The Week Ahead is a detailed listing of key events of the coming week affecting RFE/RL's broadcast region.
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Now on Twitter! Daily updates at @The_Week_Ahead.
MONDAY, March 10:
EU/Ukraine: European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs in Strasbourg is scheduled to discuss the international assistance package for Ukraine.
Germany: Hannover hosts the 2014 CeBIT technology trade fair (to March 14).
Iran: The European Center of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Brussels hosts a discussion titled "Tehran Calling: A New Direction for Iran?"
Kazakhstan/Russia: Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev visits Moscow, meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Kyrgyzstan: UN Human Rights Committee in Geneva considers a report on Kyrgyzstan (to March 11).
UN: News York hosts the 58th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (to March 21).
TUESDAY, March 11:
EU: European Day for Victims of Terrorism.
Ukraine: Ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych makes public statement from Russia's southern city of Rostov-on-Don.
WEDNESDAY, March 12:
EU/Ukraine: European Parliament Plenary Session in Strasbourg is scheduled to discuss the situation in Ukraine, Pakistan, and the Eastern Partnership.
International: World Day Against Cyber-Censorship.
Iran/UN: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is scheduled to address the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
Tajikistan/Russia: Chairwoman of Russian Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko visits Dushanbe.
Ukraine/U.S.: Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk visits Washington to meet with U.S. senior officials.
U.S./Afghanistan/Pakistan: The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) hosts a discussion titled "Post-2014 Transition in Afghanistan: Pakistan's Perspective."
U.S./Azerbaijan: Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) hosts a discussion titled "Challenges to Strategic Interests of the U.S. in Azerbaijan."
U.S.: Senate Committee on Foreign Relations hosts in Washington a hearing on the U.S. national security and foreign policy priorities in the FY 2015 international affairs budget.
World: The 25th anniversary of the World Wide Web.
THURSDAY, March 13:
EU: The European Center of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Brussels hosts a discussion titled "Resetting the European Neighborhood Policy."
Germany/Ukraine: German Chancellor Angela Merkel is scheduled to address the German Parliament with statement on Ukraine.
UK/Ukraine: Chatham House in London hosts a discussion titled "Ukraine: The International Response."
U.S.: House Committee on Foreign Affairs hosts a hearing titled "Advancing U.S. Interests Abroad: The FY 2015 Foreign Affairs Budget."
FRIDAY, March 14:
Georgia/Russia: Prague hosts a meeting of the Georgian Prime Minister's Special Representative Zurab Abashidze and Russian First Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin.
Ukraine: UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ivan Simonovic is scheduled to address the media in Kyiv.
SUNDAY, March 16:
Serbia: Parliamentary Elections.
Ukraine: Pro-Moscow authorities of Crimea hold an unsanctioned referendum on whether to split from Ukraine and join Russia.
EU/Ukraine: European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs in Strasbourg is scheduled to discuss the international assistance package for Ukraine.
Germany: Hannover hosts the 2014 CeBIT technology trade fair (to March 14).
Iran: The European Center of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Brussels hosts a discussion titled "Tehran Calling: A New Direction for Iran?"
Kazakhstan/Russia: Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev visits Moscow, meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Kyrgyzstan: UN Human Rights Committee in Geneva considers a report on Kyrgyzstan (to March 11).
UN: News York hosts the 58th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (to March 21).
TUESDAY, March 11:
EU: European Day for Victims of Terrorism.
Ukraine: Ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych makes public statement from Russia's southern city of Rostov-on-Don.
WEDNESDAY, March 12:
EU/Ukraine: European Parliament Plenary Session in Strasbourg is scheduled to discuss the situation in Ukraine, Pakistan, and the Eastern Partnership.
International: World Day Against Cyber-Censorship.
Iran/UN: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is scheduled to address the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
Tajikistan/Russia: Chairwoman of Russian Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko visits Dushanbe.
Ukraine/U.S.: Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk visits Washington to meet with U.S. senior officials.
U.S./Afghanistan/Pakistan: The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) hosts a discussion titled "Post-2014 Transition in Afghanistan: Pakistan's Perspective."
U.S./Azerbaijan: Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) hosts a discussion titled "Challenges to Strategic Interests of the U.S. in Azerbaijan."
U.S.: Senate Committee on Foreign Relations hosts in Washington a hearing on the U.S. national security and foreign policy priorities in the FY 2015 international affairs budget.
World: The 25th anniversary of the World Wide Web.
THURSDAY, March 13:
EU: The European Center of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Brussels hosts a discussion titled "Resetting the European Neighborhood Policy."
Germany/Ukraine: German Chancellor Angela Merkel is scheduled to address the German Parliament with statement on Ukraine.
UK/Ukraine: Chatham House in London hosts a discussion titled "Ukraine: The International Response."
U.S.: House Committee on Foreign Affairs hosts a hearing titled "Advancing U.S. Interests Abroad: The FY 2015 Foreign Affairs Budget."
FRIDAY, March 14:
Georgia/Russia: Prague hosts a meeting of the Georgian Prime Minister's Special Representative Zurab Abashidze and Russian First Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin.
Ukraine: UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ivan Simonovic is scheduled to address the media in Kyiv.
SUNDAY, March 16:
Serbia: Parliamentary Elections.
Ukraine: Pro-Moscow authorities of Crimea hold an unsanctioned referendum on whether to split from Ukraine and join Russia.