The Week Ahead is a detailed listing of key events of the coming week affecting RFE/RL's broadcast region.
Belarus/EU: Representatives of Belarus and the European Union hold talks on visa liberalization and readmission in Brussels (to November 25).
Europe: Vienna hosts the Central European Initiative Summit.
EU: European Parliament's Plenary Session opens in Strasbourg (to November 27).
Kazakhstan/Czech Republic: Czech President Milos Zeman visits Astana (to November 25).
Kazakhstan/Uzbekistan: Uzbek President Islam Karimov visits Astana (to November 25).
TUESDAY, November 25:
Bosnia-Herzegovina: Statehood Day.
Tajikistan/Czech Republic: Czech President Milos Zeman visits Dushanbe (to November 27).
The Vatican: Pope Francis is scheduled to address the European Parliament and the Council of Europe in Strasbourg.
WEDNESDAY, November 26:
EU: The laureate of the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought 2014, Denis Mukwege, receives the award in Strasbourg.
Russia/Syria: Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem visits Moscow (to November 27).
THURSDAY, November 27:
Austria/OPEC: Vienna hosts an Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) meeting.
EU/Pakistan/Serbia/Iraq: European Parliament's Plenary Session holds discussions on Pakistan's blasphemy laws, the case of accused Serbian war criminal Vojislav Seselj, and kidnapping and mistreatment of women in Iraq.
Russia/CoE: Council of Europe Secretary-General Thorbjorn Jagland visits Moscow (to November 29).
Ukraine: EU's new neighborhood and enlargement negotiation commissioner Johannes Hahn visits Kyiv (to November 28).
FRIDAY, November 28:
The Vatican/Turkey: Pope Francis visits Ankara and Istanbul (to November 30).
SATURDAY, November 29:
SUNDAY, November 30:
Moldova: Parliamentary elections.