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    WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2 
    

    • BEIJING – Soroi Eoe, minister of foreign affairs and international trade of Papua New Guinea (PNG), will pay a visit to China.
    • ATHENS - IMF officials hold briefing with journalists at conclusion of their virtual mission for the 2021 economic review (Article IV consultations) and Third Post-Financing Assessment for Greece – 1200 GMT.
    • CHICAGO, United States - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks virtually to University of Chicago's Institute of Politics – 2030 GMT.
    • BRUSSELS - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen meets Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte in Brussels – 1700 GMT.
    • TUNIS - France's prime minister Jean Castex, foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, interior minister Gérald Darmanin and other members of a diplomatic delegation visit Tunisia. (To June 3)

    SAN JOSE, Costa Rica - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken travels to San Jose, Costa Rica, for talks with leaders from Central America, Mexico and the Dominican Republic. (Final day)

    BRUSSELS - Executive vice-president of the European Commission, Margrethe Vestager, speaks on the Artificial Intelligence Act with European lawmakers – 1430 GMT.

    BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the president of the State of Brandenburg Dietmar Woidke address the media following Merkel meets with East German state prime ministers – 1400 GMT.

    SOFIA - Bulgarian President Rumen Radev will hold news conference with Portugal President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, who is on a two-day official visit to Bulgaria. (To June 3)

    MADRID - Spain's Foreign Affairs minister Arancha González Laya meets with her Belgium counterpart Sophie Wilmés. They will hold a news conference following their meeting – 1730 GMT.

    JAKARTA - Europe Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell and his Indonesian counterpart Retno Marsudi hold a joint news conference on Zoom during the former's visit to Jakarta – 0330 GMT.

    BRUSSELS – Acting Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is to pay working visits to Brussels and Pashinyan is to meet with President of the European Council Charles Michel and Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo.

    ISLAMABAD – Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon will arrive in Islamabad on a two-day visit to discuss bilateral relations and cooperation (To June 3).

    BRUSSELS - European Commission vice-president Margaritis Schinas presents a communication on a strategy for the future of Schengen and an Amendment of the Regulation establishing the Schengen Evaluation Mechanism – 1000 GMT.

    BRUSSELS - European Commission vice-president Margrethe Vestager gives a press conference on "A trusted and secure European e-ID."

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    THURSDAY, JUNE 3 
    

    • BRUSSELS - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen meets Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte in Brussels – 0800 GMT.
    • TOKYO - Taiwan's Foreign Minister Joseph Wu will address the foreign press based in Japan via video call, with a speech provisionally titled "The Alignment of the Taiwan-Japan Partnership in the Face of Modern Challenges" – 0600 GMT.

    BRUSSELS - Vice-president of the European Commission Maros Sefcovic speaks on "the new Better Regulation Communication and its contribution to the European Green Deal objectives" with European lawmakers – 0900

    BRUSSELS - Valdis Dombrovskis, Executive Vice President of the European Commission, and Nicolas SCHMIT, EU Commissioner for jobs and social rights speaks on employment and social affairs with European lawmakers – 0830 GMT.

    BERLIN - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier welcomes Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen at Bellevue Castle in Berlin - 0900 GMT. LONDON - G7 Health Ministers' Meeting will be held in-person at Oxford University. Main topics are clinical trials, global health security, antimicrobial resistance and digital health. (to June 4).

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    FRIDAY, JUNE 4 
    

    • GENEVA - Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), give a news conference on the latest developments of the COVID-19 pandemic.

    BRUSSELS - Informal meeting of the members of the EU-Kyrgyz Republic Cooperation Council.

    CHILE – 10th anniversary of Chile's Puyehue volcano eruption, causing air traffic cancellations across South America, New Zealand, Australia. HONG KONG - Tens of thousands attend a candlelight vigil in Hong Kong to commemorate the 32nd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown in Beijing. LONDON - Finance ministers from across the G7 nations will meet at Lancaster House in London. (To June 05)

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    SATURDAY, JUNE 5 
    

    WELLINGTON - Trade ministers of Asia-Pacific countries meet ahead of the APEC Summit in New Zealand.

    GLOBAL - World Environment Day.

    GAMBIA, THE – Referendum Election.

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    SUNDAY, JUNE 6 
    

    • MAGDEBURG, Germany - Saxony-Anhalt state elections in Germany.

