The Weeks Ahead is a detailed listing of key events of the coming weeks affecting RFE/RL's broadcast region.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Russia - German Chancellor Angela Merkel to meet Putin, Moscow, Jan 11
Erdogan meets the new European Council President, Charles Michel, Istanbul, Jan 11
President of the European Council Charles Michel meets Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Cairo, Jan 11
EU - European Parliament - Plenary, Strasbourg, Jan 13-16
Turkish Foreign and Defense Ministers Mevlut Cavusoglu and Hulusi Akar visit Russia, Moscow, Jan 13
International Water Summit 2020, Abu Dhabi, Jan 13-16
World Future Energy Summit 2020, Abu Dhabi, Jan 13-16
Oscars nominations announced, Jan 13
China's trade delegation to visit US to sign trade deal, Jan 13-16
NATO chiefs of defense meet in Brussels, Jan 14-15
Iranian FM Javad Zarif visits, attends Raisina Dialogue, Jan 14-16
Atlantic Council - InterNYET Screening: The rise and fall of the Russian Internet and the threat of Putin’s ‘foreign agent’ law, Washington, Jan 14
Russia - Putin gives annual address to the Federal Assembly, Moscow, Jan 15
Russia - Gaidar Forum 2020 (Russia and the World), Moscow, Jan 15-16
Carnegie Endowment - Truth, Ambition, and Compromise in Putin’s Russia, Washington, Jan 16
Czech Republic - Jan Palach Day, Jan 19
US - Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Jan 20
EU-Kazakhstan cooperation council, Brussels, Jan 20
EU - Foreign Affairs Council, Brussels, Jan 20
EU - Eurogroup meeting, Brussels, Jan 20
UN Global Forum on Migration and Development global summit, Quito, Jan 20-24
FPC - Coming to terms with Kosovo’s past: civil society, transitional justice and historical accounting, London, Jan 21
World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, Davos, Jan 21-24
TI: Corruption Perceptions Index 2019, Jan 23
Israel - Fifth World Holocaust Forum, Jerusalem, Jan 23
Chinese New Year 2020/Year of the Rat, Jan 25
UN - International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Jan 27
PACE - Winter session, Strasbourg, Jan 27-31
Global - Data Protection Day (Data Privacy Day), Jan 28
Brexit: European leaders agree extension to Jan 31, 2020
Global - World Hijab Day, Feb 1
US - Iowa caucuses, Feb 3
WHO - World Cancer Day, Feb 4
US - Trump to give State of the Union address, Washington, Feb 4
UN - International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation, Feb 6
Heritage Foundation: Why the US Needs a Strong NATO, Washington, Feb 6
Azerbaijan - Early parliamentary elections, Feb 9
Safer Internet Day, Feb 11
US - New Hampshire primaries, Feb 11
UN - World Radio Day, Feb 13
Global - Valentine's Day, Feb 14
Munich Security Conference, Feb 14-16
Serbia's National Day, Feb 15
US - Presidents' Day 2020, Feb 17
EU - Foreign Affairs Council, Brussels, Feb 17
Germany - Berlinale Film Festival, Feb 20-29
UN - World Day of Social Justice, Feb 20
UN - International Mother Language Day, Feb 21
G20 finance ministers, central bank governors meeting in Riyadh, Feb 22-23
US - Nevada Democratic caucuses, Feb 22
Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, Feb 24-27
US - South Carolina Democratic primary, Feb 29
Slovak parliamentary elections, Feb 29
Tajikistan - President of Tajikistan sets parliamentary elections for Mar 1