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    WEDNESDAY, DEC. 15 
    
    • TUNIS - Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune kicks off a two-day trip to Tunisia by meeting with President Kais Saied. ( To Dec. 16)
    • MADRID - Spain´s economy minister Nadia Calviño participates in the Social Economy Council (CES) - 1500 GMT
    • MADRID - Spain´s Foreign Affairs minister José Manuel Albaresholds a meeting in Madrid with British Foreign Minister Liz Truss - 1900 GMT

    ABU DHABI - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu will visit the United Arab Emirates (final day).

    LONDON/JAKARTA/KUALA LUMPUR/BANGKOK - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to the United Kingdom for a Group of Seven ministers meeting before visiting Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand (to Dec. 17).

    CANBERRA - Moon Jae-in, President of the Republic of Korea, and Kim Jung-sook, First Lady of the Republic of Korea, will visit Australia. (final day) BRUSSELS - British Brexit Minister David Frost and European Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic meet online to discuss impasse over Northern Ireland's trading arrangements

    BRUSSELS - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen participates in the European Parliament plenary on EU summit preparations and EU response to COVID-19 global resurgence. - 0800 GMT

    BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, makes statement to media with Georgian Prime Minister, Irakli Garibashvili, in Brussels. - 0900 GMT

    MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping hold talks via video link. - 0900 GMT

    BRUSSELS - EU leaders meet in Brussels with the governments of the "Eastern Partnership", a group of neighbouring states which includes Ukraine, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Moldova. - 1300 GMT

    GENEVA - U.N. Human Rights Council meeting on Ukraine - 0900 GMT DHAKA - Indian President Ram Nath Kovind is scheduled to make a three-day state visit to Bangladesh. (To Dec. 17)

    BRUSSELS - Eastern Partnership summit.

    BRUSSELS - Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev and Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan meet in Brussels to discuss tensions that led to border clashes with several troops killed in November.

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    THURSDAY, DEC. 16 
    
    • BRUSSELS - New German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is among European leaders to speak at an event organised by the European Socialist Party ahead of summit of EU leaders in Brussels. - 0730 GMT
    • PHNOM PENH - Don Pramudwinai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand, will make an official visit to the Kingdom of Cambodia and co-chair the 11th Meeting of the Joint Commission on Bilateral Cooperation between Thailand and Cambodia (to Dec. 18).
    • BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will host Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

    BRUSSELS - Euro Summit

    SEOUL - Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will make a state visit to South Korea for three days, at the invitation of President Moon Jae-in (to Dec. 18).

    PARIS - OECD Economic Surveys: Denmark 2021

    BRUSSELS - European Council meeting (to Dec 17).

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    FRIDAY, DEC. 17 
    

    BRUSSELS - British Brexit Minister David Frost and European Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic meet online to discuss impasse over Northern Ireland's trading arrangements

    ISLAMABAD - Foreign ministers from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation meet in Islamabad to discuss the situation in Afghanistan.

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    SUNDAY, DEC. 19 
    

    BEIRUT - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will travel to Lebanon (to Dec. 22).

    SANTIAGO - Chileans vote in the second round of the presidential elections. - 2100 GMT HONG KONG - Hong Kong Legislative Council election.

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    MONDAY, DEC. 20 
    
    • KYIV - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy meets Polish President Andrzei Duda and Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda in Ukraine

    BRUSSELS - Meeting of EU Environment Council.

    WASHINGTON DC - Slovenian Foreign Minister Anže Logar to visit Washington to meet Secretary of State Antony Blinken to discuss Slovenian-US cooperation.

    PARIS - OECD Economic Surveys: Austria 2021.

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    FRIDAY, DEC. 24 
    

    TRIPOLI, Libya - Presidential elections.

    TRIPOLI, Libya - Referendum election.

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    SATURDAY, JAN. 1 
    

    TALLINN – 12th anniversary of adoption of the euro by Estonia.