    SEOUL - South Korea marks the 66th anniversary of Memorial Day.

    PERU – Presidential election – Second round

    MEXICO - Mexican Chamber of Deputies election.

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    MONDAY, JUNE 7 
    

    • GENEVA - Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), give news conference on the latest developments in the COVID-19 pandemic.

    MEXICO CITY/GUATEMALA CITY - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris to travel to Guatemala and Mexico. (To June 8)

    MOSCOW - Russia's Foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, meets his Djiboutian counterpart, who is on a working visit in Russia (to June 9). BRUSSELS – EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting. (To June 8)

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    TUESDAY, JUNE 8 
    

    • BRUNEI – ASEAN Senior Economic Officials' Meeting (SEOM) (To June 10).

    DOHA – The Arab foreign ministers will meet in the Qatari capital Doha for “consultative” talks.

    BRUSSELS - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Commissioner for budget Johannes Hahn give a press conference on the draft General Budget 2022.

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    WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9 
    

    MONGOLIA – President Election.

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    THURSDAY, JUNE 10 
    

    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)

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    FRIDAY, JUNE 11 
    

    • 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). CORNWALL, England - U.S. President Joe Biden will meet Queen Elizabeth II when he visits the UK for the G7 summit. 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)

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    SATURDAY, JUNE 12 
    

    • 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.

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    SUNDAY, JUNE 13 
    

    FRANCE - Regional and departmental elections - First round

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    MONDAY, JUNE 14 
    

    • 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.

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    TUESDAY, JUNE 15 
    

    • 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).

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    WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16 
    

    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.

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    THURSDAY, JUNE 17 
    

    BRUSSELS - Euro zone finance ministers meet – 1300 GMT.

    GLOBAL - United Nation's World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought.

    LUXEMBOURG – Eurogroup meeting.

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    FRIDAY, JUNE 18 
    

    • 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.

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    SUNDAY, JUNE 20 
    

    • ARMENIA - Armenia holds snap parliamentary election.

    GLOBAL - World Refugee Day.

    FRANCE - Regional and departmental elections - Second round BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) meeting.

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    MONDAY, JUNE 21 
    
    • 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.

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    TUESDAY, JUNE 22 
    

    LUXEMBOURG – EU General Affairs Council meeting. SINGAPORE – APEC Senior Finance Officials Virtual Meeting (To June 23).

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    WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23 
    

    • 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.

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    THURSDAY, JUNE 24  
    

    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)

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    FRIDAY, JUNE 25 
    

    WELLINGTON - 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.

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    SATURDAY, JUNE 26 
    

    GLOBAL - International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.

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    MONDAY, JUNE 28  
    

    MATERA, ITALY - G20 foreign ministers meet in the southern Italian city of Matera for a 3-day summit (to Jun. 30).

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    TUESDAY, JUNE 29 
    

    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.

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    WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30 
    

    • JERUSALEM - 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.

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    FRIDAY, JULY 2 
    

    GLOBAL - World UFO Day on anniversary of the Roswell incident. SIENA - July annual horse race "Palio di Siena".

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    FRIDAY, JULY 3 
    

    GLOBAL - International Day of Cooperatives.

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    SATURDAY, JULY 4 
    

    UNITED STATES - Independence Day.

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    TUESDAY, JULY 6 
    

    • BRUSSELS - 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.

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    WEDNESDAY, JULY 7 
    

    KATHMANDU – 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.

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    FRIDAY, JULY 9 
    

    TEHRAN – 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)

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    SUNDAY, JULY 11 
    

    • SOFIA - 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.

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    MONDAY, JULY 12 
    
    • BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.
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    TUESDAY, JULY 13 
    
    • BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JULY 14
    • BRUSSELS - European Commission vice-president Margrethe Vestager gives a press conference on an EU digital levy.

    PARIS - Bastille Day.

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    SATURDAY, JULY 17 
    

    GLOBAL - World Day for International Justice.

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    SUNDAY, JULY 18 
    

    GLOBAL - Nelson Mandela International Day.

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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 
    

    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 
    

    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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    WEDNESDAY, JULY 28 
    

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

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    MONDAY, AUGUST 2 
    
    • BRUNEI – ASEAN Senior Economic Officials’ Meeting (SEOM) (To Aug. 4).

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