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-------------------------------------------------------------------------- This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TUESDAY, APRIL 20
** TRIPOLI - Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly visits Tripoli and meets with Libyan Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibeh. ** ATHENS - Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias and Defence Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos visit Riyadh to meet their counterparts. ** BRUSSELS - Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba will hold an online briefing for foreign press on Ukraine's foreign policy as Russia continues to escalate the security situation in the Donbas and Crimea, as well as along Ukraine's borders - 1200 GMT. ** TBILISI - European Council President Charles Michel visits Tbilisi, meets Georgian leadership after EU brokered a deal to end political crisis in the country - 1100 GMT. ** TEHRAN - Foreign Minister of Pakistan Shah Mahmood Qureshi is paying a three-day official visit to Iran (to Apr. 22). ** OTTAWA - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland hold a joint news conference a day after the presentation of the budget - 1615 GMT. PARIS - German Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer will discuss with her French counterpart Florence Parly the behind-schedule Franco-German combat jet project as well as tensions with Russia over Ukraine. BOAO, CHINA (PRC) - Chinese president Xi Jinping delivers a keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the annual Boao Forum via video link - 0130 GMT.
UNITED STATES - 11th anniversary of Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill. BRUSSELS – Informal video conference of European affairs ministers. - - - - - - - - -
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21
LONDON - UK finance minister Rishi Sunak speaks to a conference organized by the Institute for International Finance - 1530 GMT. LJUBLJANA - President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou will carry out an official visit to Slovenia (to Apr. 23)
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 - EU lawmakers to discuss 2019-2020 EU report on Turkey, exchange views with the prime minister of the Palestinian territories. ** BANGKOK - Finance Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith gives a speech on a household finance seminar, held by the Stock Exchange of Thailand - 0200 GMT. ** MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin meets Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko in Kremlin.
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
BRUSSELS - European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen meets Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban in Brussels. MADRID - Spain's economy minister Nadia Calvino participates in the signing of an agreement on connectivity (Memorandum of Understanding, MOU) with Portugal - 1100 GMT. BRUSSELS - EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen hosts Swiss president for talks on EU-Swiss relations.
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
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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