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DIARY-Political and General News Events from Oct. 21

Published 21/10/2020, 11:42 pm
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WEDNESDAY, OCT. 21 ** TAIPEI CITY - Taiwan Economy Minister Wang Mei-hui speaks at an event on encouraging Taiwanese investment in Southeast Asia - 0100 GMT. ** BANGKOK - Thailand prime minister Prayut Chan-o-cha chairs a meeting of COVID administration centre, expecting to further ease virus measures - 0630 GMT.

** MOSCOW - Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan visits Russia

** PARIS - Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid to start a working visit to France

HANOI/JAKARTA - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will visit Hanoi and Jakarta for a four-day visit. (final day)

BRUSSELS - Representatives from the European Commission and the European Council debate Brexit and the last meeting of EU leaders with European lawmakers - 0715 GMT. NICOSIA - The heads of state of Greece, Egypt and Cyprus meet to discuss regional cooperation.

BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg gives news conference ahead of defense ministers' meeting.

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THURSDAY, OCT. 22

** MOSCOW - Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan Ruslan Kazakbayev will visit Russia (to OCTOBER 24).

BRUSSELS - NATO defence ministers hold virtual meeting via teleconference (to October 23)

MADRID - Spain's energy minister Teresa Ribera to speak at Santander (MC:SAN) International Banking Conference - 1400 GMT.

SEYCHELLES – President election - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, OCT. 23

** MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov holds talks with Ruslan Kazakbayev, Kyrgyzstan's newly-appointed foreign minister. ** LISBON - Portugal's Finance minister will present the country's 2021 budget draft to lawmakers in the Finance and Budget Committee - 1400 GMT. LIBYA – 9th anniversary of declaration of Libya's Liberation.

VAN, Turkey – 9th anniversary of earthquake that killed more than 600 people and injured more than 4,000 others. NASHVILLE, United States - Analysis of final debate between U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden - 0100 GMT.

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SATURDAY, OCT. 24

CANADA - Canadian province of British Columbia holds its election. EGYPT – Egyptian People's Assembly election - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, OCT. 25 CHILE – Referendum Election. BERLIN - World Health Summit (to OCTOBER 27).

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MONDAY, OCT. 26 ** NEW DELHI - India Energy Forum - IHS Cera week (to OCTOBER 28)

CANADA - Canada's Toronto Centre and York Centre ridings in Ontario will hold by-elections.

MADRID - Prime Minister of Spain Pedro Sanchez will hold a Conference of Presidents, in which Spain's regional presidents will discuss how the European recovery fund will be distributed. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will also take part in the meeting.

KUALA LUMPUR - Finance ministers of APEC countries meet to address regional macroeconomic and financial issues as well as domestic and regional financial policy priorities during the APEC-Finance Ministers' Meeting in Malaysia (to OCTOBER 28) - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, OCT. 27

** NEW DELHI - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the defence chief of US Mike Esper will travel to New Delhi for day-long in-person meetings, rare given the Covid-19 pandemic and the global shift to virtual interactions, with their Indian counterparts S Jaishankar and Rajnath Singh COLOMBO - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo hold talks with Sri Lankan leaders in Colombo.

ZAGREB - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visits Croatia. SARAJEVO - Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visits Bosnia. (To OCTOBER28)

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WEDNESDAY, OCT. 28

** CAPE TOWN - South African Finance Minister Tito Mboweni to present the medium-term budget policy statement for 2020 to parliament as the country faces its highest budget deficit in the post-apartheid era - 1200 GMT. BRUSSELS - European Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic speaks to press regarding better regulation in the EU.

TANZANIA – Tanzanian National Assembly Election. TANZANIA - Tanzania due to hold presidential, parliamentary elections.

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THURSDAY, OCT. 29

BRUSSELS - European Commission vice-president Margrethe Vestager speaks at an online EPC event on the EU's digital services - 1000 GMT.

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FRIDAY, OCT. 30

BRAZIL - Brazil local elections. (to NOVEMBER 15) - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, OCT. 31 IVORY COAST – Ivory Coast presidential election.

