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-------------------------------------------------------------------- This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events-------------------------------------------------------------------- THURSDAY, APRIL 14
- BAKU/ ANKARA - Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama to visit Azerbaijan and Turkey (to April 15)
- SKOPJE - Romania's Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu is on an official visit to the Republic of North Macedonia
- KIGALI - British Home Secretary Priti Patel is scheduled to hold a news conference with Rwanda's Foreign Affairs Minister Vincent Biruta in Kigali. - 1000 GMT
- WASHINGTON DC - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken hosts Dutch Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra in Washington D.C. - 1100 GMT
FRIDAY, APRIL 15
JAKARTA/ HANOI - Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly will visit Indonesia and Vietnam to reinforce bilateral relations and expand partnerships in Indo-Pacific (to April 14)
KINGSTON - Rwanda's President Paul Kagame is scheduled to visit Jamaica for a three-day visit (to April 15) BELFAST/NEW YORK – 109th Anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, APRIL 16NEW DELHI - Mika Lintila Minister of Economic Affairs of Finland and Under-Secretary of State Petri Peltonen will travel to India (to April 21)
SKOPJE - Iliana Iotova Vice President of Bulgaria will be visiting North Macedonia (to April 17)
VATICAN CITY – 95th birthday of Pope Benedict.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 18SINGAPORE - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern visits Singapore from April 18, holding meetings with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and local entrepreneurs and business leaders to boost trade ties between the two countries.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, APRIL 19MOSCOW - The Armenian prime minister Nikol Pashinyan to make official visit to Russia.
DILI, Timor-Leste - Presidential election.
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- WASHINGTON DC - G20 ministers and Central Bank Governors traditionally meet ahead of the IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings.
OSLO - Finnish President Sauli Niinisto on official visit to Norway (to April 22).
UNITED STATES - 12th anniversary of Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, APRIL 21
- NEW DELHI - UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to visit India.
LONDON - Queen Elizabeth to celebrate her 96th birthday. PARIS – 61th anniversary of the first manned mission to space.
BRUSSELS - EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager speaks on artificial intelligence at a Politico event - 0700 GMT.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, APRIL 22GLOBAL - Earth Day.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, APRIL 23GLOBAL – U.N. World Book and Copyright Day.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 24LJUBLJANA, Slovenia - Slovenian National Assembly election.
PARIS, France - Presidential election (Second round)
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 25GLOBAL - World Malaria Day.
NEW 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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- TOKYO - German chancellor Olaf Scholz visits Japan (To April 29).
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, APRIL 28PORT ARTHUR, Tasmania – 24th anniversary of Port Arthur Massacre in Tasmania.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, APRIL 29LONDON – 11th wedding anniversary of Prince William and Catherine Middleton.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MAY 1VATICAN CITY – 11th anniversary of beatification ceremony of late Pope John Paul II.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MAY 2ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan – The day marks the 11th year since al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was killed in a U.S. special forces raid, ending a nearly 10-year worldwide hunt for the mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MAY 3
- BRUSSELS - Video conference of the Eurogroup meeting.
GLOBAL - World Asthma Day.
GLOBAL - World Press Freedom Day.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MAY 5VIENNA - 28th OPEC and non-OPEC ministerial meeting via videoconference.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MAY 8GLOBAL - World Red Cross Red Crescent Day.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MAY 9MANILA, Philippines - Philippine Senate election.
MANILA, Philippines - Philippine House of Representatives election.
MANILA, Philippines - Presidential election.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MAY 11TURIN, Italy, - 2022 Eurovision Song Contest (To May 14).
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MAY 12GLOBAL - International Nurse's Day.
WEISSENHAUS, Germany - EU Foreign Minister meeting in Weissenhaus,Schleswig-Holstein (To May 14)
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, MAY 14BERLIN - Germany hosts an informal meeting for NATO foreign ministers in Berlin to discuss strengthening the alliance in the light of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. (To May 15).
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MAY 15BERN, Switzerland - Referendum Election.
PARIS - EU Commission Vice-Presidents Valdis Dombrovskis and Margrethe Vestager meet their U.S. counterparts in the Paris suburb of Saclay to discuss transatlantic issues and how to counter China's dominance in key technologies (To May 16).
GLOBAL - U.N. International Day of Families.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MAY 16LISBON – 10th Anniversary of 78 billion euro bail-out of Portugal by eurozone leaders.
BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MAY 17GLOBAL - World Telecommunication and Information Society Day.
BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) meeting.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MAY 18BONN, Germany - Germany hosts the finance ministers and central bank chiefs of the Group of 7 (G7) (to May 20)
GLOBAL - International Museum Day.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MAY 20BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Development) meeting
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, MAY 21BANGKOK – APEC holds Ministers Responsible for Trade (MRT) Meeting. (To May 22)
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MAY 22TOKYO - U.S. President Joe Biden to pay an official visit to Japan.
GLOBAL - International Day for Biological Diversity.
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- BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting.
BRUSSELS - Euro zone finance ministers meet on fiscal rules reform, banking union – 1300 GMT
BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MAY 24BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MAY 26BISHKEK - President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev will make official visit to Kyrgyzstan.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MAY 29BOGOTA, Colombia - Presidential election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MAY 30BRUSSELS - EU special meeting of the European Council (to May 31)
GENEVA, Switzerland - Human Rights Council - Organizational meeting on the 50th session.
BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MAY 31GLOBAL - World No Tobacco Day.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1KATHMANDU - 21st anniversary of the massacre of Nepal's royal family, in which King Birendra, Queen Aishwarya and eight other members of the royal family were assassinated
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JUNE 3BRUSSELS - EU trade ministers meet in Brussels.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JUNE 4CHILE – 11th anniversary of Chile's Puyehue volcano eruption, causing air traffic cancellations across South America, New Zealand, Australia.
HONG KONG - Tens of thousands attend a candlelight vigil in Hong Kong to commemorate the 33rd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown in Beijing.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JUNE 5GLOBAL - World Environment Day.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 6SEOUL - South Korea marks the 67th anniversary of Memorial Day.
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- MADRID - Spain´s economy minister Nadia Calviño participates in a two-day forum organized by Expansion paper.
SYDNEY - Sydney Film Festival 2020 (to June 19)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, June 10SHANGHAI - Shanghai International Film Festival 2020 (to June 19)
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JUNE 12GLOBAL - World Day against Child Labour .
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 13GENEVA, Switzerland - 50th regular session of the Human Rights Council (to July 8)
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JUNE 14GLOBAL - World Blood Donor Day.
GAZA - 15th anniversary of Hamas takeover of the Gaza strip from Fatah.
GLOBAL - World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD).
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 16LUXEMBOURG - Eurogroup meeting.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JUNE 17LUXEMBOURG - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council.
GLOBAL - United Nation's World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 20GLOBAL - World Refugee Day.
LUXEMBOURG - EU Foreign Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JUNE 21LUXEMBOURG - EU General Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22BERLIN - International Air Show (to June 25).
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 23BRUSSELS - European Council (to June 24).
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JUNE 24BERLIN - 74th anniversary of beginning of The Berlin Blockade. Communist forces cut off all land and water routes between West Germany and West Berlin, prompting the United States to organise a massive airlift.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JUNE 25VIENNA – IAEA International Symposium on Uranium Raw Material for the Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Exploration, Mining, Production, Supply and Demand, Economics and Environmental Issues (to June 29).
LOS ANGELES - 13th death anniversary of pop star Michael Jackson.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JUNE 26GLOBAL - International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.
BERLIN - G7 summit, Schloss Elmau (to June 28)
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 30FRANCE - Election for National Assembly of France.
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