News: DIARY-Political and General News Events from July 13

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    TUESDAY, JULY 13 
    
    • KINSHASA - Burundi President Evariste Ndayishimiye will travel to Democratic Republic of the Congo (to July 14).
    • DUSHANBE - Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar will visit Tajikistan to take part in the meeting of the SCO Council of Foreign Ministers. (to July 14).
    • DUSHANBE - The delegation of Uzbekistan led by Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov will attend the meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Foreign Ministers Council in Dushanbe (to July 14).
    • CAIRO - Greek Foreign Affairs Minister Nikos Dendias will visit Cairo
    • ANKARA - Lithuanian foreign minister Gabrielius Landsbergis visits Turkey amid spat with Belarus over migrants (to July 14).
    • PARIS - EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen meets Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki - 1800 GMT.
    • MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin meets Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in Russia's St Petersburg - 1000 GMT.
    • BRUSSELS - European Commission President Ursula Van Der Leyen meets Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen - 1200 GMT.

    PRAGUE - Prague European Summit, Slovenia President Borut Pahor, Czech Deputy Prime Minister Karel Havlicek and Czech Foreign Minister Jakub Kulhanek are among speakers at the three-day Prague European Summit (to July 14)

    DUSHANBE/ASHGABAT/TASHKENT - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will make working visits to Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan (to July 16).

    KINSHASA - Burundi President Evariste Ndayishimiye will travel to neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo on 12 July for a three-day state visit (to July 14)

    WASHINGTON, D.C. - Jordan's King Abdullah II left for the United States for a three-week visit. (To July 22) DUSHANBE - Foreign ministers from the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, a security grouping comprising Russia, China and ex-Soviet states in Central Asia,discuss the situation in Afghanistan.

    MADRID - Spain´s economy minister Nadia Calvino takes part in an event on culture and society at the Círculo de Bellas Artes - 1100 GMT.

    MADRID - Spain´s economy minister Nadia Calvino delivers speech at the Women to Watch W2W PWC meeting - 1630 GMT.

    BERLIN - German defence minister meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during his visit to Germany - 1130 GMT.

    DUSHANBE - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit Tajikistan. (To July 14)

    NEW YORK CITY, United States - German foreign minister Heiko Maas travels to the United States KYIV - Vice-President of the European Commission Maros Sefcovic will visit Kyiv to participate in a high-level conference "Strategic Partnership between the European Union and Ukraine on Critical Raw Materials and Batteries".

    BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.

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    WEDNESDAY, JULY 14 
    

    • BANGKOK - Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) hold a virtual meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. BRUSSELS - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Commissioner for budget Johannes Hahn give a press conference on a proposal for an own resource’s decision.

    BRUSSELS - European Commission vice-president Margrethe Vestager gives a press conference on an EU digital levy.

    PARIS - Bastille Day.

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    THURSDAY, JULY 15 
    

    • MADRID - Spain's economy minister Nadia Calvino participates in a tribute ceromony for coronavirus victims and recognition to healthcare staff - 0700 GMT.
    • MADRID - Spain's economy minister Nadia Calvino takes part in ELKARGI business meeting - 1010 GMT.

    GENEVA - WTO ministerial meeting aimed at reaching deal on over-fishing rules.

    DUBLIN - Irish Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe presents Summer Economic Statment- 0830 GMT.

    DUBLIN - EU Commissioner for Financial Services Mairead McGuinness speaks at Irish parliament - 0830 GMT. WASHINGTON, D.C - U.S. President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Angela Merkel confer at the White House.

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    FRIDAY, JULY 16 
    

    BANGKOK - Thai finance minister, Arkhom Termpittayapaisith, speaks at the World Bank,s seminar on Thailand economic monitor - 0200 GMT.

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    SATURDAY, JULY 17 
    

    • WELLINGTON - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern hold a news conference after hosting an informal virtual meeting of leaders from countries in the Asia-Pacific trade group APEC to focus on the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic effects.

    GLOBAL - World Day for International Justice.

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    SUNDAY, JULY 18 
    

    GLOBAL - Nelson Mandela International Day.

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    MONDAY, JULY 19 
    

    WASHINGTON D.C - U.S. President Joe Biden and King Abdullah of Jordan confer at the White House.

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    TUESDAY, JULY 20 
    

    CYPRUS - Cyprus marks the anniversary of the Turkish invasion in 1974.

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    WEDNESDAY, JULY 21 
    

    LISBON - Portugal's Prime Minister Antonio Costa and government ministers hold State of the Nation's debate in Parliament with lawmakers KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Florida – 10th anniversary of conclusion of NASA's space shuttle program after the successful completion of mission STS-135.

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    THURSDAY, JULY 22 
    

    KRANJ, Slovenia – EU Informal meeting of the European Affairs ministers. (To July 23)

    OSLO – 10th anniversary of Norway bombing and mass shooting at youth summer camp on the nearby Utoya Island where 77 people were killed.

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    FRIDAY, JULY 23 
    

    BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council (Budget) meeting.

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    MONDAY, JULY 26 
    

    MANILA - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his final State of the Nation Address.

