The Week Ahead is a detailed listing of key events of the coming week affecting RFE/RL's broadcast region.
MONDAY, May 30:
Azerbaijan: Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mamedyarov pays a working visit to the United States.
Georgia: President of the Swiss Confederation Micheline Calmy-Rey visits Tbilisi.
Russia/Tatarstan: International Theatre Festival "Nawruz" opens in Kazan (to June 3).
Tajikistan: Member of the European Parliament Struan Stevenson visits Dushanbe (to May 31).
Turkmenistan: Turkish President Abdullah Gul makes a working visit to Turkmenistan.
Ukraine: Foreign ministers of Greece and Serbia to visit Ukraine (to May 31).
TUESDAY, May 31:
Armenia: Opposition Armenian National Congress is scheduled to hold a rally in Yerevan.
Azerbaijan: UNESCO International Bioethics Committee meets in Baku to address ethical challenges (to June 2).
Belarus: Minsk hosts a meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO).
Russia: The Russian opposition holds its regular Strategy 31 rally in Moscow and other cities.
Ukraine: The Wilson Center holds a discussion titled "Ukraine After One Year Of Yanukovych."
UN: World No Tobacco Day.
WEDNESDAY, June 1:
Iran: The Wilson Center holds a discussion titled "Words, Not Swords: Iranian Women Writers And The Freedom Of Movement."
Russia: The Heritage Foundation in Washington hosts a discussion on cyberspace and civil liberties in Russia.
Russia/Italy: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev visits Rome to take part in the celebrations of the 150th anniversary of Italy’s unification as a single state.
Ukraine: Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych to hold Council of Regions meeting in Crimea.
Uzbekistan: OSCE Chairman-in-Office and Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Azubalis visits Uzbekistan.
World: International Children's Day.
THURSDAY, June 2:
Georgia: Funeral of Abkhaz leader Sergei Bagapsh, who had led the Georgian breakaway region since 2005, is scheduled in the village of Dzhgerda, Ochamchira district.
Turkmenistan: OSCE Chairman-in-Office and Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Azubalis visits Turkmenistan.
World: Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) hosts a discussion titled "No Freedom Without Media Freedom."
SATURDAY, June 4:
Azerbaijan: Warsaw hosts Azerbaijan-Poland business forum (to June 12).
Croatia: Pope Benedict XVI to conduct a service in Zagreb.
UN: International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression.
SUNDAY, June 5:
Macedonia: Parliamentary elections.
Moldova: Local elections.
UN: World Environment Day.
MONDAY, May 30:
Azerbaijan: Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mamedyarov pays a working visit to the United States.
Georgia: President of the Swiss Confederation Micheline Calmy-Rey visits Tbilisi.
Russia/Tatarstan: International Theatre Festival "Nawruz" opens in Kazan (to June 3).
Tajikistan: Member of the European Parliament Struan Stevenson visits Dushanbe (to May 31).
Turkmenistan: Turkish President Abdullah Gul makes a working visit to Turkmenistan.
Ukraine: Foreign ministers of Greece and Serbia to visit Ukraine (to May 31).
TUESDAY, May 31:
Armenia: Opposition Armenian National Congress is scheduled to hold a rally in Yerevan.
Azerbaijan: UNESCO International Bioethics Committee meets in Baku to address ethical challenges (to June 2).
Belarus: Minsk hosts a meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO).
Russia: The Russian opposition holds its regular Strategy 31 rally in Moscow and other cities.
Ukraine: The Wilson Center holds a discussion titled "Ukraine After One Year Of Yanukovych."
UN: World No Tobacco Day.
WEDNESDAY, June 1:
Iran: The Wilson Center holds a discussion titled "Words, Not Swords: Iranian Women Writers And The Freedom Of Movement."
Russia: The Heritage Foundation in Washington hosts a discussion on cyberspace and civil liberties in Russia.
Russia/Italy: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev visits Rome to take part in the celebrations of the 150th anniversary of Italy’s unification as a single state.
Ukraine: Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych to hold Council of Regions meeting in Crimea.
Uzbekistan: OSCE Chairman-in-Office and Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Azubalis visits Uzbekistan.
World: International Children's Day.
THURSDAY, June 2:
Georgia: Funeral of Abkhaz leader Sergei Bagapsh, who had led the Georgian breakaway region since 2005, is scheduled in the village of Dzhgerda, Ochamchira district.
Turkmenistan: OSCE Chairman-in-Office and Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Azubalis visits Turkmenistan.
World: Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) hosts a discussion titled "No Freedom Without Media Freedom."
SATURDAY, June 4:
Azerbaijan: Warsaw hosts Azerbaijan-Poland business forum (to June 12).
Croatia: Pope Benedict XVI to conduct a service in Zagreb.
UN: International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression.
SUNDAY, June 5:
Macedonia: Parliamentary elections.
Moldova: Local elections.
UN: World Environment Day.