The Week Ahead is a detailed listing of key events of the coming week affecting RFE/RL's broadcast region.
EU: European Parliament holds a hearing of the EU Commissioner-designate for foreign policy, Federica Mogherini.
EU: European Policy Center in Brussels hosts a discussion titled “Georgia 2008 – Ukraine 2014: Implications for the Euro-Atlantic Choice.”
Moldova: Legatum Institute hosts a presentation of Vladimir Soloviev’s report titled “Moldova. The Failing Champion of European Integration.”
NATO/Poland: NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg visits Warsaw.
Tajikistan/Russia: Russia begins military drills in Tajikistan.
Ukraine: U.S. State Department Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland visits Kyiv to hold talks with senior Ukrainian government leaders.
U.S./Russia: Wilson Center in Washington hosts a discussion titled "Russia and U.S. : Is a Real Partnership Still Possible?"
U.S./Russia: Council on Foreign Relations hosts a conversation with Mikhail Khodorkovsky, founder of Open Russia foundation.
World: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2014 announced in Stockholm.
TUESDAY, October 7:
EU: European Parliament shortlists three candidates for the 2014 Sakharov Prize.
EU/Moldova: The European Parliament's foreign affairs committee debates the Association Agreement with Moldova.
Russia: Eighth anniversary of Russian investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya murder.
Serbia/Russia: Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic visits Moscow (to October 8).
UN: World Habitat Day.
U.S./Poland: The Elliott School of International Affairs in Washington hosts a discussion titled "Poland and Euro-Atlantic Security: Beyond the Ukraine Crisis."
U.S./NATO: The Elliott School of International Affairs in Washington hosts a discussion titled “NATO After Wales: Back to Area and Back in Business.”
World: The Nobel Prize in Physics 2014 announced in Stockholm.
WEDNESDAY, October 8:
Germany: Frankfurt Book Fair opens (to October 12).
Germany: Winners of the European Union Prize for Literature announced in Frankfurt.
Kazakhstan/EU: Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev visits Brussels (to October 9).
U.S./Russia: The Elliott School of International Affairs in Washington hosts a discussion titled “Where is the Putin Regime Headed?”
World: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2014 announced in Stockholm.
THURSDAY, October 9:
Belarus: Minsk hosts a Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) foreign ministers council meeting.
Kazakhstan/EU: European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso meets with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev in Brussels.
U.S./Pakistan: Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies in Washington hosts a discussion titled “Pakistan's Economic Recovery and Emerging Role in the Region.”
U.S./Ukraine: Wilson Center in Washington hosts a discussion titled "Russia and Ukraine: Hybrid War in the Donbas."
World: The Nobel Prize in Literature 2014 announced in Stockholm.
FRIDAY, October 10:
Belarus: Minsk hosts the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Council of Heads of State and the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council meetings.
Culture: Warsaw Film Festival opens (to October 19).
Culture: Warsaw Film Festival opens (to October 19).
EU/Serbia: European Policy Center in Brussels hosts a policy briefing on the Serbia's EU accession negotiations with the participation of the Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic.
IMF/World Bank: Washington hosts the IMF and the World Bank Group annual meetings (to October 12).
World: The Nobel Peace Prize 2014 announced in Oslo.
SATURDAY, October 11:
Tajikistan: Celebraton of the 90th anniversary of Dushanbe.
SUNDAY, October 12:
Bosnia-Herzegovina: General Elections.
Czech Republic: Prague hosts the 18th Forum 2000 Conference (to October 15).