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-------------------------------------------------------------------------- This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events-------------------------------------------------------------------------- THURSDAY, JUNE 10
- SINGAPORE - Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison will make an official visit to Singapore for a leaders' meeting with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
- DODOMA – Botswana's President Mokgweetsi Masisi has arrived in Tanzania for a two-day state visit on a special invitation by President Samia Suluhu Hassan. (To June 11)
- SAN SALVADOR - El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele is set to have a meeting with the IMF on Thursday in which they will discuss a new law that makes bitcoin legal tender.
- SAN JOSE, Costa Rica - Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez meets Central America regional leaders during his official tour in Latin America. KUWAIT CITY - Minister of External Affairs of India S Jaishankar set to visit Kuwait. (To June 11)
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast - French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian arrives in Ivory Coast for a visit (final day) BRUNEI – ASEAN Senior Economic Officials' Meeting (SEOM) (final day).
ANKARA - President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov will pay an official visit to the Republic of Turkey. (To June 11) CORNWALL, England - U.S secretary of State Antony Blinken participates in the President's bilateral meetings around the G7 summit in Cornwall (to June 12).
KYIV - Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio will pay a working visit to Ukraine at the invitation of Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba.
COPENHAGEN - WHO Europe news conference on COVID-19 situation across the continent - 0900 GMT PARIS - French president Emmanuel Macron holds presser ahead of the G7 Summit - 1430 GMT WARSAW - Slovakian Prime Minister Eduard Heger to visit Poland and meet Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. TBILISI - Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda will pay a two-day official visit to Georgia. (To June 11)
LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will meet U.S. President Joe Biden ahead of the G7 Summit in Cornwall.
KIGALI - Rwanda's finance minister presents the 2021/22 (July-June) budget highlighting the government's spending priorities – 1100 GMT.
KAMPALA - Uganda's finance minister presents the 2021/22(July-June) budget highlighting the government's spending priorities - 1100 GMT. NAIROBI - Kenya's Finance Minister Ukur Yatani presents the 2021/22(July-June) budget, outlining the government's spending priorities in light of the COVID-19 pandemic - 1100 GMT.
DODOMA - Tanzania's finance minister Mwigulu Nchemba presents the 2021/22(July-June) budget highlighting the government's spending priorities - 1100 GMT. DUSHANBE - President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev will visit Tajikistan. (To June 12)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JUNE 11
- CORNWALL, England - South Korean President Moon Jae-in to be an observer at the G7 summit in the UK.
BUENOS AIRES - German foreign minister Heiko Maas embarks on a official visit to Argentina. ATHENS - ΕU foreign affairs ministers of Greece, Cyprus, France, Spain, Italia, Malta and Portugal, the so-called MED7 group, meet to prepare an EU-Med7 summit to be held in Greece in September. BELFAST, United Kingdom - Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin, outgoing Northern Ireland First Minister Arlene Foster and Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon take part in a meeting of the British-Irish Council in Northern Ireland. - 1120 GMT LONDON - UK finance minister Rishi Sunak, Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey and other top officials take part in an event with the Bank for International Settlements on financial services innovation. - 0830 GMT BRUSSELS - EU Commission vice president Valdis Dombrovskis talks on EU trade policy and its contribution to economic recovery, shortly before EU-U.S. summit - 0900 GMT SAN JOSE - President of Costa Rica Carlos Andrés Alvarado meets Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez during his official tour to Costa Rica.
GENEVA - Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), give news conference on the latest developments in the COVID-19 pandemic.
CORNWALL, England – 47th G7 summit, Cornwall (To June 13). CARBIS BAY, UNITED KINGDOM - Group of Seven leaders meet in the first in-person G7 summit for two years.
SHANGHAI - Shanghai International Film Festival 2021 (to June 20)
CORNWALL, England - U.S. President Joe Biden will visit UK to attend the G7 summit in Cornwall, England (To June 13)
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JUNE 12NAIROBI - India's Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar will pay an official visit to Kenya. (To June 14)
COPENHAGEN - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier visits Denmark. (To June 13)
BRUSSELS – Turkey's foreign minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, will visit Brussels for a summit on (to June 14). GLOBAL - World Day against Child Labour ILO.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JUNE 13WINDSOR CASTLE, England - U.S. President Joe Biden will meet Queen Elizabeth II when he visits the UK for the G7 summit. FRANCE - Regional and departmental elections - First round
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 14
- DUBLIN - European Commissioner for Economy Paolo Gentiloni speaks in Dublin on efforts to secure a global corporate tax deal - 1500 GMT BRUSSELS - U.S Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will accompany President Joseph R. Biden to the NATO summit and the US-EU summit. (To June 15)
BRUSSELS - EU Informal video conference of foreign affairs ministers (Development)
GENEVA - Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), give news conference on the latest developments in the COVID-19 pandemic.
