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 3:
Czech Republic: The 16th One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival opens in Prague (to March 12).
EU: Brussels hosts an EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting on the situation in Ukraine.
Moldova/U.S.: Moldovan Prime Minister Iurie Leanca meets with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State John Kerry in Washington.
Russia: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends the UN Human Rights Council session in Geneva, meets with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and UN diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi.
UN: Geneva hosts 25th regular session of the Human Rights Council (to March 28).
Ukraine: British Foreign Secretary William Hague visits Kyiv.
TUESDAY, March 4:
Georgia: EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Stefan Fuele visits Tbilisi.
Ukraine/U.S.: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry visits Kyiv to meet with senior representatives of Ukraine’s new government, leaders of the Verhovna Rada, and members of civil society.
Ukraine/IMF: An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission starts consultations to prepare a new stand-by program of financial assistance in Kyiv.
WEDNESDAY, March 5:
Iran: A new round of expert-level talks on Tehran’s nuclear energy program between Iran and the P5+1 group is scheduled to start in Vienna.
Iran/Japan: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif visits Tokyo.
Russia: Moscow hosts the meeting of the Military Committee of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO).
Ukraine: EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton travels to Kyiv.
THURSDAY, March 6:
FRIDAY, March 7:
Russia: Sochi hosts the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games (to March 16).
World: International Film Festival on Human Rights opens in Geneva (to March 16).
SATURDAY, March 8:
Russia: The 70th anniversary of the deportation of the entire Balkar nation to Central Asia on Stalin's orders .
Word: International Women's Day.
SUNDAY, March 9:
Iran: EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton is scheduled to visit Tehran (to March 10).
Now on Twitter! Daily updates at @The_Week_Ahead.
MONDAY, March 3:
Czech Republic: The 16th One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival opens in Prague (to March 12).
EU: Brussels hosts an EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting on the situation in Ukraine.
Moldova/U.S.: Moldovan Prime Minister Iurie Leanca meets with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State John Kerry in Washington.
Russia: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends the UN Human Rights Council session in Geneva, meets with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and UN diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi.
UN: Geneva hosts 25th regular session of the Human Rights Council (to March 28).
Ukraine: British Foreign Secretary William Hague visits Kyiv.
TUESDAY, March 4:
Georgia: EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Stefan Fuele visits Tbilisi.
Ukraine/U.S.: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry visits Kyiv to meet with senior representatives of Ukraine’s new government, leaders of the Verhovna Rada, and members of civil society.
Ukraine/IMF: An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission starts consultations to prepare a new stand-by program of financial assistance in Kyiv.
WEDNESDAY, March 5:
Iran: A new round of expert-level talks on Tehran’s nuclear energy program between Iran and the P5+1 group is scheduled to start in Vienna.
Russia: Moscow hosts the meeting of the Military Committee of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO).
Ukraine: EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton travels to Kyiv.
U.S.: Secretary of State John Kerry will visit Paris and Rome to participate in conferences focused on Lebanon and Libya (to March 6).
World: Geneva hosts the 84th International Motor Show (March 16).
World: Rome hosts an international conference on Libya.
World: Rome hosts an international conference on Libya.
FRIDAY, March 7:
Russia: Sochi hosts the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games (to March 16).
World: International Film Festival on Human Rights opens in Geneva (to March 16).
SATURDAY, March 8:
Russia: The 70th anniversary of the deportation of the entire Balkar nation to Central Asia on Stalin's orders .
Word: International Women's Day.
SUNDAY, March 9:
Iran: EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton is scheduled to visit Tehran (to March 10).