The Week Ahead is a detailed listing of key events of the coming week affecting RFE/RL's broadcast region.
MONDAY, April 25:
Georgia/Azerbaijan: Georgian Minister of Economic Development Vera Kobalia visits Baku.
Russia/Georgia: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visits Georgian breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia (to April 27).
Russia/Ukraine: Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia visits Ukraine (to April 27).
World: World Malaria Day.
TUESDAY, April 26:
Belarus: Belarusian opposition leader Zmitser Bandarenka to stand trial in Minsk.
Kazakhstan: Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani is scheduled to visit Kazakhstan (to April 27).
Russia: Tatarstan marks 125th birthday of Tatar poet Gabdulla Tukay and Tatar Language Day.
Russia: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visits Denmark and Sweden (to April 27).
Serbia: Serbian President Boris Tadic hosts Turkish President Abdullah Gul and the Members of the Bosnian Presidency in Karadjordjevo.
Ukraine: 25th Anniversary of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster.
Ukraine: Ukrainian, Russian, and Belarusian presidents are expected to meet in Chornobyl, Ukraine.
World: World Intellectual Property Day.
WEDNESDAY, April 27:
Azerbaijan: A conference on cooperation between Azerbaijan and the U.S. to be held in Baku.
Belarus: Trial of opposition presidential candidate Andrey Sannikau and other opposition figures of Belarus to begin in Minsk.
Iraq: Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is scheduled to visit South Korea (to April 28).
Kazakhstan: Second Plenary Session of Parliament Assembly of Turkic speaking countries to be held in Astana (to April 29).
THURSDAY, April 28:
Armenia: Armenian opposition is scheduled to hold a protest rally in Yerevan.
Azerbaijan: Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari visits Baku. (NOTE: The visit has reportedly been postponed).
Germany: Munich hosts an international conference in honor of the first Radio Free Europe broadcast ("Voice of Free Czechoslovakia") from Munich on May 1, 1951.
Moldova/Romania: Moldovan parliament speaker and acting President Marian Lupu visits Bucharest (to April 29).
Ukraine/Azerbaijan: Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych visits Baku (to April 29).
World: World Day for Safety and Health at Work.
SUNDAY, May 1:
World: 60th Anniversary of the first Radio Free Europe program broadcast from Munich.
MONDAY, April 25:
Georgia/Azerbaijan: Georgian Minister of Economic Development Vera Kobalia visits Baku.
Russia/Georgia: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visits Georgian breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia (to April 27).
Russia/Ukraine: Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia visits Ukraine (to April 27).
World: World Malaria Day.
TUESDAY, April 26:
Belarus: Belarusian opposition leader Zmitser Bandarenka to stand trial in Minsk.
Kazakhstan: Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani is scheduled to visit Kazakhstan (to April 27).
Russia: Tatarstan marks 125th birthday of Tatar poet Gabdulla Tukay and Tatar Language Day.
Russia: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visits Denmark and Sweden (to April 27).
Serbia: Serbian President Boris Tadic hosts Turkish President Abdullah Gul and the Members of the Bosnian Presidency in Karadjordjevo.
Ukraine: 25th Anniversary of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster.
Ukraine: Ukrainian, Russian, and Belarusian presidents are expected to meet in Chornobyl, Ukraine.
World: World Intellectual Property Day.
WEDNESDAY, April 27:
Azerbaijan: A conference on cooperation between Azerbaijan and the U.S. to be held in Baku.
Belarus: Trial of opposition presidential candidate Andrey Sannikau and other opposition figures of Belarus to begin in Minsk.
Iraq: Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is scheduled to visit South Korea (to April 28).
Kazakhstan: Second Plenary Session of Parliament Assembly of Turkic speaking countries to be held in Astana (to April 29).
THURSDAY, April 28:
Armenia: Armenian opposition is scheduled to hold a protest rally in Yerevan.
Azerbaijan: Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari visits Baku. (NOTE: The visit has reportedly been postponed).
Germany: Munich hosts an international conference in honor of the first Radio Free Europe broadcast ("Voice of Free Czechoslovakia") from Munich on May 1, 1951.
Moldova/Romania: Moldovan parliament speaker and acting President Marian Lupu visits Bucharest (to April 29).
Ukraine/Azerbaijan: Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych visits Baku (to April 29).
World: World Day for Safety and Health at Work.
SUNDAY, May 1:
World: 60th Anniversary of the first Radio Free Europe program broadcast from Munich.