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    SUNDAY, JAN. 2 
    

    SAUDI ARABIA – Stage of Dakar Rally 2022 (To. Jan. 14)

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    TUESDAY, JAN. 4 
    

    VIENNA - 24th OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting via Videoconference.

    BURMA – 74th anniversary of Burma's independence.

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    FRIDAY, JAN. 7 
    

    NAYPYIDAW - Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen will visit Myanmar. (To Jan. 8)

    PALM SPRINGS, Ca - 32th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (To Jan. 18).

    PHNOM PENH - The ruling Cambodian People's Party celebrates the 43rd anniversary of the victory over the Khmer Rouge regime.

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    TUESDAY, JAN. 11 
    

    WASHINGTON/MOSCOW – 11th Anniversary of U.S.-Russia civilian nuclear cooperation agreement.

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    WEDNESDAY, JAN. 12 
    

    HAITI - 12th anniversary of Haiti's magnitude 7 earthquake that destroyed much of the Haitian capital.

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    THURSDAY, JAN. 13 
    

    MADRID - Spain's economy minister, Nadia Calvino, speaks at Forum Europe meeting organized by Nueva Economia - 0800 GMT.

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    FRIDAY, JAN. 14 
    

    BRUSSELS - European Motor Show Brussels 2022 (to Jan. 23).

    TUNISIA – 12th Anniversary of ousting of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.

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    MONDAY, JAN. 17  
    

    BRUSSELS - Eurogroup Meeting.

    ABU DHABI - World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2022 (to Jan. 19).

    DAVOS, Switzerland - World Economic Forum 2022 Annual Meeting (to Jan 21).

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    TUESDAY, JAN. 18 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council.

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    FRIDAY, JAN. 21 
    

    DAVOS, Switzerland - World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

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    MONDAY, JAN. 24 
    

    LIBYA – President election.

    TRIPOLI - Election for Libyan house of representatives.

    BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council.

    LOME, Togo – World Day for African and Afrodescendant Culture.

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    TUESDAY, JAN. 25 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council.

    EGYPT – 11th Anniversary of beginning of Egyptian revolution, a series of mass popular protests leading to the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak.

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    WEDNESDAY, JAN. 26 
    

    STOCKHOLM - Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway pay an official visit to Sweden (to Jan. 28).

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    SUNDAY, JAN. 30 
    

    LISBON - Portugal holds general election.

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    MONDAY, JAN. 31 
    

    LOS ANGELES - 64th Annual Grammy Awards

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    WEDNESDAY, FEB. 2 
    

    GLOBAL - World Wetlands Day.

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    FRIDAY, FEB. 4 
    

    GLOBAL - World Cancer Day.

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    SATURDAY, FEB. 5 
    

    SAPPORO, Japan – 2022 Sapporo Snow Festival (to Feb. 12).

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    SUNDAY, FEB. 6 
    

    GLOBAL - International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation.

    COSTA RICA - Costa Rican Legislative Assembly Election.

    COSTA RICA – Presidential Election.

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    TUESDAY, FEB. 8 
    

    GLOBAL - Safer Internet Day 2022

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    THURSDAY, FEB. 10 
    

    BERLIN – 72nd Berlin International Film Festival (to Feb. 20).

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    SATURDAY, FEB. 12 
    

    VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival 2022 (to Mar. 1).

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    SUNDAY, FEB. 13 
    

    BEIRUT - 14th anniversary of the death of Hezbollah commander Imad Moughniyah. GLOBAL - World Radio Day.

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    MONDAY, FEB. 14 
    

    GLOBAL - Valentine's Day. BEIRUT - 17th anniversary of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri.

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    THURSDAY, FEB. 17 
    

    PRISTINA - 14th anniversary of Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia.

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    FRIDAY, FEB. 18 
    
    • BRUSSELS - Brussels hosts the European Union - African Union summit.
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    MONDAY, FEB. 21 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council.

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    TUESDAY, FEB. 22 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council.

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    FRIDAY, FEB. 25 
    

    RIO DE JANEIRO - Rio Carnival 2022. (to Mar. 5).

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