News: DIARY-Political and General News Events from Dec.21

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    TUESDAY, DEC. 21 
    
    • NEW DLEHI - François Delattre, Secretary-General of Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France, is on an official visit to India (to Dec. 22).
    • PHNOM PENH - Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc to visit Cambodia to boost bilateral ties (to Dec. 22).
    • LONDON - British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and European Commission Vice-President Maros Sefcovic speak on Brexit.
    • BRUSSELS - British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss speaks with EU's Maros Sefcovic on the Northern Ireland protocol.
    • TIRANA - Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, North Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic meet for the second day of the Open Balkan initiative summit in Tirana – 0900
    • BUDAPEST - Foreign Ministers of Visegrad four CEE member states and Turkish foreign minister meet in Budapest - 0930 GMT
    • BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg holds news conference with Romanian Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca - 1220 GMT
    • MADRID - Spain's Foreign Affairs minister José Manuel Albares holds a meeting with his Luxembourg counterpart Jean Asselborn followed by a joint press conference - 1430 GMT

    BRUSSELS - Romanian Prime Minister Nicolae Ionel Ciuca to visit Brussels for a series of meetings with senior officials of the European and NATO institutions (Final Day)

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

    BANGKOK/SINGAPORE - South Korean Defence Minister Suh Wook will visit Thailand and Singapore for talks with senior officials there on bilateral defence cooperation (to Dec. 23).

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    WEDNESDAY, DEC. 22 
    

    MALE - Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to visit Maldives (to Dec. 23).

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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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