The World This Week

Today: General election in Norway. European Parliament session begins in Strasbourg

Today: General election in Norway. European Parliament session begins in Strasbourg. EU General Affairs Council meets in Brussels. OSCE monitor delivers verdict on validity of recent Bosnia-Herzegovina municipal elections. NASA official visits Ukraine. German defence minister and Philippines president in Czech Republic. Georgian president in Greece. Troops from Central Asian republics, US, Georgia, Denmark, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, and Baltic states hold joint peacekeeping exercises. Chirac in Andorra. Commonwealth finance ministers meet in Mauritius. Le Pen in Slovakia.

Tomorrow: UN General Assembly opens in New York. Russian foreign minister in US. Demirel in Egypt. Bosnian Serb parliament meets in Lukavica. NATO begins accession talks with Poland. Parliamentarians from more than 40 countries meet in Bratislava.

Wednesday: WTO dispute settlements committee meets in Geneva. Peace talks between PNG and Bougainville separatist rebels in New Zealand. South Pacific Forum meets in Cook Islands. World Economic Development Congress in Hong Kong.

Thursday: MEPs discuss beef. Meeting between US and North Korea in New York. OSCE council meets in Vienna. US-Israel joint economic development group meets. Netanyahu in Romania. Korean Red Cross begins further deliveries of food aid to North. Kohl and Jospin in Weimar.

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Friday: MEPs discusses agri-monetary system. World Bank annual report. EU and Asian finance ministers in Bangkok. New anti-smoking law comes into effect in Taiwan. Prince Hitachi and Princess Hanako of Japan in Guatemala.

Saturday: "Symposium II: The Black Sea in Crisis: An encounter of religion, science and the environment" opens in Athens. Arab League Council meets. Catholic church in Italy holds XXIII National Eucharistic Congress.

Sunday: Presidential and parliamentary elections in Serbia. Parliamentary election in Poland. WHO World Alzheimer's Day. Intergovernmental panel on climate change meets in Maldives. Pakistani PM in New York. Delegations from European Parliament and US Congress meet in Washington. Landless People's Movement in Brazil demonstrates.

Ireland

Thursday: RTE showing of documentary, the San Patricios.

Irish events should be received by David Shanks, For- eign Desk, on the Friday before publication.