The World This Week

Today: Trial of Bosnian Serb Milan Kovacevic on charges of genocide begins at The Hague

Today: Trial of Bosnian Serb Milan Kovacevic on charges of genocide begins at The Hague. UN Headquarters in New York begins exhibition in commemoration of 50 years of peace-keeping. Euro Council (Euro-11) meets in Frankfurt. Asia-Pacific naval forces begin Rim of Pacific military manoeuvres. FIFA, world football's governing body, begins annual congress in Zurich. Libya holds "congregational prayer day for Muslims".

Tomorrow: EU Standing Veterinary Committee meets. New Czech parliament meets for first time in Prague. French Defence Minister announces plans for restructuring military. Trial of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Ber lusconi begins in Milan.

Wednesday: Top officials from Contact Group for former Yugoslavia meet in Bonn to discuss Kosovo. New Hungarian government sworn in. Russian defence workers hold nationwide strike. Israeli Knesset to debate bill aimed at drafting ultra-Orthodox youth into army. South Korean and US Defence Ministers meet in Washington. EU Central and Eastern Europe Commissioner, Hans van den Broek, visits Russia.

Thursday: Slovak parliament votes again to try to elect president. Mike Tyson becomes eligible to reapply for boxing licence. President Clinton launches anti-drug campaign in Atlanta. Indonesia's Golkar party holds extraordinary national congress.

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Friday: French nuclear test centre in Mururoa, French Polynesia, closes. Baltic Challenge war games begin off Lithuania.

Saturday: Third anniversary of fall of eastern Bosnian town of Srebrenica to Bosnian Serbs. Jordan hosts conference "Surviving the scourge of landmines".

Sunday: President Clerides of Cyprus visits Russia. Ecuador holds second round of presidential election. Japan holds Upper House elections. Russian Prime Minister visits Japan. Cape Town hosts international conference of women presiding over national parliaments. Colombian rebels from National Liberation Army meet union leaders and media in Germany. UN committee on elimination of discrimination against women meets in New York.

Ireland: Monday: South African Minister for Water Affairs and Forestry, Prof Kader Asmal, addresses Business Breakfast (Dublin Chamber of Commerce, the Ireland South Africa Trade Association and the South African embassy) and seminar on investment opportunities (Jury's Hotel, Dublin). Tuesday: Prof Asmal meets the Minister for the Environment, Mr Dempsey; the 1998 Oliver Tambo Memorial Lecture, Prof Asmal, "From Transition to Transformation", Taylors Hall, Back Lane, Dublin.