News: DIARY-Political and General News Events from Dec 8

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    WEDNESDAY, DEC. 8 
    
    • KYIV - Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmygal and Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic hold a meeting in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv.
    • ATHENS - Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias meets his Australian counterpart Marise Payne on bilateral relations and developments in the Indo-Pacific region. - 1000 GMT
    • WARSAW - Poland's Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau will hold a press conference with Latvia's Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics. - 1630 GMT
    • MADRID - President of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades departs for Madrid late on Wednesday for meetings with the country's monarch and the Prime Minister. On Thursday, Anastasiades will first meet with Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez at the Moncloa Palace where the two will examine issues of mutual interest. (To Dec. 9)
    • BRUSSELS - The NATO Deputy Secretary General, Mircea Geoană will meet with Diego Molano, Minister of Defence of the Republic of Colombia, at NATO Headquarters in Brussels.

    DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman tours Gulf Arab states. (to Dec. 9). DHAKA – Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla is visiting Bangladesh. (final day) MOSCOW - Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visits Russia for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. VILNIUS - Lithuanian, Latvian, Estonian Prime Ministers meet in Vilnius. - 0940 GMT

    PARIS - OECD LAC Virtual Ministerial Summit on Governance.

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    THURSDAY, DEC. 9 
    
    • NUSA DUA, Indonesia - G20 Finance and Central Bank Deputies' meeting in Indonesia (to Dec. 10)
    • PARIS - German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock travels to Paris. MADRID – President of the Republic of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades will visit Spain.

    BRUSSELS - EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting (to Dec 10).

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    FRIDAY, DEC. 10 
    
    • PARIS - The NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg will travel to Paris, France. During his visit, Stoltenberg will meet with France's Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Jean-Yves Le Drian, and with the Minister of the Armed Forces, Florence Parly.
    • WARSAW - German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock travels to Warsaw.
    • BRUSSELS - British Brexit Minister David Frost and European Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic meet, probably online, to discuss impasse over Northern Ireland's trading arrangements . PARIS - OECD Economic Surveys: Portugal 2021.

    LONDON - UK hosts G7 summit of foreign and development ministers in Liverpool (to Dec. 12).

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    SATURDAY, DEC. 11 
    

    CARTAGENA, Colombia - The Pacific Alliance countries - Colombia, Chile, Mexico and Peru - will hold a three-day meeting in Cartagena, Colombia. (To Dec. 13)

    PALESTINE - Palestinians to hold local election.

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    SUNDAY, DEC. 12 
    

    CANBERRA - Moon Jae-in, President of the Republic of Korea, and Kim Jung-sook, First Lady of the Republic of Korea, will visit Australia. (To Dec. 15)

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    MONDAY, DEC. 13 
    
    • KINSHASA, Congo (DRC) - Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi appears in parliament to give a state of the nation address. - 1000 GMT BUDAPEST - French President Emmanuel Macron will attend a summit of the four Visegrad countries Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

    JAKARTA - U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken will visit Indonesia BRASÍLIA - Paraguay's President Mario Abdo Benítez meet with his Brazilian colleague Jair Bolsonaro.

    BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.

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    TUESDAY, DEC. 14 
    

    KUALA LUMPUR - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is due to visit Malaysia as the Biden administration ramps up engagement in Southeast Asia, a bloc it sees as key in its efforts to counter a rising China. GENEVA - U.N. Human Rights Council meeting on Afghanistan - 0900 GMT BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting.

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    WEDNESDAY, DEC. 15 
    

    • 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 
    

    PARIS - OECD Economic Surveys: Denmark 2021

    BRUSSELS - European Council meeting (to Dec 17).

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    FRIDAY, DEC. 17 
    

    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 
    

    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 
    

    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 
    

    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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    SUNDAY, JAN. 30 
    

    LISBON - Portugal holds general election.

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    SUNDAY, FEB. 6 
    

    COSTA RICA - Costa Rican Legislative Assembly Election.

    COSTA RICA – Presidential Election.

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