January 16 preview

Subscribe
MOSCOW

* German Chancellor Angela Merkel will arrive in Russia on a working visit (1:30 p.m., Vnukovo-2 airport).

* The opening ceremony of the Russian government's House of Receptions to host events related to Russia's G8 presidency in 2006 will take place (2:00 p.m.).

* The State Duma (parliament's lower chamber) will host hearings on legislative aspects in the sphere of information technologies and information protection (2:00 p.m.).

* The heads of the Russian Builders Association will meet Chairman of the Russian Audit Chamber Sergei Stepashin to discuss legal aspects of the construction industry (3:00 p.m.).

* Organizers of the annual pilgrimage of Russian Muslims to Mecca will give a news conference (12:00 p.m.).

* A news conference on the world's first competition of tenor, baritone and bass singers in Moscow will be held (4:00 p.m.).

JAKARTA

* The 14th annual session of the Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum will open. A delegation of the Russian Federation Council (parliament's upper chamber) headed by Speaker Sergei Mironov will attend. The Russian delegation will then fly to Singapore.

TEHRAN

* Tajik President Emomali Rakhmonov will arrive in Iran on a two-day working visit. He will take part in the Afghan-Iranian-Tajik summit.

RIA Novosti holds a full copyright for all its published materials. Upon any republication of RIA Novosti materials reference to RIA Novosti is mandatory.

Newsfeed
0
To participate in the discussion
log in or register
loader
Chats
Заголовок открываемого материала