The Week Ahead is a detailed listing of key events of the coming week affecting RFE/RL's broadcast region.
Now on Twitter! Daily updates at @The_Week_Ahead.
MONDAY, February 20:
Azerbaijan/WTO: Azerbaijani officials begin talks in Geneva to join the World Trade Organization (to February 24).
Iran/IAEA: A delegation of the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency headed by IAEA Deputy Director-General Herman Nackaerts visits Iran (to February 21).
Macedonia: The UN envoy in the name-issue talks between Macedonia and Greece, Matthew Nimetz, visits Skopje (to February 21).
Russia/Ukraine: Russian Duma speaker Sergei Naryshkin meets with Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych in Kyiv.
UN: World Day of Social Justice.
U.S./Russia: Woodrow Wilson Center holds a discussion titled "The Fate of the 'Reset' During Political Open Seasons in Russia and the U.S.."
TUESDAY, February 21:
Belarus: The trial of Syarhey Kavalenka, a prominent opposition activist charged with violating probation rules, to begin in the Pershamayski District Court in Vitsyebsk.
Georgia: Georgia's richest man, Bidzina Ivanishvili, plans to present his Georgian Dream political coalition during a press-conference in Tbilisi.
Kosovo/Serbia: European Union-brokered talks between Serbia and Kosovo are set to resume in Brussels.
Russia: A group of 26 countries vehemently opposed to the EU's aviation-emissions-trading scheme meet in Moscow to discuss a plan of action.
UN: International Mother Language Day.
WEDNESDAY, February 22:
Armenia: EURONEST Committee on Social Affairs, Education, Culture, and Civil Society to hold a meeting in Yerevan.
Belarus/IMF: A mission of the International Monetary Fund visits Minsk (to March 6).
Georgia: U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Celeste Wallander visits Tbilisi (February 24).
Ukraine: PACE rapporteur Marieluise Beck conducts a fact-finding visit to Kyiv in connection with the preparation of her report on the rule of law in Council of Europe member states (to February 24).
THURSDAY, February 23:
Afghanistan: Amnesty International launches a report titled "Fleeing War, Finding Misery: The Plight Of The Internally Displaced In Afghanistan."
Kyrgyzstan/Russia: Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambaev visits Moscow (to February 25).
OSCE: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Winter Meeting begins in Vienna (to February 24).
Russia: Supporters of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin are to hold a public rally in Moscow and other Russian cities.
FRIDAY, February 24:
Kyrgyzstan/Russia: Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambaev meets with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in Moscow.
SUNDAY, February 26:
Azerbaijan: Azerbaijan commemorates the Khojaly tragedy of 1992.
Russia: Russian opposition plans to hold protest rallies in Moscow and other cities of Russia.
World: The 84th annual Academy Awards (Oscars) to be announced in Hollywood.
Now on Twitter! Daily updates at @The_Week_Ahead.
MONDAY, February 20:
Azerbaijan/WTO: Azerbaijani officials begin talks in Geneva to join the World Trade Organization (to February 24).
Iran/IAEA: A delegation of the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency headed by IAEA Deputy Director-General Herman Nackaerts visits Iran (to February 21).
Macedonia: The UN envoy in the name-issue talks between Macedonia and Greece, Matthew Nimetz, visits Skopje (to February 21).
Russia/Ukraine: Russian Duma speaker Sergei Naryshkin meets with Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych in Kyiv.
UN: World Day of Social Justice.
U.S./Russia: Woodrow Wilson Center holds a discussion titled "The Fate of the 'Reset' During Political Open Seasons in Russia and the U.S.."
TUESDAY, February 21:
Belarus: The trial of Syarhey Kavalenka, a prominent opposition activist charged with violating probation rules, to begin in the Pershamayski District Court in Vitsyebsk.
Georgia: Georgia's richest man, Bidzina Ivanishvili, plans to present his Georgian Dream political coalition during a press-conference in Tbilisi.
Kosovo/Serbia: European Union-brokered talks between Serbia and Kosovo are set to resume in Brussels.
Russia: A group of 26 countries vehemently opposed to the EU's aviation-emissions-trading scheme meet in Moscow to discuss a plan of action.
UN: International Mother Language Day.
WEDNESDAY, February 22:
Armenia: EURONEST Committee on Social Affairs, Education, Culture, and Civil Society to hold a meeting in Yerevan.
Belarus/IMF: A mission of the International Monetary Fund visits Minsk (to March 6).
Georgia: U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Celeste Wallander visits Tbilisi (February 24).
Ukraine: PACE rapporteur Marieluise Beck conducts a fact-finding visit to Kyiv in connection with the preparation of her report on the rule of law in Council of Europe member states (to February 24).
THURSDAY, February 23:
Afghanistan: Amnesty International launches a report titled "Fleeing War, Finding Misery: The Plight Of The Internally Displaced In Afghanistan."
Kyrgyzstan/Russia: Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambaev visits Moscow (to February 25).
OSCE: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Winter Meeting begins in Vienna (to February 24).
Russia: Supporters of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin are to hold a public rally in Moscow and other Russian cities.
FRIDAY, February 24:
Kyrgyzstan/Russia: Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambaev meets with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in Moscow.
SUNDAY, February 26:
Azerbaijan: Azerbaijan commemorates the Khojaly tragedy of 1992.
Russia: Russian opposition plans to hold protest rallies in Moscow and other cities of Russia.
World: The 84th annual Academy Awards (Oscars) to be announced in Hollywood.