May 15 - June 15 calendar

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MAY

May 15

MOSCOW - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will meet with foreign ministers from the Shanghai Cooperation Organization member states

SOCHI - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will meet with his Italian counterpart Silvio Berlusconi, who will arrive in Russia on a working visit

MOSCOW - The SCO Council of Foreign Ministers will convene to discuss preparations for the SCO summit to be held in Yekaterinburg

MINSK, Belarus - A conference of Eurasec education ministers will be held

ST. PETERSBURG - Second international ecology congress will be held

LONDON - Annual meeting and business forum of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (until May 16)

JORDAN - The world economic forum on the Middle East will be held

May 16

MOSCOW - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will pay a brief working visit to Russia

MOSCOW - Final of the Eurovision 2009 song contest (10.00 p.m.)

MOSCOW - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will meet with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi

CAIRO - Rival Palestinian factions of Fatah and Hamas will resume talks to form a national conciliation government

NEW DELHI - The results of legislative elections will be announced

May 17

LITHUANIA - First round of presidential elections will be held

WASHINGTON - Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will pay a visit

May 18

MOSCOW - The first round of full-format Russia-U.S. talks on a new strategic arms reduction treaty will be held (until May 20)

GENEVA, Switzerland - A new round of Geneva talks on the Caucasus will be held (until May 19)

YOSHKAR OLA, Russia's Republic of Mari El - Seventh open all-Russian conference on teaching information technology in Russia (until May 19)

May 19

MOSCOW - Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg will meet with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin

MINSK, Belarus - Fifth international exhibition of weaponry and military equipment, MILEX-2009 (until May 22)

BERLIN - Fourth international conference, Russia - European Union Energy Dialogue: Gas Aspect

BRUSSELS - A ministerial meeting of the Russia-NATO Council will be held

BANGKOK, Thailand - The last court session on the extradition case of Russian suspected arms trader Viktor Bout

May 20

PRAGUE - A China-EU summit will be held

ANKARA - The Russian-Turkish Intergovernmental commission for trade and economic cooperation will meet (until May 22)

May 21

GOMEL, Belarus - Economic forum

MOSCOW - The World Association of Major Metropolises will hold a session (until May 24)

KHABAROVSK - Russia-EU summit will open (until May 22)

ITALY - G8 economic development ministers will meet (until May 23)

MINSK - The 50th meeting of the council on railway transport of CIS and Baltic states (until May 22)

May 22

ASTANA, Kazakhstan - CIS prime ministers will meet

RUSSIA / HONG KONG - A visa-free travel agreement between Russia and Hong Kong will come into force

DAMASCUS - The 36th conference of foreign ministers of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (until May 25)

May 23

ROME, Italy - The first Russian Orthodox church in Rome will open

UKRAINE - Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko will chair a nationwide conference of municipal chiefs

May 24

ROME, Italy - The G8 energy ministers will meet (until May 25)

May 25

MOSCOW - Third annual conference on the banking retail sector

MOSCOW - Education week of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization countries and the forum of SCO rectors

WASHINGTON - Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will pay a visit to the United States (until May 27)

MOSCOW - Second all-Russian forum, 'Health or tobacco', will be held (until May 26)

ISTANBUL, Turkey - A Russian-Turkish business forum will be held (until May 26)

May 26

MOSCOW - Ninth all-Russian conference of small and medium-sized businesses

MOSCOW - An international business forum, LTE Russia & CIS 2009 (until May 27)

MOSCOW - 18th International Chekhov Theater Festival will open

May 27

ST. PETERSBURG - The opening ceremony of the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library will be held

SOCHI - Fourth international railway business forum, Strategic Partnership 1520 (until May 29)

ROME - UEFA Champions League final between Manchester United and Barcelona

U.K. - Booker Prize winner will be announced

EGYPT - The International Anti Piracy Summit will be held (until May 29)

MOSCOW - The founding session of the Russian-Belarusian business council will be held

NEW YORK - The UN Security Council will consider the situation in the Caucasus

ABU DHABI, U.A.E. - A French military base will open

BAIKONUR SPACE CENTER, Kazakhstan - The Soyuz TMA-15 spacecraft will blast off from the Baikonur Space Center

May 28

MINSK - A meeting of the Eurasia coordination council

MINSK - A meeting of CIS security and special services' chiefs

VIENNA, Austria - OPEC will hold a ministerial meeting

WASHINGTON - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will hold talks with U.S. President Barack Obama

ITALY - A conference of G8 justice and interior ministers will be held

NEW YORK - The UN Security Council will hold discussions on the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina

May 31

TSKHINVALI, South Ossetia - Parliamentary elections

KISLOVODSK, South Russia - Early mayor elections in the Russian spa city will be held

LOS-ANGELES - MTV Movie Awards 2009 ceremony will be held

YOKOHAMA, Japan - The Confederation of Asia-Pacific Chambers of Commerce and Industry will hold its 23rd meeting (until June 1)

JUNE

June 1

NEW YORK - The UN General Assembly will convene to discuss financial and economic issues (until June 3)

BONN - Second round of the UN climate change forum will be held

CHINA - A conference of Russian compatriots in China will be held

June 2

ОМСК - VIII International Exhibition of Military and Equipment, 'Technology and Armament VTTV-Omsk 2009' (until June 6)

June 3

DENMARK - The Council of the Baltic Sea States will hold a ministerial meeting (until June 4)

MALAYSIA - The sixth world congress of trade and industrial chambers (until June 5)

GENEVA, Switzerland - FIFA will publish its rating of national football teams

June 4

ST. PETERSBURG - St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2009 (until June 6)

TIRASPOL, Transdnestr - First Transdnestr investment forum will be held (until June 5)

June 5

ST. PETERSBURG - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will address the International Economic Forum

June 6

ST. PETERSBURG - St. Petersburg will host the World Grain Forum on June 6-7 to discuss future global production in the light of food security issues

VENICE, Italy - 53rd exhibition of modern art will open

PARIS - U.S. President Barack Obama will pay a visit

June 7

MOSCOW - National bestseller-2009 award ceremony

SOCHI - Kinotavr film festival will open (until June 14)

June 10

MOSCOW - The Russian Public Chamber will host an all-Russian conference on juvenile justice

HELSINKI - World cup qualifier between Russia and Finland

June 12

IRAN - Presidential elections

June 15

YEKATERINBURG - Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit will be held (until June 16)

UN - The mandate of the UN mission in Georgia and Abkhazia will expire

FRANCE - The International Paris Air Show Le Bourget 2009 will begin (until June 21)

KHABAROVSK - New sea trials of the Nerpa nuclear-powered submarine, which was damaged in a fatal accident during previous tests, will be conducted (until June 20)

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