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FRIDAY, APRIL 16 ** MINSK - Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin will hold talks with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko in Minsk.
** PAPHOS, Cyprus - The Cypriot, Greek, Israeli and Emirati foreign ministers are to meet in the coastal city of Paphos for two days. (To Apr. 17) ATHENS - The World Health Organization's European head Hans Kluge will meet Greek Health Minister Vassilis Kikilias and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis (To April 17). NEW DELHI - Abdulla Shahid, minister of foreign affairs of Maldives will be in India on a working visit. (final day)
BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping attends a climate change leaders summit video conference with France and Germany.
PARIS - French President Macron hosts Ukrainian President Zelenskiy at the Elysee - 1300 GMT
PARIS - The Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy and French president Emmanuel Macron will meet in Paris to discuss the situation in Donbas and the massing of Russian troops on the joint border. GENEVA - Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), to give news conference on the latest developments in the COVID-19 pandemic. BERLIN - German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz gives a statement ahead of the virtual Eurogroup meeting of euro zone finance ministers – 0710 GMT. MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meets Serbia's Foreign Minister Nikola Selakovic in Moscow.
WASHINGTON - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will meet U.S. President Joe Biden.
VATICAN CITY – 94th birthday of Pope Benedict. BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting.
BRUSSELS – EU Informal meeting of economic and financial affairs ministers. (To Apr. 17)
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SUNDAY, APRIL 18
CAPE VERDE - Cape Verde holds legislative election. - - - - - - - - -
MONDAY, APRIL 19
** BRUSSELS - German Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer visits Brussels and meets NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg
PARIS - OECD Economic Survey of Spain.
OTTAWA - Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland will present the first federal budget in two years that will offer the support needed to those struggling during the pandemic, plus a plan to boost growth as it recedes – 2000 GMT.
BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - -
TUESDAY, APRIL 20
UNITED STATES - 11th anniversary of Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill. BRUSSELS – Informal video conference of European affairs ministers. - - - - - - - - -
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21
LONDON - Queen Elizabeth to celebrate her 95th birthday.
PARIS – 60th anniversary of the first manned mission to space. BRUSSELS - European Commission vice president Valdis Dombrovskis gives a press conference on a communication on a climate change mitigation and adaptation taxonomy. BRUSSELS - European Commission vice-president Valdis Dombrovskis gives a news conference on the review of the Non-Financial Reporting Directive. BRUSSELS - European Commission digital chief Margrethe Vestager gives a press conference on artificial intelligence and on "A trusted and secure European e-ID." - - - - - - - - -
THURSDAY, APRIL 22
BRUSSELS - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, European Parliament President David Sassoli and Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa speak at the EU Commission's conference on the New European Bauhaus. - 1200 GMT
BRUSSELS - European Commissioner for cohesion and reforms Elisa Ferreira speaks at the EU Commission's conference on the New European Bauhaus. - 1330 GMT
BRUSSELS - European Commissioner for innovation and research Maryia Gabriel speaks at the EU Commission's conference on the New European Bauhaus. - 1440 GMT
GLOBAL - Earth Day. PORTUGAL - Informal meeting of energy ministers - - - - - - - - -
FRIDAY, APRIL 23
GLOBAL – U.N. World Book and Copyright Day. BRUSSELS – EU Informal meeting of environment ministers. - - - - - - - - -
SATURDAY, APRIL 24
MOSCOW - Mexico's foreign minister Marcelo Ebrard will visit Moscow to meet with his Russian counterpart. (To Apr. 28) - - - - - - - - -
SUNDAY, APRIL 25
GERMANY - German state of Turingia (Thueringen) holds state elections.
