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    MONDAY, JAN. 24 
    
    • SOFIA - Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov welcomes North Macedonia's prime minister Dimitar Kovacevski on his first visit to Bulgaria. Kovacevski and his cabinet will hold a joint session with the Bulgarian government to solve disputes that led to Bulgaria's veto on North Macedonia's path to EU membership.
    • GENEVA - Meeting between Svenja Schulze, Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany, and Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the WHO, followed by a news conference. - 0745 GMT
    • BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will meet with the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs of the United Kingdom, Elizabeth Truss, at NATO Headquarters. BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg receives ministers for Foreign Affairs of Finland, Pekka Haavisto, and Sweden, Ann Linde. A joint press conference in the NATO headquarters is planned after the meeting. - 1500 GMT UNITED NATIONS - German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock delivers keynote address at annual United Nations event in conjunction with International Holocaust Remembrance Day B'nai B'rith International. - 1600 GMT PARIS - OECD Economic Surveys: Mexico

    LIBYA - 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 
    
    • RIYADH - Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha starts a two-day visit to Saudi Arabia (To Jan 26).
    • BRUSSELS - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen receives German Economic Minister Robert Habeck
    • BRUSSELS - EU Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson participates in the North Atlantic Council meeting on Energy Security in Brussels and receives German Econ Minsiter Robert Habeck
    • BINTAN, Indonesia - Indonesian President Joko Widodo and Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong are set to meet in Bintan, on Indonesia's Riau islands for their annual retreat after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic. Bilateral talks expected to cover trade, investment, health and security.
    • BRUSSELS - Exchange of views between the EU's Foreign Committee and French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on the priorities of the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union - 0930 GMT
    • BRUSSELS - Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic meets with EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen - 1430 GMT
    • BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz receives French President Emmanuel Macron in Berlin to discuss Russia, according to a German government spokesperson, - 1645 GMT

    NUSANTARA - Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will be visiting Indonesia for the Singapore-Indonesia Leaders' Retreat.

    BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council.

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

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    WEDNESDAY, JAN. 26 
    
    • BERLIN - German Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht receives Britain's Minister of Defence Ben Wallace in Berlin.
    • BRUSSELS - EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell co-chairs a ministerial meeting of the G5 Sahel group in Brussels

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

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    THURSDAY, JAN. 27 
    

    KUALA LUMPUR - The Defence Ministers of Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines will meet to discuss efforts to strengthen the Trilateral Cooperative Arrangement to boost security in the Sulu Sea, Sulawesi and Sabah's east coast.

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    FRIDAY, JAN. 28 
    
    • BERLIN - EU Financial Services Commissioner Mairead McGuinness meets German Finance Minister Christian Lindner in Berlin

    PARIS - OECD Economic Survey: Romania

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    SUNDAY, JAN. 30 
    
    • MAPUTO – EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell visits Mozambique.

    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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    TUESDAY, FEB. 1	 
    

    • NEW DELHI - India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present her third annual budget in parliament – 0530 GMT

    MOSCOW - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban visits Russia.

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    WEDNESDAY, FEB. 2 
    

    VIENNA - 25th OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting via videoconference.

    GLOBAL - World Wetlands Day.

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    THURSDAY, FEB. 3 
    

    BEIJING - Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan will pay a three-day visit to China to attend the opening ceremony of Winter Olympics Games, Beijing 2022 at the invitation of Chinese leadership (to Feb. 5).

    LILLE, France – EU Informal meeting of justice and home affairs ministers (to Feb. 4)

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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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    MONDAY, FEB. 7 
    

    KYIV - Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg plans to visit Ukraine (to Feb. 8)

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    TUESDAY, FEB. 8 
    

    GLOBAL - Safer Internet Day 2022

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    WEDNESDAY, FEB. 9 
    

    GRENOBLE, France - Informal meeting of EU health ministers (to Feb. 10)

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    THURSDAY, FEB. 10 
    
    • DUBAI - Queen Elizabeth's grandson Prince William visits the United Arab Emirates on a trip that coincides with UK National Day being held at Expo 2020 Dubai.

    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 
    

    JAKARTA - Finance Ministers and Central Bank governors from G20 countries meeting in Indonesia (to Feb. 18) 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 – EU Informal meeting of ministers for the economy and finance (to Feb. 26).

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

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    SUNDAY, Feb 27 
    

    MALI - Mali Presidential Election.

    MALI - Malian National Assembly election.

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    TUESDAY, MARCH 1 
    

    WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Joe Biden delivers his State of the Union address to Congress.

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    THURSDAY, MARCH 3 
    

    ARLES, France – EU Informal meeting of the General Affairs Council (to March 4)

    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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    WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16 
    

    AMSTERDAM - The Netherlands holds municipal elections.

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    MONDAY, MARCH 21 
    

    BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) meeting.

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    TUESDAY, MARCH 22 
    

    BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council meeting.

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    THURSDAY, MARCH 24 
    
    • BRUSSELS - Brussels hosts summit of European Union leaders.

    BRUSSELS - European Council meeting (to March 25).

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