The Week Ahead is a detailed listing of key events of the coming week affecting RFE/RL's broadcast region.
Afghanistan: An inauguration ceremony for Afghanistan's new president, Ashraf Ghani, takes place in Kabul.
Balkans: Final arguments in the five-year-long genocide and war crimes trial of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic begin in The Hague.
Caspian Region: Russian city of Astrakhan hosts the leaders of Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Turkmenistan at the Caspian Sea summit.
Council of Europe: The winner of the Václav Havel Human Rights Prize 2014 announced in Strasbourg.
Council of Europe: The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) autumn session begins in Strasbourg (to October 3).
Global: World Heart Day.
Kyrgyzstan: Bishkek hosts the 80th Congress of the International PEN club (to October 2).
TUESDAY, September 30:
Germany: Berlin hosts a World Energy Council (WEC) Germany’s 2014 Energy Day.
Russia: Internet Day.
Russia/Kazakhstan: Russian President Vladimir Putin holds talks with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev in the Kazakh city of Atyrau.
WEDNESDAY, October 1:
Azerbaijan: United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Administrator Helen Clark visits Baku (to October 4).
Council of Europe: The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) holds a debate on the functioning of democratic institutions in Georgia.
Council of Europe: The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) holds a current affairs debate on the crisis in Ukraine.
Czech Republic: An international conference in honor of the winner of the Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize opens in Prague.
Global: International Music Day.
NATO: The incoming NATO secretary-general, Jens Stoltenberg, holds a press conference in Brussels.
Russia: The St. Petersburg Media Forum opens (to October 10).
THURSDAY, October 2:
Azerbaijan: Baku hosts the fourth International Humanitarian Forum (to October 3).
Azerbaijan/UK: An Azerbaijani-British business forum opens in Baku (to October 2).
Council of Europe: Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov addresses the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).
Moldova: Moscow holds a press conference by the leader of Moldova's breakaway region of Transdniester, Yevgeny Shevchuk.
Saudi Arabia: Beginning of the Hajj, the Muslim pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca.
FRIDAY, October 3:
Iraq: Independence Day.
OSCE: Geneva hosts the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly's 13th Autumn Meeting (to October 5).
Ukraine: The International Ukraine Gas forum opens in Brussels.
SATURDAY, October 4:
Latvia: Parliamentary elections.
SUNDAY, October 5:
Bulgaria: Early Parliamentary Elections.
EU: Milan hosts an informal meeting of the 28 EU energy ministers (to October 6).
UNESCO: World Teachers' Day.