Today:
Knesset debates Jewish conversion bill. African heads of state meet in London. Kosovo Albanians in court on terrorist charges. Trial of former Vichy official Maurice Papon resumes. Energy Council meets in Luxembourg. European Parliament committee votes on recommendations of BSE committee. Schengen Treaty comes into effect in Austria and Italy. EU-Poland joint parliamentary committee meets in Brussels. Conference on child labour in Oslo. WTO/ UN conference on trade and development in Geneva. South Korean/US military exercises. World Radio communications conference in Geneva.
Tomorrow:
Development ministers meeting on Sudan in Nairobi. Kohl receives sixmonthly report on economy. Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash in US. EU youth council meets in Luxembourg.US-EU-Canada working group on Iran meets in Canada. Trial of Egyptian journalists in Cairo.
Wednesday:
Clinton and Jiang sign agreement in China. Swiss banks publish second list of dormant Jewish accounts. Kosovo students demonstrate for Albanian-language education. US-Israel joint economic development group meets in Israel. EU economic and social committee meets in Brussels.
Thursday:
Andrei Sawoniuk in court in London on Nazi atrocity charges. European Free Trade Association meets parliamentarians from 20 non-EU countries. Hillary Clinton begins visit to Northern Ireland and England.
EU fisheries council meets in Luxembourg.
UN expected to introduce new sanctions in Angola. EU commissioner Christos Papoutsis in Morocco. World Bank discusses Bulgarian loan.
Friday: Members of Japan's Social Democrat Party visit North Korea. Cambodia's King Sihanouk is 75.
Saturday:
Japanese PM Hashimoto meets Yeltsin in eastern Siberia. Organisation of the Islamic Conference's Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Co-operation meets in Istanbul.
43rd anniversary of the "glorious revolution" in Algeria. New high-tech Bibliotheque Nationale de France opens to researchers. Election campaign begins in Morocco.
Sunday:
League of Arab States meets with World Meteorological Organisation in Damascus. French lorry drivers begin industrial action.
Irish events for this column should be received by David Shanks, Foreign Desk, by the Friday before publication