News: DIARY-Political and General News Events from Jan. 25

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    TUESDAY, JAN. 25 
    
    • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - King of Spain Philip VI visits Puerto Rico.

    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 
    
    • NEPAL - Nepalese National Assembly Election.
    • PARIS - Russian, Ukranian officials to meet in Paris on Wednesday. The meeting on Wednesday will bring together one of Russia's vice-prime ministers and a senior aide to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, as well as diplomatic advisors to Macron and German leader Olaf Scholz.
    • MADRID - Finland Prime Minister Sanna Marin will visit Madrid and meet with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.
    • WASHINGTON DC - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken hosts Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Ahmed Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah
    • VARIOUS, Myanmar - Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, the current chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), said he planned to speak to Myanmar military chief Min Aung Hlaing by video call on Wednesday.
    • BERLIN - German Economy Minister Robert Habeck presents the 2022 economic forecast in Berlin - 1330 GMT.
    • BRATISLAVA, Slovakia - European Council President Charles Michel meets Slovak Prime Minister Eduard Heger in Bratislava, to discuss EU Council's agenda. - 1450 GMT
    • VIENNA - Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer and European Council President Charles Michel speak to reporters after their meeting in Vienna. - 1730 GMT
    • TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Argentina's Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner holds a lecture at the auditorium of the National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH). - 2100 GMT

    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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    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 (To Mar 25)

    BRUSSELS - European Council meeting (to March 25).

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