Today: EU General Affairs Council meets in Brussels. Ukrainian president visits Russia and France. Delegation of Organisation of the Islamic Conference foreign ministers in Moscow. Opposition Codem movement in Guinea holds protest at mass arrests of activists. Turkish president in Bosnia. Singapore PM in Japan.
Tomorrow: Construction of Black Sea natural gas pipeline between Russia and Turkey begins. EU Internal Market Council meets in Brussels. Presidential summit of Mercosur countries in Uruguay. Mongolian president visits Czech Republic. Turkish court hold further hearings into activities of PKK members. Polish PM visits Israel and Palestinian self-rule areas.
Wednesday: German economy minister visits EU in Brussels. Montenegrin war crimes suspect goes on trial in Dubrovnik. Zedillo visits US.
Thursday: EU Transport Council meets in Brussels. EU Scientific Steering Committee meets in Brussels. Head of the PLO's political department visits Lebanon. Turkish court holds more hearings on PKK members. Economic Community of West African States summit opens in Lome.
Friday: European Council summit opens in Helsinki. Construction workers in Yekaterinburg threaten to flood underground network if demands for arrears of wages are not met. Trial of 13 Montenegrins accused of terrorism open in Podgorica. Visegrad group meets in Bratislava. Murder trial of Mohammed Sani Abacha, son of the late Nigerian dictator, re-opens. New Argentinian president sworn in. Ukrainian parliament may hear second reading of budget for 2000. Chinese foreign minister visits South Korea.
Saturday: US and Philippine military experts meet in Washington.
Sunday: Dissident factions in Albanian opposition Democratic Party unite. Parliamentary election in Turkmenistan. Local elections in Azerbaijan.
Ireland
Today: Noel Davern meets Commissioner Franz Fischler in Brussels.
Tomorrow: Liz O'Donnell attends EU-ACP conference in Brussels. European of the Year Award.
Wednesday: Oireachtas foreign affairs committee discusses human rights.
Irish events of a world news interest for this column should be received by David Shanks, Foreign Desk, on the Friday before publication.