March 26 morning preview

MOSCOW

* Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Kadyrbek Sarbayev will visit Russia for talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov

* The leadership of the pro-Kremlin party United Russia will gather (11.00 a.m., ul. Davydkovskaya, 7, tel. (495) 788-44-93)

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

- A news conference by the Secretary General of Russia-Belarus Union State, Pavel Borodin (11.00 a.m.);

- A news conference to present a report by the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ESPAD) (Noon);

* CSTO Secretary General Nikolai Bordyuzha will meet with OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut (3.00 p.m., ul. Varvarka, 7, fax: 606-06-18)

* A briefing by a Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman, Andrei Nesterenko (3.00 p.m., Smolenskaya-Sennaya ploshchad, 32/34, fax 8-499-244-17-66, tel.: 8-499-244-27-79).

* 5th International Conference 'Fixed - Mobile Convergence 2009' (FMC-2009) will be held (09.00 a.m., Holiday Inn Lesnaya, ul. Lesnaya, 15, tel. (495) 666-22-44)

ST. PETERSBURG

* Fifth international scientific conference, Education and family: problems of adoption (until March 27) (10.00 a.m., Moskovsky Proezd, 80, tel. (812) 388-21-24, 252-66-53 (ext. 207))

KHANTY MANSIISK

* Final competition of the biathlon World Cup will be held (until March 29)

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan

* A Soyuz-FG carrier rocket will lift off for the International Space Station (ISS) carrying the 19th ISS Expedition

KIEV, Ukraine

* Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko will attend an all-Ukraine conference on the efficient use of fuel and energy resources

BRUSSELS

* The president of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, will chair a European Business Summit (until March 27)

VIENNA

* The International Atomic Energy Agency's board of governors will vote for a new director general

ROME, Italy

* A travel forum, "GLOBE-09" will be held (until March 28)

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