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, September 24:
Belarus: The international observers monitoring the parliamentary elections in Belarus present their preliminary postelection statement at a news conference in Minsk.
EU: Brussels hosts an EU General Affairs Council meeting.
Kazakhstan: UN Special Rapporteur Gulnara Shahinian visits Kazakhstan to assess a number of initiatives developed by the authorities to prevent the worst forms of child labor and forced and bonded labor.
Moldova/EU: EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Stefan Fuele meets with Molodvan Parliament Speaker Marian Lupu in Brussels.
OSCE: Europe's largest annual human rights and democracy conference, the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM), opens in Warsaw (to October 5).
Ukraine/EU: EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Stefan Fuele meets with Ukrainian First Deputy Prime Minister Valeriy Khoroshkovsky in Brussels.
UN: High-level meeting on the rule of law starts in New York.
World: Social Media Week (to September 28).
TUESDAY, September 25:
Afghanistan: Afghan President Hamid Karzai is scheduled to address UN General Assembly in New York.
Azerbaijan/Turkmenistan: An Azerbaijani delegation, headed by Deputy Foreign Minister Khalaf Khalafov, visits Turkmenistan.
EU/Ukraine: European Policy Center hosts a discussion titled "Ukraine’s Parliamentary Elections: The Final Countdown" in Brussels.
Georgia: Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili addresses UN General Assembly in New York, meets with EU President Van Rompuy.
Moldova/EU: The president of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz, meets with Molodvan Parliament Speaker Marian Lupu in Brussels.
Pakistan: Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari is scheduled to address UN General Assembly in New York.
UN: Annual meeting of UN General Assembly opens in New York (to October 1).
Russia: Luxembourg's Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
Serbia: Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic is scheduled to address UN General Assembly in New York.
WEDNESDAY, September 26:
Iran: Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad is scheduled to address UN General Assembly in New York.
EU: Informal meeting of EU defense ministers opens in Nicosia (September 27).
Ukraine: Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych is scheduled to address UN General Assembly in New York.
Ukraine/EU: EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Stefan Fuele meets with former Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko in Brussels.
THURSDAY, September 27:
Armenia/EU: EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Stefan Fuele visits Yerevan.
EU/Media: European Policy Center hosts a discussion titled "Freedom On The Net: How To Make Digital Rights Global?" in Brussels.
Belarus: A special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus to be appointed at the 21th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
Russia/Luxembourg: Luxembourg's Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker visits Tatarstan.
Serbia/EU: Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic is scheduled to meet with EU High Representative Catherine Ashton in New York.
Ukraine: A Council of the CIS Heads of Government meeting begins in Yalta (to September 28).
UN: World Tourism Day.
UN: World Maritime Day.
FRIDAY, September 28:
Montenegro/EU: EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Stefan Fule meets with Montenegrin Parliament Speaker Ranko Krivokapic in Brussels.
Russia: Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia visits Tatarstan.
SATURDAY, September 29:
World: World Heart Day.
Now on Twitter! Daily updates at @The_Week_Ahead.
MONDAY, September 24:
Belarus: The international observers monitoring the parliamentary elections in Belarus present their preliminary postelection statement at a news conference in Minsk.
EU: Brussels hosts an EU General Affairs Council meeting.
Kazakhstan: UN Special Rapporteur Gulnara Shahinian visits Kazakhstan to assess a number of initiatives developed by the authorities to prevent the worst forms of child labor and forced and bonded labor.
Moldova/EU: EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Stefan Fuele meets with Molodvan Parliament Speaker Marian Lupu in Brussels.
OSCE: Europe's largest annual human rights and democracy conference, the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM), opens in Warsaw (to October 5).
Ukraine/EU: EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Stefan Fuele meets with Ukrainian First Deputy Prime Minister Valeriy Khoroshkovsky in Brussels.
UN: High-level meeting on the rule of law starts in New York.
World: Social Media Week (to September 28).
TUESDAY, September 25:
Afghanistan: Afghan President Hamid Karzai is scheduled to address UN General Assembly in New York.
Azerbaijan/Turkmenistan: An Azerbaijani delegation, headed by Deputy Foreign Minister Khalaf Khalafov, visits Turkmenistan.
EU/Ukraine: European Policy Center hosts a discussion titled "Ukraine’s Parliamentary Elections: The Final Countdown" in Brussels.
Georgia: Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili addresses UN General Assembly in New York, meets with EU President Van Rompuy.
Moldova/EU: The president of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz, meets with Molodvan Parliament Speaker Marian Lupu in Brussels.
Pakistan: Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari is scheduled to address UN General Assembly in New York.
UN: Annual meeting of UN General Assembly opens in New York (to October 1).
Russia: Luxembourg's Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
Serbia: Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic is scheduled to address UN General Assembly in New York.
WEDNESDAY, September 26:
Iran: Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad is scheduled to address UN General Assembly in New York.
EU: Informal meeting of EU defense ministers opens in Nicosia (September 27).
Ukraine: Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych is scheduled to address UN General Assembly in New York.
Ukraine/EU: EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Stefan Fuele meets with former Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko in Brussels.
THURSDAY, September 27:
Armenia/EU: EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Stefan Fuele visits Yerevan.
EU/Media: European Policy Center hosts a discussion titled "Freedom On The Net: How To Make Digital Rights Global?" in Brussels.
Belarus: A special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus to be appointed at the 21th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
Russia/Luxembourg: Luxembourg's Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker visits Tatarstan.
Serbia/EU: Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic is scheduled to meet with EU High Representative Catherine Ashton in New York.
Ukraine: A Council of the CIS Heads of Government meeting begins in Yalta (to September 28).
UN: World Tourism Day.
UN: World Maritime Day.
FRIDAY, September 28:
Montenegro/EU: EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Stefan Fule meets with Montenegrin Parliament Speaker Ranko Krivokapic in Brussels.
Russia: Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia visits Tatarstan.
SATURDAY, September 29:
World: World Heart Day.