May 23 - June 24 calendar

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MAY

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)

GENEVA - Talks on Russia's accession to the WTO

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

VIENNA - An informal meeting of the IAEA Board of Governor will convene to present five candidates to the post of the organization's secretary general

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

BRUSSELS - A session of the Russia - NATO council at the level of ambassadors will be held

MOSCOW - Eighth international banking congress (until May 30)

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

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

May 29

SAMARA - The board of directors of the Russian carmaker AvtoVAZ will convene

ROME - A conference of G8 justice and interior ministers will be held (until May 30)

May 30

HELSINKI - The long-awaited rematch between Russia's WBA heavyweight title holder Nikolai Valuev and the champion in recess, Ruslan Chagaev of Uzbekistan, will be held

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

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

BAKU, Azerbaijan - Eighth international exhibition of transport and logistics, TransNaspian (until June 5)

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)

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

SEOUL, South Korea - International travel exhibition, "KOTFA-2009" (until June 7)

June 5

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

GERMANY/FRANCE - U.S. President Barack Obama will arrive on a visit (until June 6)

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

ROME - Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi, the new head of the African Union, will pay a visit (until June 12)

June 11

MOSCOW - Moscow International Open Book Festival will be held (until June 14)

ROME - G8 economic development ministers will meet (until June 12)

June 12

IRAN - Presidential elections

YEKATERINBURG - Culture festival of Shanghai Cooperation Organization member states will be held (until June 17)

LECCE, Italy - A conference of G8 finance ministers will be held (until June 13)

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)

CHEREPOVETS - Annual shareholders' meeting of the Russia's steelmaker Severstal

GERMANY - A working group will convene to discuss the environmental impact of the Nord Stream gas pipeline (until June 16)

June 16

YEKATERINBURG - Leaders of Brazil, Russia, India and China will meet

June 17

MOSCOW - The foreign minister of Ecuador, Fander Falconi, will pay a visit

June 18

ST. PETERSBURG - Third international investment forum will be held

June 19

MOSCOW - Russia's oil producer Rosneft will hold annual shareholders meeting

ST. PETERSBURG - Tenth meeting of judges from Russian and German top courts will be held

CHISINAU - The CIS Economic Council will convene

June 20

GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany - IBF and WBO Heavyweight Champion Wladimir Klitschko of Ukraine and the undisputed cruiseweight champion David Haye of Britain will meet in a title bout

June 21

MINSK - Public organizations of Georgia, Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Russia will meet (until June 22)

BREST, northwest France - The FRUKUS 2009 international naval exercises will be held (until June 27)

June 22

MILANO, Italy - A conference of G8 science and technology ministers will be held (until June 24)

June 23

PARIS - 10th OECD forum will be held (until June 24)

June 24

CHISINAU, Moldova - The Chisinau Appeal Chamber will hear the case of former defense minister Valery Passat

ASTANA, Kazakhstan - The Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) will hold a security forum (until June 25)

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