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-------------------------------------------------------------------------- This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events-------------------------------------------------------------------------- THURSDAY, JUNE 3
- BERLIN - German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier speaks on the economic situation a year after coronavirus stimulus package was launched – 0700 GMT.
- ISTANBUL - Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan will hosts a delegation from Azerbaijan in Ankara - 1200 GMT.
- WASHINGTON DC - Israel's Defense Minister Benny Gantz meets with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin in Washington D.C. – 1530 GMT.
- TRIPOLI - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and Libyan Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibeh hold a joint news conference.
- TBILISI – Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal will pay an official visit to Georgia (to June 4).
- MOSCOW – Indonesian Trade Minister Muhammad Lufti will depart for Russia.
- ATHENS – Εuropean Commission Vice President Margaritis Schinas is to visit Athens (To June 5).
- CONAKRY – Gambia's President Adama Barrow will travel to the Republic of Guinea (To June 5).
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. (Final day)
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. (Final day)
ISLAMABAD – Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon will arrive in Islamabad on a two-day visit to discuss bilateral relations and cooperation (Final day).
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).
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JUNE 4
- COPENHAGEN - Foreign ministers of Denmark, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania meet in Copenhagen – 0800 GMT.
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)
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JUNE 5WELLINGTON - Trade ministers of Asia-Pacific countries meet ahead of the APEC Summit in New Zealand.
GLOBAL - World Environment Day.
GAMBIA, THE – Referendum Election.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JUNE 6MAGDEBURG, 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.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 7
- BERLIN - German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas presents a "White Paper on Multilateralism", developed with Norwegian foreign ministry – 1230 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.
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)
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JUNE 8
- SOFIA - Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama makes official visit to Bulgaria.
- BRUSSELS - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Commissioner for budget Johannes Hahn address a press conference
- BRUSSELS - European Union home affairs ministers hold a debate on the impact of COVID-19 in fighting criminality and will exchange views on the internal security outlook regarding artificial intelligence – 0800 GMT.
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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- BERLIN - German foreign minister Heiko Maas meets his Ukrainian counterpart in Berlin – 1400 GMT.
MONGOLIA – President Election.
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- 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 11GENEVA - 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)
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JUNE 12COPENHAGEN - 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 13FRANCE - Regional and departmental elections - First round
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 14GENEVA - 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 15BRUSSELS - 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 16GENEVA – 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 21ETHIOPIA – 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).
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- 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.
- - - - - - - - - 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.
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- 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 – 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 21KENNEDY 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.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JULY 28GLOBAL - World Hepatitis Day. GLOBAL – 107th anniversary of the beginning of World War 1. PERU - 200th anniversary of independence.
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- PALESTINIAN - Palestinians hold presidential elections.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, AUGUST 2BRUNEI – ASEAN Senior Economic Officials’ Meeting (SEOM) (To Aug. 4).
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