The Week Ahead is a detailed listing of key events of the coming week affecting RFE/RL's broadcast region.
Czech Republic: Prague hosts an international forum marking the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.
EU: The Eurogroup, composed of the EU member states whose currency is the euro, meets in Brussels.
EU/Azerbaijan: EU Commissioner for European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn meets with Azerbaijan's state-owned oil company SOCAR Vice-President Elshad Nassirov in Brussels.
Georgia/Iran: Georgian parliamentary delegation, led by parliament speaker Davit Usupashvili, visits Tehran (to January 27).
Iran/Armeina: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif visits Yerevan (to January 27).
Lithuania/Georgia: Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius visits Tbilisi for talks, including on Georgia's efforts to integrate with NATO and the European Union.
OSCE: A special meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council to discuss Ukraine violence begins in Vienna.
PACE: Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) winter session opens in Strasbourg (to January 30).
Syria: Moscow hosts talks between Syrian opposition groups and a Syrian government delegation (to January 29).
Ukraine/Poland: Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council chief Oleksandr Turchynov visits Warsaw to discuss comprehensive cooperation in the security and defense sector and energy-related issues.
TUESDAY, January 27:
Azerbaijan/OSCE: Krakow hosts a meeting between Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Minsk Group co-chairs.
Czech Republic: Prague hosts a meeting of leading political figures to discuss a roadmap toward fighting growing extremism, racism, and intolerance in Europe and around the world.
EU: Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting begins in Brussels.
Poland: The 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau by Soviet troops in 1945.
UK/Russia: A public inquiry into the death eight years ago of former intelligence agent with Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) Aleksandr Litvinenko is scheduled to start in London.
U.S./Afghanistan: The National Endowment for Democracy in Washington hosts a discussion titled Afghanistan’s Struggle for Democracy: The Need for Electoral Reform.
U.S./Russia: The Central Asia-Caucasus Institute of The School for Advanced and International Studies (SAIS) hosts a discussion titled Putin's Kosovo Card: Its Meaning to Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia.
World: The Heritage Foundation, in collaboration with The Wall Street Journal, launches the 2015 Index of Economic Freedom.
WEDNESDAY, January 28:
EU: European Parliament Plenary Session starts in Brussels.
Global: Data Protection Day.
Iran/Azerbaijan: Iranian Economy Minister Ali Tayebnia visits Baku.
Russia: Russia’s Supreme Court is scheduled to consider a lawsuit on the dissolution of Russia’s Memorial human rights organization.
Turkey/Turkmenistan: Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu visits Ashgabat (to January 29).
U.S./Ukraine: U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew visits Kyiv to meet with senior government officials and discuss additional U.S. assistance.
U.S.: U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations hosts a hearing with Henry Kissinger titled The National Interest: Articulating The Case For American Leadership In The World.
U.S./Armenia/Turkey: The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace hosts a discussion with Thomas de Waal, Jessica Tuchman Mathews, and Charles King titled Armenians and Turks in the Shadow of Genocide.
U.S./Russia: Center on Global Interests (CGI) in Washington hosts a discussion titled Russia 2015: Economic Outlook.
U.S./South Caucasus: Wilson Center in Washington hosts a discussion titled Security and Energy Implications for the South Caucasus after Ukraine.
World: Freedom House releases its annual Freedom in the World report.
THURSDAY, January 29:
EU/Serbia: EU Commissioner for European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn meets with Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic in Vienna.
EU/Ukraine: Brussels hosts an extraordinary Foreign Affairs Council meeting on Ukraine.
Georgia: NATO Deputy Secretary-General Alexander Vershbow visits Tbilisi (to January 30).
Global: Human Rights Watch releases its annual World Report.
Iran: British, German, French, and Iranian diplomats meet in Istanbul to discuss Tehran’s nuclear program.
NATO: The NATO secretary-general's Annual Report for 2014 is scheduled to be released in Brussels.
Turkmenistan: Ashgabat host a trilateral meeting of the foreign ministers of Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan.
U.S./Europe: Wilson Center in Washington hosts a discussion titled Security Challenges in Europe in 2015.
FRIDAY, January 30:
U.S./Ukraine: Elliott School for International Affairs in Washington hosts a discussion titled Anarchy, Identity, and the Causes of the War in Ukraine.