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    TUESDAY, JUNE 22 
    

    • ATHENS – Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is scheduled to meet with the European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Stella Kyriakides.
    • MOSCOW – Prime Minister of Uzbekistan Abdulla Aripov will visit Moscow to attend the second meeting of Russia-Uzbekistan commission for bilateral cooperation at the level of Prime Ministers.
    • SEOUL - U.S. special representative for North Korea, Sung Kim, meets South Korean President Moon Jae-in in Seoul.
    • LISBON - EU-US Ministerial Meeting on Justice and Home Affairs. Press conference - 0700 GMT.
    • LISBON - Portugal's Finance Minister Joao Leao opens conference 'The effects of the COVID-19 crisis, the sustainability of public finances and European financing'. - 0830 GMT
    • VIENNA - Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg holds a news conference with his Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, who is visiting Vienna and met the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog on Monday. - 1000 GMT.
    • BRUSSELS - European Council President Charles Michel attends a video conference with ECB President Christine Lagarde, Eurogroup President Paschal Donohoe and Commissioner Valdis Dombroskis in Brussels, Belgium. - 1530 GMT.

    VIETNAM – Singapore Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Balakrishnan will be on an official visit to Hanoi, Dr Balakrishnan will meet Vietnam President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh (till June 23).

    DOHA - Qatar Economic Forum A virtual event lasting three days with speakers including Qatar finance minister and top executives (to June 23). HANOI – South Korean Minister of Foreign Affairs Chung Eui-yong will be visiting Viet Nam (To June 23).

    MADRID - Spain´s Economic Affairs minister Nadia Calviño addresses parliament commission on Recovery Plan - 1000 GMT

    BERLIN - German chancellor Angela Merkel meets EU-commissions president Ursula von der Leyen. They talk about national recovery plan, pressconference planned - 1100 GMT 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

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

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    WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23 
    
    • KYIV - Georgia's President Salome Zurabishvili will visit Ukraine and meet top officials.
    • RIYADH – President of the Gambia Adama Barrow will travel to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for an official visit and the President will be accompanied by Her Excellency, First Lady Fatou Bah-Barrow and other high ranking officials.(To June 29). BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel receives U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Berlin - 1400 GMT.

    PHNOM PENH – British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab will pay an official visit to Cambodia and hold talks with his Cambodian counterpart Prak Sokhon during a visit to Phnom Penh. - 0400 GMT BRUSSELS - 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.

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    THURSDAY, JUNE 24  
    
    • MOSCOW – Russian Minister of foreign affairs Sergey Lavrov meets minister of foreign affairs of Guatemala Pedro Brolo - 1000 GMT. BERLIN - German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken talk to students in Berlin.

    BERLIN - German chancellor Angela Merkel will adress Bundestag ahead of EU-summit. She will probably talk about Russia, Turkey, Covid, economic recovery and migration - 0700 GMT

    MADRID - Spain´s Foreign Affairs minister Arancha González Laya meets with her Panamanian counterpart Erika Mouynes followed by a joint press conference - 1030 GMT

    SINGAPORE – South Korean Minister of Foreign Affairs Chung Eui-yong will be visiting Singapore. GIBRALTAR – 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)

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    FRIDAY, JUNE 25 
    
    • BRUSSELS – Euro Summit. PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron meets U.S Secretary of State Antony Blinken, on a tour of European capitales. Blinken is also expected to meet French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, and OECD Secretary General Mathias Cormann

    MADRID - Spain´s Foreign Affairs minister Arancha González Laya meets with Iraqi counterpart Fuad Hussein followed by a joint press conference – 1030 GMT

    WASHINGTON – U.S. President Joe Biden will meet at the White House with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah, chairman of Afghanistan's High Council for National Reconciliation.

    JAKARTA – South Korean Minister of Foreign Affairs Chung Eui-yong will be visiting Indonesia. 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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    SUNDAY, JUNE 27 
    

    FRANCE - France holds the 2nd round of regional elections.

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    MONDAY, JUNE 28  
    

    WASHINGTON – Israeli President Reuven Rivlin will visit the White House, and meet with his US counterpart Joe Biden. 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 
    

    ABU DHABI – Foreign Minister of Israel Yair Lapid will travel to the United Arab Emirates, will be hosted by UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan (To June 30). BRUSSELS - 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.

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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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    THURSDAY, JULY 1 
    

    BANGKOK - 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.

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    FRIDAY, JULY 2 
    

    GENEVA - Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), give news conference on the latest developments in the COVID-19 pandemic. 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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    SUNDAY, JULY 5 
    

    BERLIN - King Willem Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands visit Germany (To July 7).

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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 – Eurogroup meeting.

    BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.

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    TUESDAY, JULY 13 
    

    BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.

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    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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    THURSDAY, JULY 15 
    

    WASHINGTON, D.C - U.S. President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Angela Merkel confer at the White House.

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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 
    

    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 
    

    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 
    

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

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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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    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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    WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 01 
    

    VENICE, Italy - 71st Venice International Film Festival (To Sept 11).

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