BAKU - Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan visits Azerbaijan. (To June 15)
GLOBAL - World Blood Donor Day. GAZA - 14th anniversary of Hamas takeover of the Gaza strip from Fatah. BRUSSELS - NATO leaders meet in Brussels to discuss substantive and forward-looking NATO 2030 agend Russia's actions, the threat of terrorism, cyber attacks, emerging and disruptive technologies, the security impact of climate change, and the rise of China. BRUSSELS - U.S. President Joe Biden will visit to Brussels to take part in NATO summit in BRUSSELS, Belgium.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JUNE 15Geneva - U.S secretary of State Antony Blinken will participate in President Biden's bilateral meeting with Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin in Geneva.
BRUSSELS - Belgian King Philippe and Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo meet with U.S. President Joe Biden.
BRUSSELS - The heads of the European Commission and European Council host a summit with U.S. President Joe Biden to discuss issues including climate change, health trade and geopolitical challenges.
BRUSSELS – EU-US summit, Brussels. GLOBAL - World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD).
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16
- PARIS - OECD Economic Survey: Netherlands 2021
GENEVA – Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Joe Biden will hold a summit in Geneva. BARCELONA - Spain´s economy minister Nadia Calvino to deliver a speech at an economy event in Barcelona - 1640 GMT. WELLINGTON - APEC 2021 Structural Reform Ministers’ Meeting.
BRUSSELS - European Commission vice-president Margaritis Schinas speaks on lessons learnt from the COVID-19 crisis.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 17BRUSSELS - Euro zone finance ministers meet – 1300 GMT.
GLOBAL - United Nation's World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought.
LUXEMBOURG – Eurogroup meeting.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JUNE 18GENEVA - Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), give news conference on the latest developments in the COVID-19 pandemic.
BARCELONA - Spain's prime minister Pedro Sanchez and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi close Cercle D'Economia conferences - 0900 GMT. LUXEMBOURG – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting. IRAN, Islamic Republic of Iran – President Election.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JUNE 20ARMENIA - Armenia holds snap parliamentary election.
GLOBAL - World Refugee Day.
FRANCE - Regional and departmental elections - Second round BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) meeting.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 21
- PARIS – OECD Economic Survey: Sweden 2021
ETHIOPIA – Ethiopian House of People's Representatives election.
DOHA - Qatar Economic Forum. A virtual event lasting three days with speakers including Qatar finance minister and top executives (to June 23). LUXEMBOURG – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JUNE 22LUXEMBOURG – EU General Affairs Council meeting. SINGAPORE – APEC Senior Finance Officials Virtual Meeting (To June 23).
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23BRUSSELS - EU Commission vice-presidents Margrether Vestager and Margaritis Schinas present an EU recommendation for a joint cyber unit.
JERUSALEM - Honduras' President Juan Orlando Hernandez visits Israel. (To June 25)
BERLIN - German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and United National Secretary General Antonio Guterres host the second Libya summit in Berlin.
BRUSSELS - European Commission vice-president Valdis Dombrovskis speaks on a communication on a new occupational safety and health strategy framework.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 24BERLIN – 73rd anniversary of beginning of The Berlin Blockade. Communist forces cut off all land and water routes between West Germany and West Berlin, prompting the United States to organize a massive airlift. VIENNA, Austria – 181st Meeting of the OPEC Conference. BRUSSELS – European Council meeting (To June 25)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JUNE 25WELLINGTON - APAC 2021 informal finance ministerial meeting with the APEC business advisory council.
LOS ANGELES - 12th death anniversary of pop star Michael Jackson. ARUBA – Aruban Legislature election.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JUNE 26GLOBAL - International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 28MATERA, ITALY - G20 foreign ministers meet in the southern Italian city of Matera for a 3-day summit (to Jun. 30).
