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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8
** DUBLIN - British Prime Minister Theresa May scheduled to meet Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar in Dublin. ** LONDON - German finance minister Olaf Scholz delivers a keynote speech in London on the outlook for financial services post Brexit - 0900 GMT. ** LONDON - German finance minister Olaf Scholz to deliver a keynote speech at the London School of Economics - 1700 GMT.
** KYIV - British State Joint Minister of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Department for International Development Harriett Baldwin will visit to Ukraine.
NEW DELHI - Prince Albert II, the head of state of Monaco, arrives on a week-long visit to India during which he will hold talks with the top Indian leadership to strengthen bilateral ties (to Feb. 10) SAPPORO, Japan – 2019 Sapporo Snow Festival (to Feb. 11). BUCHAREST - Informal meeting of justice and home affairs ministers to be conducted (Final Day). BERLIN – 69th Berlin International Film Festival (to Feb. 17).
NEW YORK, United States – Women's New York Fashion Week 2019 (to Feb. 13).
AUCKLAND, New Zealand - Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Marise Payne will visit New Zealand (to Feb. 9)
LONDON - Speech by German Federal Finance Minister Olaf Scholz at the LSE German Symposium - 1700 GMT.
ASIA - Nirvana day, Buddhist festival marking the anniversary of Buddha's death. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9 ** MANILA - Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono is set to undertake an official visit to the Philippines (to Feb. 11)
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - 2019 Winter European Youth Olympic Festival (to Feb. 16). - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10 ** ABU DHABI - Prime Minister of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will visit Dubai on the invitation of Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum.
NEW DELHI - Oil minister of Iran, UAE, Russia, Indonesia, Mexico, Canada and Oman among others, will attend biennial conference Petrotech (to Feb 12).
ADDIS ABABA - The African Union summit of heads of state (to Feb. 11).
LONDON – EE British Academy Film Awards 2019. LOS ANGELES – 61st Annual Grammy Awards. - - - - - - - - -
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11 ** BUDAPEST/BRATISLAVA/WARSAW/BRUSSELS/REYKJAVIK - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to Hungary, Slovakia, Poland, Belgium and Iceland to discuss bilateral ties and international issues (to Feb. 15)
NEW DELHI - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit India and holds talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. NEW YORK - 142th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show (to Feb 12).
BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting. BRUSSELS - Euro Zone finance ministers will meet in Brussels. - - - - - - - - -
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12
BERLIN - Germany Economy Minister Peter Altmaier holds a conference on liquified natural gases in his ministry that US Deputy Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette as well as representatives from U.S. and German companies, and energy lobbies will attend - 0900 GMT.
ACCRA - Accra hosts German African Business Summit (to Feb. 14). BRATISLAVA - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to visit Slovakia. BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to hold a news conference ahead of a meeting of defence ministers - 1000 GMT. STRASBOURG, France - Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte addresses the European Parliament in Strasbourg as part of a series of debates with national leaders on the future of the European Union – 1600 GMT.
BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council to conduct a meeting. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13 WASHINGTON D.C.- U.S. President Donald Trump and Colombian President Ivan Duque Marques confer at the White House on the situation in Venezuela and other matters.
BRUSSELS - NATO defence ministers meet at the alliance HQ in Brussels (to Feb. 14). BERLIN - Germany's Finance Minister Olaf Scholz is due to speak at a book presentation by former Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere in Berlin - 1330 GMT.
LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May to update House of Commons on Brexit.
MADRID - Spanish Economy Minister Nadia Calvino to close event on the Euro 2018 yearbook in Madrid - 1200 GMT. BEIRUT - 11th anniversary of the death of Hezbollah commander Imad Moughniyah. GLOBAL - World Radio Day. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14 SOCHI, Russia - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will meet in Russia's coastal city of Sochi. LONDON - MPs due will have another chance to vote on British Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit plans.
GLOBAL - Valentine's Day. BEIRUT - 14th anniversary of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15 LONDON - London Fashion Week Winter 2019 (to Feb. 19). - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16 VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival (NYSE:CCL) 2019 (to March 5).
ABUJA - Nigerian Presidential Election. ABUJA - Nigerian House of Representatives election. ABUJA - Nigerian Senate election. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17 ** PARIS - Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili will visit to France (to Feb. 19)
PRISTINA - 11th anniversary of Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia. NEW YORK - 2019 Writers Guild Awards New York Ceremony. - - - - - - - - -
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18
BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19 ** BERLIN - Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili will visit to Germany (to Feb. 21)
BERLIN - European Police Congress (To Feb. 20)
BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - -
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20 LONDON - The BRIT Awards 2019.
CAIRO - The first summit between EU Member States and the Arab League to be held. European and Arab state leaders to discuss migration and other issues at the summit to be hosted by Egypt. - - - - - - - - -
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21 BUCHAREST - Informal meeting of trade ministers (to Feb. 22). - - - - - - - - -
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24
HAVANA - Referendum election. CAIRO - EU-League of Arab States summit (to Feb. 25). CHISINAU - Moldovan Parliament election. BANGKOK - Thailand Senate election. BANGKOK - Thailand House of Representatives election. - - - - - - - - -
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27 HANOI - U.S. President Donald Trump will meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for a second summit in Vietnam (to Feb. 28) TEHRAN - Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will visit Iran. CARACAS – 30th anniversary of deadly Caracas riots. - - - - - - - - -
THURSDAY, February 28 VIENNA - VIENNA Opera Ball 2019. - - - - - - - - -
FRIDAY, MARCH 1 ATLANTA, United States - 1st APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) Meeting (to Mar. 4).
CAIRO - Arab foreign ministers to hold regular meeting at the Arab league headquarters in Cairo to discuss regional affairs. - - - - - - - - -
TUESDAY, MARCH 5 BRUSSELS - EU environment ministers meet to discuss foreign affairs matters.
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THURSDAY MARCH 7
SANTIAGO, Chile - APEC First Senior Officials' Meeting (to Mar. 8).
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MONDAY, MARCH 11 BRUSSELS - Euro zone finance ministers to meet in Brussels. BAGHDAD - Iran President Hassan Rouhani to visit Iraq. - - - - - - - - -
MONDAY, MARCH 18 BRUSSELS - EU foreign affairs ministers meet to be held to discuss foreign affairs matters. - - - - - - - - -
SUNDAY MARCH 31 BAGHDAD - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit Iraq.
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