GEORGIA – Georgian Parliament Election. - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, NOV. 1

MOLDOVA - Moldova presidential election.

EGYPT - Egypt holds parliamentary elections

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TUESDAY, NOV. 3

BRUSSELS - Euro zone finance minister meet – 1400 GMT. GUAM - Non-Voting Delegate to US House of Representatives election. United States of America - U.S. House of Representatives Election.

Palau - Palauan Senate Election.

Puerto Rico - Puerto Rican House of Representatives Election.

United States of America - U.S. Senate Election.

Puerto Rico - Puerto Rican Senate Election.

Puerto Rico - Puerto Rican Governor Election.

United States of America - President Election.

Palau - Palauan House of Delegates Election.

Guam - Legislature of Guam Election. BRUSSELS – Eurogroup Meeting.

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WEDNESDAY, NOV. 4 BRUSSELS – EU meeting of Economic and Financial affairs ministers

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THURSDAY, NOV. 5

SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES - Saint Vincentian House of Assembly election. - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, NOV. 7

GHANA - Ghana holds presidential and parliamentary elections. - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, NOV. 8

MYANMAR - Myanmarese House of Nationalities election.

MYANMAR - Myanmarese House of Representatives election.

KUALA LUMPUR - Foreign and trade ministers belonging to the APEC economies meet to discuss policies relating to trade and international affairs during the APEC-Ministerial Meeting in Malaysia (to NOVEMBER 9)

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MONDAY, NOV. 9

KUALA LUMPUR - Foreign and trade ministers belonging to the APEC economies meet to discuss policies relating to trade and international affairs during the APEC-Ministerial Meeting in Malaysia.

BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) meeting. - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, NOV. 10

BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council metting.

KUALA LUMPUR - Business pioneers in the Asia-Pacific interact with economic leaders, policy-makers and academia on current issues during the APEC-CEO Summit in Malaysia. (to NOVEMBER 11) JORDAN - Jordanian House of Deputies election.

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WEDNESDAY, NOV. 11

BELIZE – Belizean House of Representatives Election.

HANOI - Vietnam host ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting (AMM) in Hanoi (to November 15). - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, NOV. 12

KUALA LUMPUR - Heads of government from all APEC member economies gather to discuss issues relating to trade growth, employment and quality of life for people during the APEC-Economic Leaders' Meeting in Malaysia. BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council (Cohesion) meeting. - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, NOV. 13

BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council (Budget) meeting - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, NOV. 15

BOSNIA - Bosnia holds local elections - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, NOV. 16

European leaders and heads of state meet in Berlin for an informal summit to discuss China. - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, NOV. 19

BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, NOV. 20

BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) meeting - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, NOV. 21

RIYADH - Saudi Arabia hosts the 15th annual G20 Leaders Summit in Riyadh.(to NOVEMBER22) - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, NOV. 22

BURKINA FASO – Referendum election.

BURKINA FASO - Burkinabe National Assembly election.

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MONDAY, NOV. 23 BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Development) meeting. - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, NOV. 24

BRUSSELS - European Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic speaks to press regarding better regulation in the EU. - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, NOV. 30 BRUSSELS – Eurogroup Meeting - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, DEC. 1 BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, DEC. 6

Romania - Romanian Senate election. Romania - Romanian Chamber of Deputies election.

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MONDAY, DEC. 7 BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, DEC. 8 Luxembourg – EU General Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 9

BRUSSELS - European Commission vice-president Margrethe Vestager speaks on Horizon Europe research and innovation missions. BRUSSELS - European Commission vice-president Margaritis Schinas presents the bloc's action plan for beating cancer.

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THURSDAY, DEC. 10 BRUSSELS - European Council arrives for a two-day summit.( to December 11) - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, DEC. 15 BRUSSELS - European Commision vice-president Valdis Dombrovskis gives a news conference on strengthening Europe's economic and financial sovereignty as well as fair minimum wages for workers in the EU. - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, DEC. 17

BRUSSELS - Economic and Financial Affairs Council

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