).
Middle East: Arab Media Forum begins its work in Dubai (to May 15).
NATO: NATO chiefs of defense meeting takes place in Brussels (to May 15).
U.S.: Two Kazakh students appear in court to face charges of obstructing the investigation of Boston Marathon bombing suspect.
U.S./Russia: Carnegie Endowment in Washington hosts a panel discussion titled "North Caucasus Under the Spotlight."
WEDNESDAY, May 15:
Belarus/Vietnam: Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung travels to Minsk to meet with his counterpart, Mikhail Myasnikovich (to May 17).
EU/Georgia: European Policy Center in Brussels hosts a discussion titled "Political Reforms in Georgia: Challenges and Perspective in the Transition Period."
EU/Iran: EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton meets Iran's nuclear negotiator Said Jalili in Istanbul, aiming to resolve the dispute over Tehran's nuclear program.
EU: European Business Summit opens in Brussels (to May 16).
Iran/IAEA: Negotiations between the International Atomic Energy Agency and Iran take place in Vienna.
Russia: Trial of Russian opposition activist Aleksei Navalny resumes in Kirov.
Russia: Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin's mausoleum in Red Square reopens to public after being closed for half a year.
Russia: Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev attends International Legal Forum in St. Petersburg (to May 18).
Sweden: Swedish city of Kiruna hosts a ministerial meeting of the Arctic Council, which consists of the eight Arctic countries: Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden, and the United States.
UN: International Day of Families.
U.S./Iran: U.S. Senate Foreign Affairs Committee holds hearings on Iran.
THURSDAY, May 16:
EU/Ukraine: The European Policy Center in Brussels hosts an event titled "EU-Ukraine: Prospects for the Vilnius Summit."
Germany: Academic scholars and decision makers come together at the Munich Economic Summit to discuss important European issues (to May 17).
Kyrgyzstan/Tajikistan: Bishkek hosts a Kyrgyz-Tajik intergovernmental commission meeting (to May 16).
U.S./Turkey: U.S. President Obama meets with Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan in Washington.
FRIDAY, May 17:
Armenia/Azerbaijan: Armenian Foreign Minister Eduard Nalbandian meets his Azerbaijani counterpart, Elmar Mammadyarov, in Krakow, Poland.
Bosnia-Herzegovina: Sarajevo Business Forum opens.
EU/Poland: Foreign ministers of the Visegrad Group countries meet in Krakow.
EU/Poland: Eastern Partnership ministerial council meeting begins in Krakow (to May 18).
World: International Day Against Homophobia.
SATURDAY, May 18:
Armenia/CoE: Armenia assumes the chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe.
World: Grand Final of Eurovision Song Contest 2013.
World: International Museum Day.
SUNDAY, May 19:
Croatia: Local elections.
U.S./Iran: The U.S. and Iranian wrestling teams face in an exhibition match in Los Angeles.