March 5 morning preview

MOSCOW

* The Foreign Ministries of Russia and Ukraine will hold consultations devoted to the two countries' relations with NATO

* RIA Novosti (Zubovsky Bulvar, 4, tel.: (495) 637-50-19, 645-64-72) will host:

- A news conference to discuss ways of dealing with stray animals in Russia (11.00 a.m.);

- A TV linkup between Moscow and New Delhi, Russian-Indian cooperation in space: from the past to the future (Noon);

- A conference call connecting Kiev, Moscow, Tbilisi and Yerevan, "Ukraine and the CIS during the global financial crisis" with Ukrainian ex-president Leonid Kuchma attending (2.30 p.m.);

- A news conference by Sarajuddin Hamid Yusuf on a charges filed by the International Criminal Tribunal in The Hague against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir (3.00 p.m.);

* A news conference by the chairman of the Federation Council's international affairs committee, Mikhail Margelov, on Russia-EU relations (11.00 a.m., Stary Petrovsko-Razumovsky Proezd, 1/23, tel. 786-67-88, 665-75-31)

* A news conference to present the program of Eighth Moscow Easter Festival with Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov and Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill attending (11.00 a.m., ul. Tverskaya, 13, tel. (495) 988-77-87)

* An exhibition, Education and Career Exhibition - 21st century, will open (until March 7)

ZVEZDNY GORODOK, Moscow Region

* A special commission will approve examination results and members of the 19th ISS expedition

TBILISI / MOSCOW

* Russia and Georgia will resume issuing visas

BRUSSELS

* Foreign ministers of NATO member states will meet

VIENNA

* The OSCE standing council will meet to discuss monitoring in the Nagorny Karabakh conflict zone

FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Germany

* The council of the European Central Bank will meet to discuss financial and economic situation in the euro zone

GENEVA, Switzerland

* An international car exhibition (until March 15)

LISBON, Portugal

* MINDS International (Mobile Information and News Data Services) will hold a conference

DUBAI, UAE

* Fifth World Rugby Championships (until March 7)

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