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, October 21:
Afghanistan/Tajikistan: Afghan President Hamid Karzai visits Dushanbe, meets with Tajik President Emomali Rahmon (to October 23).
Armenia/CoE: Council of Europe Secretary-General Thorbjorn Jagland visits Yerevan (to October 22).
EU: The European Union's Foreign Affairs Council holds a meeting in Luxembourg to focus on the Eastern Partnership, Serbia, and the situation in the Middle East.
EU: Eastern Partnership, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Russia to be discussed at the European Parliament plenary session in Strasbourg (to October 24).
EU/Moldova: The foreign ministers of Sweden and Poland, Carl Bildt and Radoslaw Sikorski, visit Chisinau.
Russia/China: Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev visits Beijing (to October 23).
Russia/India: Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Moscow.
Ukraine/Czech Republic: Czech President Milos Zeman visits Kyiv, meets with Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych (to October 22).
U.S./Russia: U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns visits Moscow to discuss a wide range of global and bilateral issues with senior Russian officials (to October 22).
World: Warsaw hosts the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates (to October 23).
World: The United Nations Human Rights Council meeting opens in Geneva to review human rights records in 15 states (to November 1).
TUESDAY, October 22:
EU: Myanmar's pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi receives the EU Sakharov human rights prize she won in 1990.
EU/Ukraine: The foreign ministers of Sweden and Poland, Carl Bildt and Radoslaw Sikorski, visit Kyiv.
Pakistan: Amnesty International launches its report on U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan.
UN: Disarmament Week (to October 28).
NATO: Brussels hosts the NATO Defense Ministers' meetings (to October 23).
WEDNESDAY, October 23:
EU/Georgia: The foreign ministers of Sweden and Poland, Carl Bildt and Radoslaw Sikorski, visit Tbilisi.
Moldova/EU: Moldovan Prime Minister Iurie Leanca visits Strasbourg and Brussels to meet with EU leaders (to October 24).
Russia/G20: The sixth G20 Sherpas' meeting under the Russian Presidency is scheduled to be held in Moscow (to October 24).
UK/Russia: Chatham House in London hosts a discussion titled "The Evolution of Russia's Gas Policy."
THURSDAY, October 24:
Belarus: Presidents of Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan hold a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council in Minsk.
Belarus/CIS: Minsk hosts the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) foreign ministers' meeting.
EU: Brussels hosts the European Council meeting (to October 25).
Ukraine: Crimea hosts the Black Sea Economic Forum (to October 25).
UN: United Nations Day.
UN: World Development Information Day.
FRIDAY, October 25:
Belarus/CIS: Minsk hosts the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) head of states summit.
Czech Republic: Parliamentary elections (to October 26).
EU/Macedonia: EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Stefan Fuele meets with Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski in Brussels.
Ukraine: A court in Kharkiv holds a hearing in a criminal case against former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.
SATURDAY, October 26:
Serbia: Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic visits the United Arab Emirates to negotiate terms of a 2-3 billion euro loan.
SUNDAY, October 27:
Georgia: Presidential election.
Turkmenistan: Independence Day.
UN: World Day for Audiovisual Heritage.
World: International Religious Freedom Day.
Now on Twitter! Daily updates at @The_Week_Ahead.
MONDAY, October 21:
Afghanistan/Tajikistan: Afghan President Hamid Karzai visits Dushanbe, meets with Tajik President Emomali Rahmon (to October 23).
Armenia/CoE: Council of Europe Secretary-General Thorbjorn Jagland visits Yerevan (to October 22).
EU: The European Union's Foreign Affairs Council holds a meeting in Luxembourg to focus on the Eastern Partnership, Serbia, and the situation in the Middle East.
EU: Eastern Partnership, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Russia to be discussed at the European Parliament plenary session in Strasbourg (to October 24).
EU/Moldova: The foreign ministers of Sweden and Poland, Carl Bildt and Radoslaw Sikorski, visit Chisinau.
Russia/China: Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev visits Beijing (to October 23).
Russia/India: Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Moscow.
Ukraine/Czech Republic: Czech President Milos Zeman visits Kyiv, meets with Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych (to October 22).
U.S./Russia: U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns visits Moscow to discuss a wide range of global and bilateral issues with senior Russian officials (to October 22).
World: Warsaw hosts the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates (to October 23).
World: The United Nations Human Rights Council meeting opens in Geneva to review human rights records in 15 states (to November 1).
TUESDAY, October 22:
EU: Myanmar's pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi receives the EU Sakharov human rights prize she won in 1990.
EU/Ukraine: The foreign ministers of Sweden and Poland, Carl Bildt and Radoslaw Sikorski, visit Kyiv.
Pakistan: Amnesty International launches its report on U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan.
UN: Disarmament Week (to October 28).
NATO: Brussels hosts the NATO Defense Ministers' meetings (to October 23).
WEDNESDAY, October 23:
EU/Georgia: The foreign ministers of Sweden and Poland, Carl Bildt and Radoslaw Sikorski, visit Tbilisi.
Moldova/EU: Moldovan Prime Minister Iurie Leanca visits Strasbourg and Brussels to meet with EU leaders (to October 24).
Russia/G20: The sixth G20 Sherpas' meeting under the Russian Presidency is scheduled to be held in Moscow (to October 24).
UK/Russia: Chatham House in London hosts a discussion titled "The Evolution of Russia's Gas Policy."
THURSDAY, October 24:
Belarus: Presidents of Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan hold a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council in Minsk.
Belarus/CIS: Minsk hosts the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) foreign ministers' meeting.
EU: Brussels hosts the European Council meeting (to October 25).
Ukraine: Crimea hosts the Black Sea Economic Forum (to October 25).
UN: United Nations Day.
UN: World Development Information Day.
FRIDAY, October 25:
Belarus/CIS: Minsk hosts the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) head of states summit.
Czech Republic: Parliamentary elections (to October 26).
EU/Macedonia: EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Stefan Fuele meets with Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski in Brussels.
Ukraine: A court in Kharkiv holds a hearing in a criminal case against former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.
SATURDAY, October 26:
Serbia: Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic visits the United Arab Emirates to negotiate terms of a 2-3 billion euro loan.
SUNDAY, October 27:
Georgia: Presidential election.
Turkmenistan: Independence Day.
UN: World Day for Audiovisual Heritage.
World: International Religious Freedom Day.