Today:
Parliamentary elections begin in India. EU Ecofin Council and EU agriculture ministers meet. European Parliament meets in Strasbourg. APEC officials meets in Penang, Malaysia. Chinese vice-premier in Russia. Russian foreign minister in Greece. Vice-president of the European Commission in China.
Tomorrow:
European Parliament hears report from British deputy PM; committee on foreign affairs and defence meets. WTO Disputes Settlements Body meets. IMF board meeting in Washington. Final round of border talks between Ecuador and Peru.
Wednesday:
Kohl visits Britain, receives Freedom of City of London. Bosnian-Serb premier in Washington. European Parliament hears report from Portuguese president. French president attends celebrations of 400th anniversary of Edict of Nantes. Polish foreign minister visits European Commission. EU developing countries commissioner visits US.
Thursday:
Rome conference on Helms Burton law. European Parliament debates animal feed supplements. WTO general council meets in Geneva. Commonwealth of Independent States summit in Moscow. Tokyo court hears case for compensation for prisoners during the second World War. Le Pen in court in Versailles on assault charge.
Friday:
European Parliament debates fisheries policy. Protest rally in Zagreb by opposition Istrian Democratic Alliance. EU trade commissioner in Hong Kong. US commerce secretary begins tour of Far East.
Saturday:
G8 finance ministers meet in London. National Liberal Party in Romania holds conference. Japanese foreign minister expected in Russia. Bangladeshi government grants four one-day amnesties to armed rebels in Chittagong.
Sunday:
Second day of parliamentary elections in India. Twenty-two new cardinals chosen by Pope John Paul II assume their posts in ceremony at the Vatican. Australian PM visits Malaysia. - (Future Events News Service)
Ireland
Today:
The President announces 1997 European of the Year Award.
Wednesday:
"No to another Gulf War" AfrI protest at US embassy from 5.30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. Public lecture by Herbert J Hoelter, expert on US criminal justice system, on "Lessons Learned from America: Stopping the Incarceration Binge" at 6.30 p.m. in Arts Block, TCD.
Thursday:
"Citizens in the EU - Equality of Opportunity for `Minority' Groups" all-day public seminar, European Parliament offices, Molesworth Street, Dublin.
Friday:
All-day seminar on "Racism in Ireland" organised by the NUJ, in Jury's Custom House Inn, Dublin.
Saturday:
"Whose Truth is it Anyway?": Start of two-day conference on editorial values and policies in the Irish media, Cleraun Study Centre, Mount Merrion, Dublin (Phone 2881734).
Irish events of a world news interest for this column should be received by David Shanks, Foreign Desk, on the Friday before publication.