The Week Ahead is a detailed listing of key events of the coming week affecting RFE/RL's broadcast region.
MONDAY, July 11:
Armenia/Ukraine: Speaker of the Ukrainian parliament (Verkhovna Rada) Volodymyr Lytvyn visits Yerevan (July 12).
Bosnia-Herzegovina: 16th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre.
Iran/Slovenia: Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi visits Ljubljana.
Middle East: The Quartet of Middle East peace negotiators -- the United States, Russia, the European Union, and the United Nations -- are scheduled to meet in Washington.
Russia/U.S.: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is scheduled to meet with U.S. President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Washington (to July 13).
UN: UN Human Rights Council session begins in Geneva (to July 29).
UN: World Population Day.
TUESDAY, July 12:
Iran/Austria: Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi visits Vienna.
India/Pakistan: United States Institute of Peace hosts a discussion titled "The Quest for India-Pakistan Normalization."
OECD: The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) publishes its International Migration Outlook 2011.
Russia/Belarus/Kazakhstan: Prime ministers of Customs Union participating countries -- Vladimir Putin of Russia, Mikhail Myasnikovich of Belarus, and Karim Massimov of Kazakhstan -- meet in Moscow.
Russia/Switzerland: President of Switzerland Micheline Calmy-Rey pays a working visit to Russia (to July 13).
WEDNESDAY, July 13:
Armenia/Macedonia/Moldova: U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations to discuss ambassadorial nominations to Armenia, Macedonia, and Moldova.
Iran/Syria: Iran and Syria hold a meeting of a joint economic committee in Damascus (to July 14).
Kosovo: The International Institute For Strategic Studies in London hosts Kosovo's Deputy Prime Minister Edita Tahiri.
THURSDAY, July 14:
Armenia: The International Institute For Strategic Studies in London hosts Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian.
Iraq: Republic Day.
FRIDAY, July 15:
Iraq/Egypt: Egypt's national carrier Egyptair starts operating direct flights to Iraq after a 21-year break.
Ukraine: Odessa International Film Festival (to July 23).
SUNDAY, July 17:
Azerbaijan/Russia: Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov visits Russia (to July 18).
Balkans: Presidents of Croatia, Serbia, and members of Bosnian Presidency to hold a meeting in Brijuni, Croatia (to July 18).
Russia/Germany: Russian-German forum "Petersburg Dialogue" opens in Wolfsburg and Hannover (to July 19).
World: World Day for International Justice, which commemorates the adoption of the founding treaty of the International Criminal Court.
MONDAY, July 11:
Armenia/Ukraine: Speaker of the Ukrainian parliament (Verkhovna Rada) Volodymyr Lytvyn visits Yerevan (July 12).
Bosnia-Herzegovina: 16th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre.
Iran/Slovenia: Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi visits Ljubljana.
Middle East: The Quartet of Middle East peace negotiators -- the United States, Russia, the European Union, and the United Nations -- are scheduled to meet in Washington.
Russia/U.S.: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is scheduled to meet with U.S. President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Washington (to July 13).
UN: UN Human Rights Council session begins in Geneva (to July 29).
UN: World Population Day.
TUESDAY, July 12:
Iran/Austria: Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi visits Vienna.
India/Pakistan: United States Institute of Peace hosts a discussion titled "The Quest for India-Pakistan Normalization."
OECD: The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) publishes its International Migration Outlook 2011.
Russia/Belarus/Kazakhstan: Prime ministers of Customs Union participating countries -- Vladimir Putin of Russia, Mikhail Myasnikovich of Belarus, and Karim Massimov of Kazakhstan -- meet in Moscow.
Russia/Switzerland: President of Switzerland Micheline Calmy-Rey pays a working visit to Russia (to July 13).
WEDNESDAY, July 13:
Armenia/Macedonia/Moldova: U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations to discuss ambassadorial nominations to Armenia, Macedonia, and Moldova.
Iran/Syria: Iran and Syria hold a meeting of a joint economic committee in Damascus (to July 14).
Kosovo: The International Institute For Strategic Studies in London hosts Kosovo's Deputy Prime Minister Edita Tahiri.
THURSDAY, July 14:
Armenia: The International Institute For Strategic Studies in London hosts Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian.
Iraq: Republic Day.
FRIDAY, July 15:
Iraq/Egypt: Egypt's national carrier Egyptair starts operating direct flights to Iraq after a 21-year break.
Ukraine: Odessa International Film Festival (to July 23).
SUNDAY, July 17:
Azerbaijan/Russia: Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov visits Russia (to July 18).
Balkans: Presidents of Croatia, Serbia, and members of Bosnian Presidency to hold a meeting in Brijuni, Croatia (to July 18).
Russia/Germany: Russian-German forum "Petersburg Dialogue" opens in Wolfsburg and Hannover (to July 19).
World: World Day for International Justice, which commemorates the adoption of the founding treaty of the International Criminal Court.