March 29 preview

EUROPE / RUSSIA

* Russia, Europe will switch to daylight saving time

ST. PETERSBURG

* Finnish President Tarja Halonen will pay a visit

VLADIVOSTOK

* A task force from Russia's Pacific Fleet, comprising the Admiral Panteleyev destroyer, a salvage tugboat, and a tanker, will leave Vladivostok on Sunday for the Gulf of Aden to take part in ongoing anti-piracy operations

ROME

* A meeting of G8 labor ministers (until March 31)

MONTENEGRO

* Early parliamentary elections will be held

VALENCIA, Spain

* The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) is to hold a session on fulfilling commitments by member-states (until April 1) SOFIA, Bulgaria

* The secretariat of the Interparliamentary Assembly of Orthodoxy will hold a session (until April 1)

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