Today: Presidents of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania meet. Nordic Council talks in Helsinki on Russian-Baltic security. Earliest date for decision on Louise Woodward. EU research council meets. Italian tram and bus strike. Demonstration in Paris against Algerian massacres. NATO enlargement conference in Miskovic, Hungary. EU general affairs council meets in Brussels. Friends of the Earth International meets in Uruguay. Inter-Korean talks in New York.
Tomorrow: German Finance Minister presents fiscal forecast. Rail link between Croatia and Yugoslavia opens. South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission hears evidence on role of business in apartheid. Chinese PM in Japan.
Wednesday: Duma budget debate. Gerry Adams in Paris. East Timorese massacre anniversary demonstrations in US. Russian Foreign Minister in Japan. Trial of Unabomber suspect begins in US. Netanyahu in Britain. European People's Party conference on Europe and globalisation in France. EU commissioners in US ahead of EU-US summit.
Thursday: EU industry ministers meet in Brussels. Algerian political parties march in Algiers. EU/Rio Group economic ministers meet in Brussels. Mexican president, Ernesto Zedillo, in US.
Friday: Parliamentary elections in Morocco. World Trade Organisation committee on financial services meets in Geneva.Chirac in Vietnam.
Saturday: Francophone summit in Vietnam. Deadline for Czech Republic to submit letter of interest to NATO. Turkey, Israel and US in joint naval exercises. Palestinian National Day.
Sunday: NATO accession referendum in Hungary. Synod of North and South American Catholic Bishops in Vatican. Mayoral elections in Italy. French employers meet to discuss working hours proposals. International security conference in Riga, Latvia. Ukrainian president in Russia.
Ireland Thursday: Conference on the international drug trade and its effect on global development, European Parliament office, Molesworth Street, Dublin, 9.30 a.m. Telephone (01) 661 8544
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