The Week Ahead is a detailed listing of key events of the coming week affecting RFE/RL's broadcast region.
Azerbaijan/Italy: Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev visits Rome.
EU: European Parliament's Plenary Session opens in Strasbourg (to July 17).
Georgia/France: Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili visits Paris.
Iraq: Republic Day.
Iraq/Turkey: The president of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, Masud Barzani, is due to meet Turkish leaders in Ankara.
Russia/Brazil: Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and Russian President Vladimir Putin hold talks in Brasilia.
U.S./Iran: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif are expected to meet in Vienna.
U.S./Ukraine: The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) in Washington hosts a discussion titled "Ukraine: The Maidan and Beyond."
World: Malala Day.
TUESDAY, July 15:
Brazil/BRICS: Brazil hosts a summit of leaders from the BRICS nations: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (to July 16).
Japan/Kyrgyzstan/Ukraine: Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida visits Bishkek and Kyiv (to July 18).
EU: The European Parliament votes on whether to confirm Jean-Claude Juncker for the presidency of the European Commission.
EU/Ukraine: European Parliament holds debates in Strasbourg on the situation in Ukraine.
Russia: The fifth anniversary of the abduction and killing of Russian journalist and human rights activist Natalia Estemirova.
U.S./Moldova: U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations holds hearing on the nomination of James Pettit as U.S. ambassador to Moldova.
WEDNESDAY, July 16:
Bosnia-Herzegovina/Serbia: International donors' conference on flood relief for Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia.
EU/Iraq: European Parliament holds debates in Strasbourg on the situation in Iraq.
Kyrgyzstan: Bishkek hosts the fifth Central Asia plus Japan Dialogue foreign ministers meeting.
THURSDAY, July 17:
EU: Economic and Financial Affairs Council (Ecofin) meeting opens in Brussels.
EU: European Parliament is scheduled to adopt motions for resolutions on the situations in Iraq and Ukraine.
Global: World Day for International Justice.
FRIDAY, July 18:
EU/Georgia: EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Stefan Fuele visits Tbilisi.
UK/Azerbaija/Russia: Chatham House in London hosts a discussion titled "Investing in Azerbaijan and Russia."
World: Nelson Mandela Day.
SUNDAY, July 20:
Belarus: The 20th anniversary of Alyaksandr Lukashenka becoming President of Belarus.
Iran: The deadline to reach a permanent accord on the Iranian nuclear program.
Wolrd: International AIDS conference begins in Melbourne (to July 25).
Wolrd: International AIDS conference begins in Melbourne (to July 25).