Today: Croatia and Italy cancel visa requirements. Balkan summit begins in Crete. EU consumer ministers in Brussels. Saudi dissident expected to be tried for bombing of US Saudi base. Santer in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. G-15 summit in Malaysia. Deadline for agreement on Italian pension reforms. European Commission and Parliament discuss food law and policy. WTO committee on regional trade agreements meets in Geneva. TOMORROW: Elections in Jordan. Anniversary of Rabin assassination. European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction releases annual report. Mayoral election in New York. Oregon votes on Death with Dignity Act. Havel in Britain. EU tourism and employment conference in Luxembourg. OAS drugs meeting in Lima.Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting on information literacy. WEDNESDAY: Santer in Gabon. Cambodian second PM Hun Sen in Japan. Kohl in France. US/EU talks in Washington. Thursday: NATO enlargement conference in Budapest. Franco-British summit in London. Mir cosmonauts carry out space walk. French National Front leader stands trial. Friday: FAO holds biennial conference. 80th anniversary of Russian revolution. Senna manslaughter trial resumes. Saturday: Japanese ministers meet before Kyoto climate summit. Sunday: Hillary Clinton begins tour of Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. European People's Party heads of government summit in France. UN and World Bank representatives begin visit to Australia, Thailand and India. - (Future Events News Service)
Ireland Monday: British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook in Dublin. European Movement public meeting in Hillgrove Hotel, Monaghan, 8.00 p.m. Tuesday: Ambassadors of Brunei, Cyprus, Indonesia and Poland present credentials to the Presidential Commission. Trocaire/ Latin America Solidarity Centre meeting on human rights in Guatemala, Central Hotel, Dublin, 8.00 p.m. Friday: British ambassador to address European Movement public meeting, Ryan Hotel, Limerick, 8.00 p.m.
Irish events should be received by David Shanks, Foreign Desk, by the Friday before publication