The Week Ahead is a detailed listing of key events of the coming week affecting RFE/RL's broadcast region.
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MONDAY, March 31:
Belgium: Brussels hosts an international conference on genocide prevention (to April 1).
Kazakhstan: U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Biswal visits Astana and Almaty (to April 2).
Kyrgyzstan: Pakistani writer and journalist Ahmed Rashid holds lectures in Bishkek on security issues in Central Asia.
Moldova/Canada: Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird makes an official visit to Chisinau.
Moldova/Romania: Romanian Foreign Minister Titus Corlatean makes a working visit to Chisinau on the occasion of the second session of the Moldovan-Romanian Intergovernmental Commission for European Integration.
Serbia/Kosovo: Brussels hosts another meeting between Kosovar Prime Minister Hashim Thaci and Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic and Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic.
Tajikistan/China: Chinese Defense Minister Chang Wanquan visits Dushanbe (to April 1).
Ukraine: Crimean Tatar leader Mustafa Dzhemilev is scheduled to speak at a UN Security Council meeting in New York.
World: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) publishes its report on climate change.
TUESDAY, April 1:
Azerbaijan: The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) holds a meeting in Geneva to review Azerbaijan (to April 2).
Iran: The 35th anniversary of the official affirmation of Iran as an Islamic republic.
NATO: Brussels hosts the NATO Foreign Ministerial meetings (to April 2).
NATO/Ukraine: Brussels hosts a NATO-Ukraine Commission meeting (to April 2).
Tajikistan: Dushanbe hosts a Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Council of Defense Ministers meeting (to April 3).
Turkmenistan: Ashgabat hosts a regional meeting on the legal status of the Caspian Sea (to April 2).
World: The 10th anniversary of Google's Gmail free email service.
WEDNESDAY, Aprl 2:
Kyrgyzstan: U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Biswal visits Bishkek (to April 4).
UN: World Autism Awareness Day.
THURSDAY, April 3:
Azerbaijan: An annual international travel and tourism fair opens in Baku (to April 5).
Czech Republic: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visits Prague (to April 4).
Russia: Moscow hosts a Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Council of Foreign Ministers meeting.
U.S./Eastern Europe: Atlantic Council in Washington hosts a discussion with Anne Applebaum titled "Between East and West."
FRIDAY, April 4:
EU: Athens hosts an informal meeting of the foreign ministers of the European Union member states, known as the “Gymnich” (to April 5).
NATO: The 65th anniversary of the foundation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Russia: Moscow hosts a CIS Council of Foreign Ministers meeting.
Ukraine: The deadline for registration of candidates for the May 25 presidential election.
UN: Mine Awareness Day.
SATURDAY, April 5:
Afghanistan: Presidential election.
Now on Twitter! Daily updates at @The_Week_Ahead.
MONDAY, March 31:
Belgium: Brussels hosts an international conference on genocide prevention (to April 1).
Kazakhstan: U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Biswal visits Astana and Almaty (to April 2).
Kyrgyzstan: Pakistani writer and journalist Ahmed Rashid holds lectures in Bishkek on security issues in Central Asia.
Moldova/Canada: Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird makes an official visit to Chisinau.
Moldova/Romania: Romanian Foreign Minister Titus Corlatean makes a working visit to Chisinau on the occasion of the second session of the Moldovan-Romanian Intergovernmental Commission for European Integration.
Serbia/Kosovo: Brussels hosts another meeting between Kosovar Prime Minister Hashim Thaci and Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic and Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic.
Tajikistan/China: Chinese Defense Minister Chang Wanquan visits Dushanbe (to April 1).
Ukraine: Crimean Tatar leader Mustafa Dzhemilev is scheduled to speak at a UN Security Council meeting in New York.
World: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) publishes its report on climate change.
TUESDAY, April 1:
Azerbaijan: The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) holds a meeting in Geneva to review Azerbaijan (to April 2).
Iran: The 35th anniversary of the official affirmation of Iran as an Islamic republic.
NATO: Brussels hosts the NATO Foreign Ministerial meetings (to April 2).
NATO/Ukraine: Brussels hosts a NATO-Ukraine Commission meeting (to April 2).
Tajikistan: Dushanbe hosts a Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Council of Defense Ministers meeting (to April 3).
Turkmenistan: Ashgabat hosts a regional meeting on the legal status of the Caspian Sea (to April 2).
World: The 10th anniversary of Google's Gmail free email service.
WEDNESDAY, Aprl 2:
Kyrgyzstan: U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Biswal visits Bishkek (to April 4).
UN: World Autism Awareness Day.
THURSDAY, April 3:
Azerbaijan: An annual international travel and tourism fair opens in Baku (to April 5).
Czech Republic: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visits Prague (to April 4).
Russia: Moscow hosts a Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Council of Foreign Ministers meeting.
U.S./Eastern Europe: Atlantic Council in Washington hosts a discussion with Anne Applebaum titled "Between East and West."
FRIDAY, April 4:
EU: Athens hosts an informal meeting of the foreign ministers of the European Union member states, known as the “Gymnich” (to April 5).
NATO: The 65th anniversary of the foundation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Russia: Moscow hosts a CIS Council of Foreign Ministers meeting.
Ukraine: The deadline for registration of candidates for the May 25 presidential election.
UN: Mine Awareness Day.
SATURDAY, April 5:
Afghanistan: Presidential election.