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- BRUSSELS - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen meets Italian premier Mario Draghi in Brussels.
- ABU DHABI / DOHA - Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer visits to the UAE and Qatar on a trip expected to focus on natural gas supplies (To Mar. 8)
- JAKARTA - Indonesia Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati to give speech or to be in discussion at World Bank's event to commemorate International Women's Day. The event title is "Women in Leadership". Other speakers at the event are World Bank Country Director for Indonesia and Timor-Lester Satu Kahkonen and Indonesia Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi. - 1530 GMT
- LONDON - Justin Trudeau Prime Minister of Canada is to meet Boris Johnson Prime Minister of the United Kingdom their Dutch counterpart, Mark Rutte to discuss Russia's military invasion of Ukraine.
- RIGA - Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid will hold talks with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Riga.
- HELSINKI - Pekka Haavisto Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland will meet the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, Wopke Hoekstra, who will pay a visit to Helsinki.
BISSAU/PRAIA - Portugal Prime Minister António Costa will travel to the Republic of Guinea Bissau and the Republic of Cape Verde (Final Day).
MONTPELLIER, France - EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell and French foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian welcome EU development ministers for a two-day meeting in Montpellier. Outwatching doorsteps, comments on Ukraine (Final Day).
BRUSSELS/WARSAW/CHIȘINAU/RIGA/TALLINN - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Belgium, Poland, Moldova, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia (To Mar. 8).
KINSHASA, Congo (DRC) - Belgium's King Philippe and Queen Mathilde pay an official visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (To Mar. 10).
GENEVA – 49th regular session of the Human Rights Council (To April 1).
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- LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson hosts leaders of the V4 group: Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and the Czech Republic.
- GENEVA - President of Hungary Janos Ader, WMO Secretary-General Prof Petteri Taalas and Mohamed Abdel-Ati, Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation of Egypt brief media on climate change and call for urgent action in the face of growing threats. - 1300 GMT
- TALLINN - United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken to meet Minister of Foreign Affairs Eva-Maria Liimets and Prime Minister Kaja Kallas.
- RIGA - The NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jens Stoltenberg will travel to Latvia, he will meet with the President, Egils Levits at the Riga Castle.
GENEVA - Michelle Bachelet, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, to speak at the U.N. Human Rights Council's month-long session on a host of situations in hotspot countries, followed by a debate - 0900 GMT
GLOBAL - International Women's Day.
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- STRASBOURG, France - Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas gives news conference in Strasbourg with EU Parliament President Roberta Metsola after a debate with European lawmakers about the security situation in Europe after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. - 1130 GMT
- OTTAWA - NATO's Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg is due to speak at Ottawa's annual security conference - 1600 GMT
- WARSAW/ BUCHAREST - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Poland and Romania (to March 11)
ANKARA - Israeli President Isaac Herzog will pay a visit to Turkey upon the invitation of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (To Mar. 10)
SOUTH KOREA - South Korea holds Presidential election.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 10WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Joe Biden welcomes Colombian President Ivan Duque to the White House, during which the two leaders will discuss regional and global issues including Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
VERSAILLES, France - EU leaders gather for summit in Versailles (To March 11).
TIBET – 63rd anniversary of Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, fleeing into exile after a failed uprising.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 11SENDAI, Japan – 11th anniversary of Sendai earthquake and tsunami.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, MARCH 12TURKMENISTAN – President election.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 13COLOMBIA - Colombian Senate election.
COLOMBIA - Colombian House of Representatives election.
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- COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen visits Greenland. (To March 17)
BRUSSELS - Euro zone finance ministers meet on fiscal stance for 2023, banking union – 1400 GMT
BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 15GLOBAL - World Day of Action against Seal Hunting. DAMASCUS - Syria marks the 11th anniversary of an uprising against President Bashar al-Assad.
BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16HALABJA, Iraq – 34th anniversary of 5,000 civilian Kurds being killed in Iraqi chemical weapons attack. DUBLIN, Ireland - St. Patrick's Festival (to Mar. 20).
AMSTERDAM - The Netherlands holds municipal elections.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 17ITALY - Anniversary of the unification of Italy
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, MARCH 19EGYPT – 11th anniversary of Egyptian referendum on constitutional reforms.
DILI, Timor-Leste – Presidential election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 21BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 22GLOBAL - World Water Day.
BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23DUBLIN - The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall are to visit the Republic of Ireland (to Mar. 25) GLOBAL - World Meteorological Day.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 24GLOBAL - World Tuberculosis Day.
BRUSSELS - Brussels hosts summit of European Union leaders (To Mar 25)
BRUSSELS - European Council meeting (to March 25).
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 25PARIS - Finland Finance Minister Annika Saarikko will represent Finland at the informal meeting of finance ministers (Ecofin) in Paris.
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- VIENNA - 27th OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting via videoconference.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, APRIL 2VALLETTA - Pope Francis to visit Malta (to April 3)
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY , APRIL 3COSTA RICA – President election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 4BRUSSELS - Euro zone finance ministers meet on G20, banking union – 1300 GMT
LUXEMBOURG – Eurogroup meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, APRIL 5LUXEMBOURG – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.
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- NAIROBI - Kenya's Finance Minister Ukur Yatani is scheduled to present the government's spending plan for the 2022/23 (July-June) fiscal year to parliament - 1100 GMT
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 10PARIS, France - Presidential election (First round)
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY APRIL 11LUXEMBOURG – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, APRIL 12LUXEMBOURG - EU General Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, APRIL 21BRUSSELS - EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager speaks on artificial intelligence at a Politico event - 0700 GMT.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 24LJUBLJANA, Slovenia - Slovenian National Assembly election.
PARIS, France - Presidential election (Second round)
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 25NEW YORK, United States - Economic and Social Council, Annual Economic and Social Council forum on financing for development follow-up including the special high-level meeting of the Council with the World Bank, IMF, WTO and UNCTAD. (to Apr. 28)
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- MANILA, Philippines - Presidential election.
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- BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.
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- BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) meeting.
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- BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.
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- BOGOTA, Colombia - Presidential election. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MAY 30
- BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting.
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