Today: European Parliament meets in Strasbourg. EU Labour and Social Affairs Council meets in Brussels. General strike threatened in Basque country. Czech governmental talks resume. Albright in Zimbabwe. Chirac in United Arab Emirates. EU agriculture council meets in Brussels. Russian satellite launch.
Tomorrow: European Parliament debates budget. UNICEF releases 1998 children report. Transport strike in Ukraine. ANC holds triennial conference. NATO foreign ministers meet in Brussels. State Assembly elections in Nigeria. EU environment council meets in Brussels.
Wednesday: Zimbabwean opposition leader Sithole sentenced. Albright meets Netanyahu and Arafat. European Parliament debates Luxembourg summit. NATORussia joint permanent council meets in Brussels. General election in Jamaica.
Thursday: Presidential election in South Korea. OSCE foreign ministers meet in Copenhagen. EU fisheries council meets. FRIDAY: P.W. Botha appears before Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Russian Space Agency submits report on future of space industry.
Saturday: EU Commissioner Bonino in Sudan. 18th summit of Gulf Co-operation Council in Kuwait.
Sunday: Presidential run-off election in Serbia. Presidential election in Lithuania.
Ireland
Tuesday: Taoiseach opens Irish Institute at Boston College. Irish events should be received by David Shanks, Foreign Desk, by the Friday before publication