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- WARSAW - Polish President Andrzej Duda and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to take part in the donors' meeting "Stand up for Ukraine".
PRAGUE - EU Commissioner Ylva Johansson visits Prague, meets government officials (Final Day)
MOSCOW - Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov holds talks with Armenian counterpart Ararat Mirzoyan in Moscow.
BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, will meet with the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea, Eui-yong Chung, at NATO Headquarters.
KYIV - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen visits Kyiv.
MANILA - Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte to speak virtually with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Helsinki - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier visits Finland and holds talks with his Finnish counterpart Sauli Niinisto and Prime Minister Sanna Marin.
SOFIA - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen visits Bulgaria in relation to the EU's coronavirus recovery plan. LONDON - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz travels to London to meet British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. WASHINGTON/MOSCOW – 11th anniversary of signing a bilateral treaty between Russia and the United States on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, START-2 (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty). GLOBAL - International Roma Nation Day.
ATHENS - Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, ECB's Philipp R. Lane, Greek Central Banker Stournaras, EU'S Commission vice-president Valdis Dombrovskis, EU's Commissioner for Energy are among speakers in Delphi Economic forum that will take place in Central Greece. (To April 9).
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY , APRIL 9TOKYO - Japan's Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi, Defence Minister Nobuo Kishi and Philippine's Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr., Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana hold meetings called "two-plus-two" in Tokyo.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 10SMOLENSK, Russia/CRACOW, Poland - 12th Anniversary of the Smolensk Tragedy to be held in Smolensk, Russia, as well as in Poland.
PARIS, France - Presidential election (First round)
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- WASHINGTON DC - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin welcome Indian Minister of External Affairs S. Jaishankar and Indian Minister of Defense Rajnath Singh to Washington for fourth U.S.-India 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue.
BERLIN - German chancellor Olaf Scholz gives press conference with Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama. - 1600 GMT
BERLIN - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier welcomes Albanian Prime Minister Ed Rama at Bellevue Castle in Berlin - 1300 GMT FRANCE – 11th Anniversary of the French law banning the burqa and niqab. ABIDJAN – 11th anniversary of the arrest of former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo by supporters of president-elect Alassane Ouattara with the help of French forces, thereby ending the 2010-2011 Ivorian crisis and civil war. LUXEMBOURG – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.
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- WARSAW - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier travels to Warsaw for an official visit, during which he will meet Poland's President Andrzej Duda.
GLOBAL - International Day of Human Space Flight.
LUXEMBOURG - EU General Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, APRIL 15BELFAST/NEW YORK – 109th Anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, APRIL 16VATICAN CITY – 95th birthday of Pope Benedict.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20OSLO - Finnish President Sauli Niinisto on official visit to Norway (to April 22).
UNITED STATES - 12th anniversary of Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, APRIL 21LONDON - 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)
- - - - - - - - - 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 3GLOBAL - World Asthma Day.
GLOBAL - World Press Freedom Day.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MAY 8GLOBAL - World Red Cross Red Crescent Day.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MAY 9MANILA, 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)
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- BERLIN - 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 15GLOBAL - 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 22GLOBAL - International Day for Biological Diversity.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MAY 23BRUSSELS - 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 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.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8SYDNEY - 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 .
- - - - - - - - - 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.
LUXEMBOURG - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JUNE 17GLOBAL - United Nation's World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 20GLOBAL - World Refugee Day.
LUXEMBOURG - EU Foreign Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - 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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