GLOBAL - World Malaria Day. ALBANIA - Parliament of Albania election. - - - - - - - - -
MONDAY, APRIL 26
GLOBAL - World Immunization Week 2021 (to May 2). NEW DELHI - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will be visiting India. It will be his first visit abroad since the UK left the European Union. - - - - - - - - -
TUESDAY, APRIL 27 ** SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway, will be on a virtual visit to San Francisco. (To Apr. 28) GENEVA - United Nations calls meeting of Greece, Britain, Turkey and the two rival sides on ethnically partitioned Cyprus to establish whether there is common ground for resumption of peace talks. (To April 29)
BRUSSELS - European Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic speaks to press regarding better regulation in the EU – 1000 GMT. BRUSSELS - European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and European Commissioner for Budget Johannes Hahn give a press conference on Next Generation EU funding strategy. BRUSSELS - European Commission vice-president Margrethe Vestager gives a press conference on "Updating the new industrial strategy for Europe." - - - - - - - - -
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28
VIENNA – 16th OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting Via videoconference.
PORT ARTHUR, Tasmania – 23rd anniversary of Port Arthur Massacre in Tasmania. - - - - - - - - -
THURSDAY, APRIL 29
LONDON – 10th wedding anniversary of Prince William and Catherine Middleton. - - - - - - - - -
FRIDAY, APRIL 30
BRUSSELS - European Commissioner for economy Paolo Gentiloni speaks at an online event on the macroeconomic environment one year after the COVID-19 pandemic hit Europe. - 1300 GMT
DJIBOUTI - President election.
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TUESDAY, MAY 4
SINGAPORE - Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin will visit Singapore to meet Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. - - - - - - - - -
THURSDAY, MAY 6
BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) meeting.
SCOTLAND (PART OF THE UNITED KINGDOM)- Scottish Parliament election. WALES - National Assembly for Wales Election.
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SATURDAY, MAY 08 PORTUGAL – Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in Portugal for the India-EU summit.
PORTO, Portugal – EU-India summit. - - - - - - - - -
MONDAY, MAY 10
BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - -
TUESDAY, MAY 11
BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - -
WEDNESDAY, MAY 12
DUBLIN - EU Financial Services Commissioner McGuiness speaks at green economy conference - 0900 GMT
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MONDAY, MAY 17
BRUSSELS - Euro zone finance ministers meet - 1300 GMT
WELLINGTON - Trade ministers of Asia-Pacific countries meet ahead of the APEC Summit in New Zealand (to May 30)
BRUSSELS - EU Informal General Affairs Council meeting.
BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MAY 18
LUCERNE, Switzerland - World Economic Forum holds annual meeting (to May. 21).
BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - -
THURSDAY, MAY 20
VIENNA - IMF's Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, ECB's Christine Lagarde address conference on Gender, Money and Finance. (To May 21)
BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) meeting. - - - - - - - - -
FRIDAY, MAY 21 ROME - Italy hosts G20 summit on global health crisis.
PORTUGAL – EU Informal meeting of economic and financial affairs ministers, (To May 22). - - - - - - - - -
SATURDAY, MAY 22
** PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES - Palestinians hold legislative elections - - - - - - - - -
SUNDAY, MAY 23
CYPRUS - Cypriot House of Representatives election. - - - - - - - - -
TUESDAY, MAY 25
BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Development) meeting. - - - - - - - - -
WEDNESDAY, MAY 26
CAYMAN ISLANDS - Cayman Legislative Assembly election. - - - - - - - - -
THURSDAY, MAY 27
BRUSSELS – EU Informal meeting of foreign affairs ministers – Gymnich
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FRIDAY, MAY 28
BRUSSELS – EU Informal meeting of defense ministers.
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TUESDAY, JUNE 1
VALPARAISO, Chile - Chile's President Sebastian Pinera delivers the annual state of the nation address. - - - - - - - - -
SATURDAY, JUNE 5
GAMBIA, THE – Referendum Election. - - - - - - - - -
SUNDAY, JUNE 6
MEXICO - Mexican Chamber of Deputies election.
IRAQ - Iraqi Council of Representatives election. - - - - - - - - -
MONDAY, JUNE 7
BRUSSELS – EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting. (To June 8) - - - - - - - - -
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9
MONGOLIA – President Election.
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THURSDAY, JUNE 10
DUSHANBE - President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev will visit Tajikistan. (To June 12)
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FRIDAY, JUNE 18
IRAN, Islamic Republic of Iran – President Election.
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