News: DIARY-Political and General News Events from August 26

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    FRIDAY, AUGUST 26 
    

    • TUNIS - Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi and Tunisian Foreign Minister Jerandi will hold a press conference on Friday before the Tokyo International Conference on African Development being held in Tunis.

    OTTAWA - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg travels to Canada (final day)

    BERLIN/ COPENHAGEN/STOCKHOLM – Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will undertake official visits to Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Norway (final day). EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2022 (To Aug 29). EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh International Book Festival (to Aug 29) REYKJAVÍK - The presidents of the Baltic countries, Estonia, Lativia and Lithuania are coming on an official visit to Iceland (final day).

    ALGIERS - French President Emmanuel Macron makes a three-day visit to Algeria (to Aug. 27). COPENHAGEN - German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod meet in Copenhagen to discuss energy and climate change in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine - 1115 GMT.

    ALGIERS - French President Emmanuel Macron meets with Algiers' French community at the French embassy - 1500 GMT.

    WARSAW - Slovak Prime Minister Eduard Heger and Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki will take part in the opening of a gas interconnector link between the central European neighbours - 0800 GMT.

    HELSINKI - Turkey, Finland and Sweden officials to meet over NATO applications.

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    SATURDAY, AUGUST 27 
    

    TAIPEI CITY - Palauan Vice President J. Uduch Sengebau Senior will arrive in Taiwan (to August 31).

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    SUNDAY, AUGUST 28 
    

    ULAANBAATAR - South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin will visit Mongolia next week to discuss bilateral ties and other issues of mutual concern (to August 30).

    AQUILA, 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.

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    MONDAY, AUGUST 29 
    
    • PARIS - Polish Prime Minister Morawiecki is due to meet French President Macron in Paris to discuss security and energy issues.
    • STOCKHOLM - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy addresses the opening ceremony of the ONS (Offshore Northern Seas) energy conference held in Norway - 0900 GMT.
    • BERLIN - German Economy Minister Robert Habeck and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen discuss transformation - 1700 GMT.

    BERLIN - German Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht receives Australian Minister of Defense Richard Marles in Berlin - 1030 GMT.

    BALI - Environment ministers of G20 countries to meet in Bali ahead of the G20 presidency summit.

    PRAGUE - EU informal meeting of defence ministers. (To Aug. 30)

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    TUESDAY, AUGUST 30 
    
    • MOSCOW - Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia Mher Grigoryan and Azerbaijani Deputy Prime Minister Shahin Mustafayev will meet in Moscow.

    BRATISLAVA - Slovak Defence Minister Jaroslav Nad will meet Finnish counterpart Antti Kaikkonen in Bratislava.

    GENEVA - Human Rights Council - Organizational meeting on the 51st session.

    PRAGUE - EU foreign ministers meet in Prague (to Aug 31).

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    WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31 
    

    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.

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    THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 
    

    MAPUTO - Prime Minister of Portugal Antonio Costa will travel to Mozambique for the 5th Portugal-Mozambique Summit. (to September 2)

    NORTH 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)

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    FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 
    

    LISBON - European Parliament President Roberta Metsola to speak at the Estoril conferences under the theme 'The World ahead' - 1130 GMT.

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    • BERLIN - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will host Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Schymal at his Bellevue residence - 0800 GMT.
    • BERLIN - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will greet Israeli President Isaac Herzog with military honours - 1130 GMT. JAKARTA - Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos on a three-day state visit to Indonesia (to Sep. 6).
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    MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 
    

    MUNICH, 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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    TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 
    

    BRUSSELS - Dutch Finance Minister Sigrid Kaag to discuss how to ensure investment in green policies and their macro implications - 1430 GMT.

    BRUSSELS - IMF head Kristalina Georgiev speaks at Bruegel think-tank conference on global fragmentation - 1200 GMT. SINGAPORE - Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos on a two-day state visit to Singapore (to Sep. 7)

    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.

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    BRUSSELS - Spanish Finance Minister Nadia Calvino takes part in the Bruegel think-tank annual conference where she is to discuss how to tackle rising inflation and risk of imminent energy shocks - 1100 GMT.

    BRUSSELS - EU Econ Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni closing keynote speech at Bruegel conference - 1300 GMT.

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    THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 
    

    TORONTO, Canada - Toronto International Film Festival 2022 (to Sept 18).

    PRAGUE - EU economy and finance ministers' informal meeting in Prague. (to September 10)

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    FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 
    

    PRAGUE - Eurogroup meeting.

    PRAGUE – EU Informal meeting of economic and financial affairs ministers. (To Sept. 10)

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    SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 
    

    UNITED STATES – 21st anniversary of 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon.

    SWEDEN - Swedish Parliament Election.

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    MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 
    

    Mexico City - The Secretary of State of the United States, Antony Blinken , will visit Mexico

    GENEVA – 51st regular session of the Human Rights Council (To Oct. 7)

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    TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 
    

    NUR-SULTAN - On Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev's invitation, Pope Francis will make a state visit to Kazakhstan. (To Sept. 15)

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    WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 
    

    BRUSSELS - European Commission President Urusla von der Leyen delivers state of the European Union address to the European Parliament.

    ASTANA - Pope Francis attends Congress of Religions in Kazakhstan - 0400 GMT.

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    THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 
    

    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.

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    FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 
    

    LONDON - London Boat Show 2022 (to Sept. 25).

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    SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 
    

    MUNICH – 187th Munich Oktoberfest (to Oct 3).

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    TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 
    

    NEW YORK CITY - The high-level General Debate at the UN General Assembly (To Sept 26)

    BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting.

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    WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 
    

    BRAZZAVILLE - The intergovernmental commission between Russia and the Republic of the Congo will meet in the Congo's capital of Brazzaville (To Sept 23)

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    SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 
    

    BISSAU - Guinea-Bissau marks 49th anniversary of Independence from Portugal.

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    SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 
    

    BERLIN –BMW Berlin Marathon.

    SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE - Sao Tomean National Assembly Election.

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    MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 
    

    VIENNA - IAEA 66th General Conference (to Sept 30).

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    WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 
    

    GLOBAL - World Rabies Day.

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    SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1 
    

    LATVIA - Latvian Parliament Election.

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    SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2 
    

    BRAZIL - 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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    MONDAY, OCTOBER 3 
    

    LUXEMBOURG – Eurogroup meeting.

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    TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4 
    

    LUXEMBOURG - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.

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    TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11 
    

    PRAGUE - EU Informal meeting of energy ministers. (To Oct. 12)

    STOCKHOLM - Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima on a three-day state visit to Sweden (to Oct. 13).

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    THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13 
    

    LUXEMBOURG - EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting. (To Oct. 14)

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    MONDAY, OCTOBER 17 
    

    LUXEMBOURG - EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.

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    TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18 
    

    LUXEMBOURG - EU General Affairs Council meeting.

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    THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20 
    

    BRUSSELS - European Council meeting. (To Oct. 21)

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    SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30 
    

    PRAGUE - EU Informal meeting of trade ministers. (To Oct. 31)

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