News: DIARY-Political and General News Events from Jan. 11

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    TUESDAY, JAN. 11 
    
    • PARIS - World Economic Forum unveils "Global Risks Report 2022" – 0900 GMT.

    BUCHAREST/ MADRID - Foreign Minister of Pakistan Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi will undertake an official visit to Romania and Spain. (To Jan. 12)

    ABUJA/ LUANDA - Greek foreign minister Nikos Dendias is visiting Nigeria and Angola (to Jan 12).

    BEIJING - The foreign ministers of four Middle Eastern countries, including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, and chief of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) will visit China. (To Jan. 14)

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

    TAIPEI CITY - Lithuania's economy minister and Taiwan's economic planning minister hold a joint online news conference. PARIS - French president Emmanuel Macron holds working lunch with president of European Council Charles Michel to discuss main priorities of the 6-month French presidency of the European Union. - 1200 GMT BRATISLAVA - Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala will visit Slovakia and he will meet with his Slovak counterpart Eduard Heger, as well as with the country's President Zuzana Čaputová. Heger and Fiala will give a news conference after a welcome ceremony and meeting – 1000 GMT.

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

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    • BEIJING - At the invitation of Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu will pay visit to China.

    BRUSSELS - NATO ambassadors and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov will hold talks in Brussels – 0900 GMT.

    ABU DHABI - UAE Energy Forum. Speakers at the UAE Energy Forum to include the Emirati energy minister, OPEC's secretary-general and the CEO of Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation.

    BREST, France - Informal meeting of EU defence ministers (to Jan. 13).

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

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    THURSDAY, JAN. 13 
    

    • BOGOTA - Colombia's President Ivan Duque and Peru's President Pedro Castilla will meet in the Colombian city of Villa de Leyva to sign cooperation agreements regarding security, trade and communications.
    • BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz holds a joint news conference with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte after they hold discussions in Berlin. Rutte will be received beforehand with military honors – 1530 GMT.

    VIENNA - Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau chairs a meeting of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, with concerns over security in Europe and Russia set to be discussed at the meeting.

    LONDON - Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom Liz Truss hosts first in-person talks of 2022 with European Commission Vice-President Maros Sefcovic on Brexit and the Northern Ireland protocol. (To Jan. 14)

    PARIS - OECD Economic Survey: Slovakia

    BREST - EU Foreign ministers gather in Brest for an informal meeting to discuss international affairs. The meeting is chaired by the High Representative and Vice-President of the European Commission, Josep Borrell (to Jan. 14).

    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 
    

    • BEIJING - At the invitation of Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian will pay visit to China.

    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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    SATURDAY, JAN. 15 
    

    • ABU DHABI/ RIYADH/ CAIRO – President of South Korea Moon Jae-in will visit three countries in the Middle East, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. (To Jan. 22)
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    SUNDAY, JAN. 16 
    

    BELGRADE – Serbia Referendum Election.

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    MONDAY, JAN. 17  
    

    TIRANA - President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan to visit Albania.

    BRUSSELS - Meeting of euro zone finance ministers in Brussels

    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 
    

    SKOPJE - Prime Minister of Bulgaria Kiril Petkov will visit Skopje.

    BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council.

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    WEDNESDAY, JAN. 19 
    

    DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi hosts virtual forum to promote sustainable finance and investments.

    BRIDGETOWN - Barbados holds general election.

    PARIS - OECD Economic Surveys: Switzerland

    STRASBOURG, France - French President Emmanuel Macron addresses the European Parliament in Strasbourg France's presidency of the Council of the European Union.

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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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    FRIDAY, JAN. 28 
    

    PARIS - OECD Economic Survey: Romania

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    SUNDAY, JAN. 30 
    

    LISBON - Portugal holds general election.

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    MONDAY, JAN. 31 
    

    PARIS - OECD Economic Survey: New Zealand

    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 
    

    MARSEILLE, France - EU trade ministers meet in Marseille (to Feb 14) BERLIN - German presidential election at the Reichstag in Berlin 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.

    BRUSSELS - Brussels hosts the European Union - African Union summit. (To Feb. 18)

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    FRIDAY, FEB. 18 
    

    SINGAPORE - Singapore's finance minister Lawrence Wong to deliver the 2022 fiscal year budget – 0600 GMT

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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 
    

    • PARIS - Euro zone finance ministers meet to discuss inflation, banking union, macroeconomic imbalances – 0800 GMT.

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

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    SUNDAY, Feb 27 
    

    MALI - Mali Presidential Election.

    MALI - Malian National Assembly.

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    THURSDAY, MARCH 3 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting. (To Mar. 4)

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    WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9 
    

    SOUTH KOREA - South Korea holds Presidential election.

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    SUNDAY, MARCH 13 
    

    COLOMBIA - Colombian House of Representatives election.

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    MONDAY, MARCH 14 
    

    BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting.

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    TUESDAY, MARCH 15 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.

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