News: DIARY-Political and General News Events from August 31

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    WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31 
    
    • DILI - Australian foreign minister Penny Wong is set to meet East Timor's newly elected President Jose Ramos-Horta, Prime Minister Tatan Matan Ruak and Foreign Minister Adaljiza Magno in a two-day visit to East Timor (To Sept 1)
    • BANGKOK - Thai Finance Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith speaks at a business forum on Thailand's next chapter – 0200 GMT
    • PARIS - French President Emmanuel Marcon welcomes European Council President Charles Michel in Paris for a work meeting – 0830 GMT
    • MEXICO CITY - Mexican Economy Minister Tatiana Clouthier hosts North America with the country's deputy economy minister and labour minister as well as U.S. and Canadian officials – 1400 GMT

    PRAGUE - Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba of Ukraine will visit the Czech Republic (final day)

    BLED, Slovenia/ PRAGUE - Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland Zbigniew Rau will be visiting Bled and Prague (final day)

    PARIS/ BERLIN/ LONDON - Australian defence minister Richard Marles to visit France, Germany, Britain to boost ties (To Sept 1)

    TAIPEI CITY - Palauan Vice President J. Uduch Sengebau Senior will arrive in Taiwan (final day).

    PRAGUE - EU foreign ministers meet in Prague (final day).

    ABU DHABI - External Affairs Minister of the Republic of India S. Jaishankar, will be visiting United Arab Emirates for Joint Commission Meeting and Strategic Dialogue (to Sept 2)

    MOSCOW - Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian meets with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow - 0800 GMT

    PRAGUE - Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland Zbigniew Rau will take part in the launch of this year's Forum 2000 Conference, focused on Ukraine, where he will appear on the panel "Ukraine: a vision for success."

    BRUSSELS - President of Azerbaijan Aliyev meets Armenian Prime Minister Pashinyan and EC's President Michel at Brussels

    MESEBERG, Germany - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Finance Minister Christian Lindner, Economy Minister Robert Habeck hold news conference. - 0730 GMT JAKARTA - G20 environmental and climate ministerial meeting.

    VENICE, Italy – 79th Venice International Film Festival (to Sept 10).

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    THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 
    
    • PRAGUE - Czech EU presidency - cohesion ministers meeting (To Sept 2)
    • PARIS - French Defence minister Sebastien Lecornu and Australian Defence minister Richard Marles hold news conference – 0900 GMT
    • HARARE - Botswanan President Mokgweetsi Masisi will pay a state visit to Zimbabwe (To Sept 3)
    • TAIPEI CITY - The governor of Arizona, Doug Ducey, will arrive in Taiwan for a three-day visit (To Sept 3)

    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 - 1600 GMT.

    LISBON - European Parliament President Roberta Metsola visits Portugal (to Sept. 2)

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    FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 
    
    • STOCKHOLM - Defence ministers of Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Norway and Sweden will hold a press conference on Swedish island Gotland in the Baltic Sea in connection with a meeting to discuss defence cooperation – 1030 GMT

    JAKARTA - G20 energy ministers meet in Indonesian island of Bali to discuss development of energy transitions to cleaner sources.

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

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    SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 
    

    BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Ukrainian prime minister Denys Schymal hold news conference after talks in Berlin - 1245 GMT

    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 
    
    • BERLIN - Israeli President Isaac Herzog and wife Michal visit Brandenburg, Germany – 0800 GMT

    BRUSSELS - EU-Ukraine Association Council meeting.

    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 - EU-Georgia Association Council meeting.

    BERLIN - Israeli President Isaac Herzog will give a speech in the Bundestag, Germany's lower house of parliament. - 0700 GMT

    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 
    

    LOS ANGELES, United States - U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo co-host Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) Ministerial in Los Angeles. (to September 9)

    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 - European Union energy ministers hold an emergency meeting, which is set to tackle soaring costs due to curbed gas supplies from Russia. 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 
    

    NEUHARDENBERG, Germany - German Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action Robert Habeck welcomes their colleagues for a meeting of the G7 Trade Ministers during the German G7 Presidency at Neuhardenberg Castle in Brandenburg state. - 0630 GMT

    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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    SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9 
    

    AUSTRIA - 2022 Austrian presidential election

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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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    SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16 
    

    BERLIN - World Health Organization hold 2022 Summit in Berlin (to October 18).

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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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    WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19 
    

    BANGKOK - Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Finance ministers meeting (To Oct 21)

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    THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20 
    

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

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    SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23 
    

    SLOVENIA - Slovenia holds presidential elections

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    SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30 
    

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

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