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JUNE 29PYEONGTAEK - South Korea observes the 19th anniversary of an inter-Korean sea clash. BEJING/TAIPEI - 11th Anniversary of signing of a landmark trade deal between China and Taiwan.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30JERUSALEM - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier visits Israel. (To July 2)
PARIS - French president Emmanuel Macron welcomes his Argentinian and Mexican counterparts Alberto Ferndandez and Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador in a gender equality summit with the UN. BRUSSELS - European Commission vice-president Dubravka Suica speaks on the EU's long-term vision for rural areas.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JULY 1VIENNA, Austria – 18th OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting via videoconference.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JULY 2GLOBAL - World UFO Day on anniversary of the Roswell incident. SIENA - July annual horse race "Palio di Siena".
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JULY 3GLOBAL - International Day of Cooperatives.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JULY 4UNITED STATES - Independence Day.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JULY 6BRUSSELS - European Commission vice-president Valdis Dombrovskis gives a press conference on the bloc's renewed sustainable finance strategy and a communication on Establishment of an EU green bond standard.
BRUSSELS - European Commission vice-president Valdis Dombrovskis gives a press conference on the bloc's new anti money-laundering legislative package.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JULY 7KATHMANDU – 74th birthday of Nepal's deposed king, Gyanendra. LONDON - 16th anniversary of the attacks on London's transport network that killed more than 50 and injured 700.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JULY 9TEHRAN – 22nd anniversary of attack on Tehran University dormitory in 1999. RAMALLAH - Palestine marks the 16th anniversary of a World Court ruling that Israel's walls and fences in the West Bank were illegal. SOUTH SUDAN – 10th anniversary of South Sudan becoming an independent state.
VENICE, Italy - G20 Economy Ministers meet in Venice for a two-day summit, one of the main events of Italy's G20 presidency (To July 10)
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JULY 11SOFIA - Bulgaria to hold snap parliamentary election.
GLOBAL - United Nations World Population Day. MUMBAI - 14th anniversary of deadly bomb attacks on Mumbai's commuter rail network.
MOLDOVA - Moldovan Parliament Election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JULY 12BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting.
BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JULY 13BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JULY 14BRUSSELS - European Commission vice-president Margrethe Vestager gives a press conference on an EU digital levy.
PARIS - Bastille Day.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JULY 17GLOBAL - World Day for International Justice.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JULY 18GLOBAL - Nelson Mandela International Day.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JULY 20CYPRUS - Cyprus marks the anniversary of the Turkish invasion in 1974.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JULY 21LISBON - 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.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JULY 22OSLO – 10th anniversary of Norway bombing and mass shooting at youth summer camp on the nearby Utoya Island where 77 people were killed.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JULY 23BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council (Budget) meeting.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JULY 26
- MANILA - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his final State of the Nation Address. - - - - - - - - -
WEDNESDAY, JULY 28 GLOBAL - World Hepatitis Day. GLOBAL – 107th anniversary of the beginning of World War 1. PERU - 200th anniversary of independence.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JULY 31PALESTINIAN - Palestinians hold presidential elections.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, AUGUST 1GLOBAL – 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.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, AUGUST 2BRUNEI – ASEAN Senior Economic Officials’ Meeting (SEOM) (To Aug. 4).
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, AUGUST 6EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2021 (To Aug 30) HIROSHIMA - Hiroshima Commemorations 76th Anniversary of 1945 nuclear attacks.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, AUGUST 9NAGASAKI, Japan - Nagasaki Commemorations 76th Anniversary of 1945 nuclear attacks.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, AUGUST 12GLOBAL - International Youth Day.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, AUGUST 14PAKISTAN – 74th Anniversary of Pakistan independence from British rule.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, AUGUST 15JAPAN – 76th Anniversary of country's surrender in World War Two. INDIA – 74th Anniversary of Indian Independence from British rule. LIECHTENSTEIN – 215th Anniversary of Independence.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, AUGUST 19GLOBAL - World Humanitarian Day. MOSCOW – 29th Anniversary of the failed Soviet coup against Mikhail Gorbachev which accelerated the collapse of the Soviet Union.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, AUGUST 21SYRIA – 8th Anniversary of nerve gas attack which killed hundreds of people in rebel-held neighbourhoods on the edge of Damascus.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, AUGUST 23BALTIC 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.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, AUGUST 24POLAND - 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.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25URUGUAY - Uruguay's Independence Day. PARIS – 77th Anniversary of the liberation of Paris from Nazi occupation in the Second World War.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 01VENICE, Italy - 71st Venice International Film Festival (To Sept 11).
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