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- BERLIN - Finance Minister Christian Lindner to present the key points of planned legislation to offset high inflation - 0800 GMT.
- ISTANBUL - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will meet with Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama and Slovenia President Borut Pahor. Erdogan and Pahor will hold a news conference following their talks to sign bilateral agreements - 1600 GMT. HAVANA/ BOGOTÁ/ SAN JOSÉ/ CARACAS - Nikola Selaković Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia will pay official visits to Cuba, Colombia, Costa Rica and Venezuela (To Aug 12)
EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2022 (To Aug 29). BEIJING - Nepal foreign minister Narayan Khadka to visit China (To Aug 11)
WELLINGTON - Edgars Rinkevics, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia, is due to make an official visit to New Zealand (To Aug 12)
KINSHASA - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits Democratic Republic of Congo. (final day)
ANKARA - Slovenia President Borut Pahor will make a state visit to Turkey (final day). BOGOTA - Colombia's new President Gustavo Petro, Finance Minister Jose Antonio Ocampo and other officials will attend and speak at the Colombian Business Association's (ANDI) annual conference (to Aug. 12).
BANGKOK - Thai Finance Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith speaks about the economy at CEO Insurance Forum 2022 - 0200 GMT. BANGKOK - Malaysian foreign minister Saifuddin Abdullah holds joint presser with Thai counterpart Don Pramudwinai in Bangkok - 0500 GMT.
RIGA - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin visits Latvian capital - 0930 GMT.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, AUGUST 11COPENHAGEN - Defence ministers of Ukraine, UK and Denmark will host Ukraine donors conference in Copenhagen.
KIGALI - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits the East African nation of Rwanda.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, AUGUST 12GLOBAL - International Youth Day.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, AUGUST 13EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh International Book Festival (to Aug 29)
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, AUGUST 14PAKISTAN – 75th Anniversary of Pakistan independence from British rule. BANGKOK - 11th APEC Tourism Ministers Meeting and the 60th APEC Tourism Working Group Meeting (to August 20).
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, AUGUST 15OSLO - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to meet with Nordic prime ministers in Oslo - 1500 GMT. INDIA – 75th Anniversary of Indian Independence from British rule. JAPAN – 77th Anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War Two. LIECHTENSTEIN – 216th Anniversary of Independence.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, AUGUST 16JAKARTA - Indonesia's President Joko Widodo delivers his annual state of the union address at parliament, followed by a speech on his 2023 budget proposal.
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- BANGKOK - Thai Finance Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith speaks about the economy at a business seminar - 0530 GMT. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, AUGUST 18 BRUSSELS - Serbian President Aleksandr Vucic and Kosovan Prime Minister Albin Kurti will meet in Brussels to discuss a flare-up of tensions between the neighbouring western Balkan nations. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, AUGUST 19 TRALEE, Ireland - 2022 Rose of Tralee International Festival (to Aug 23). GLOBAL - World Humanitarian Day. MOSCOW – 30th Anniversary of the failed Soviet coup against Mikhail Gorbachev which accelerated the collapse of the Soviet Union.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, AUGUST 21SUNDAY – 9th Anniversary of nerve gas attack which killed hundreds of people in rebel-held neighbourhoods on the edge of Damascus.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, AUGUST 23BALTIC WAY – 33rd anniversary of the Baltic Way, a human chain of people in 1989 stretching from Vilnius to Tallinn to mark solidarity in the struggle for independence from the Soviet Union.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24POLAND - Poland marks the 33rd anniversary of the creation of the first post-Communist government in 1989. UKRAINE – 31st Anniversary of Independence. WASHINGTON – 210th Anniversary of the Burning of Washington, including the White House and the US Capitol building, by the British troops during the War of 1812.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, AUGUST 25URUGUAY - Uruguay's Independence Day. PARIS – 78th Anniversary of the liberation of Paris from Nazi occupation in the Second World War.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, AUGUST 28AQUILA, Italy - Pope Francis visits the Italian town of Aquila, which was struck by an earthquake in 2009, and gives mass after meeting families of victims – 0600 GMT.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, AUGUST 29PRAGUE - EU informal meeting of defence ministers. (To Aug. 30)
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, AUGUST 30GENEVA - Human Rights Council - Organizational meeting on the 51st session.
PRAGUE - EU foreign ministers meet in Prague (to Aug 31).
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- JAKARTA - G20 environmental and climate ministerial meeting.
VENICE, Italy – 79th Venice International Film Festival (to Sept 10).
PRAGUE – EU informal meeting of foreign affairs ministers.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1NORTH OSSETIA, Russia - 18th Anniversary of the terrorist attack at Beslan School.
MEXICO CITY - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador holds his four state of the union address.
LISBON - European Parliament President Roberta Metsola visits Portugal (to Sept. 2)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2LISBON - European Parliament President Roberta Metsola to speak at the Estoril conferences under the theme 'The World ahead' - 1130 GMT.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5MUNICH, Germany - 50th anniversary of the attack on Israeli Olympic team by Palestinian gunmen, killing 11 Israelis.
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Russia holds VII Eastern Economic Forum (to September 8). PHNOM PENH - 14th CLMV Economic Ministers' Meeting. (To Sept. 11)
PHNOM PENH - 54th ASEAN Economic Ministers' (AEM) Meeting and Related Meeting. (To Sept. 11)
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- PRAGUE - EU health ministers informal meeting in Prague (to Sept. 7).
INDIA/BANGLADESH – 11th anniversary of a pact to end a 40-year border demarcation dispute between India and Bangladesh.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TORONTO, Canada - Toronto International Film Festival 2022 (to Sept 18).
PRAGUE - EU economy and finance ministers' informal meeting in Prague. (to September 10)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9PRAGUE – EU Informal meeting of economic and financial affairs ministers. (To Sept. 10)
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11UNITED STATES – 21st anniversary of 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon.
SWEDEN - Swedish Parliament Election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12GENEVA – 51st regular session of the Human Rights Council (To Oct. 7)
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13NUR-SULTAN - On Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev's invitation, Pope Francis will make a state visit to Kazakhstan. (To Sept. 15)
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14ASTANA - Pope Francis attends Congress of Religions in Kazakhstan - 0400 GMT.
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- SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan - Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hold talks on the sidelines of a summit of leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.
GLOBAL - International Day of Democracy.
GUATEMALA – 201st anniversary of Independence.
EL SALVADOR – 201st anniversary of Independence.
COSTA RICA – 201st anniversary of Independence.
HONDURAS – 201st anniversary of Independence.
NICARAGUA – 201st anniversary of Independence.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16LONDON - London Boat Show 2022 (to Sept. 25).
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17MUNICH – 187th Munich Oktoberfest (to Oct 3).
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20NEW YORK CITY - The high-level General Debate at the UN General Assembly (To Sept 26)
BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21BRAZZAVILLE - The intergovernmental commission between Russia and the Republic of the Congo will meet in the Congo's capital of Brazzaville (To Sept 23)
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24BISSAU - Guinea-Bissau marks 49th anniversary of Independence from Portugal.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25BERLIN –BMW Berlin Marathon.
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE - Sao Tomean National Assembly Election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26VIENNA - IAEA 66th General Conference (to Sept 30).
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28GLOBAL - World Rabies Day.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1LATVIA - Latvian Parliament Election.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2BRAZIL - Brazil Presidential Election.
BRAZIL - Brazilian Federal Senate Election.
BRAZIL - Brazilian Chamber of Deputies Election.
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - Bosnia and Herzegovina House of Representatives Election.
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - Chairman of the Presidency Election.
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