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- ANTALYA, Turkey – Turkey Foreign Minister Mevlut Çavuşoglu and European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell are scheduled to hold a bilateral meeting in Antalya, southern Turkey.
- ANKARA – Ukraine Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba will pay a working visit to the Republic of Turkey. where he will take part in Antalya diplomatic forum (To June 20).
- ANTALYA, Turkey – Uzbekistan Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov will visit Antalya to attend Diplomacy forum held by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey. (To June 19). SHANGHAI - Shanghai International Film Festival 2021 (to June 20) MOSCOW - Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei will visit Moscow. (final day) MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meets Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei. VIENNA - Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz hosts a conference with Western Balkans leaders from Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia along with representatives from the EU and Albania. - 1015 GMT BARCELONA - Spain´s economy minister Nadia Calviño speaks at Spanish-Italian forum - 1545 GMT BRUSSELS - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen visits Luxembourg to discuss COVID recovery spending plan BRUSSELS - EU energy commissioner Kadri Simson speaks at event on bloc's transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy - 1000 GMT BRUSSELS - European Commission Executive Vice-President Maros Sefcovic gives a speech at the College of Europe on the EU's post-Brexit relations with Britain. - 1300 GMT LONDON - Marco Buti, director-general for economic and financial affairs at the European Commission, joins Ellie Groves, managing director of OMFIF's Economic and Monetary Policy Institute, to discuss the current European economic outlook and the Next Generation EU fund (virtual roundtable) – 1000 GMT.
GENEVA - 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 20
- FRANCE - France holds the first round of regional elections. ARMENIA - Armenia holds snap parliamentary election.
GLOBAL - World Refugee Day.
BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) meeting.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 21
- MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meets OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid. 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 22
- MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meets Venezuela's Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza in Moscow.
- WARSAW - Finance ministers from the Visegrad Four grouping comprising Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia will meet in Warsaw as Poland's presidency of the group comes to a close. - 1400 GMT
- MOSCOW – Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza will visit Moscow and will meet with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov.
LUXEMBOURG – 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 24GIBRALTAR – Referendum Election.
BERLIN – 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.
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- FRANCE - France holds the 2nd round of regional elections. - - - - - - - - -
MONDAY, JUNE 28 MATERA, ITALY - G20 foreign ministers meet in the southern Italian city of Matera for a 3-day summit (to Jun. 30).
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JUNE 29BRUSSELS - Brussels Economic Forum conference with speakers including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, ECB President Christine Lagarde, EU Economy Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni and WTO director-general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala - 1000 GMT ROME – India's external affairs minister S Jaishankar will be in Italy's Matera on 29th June for the G20 Foreign minister's (FM) meet.
MOSCOW - 11th ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting Plus Experts' Working Group on Counter-Terrorism (to July 2).
PYEONGTAEK - 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 1BANGKOK - 15th ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus Experts’ Working Group on Maritime Security and Maritime Security Conference (video conference) (to July 2). VIENNA, 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.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JULY 15WASHINGTON, D.C - U.S. President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Angela Merkel confer at the White House.
- - - - - - - - - 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 26MANILA - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his final State of the Nation Address.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JULY 28GLOBAL - 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 - 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).
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, AUGUST 3SINGAPORE - APEC Business Advisory Council (Virtual Meeting).
- - - - - - - - - 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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