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    WEDNESDAY, JULY 28 
    

    PARIS - OECD Economic Surveys: Portugal 2021

    GLOBAL - World Hepatitis Day. GLOBAL – 107th anniversary of the beginning of World War 1. PERU - 200th anniversary of independence.

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    FRIDAY, JULY 30 
    

    PARIS - OECD Economic Surveys: Hungary 2021

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    SATURDAY, JULY 31 
    

    PALESTINIAN - Palestinians hold presidential elections.

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    SUNDAY, AUGUST 1 
    

    GLOBAL – World Breastfeeding Week (to Aug. 7).

    WARSAW – Poland marks 77th anniversary of its war-time Warsaw Uprising against the Nazi occupation.

    CHINA – 94th founding anniversary of the People's Liberation Army.

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    MONDAY, AUGUST 2 
    

    BRUNEI - 54th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (to August 7). BRUNEI - 22nd APT Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (APT FMM) (to August 7). BRUNEI - 11th EAS Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (EAS FMM) (to August 7). BRUNEI – ASEAN Senior Economic Officials’ Meeting (SEOM) (To Aug. 4).

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    TUESDAY, AUGUST 3 
    

    SINGAPORE - APEC Business Advisory Council (Virtual Meeting).

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    FRIDAY, AUGUST 6 
    

    EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2021 (To Aug 30) HIROSHIMA - Hiroshima Commemorations 76th Anniversary of 1945 nuclear attacks.

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    MONDAY, AUGUST 9 
    

    NAGASAKI, Japan - Nagasaki Commemorations 76th Anniversary of 1945 nuclear attacks.

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    THURSDAY, AUGUST 12 
    

    GLOBAL - International Youth Day.

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    SATURDAY, AUGUST 14 
    

    PAKISTAN – 74th Anniversary of Pakistan independence from British rule.

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    SUNDAY, AUGUST 15 
    

    JAPAN – 76th Anniversary of country's surrender in World War Two. INDIA – 74th Anniversary of Indian Independence from British rule. LIECHTENSTEIN – 215th Anniversary of Independence.

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    MONDAY, AUGUST 16 
    

    WELLINGTON - APEC 2021 Food Security Ministers' Meeting.

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    THURSDAY, AUGUST 19 
    

    GLOBAL - World Humanitarian Day. MOSCOW – 29th Anniversary of the failed Soviet coup against Mikhail Gorbachev which accelerated the collapse of the Soviet Union.

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    SATURDAY, AUGUST 21 
    

    SYRIA – 8th Anniversary of nerve gas attack which killed hundreds of people in rebel-held neighbourhoods on the edge of Damascus.

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    MONDAY, AUGUST 23 
    

    BALTIC WAY – 32nd anniversary of the Baltic Way, a human chain of people in 1989 stretching from Vilnius to Tallinn to mark solidarity in the struggle for independence from the Soviet Union.

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    TUESDAY, AUGUST 24 
    

    POLAND - Poland marks the 32nd anniversary of the creation of the first post-Communist government in 1989. UKRAINE – 30th Anniversary of Independence. WASHINGTON – 209th Anniversary of the Burning of Washington, including the White House and the US Capitol building, by the British troops during the War of 1812.

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    WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25 
    

    URUGUAY - Uruguay's Independence Day. PARIS – 77th Anniversary of the liberation of Paris from Nazi occupation in the Second World War.

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    TUESDAY, AUGUST 31 
    

    PALESTINE - Palestinians hold National Council Elections

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    WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 
    

    NORTH OSSETIA, Russia - 17th Anniversary of the terrorist attack at Beslan School.

    MEXICO - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador holds his third state of the union address. VENICE, Italy - 78th Venice International Film Festival (To Sept 11).

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    SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 
    

    MUNICH, Germany - 49th anniversary of the attack on Israeli Olympic team by Palestinian gunmen, killing 11 Israelis.

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    MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 
    

    INDIA/BANGLADESH – 10th anniversary of a pact to end a 40-year border demarcation dispute between India and Bangladesh.

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    WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 
    

    MOROCCO - Moroccan Chamber of Representatives Election.

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    THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 
    

    TORONTO, Canada - Toronto International Film Festival 2021 (to Sept 18).

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    FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 
    

    SOUTHAMPTON – Southampton International Boat Show 2021 (to Sept 19).

    KRANJ, Slovenia – EU Informal meeting of economic and financial affairs ministers. (To Sept 11)

    BRUSSELS – Eurogroup Meeting.

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    SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 
    

    UNITED STATES – 20th anniversary of 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon.

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    MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 
    

    NORWAY - Norwegian Parliament Election.

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    WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 
    

    GLOBAL - International day of Democracy. GUATEMALA – 200th anniversary of Independence. EL SALVADOR – 200th anniversary of Independence. COSTA RICA – 200th anniversary of Independence. HONDURAS – 200th anniversary of Independence. NICARAGUA – 200th anniversary of Independence.

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    SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 
    

    RUSSIA - Russia hold parliament election

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    MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 
    

    VIENNA - IAEA 65th General Conference (to Sept 24).

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    FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 
    

    BISSAU - Guinea-Bissau marks 48th anniversary of Independence from Portugal.

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    SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 
    

    BERLIN –BMW Berlin Marathon.

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    TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 
    

    GLOBAL - World Rabies Day.

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