News: DIARY-Political and General News Events from March 15

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    TUESDAY, MARCH 15 
    
    • KYIV - Prime ministers of the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovenia will travel to Kyiv to meet President Volodomyr Zelenskiy.
    • NEW DELHI - Sri Lankan Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa will visit India.
    • BUCHAREST - Bulgarian President Rumen Radev to pay working visit to Romania.
    • BRUSSELS - EU finance ministers will discuss the economic consequences of sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine – 0830 GMT
    • ABU DHABI - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to visit United Arab Emirates.

    KATHMANDU - Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Fahran Al Saud, also the prince of the oil-rich nation is embarking on a two-day official visit to Nepal. (final day)

    KUALA LUMPUR - The three-day inaugural visit of Egypt's Foreign Affairs Minister Sameh Hassan Shoukry to Malaysia will build on the momentum of prevailing robust ties between both countries. (To Mar. 16)

    HANOI - Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio‘s official visit to Vietnam and it is expected to be a new step forwards in the development of ties between Vietnam and the West African country. (Mar. 20)

    LONDON - Prime Minister of Latvia Krisjanis Kariņs will meet other Baltic and Nordic representatives, as well as the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, in a summit of the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF). (final day)

    GENEVA – 49th regular session of the Human Rights Council (To April 1).

    COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen visits Greenland. (To March 17)

    BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg holds news conference on the eve of an extraordinary NATO defence ministers meeting to discuss the crisis in Ukraine – 1400 GMT

    BERLIN - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier receives King Abdullah of Jordan at Bellevue castle in Berlin – 0845 GMT

    OTTAWA - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will address Canada's parliament – 1515 GMT

    MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meeting with Iranian counterpart Hossein Amirabdollahian in Moscow – 0900 GMT

    GLOBAL - World Day of Action against Seal Hunting. DAMASCUS - Syria marks the 11th anniversary of an uprising against President Bashar al-Assad.

    BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.

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    WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16 
    
    • MADRID - Spain´s economy minister Nadia Calviño participates in a conference on Digital Transformation – 1100 GMT
    • SARAJEVO - Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy visits Bosnia

    BERLIN - German Finance Minister Lindner holds news conference of German budget plans for the years 2022-2026 – 1315 GMT

    BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin speak to reporters ahead of their talks, likely to focus on the war in Ukraine – 1800 GMT

    WASHINGTON DC - The prime minister and head of government of Ireland Micheal Martin visits Washington.

    BRUSSELS - NATO defence ministers meet in Brussels to discuss the war in Ukraine.

    HALABJA, Iraq – 34th anniversary of 5,000 civilian Kurds being killed in Iraqi chemical weapons attack. DUBLIN, Ireland - St. Patrick's Festival (to Mar. 20).

    AMSTERDAM - The Netherlands holds municipal elections.

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    THURSDAY, MARCH 17 
    
    • BRUSSELS - Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov briefs the EU parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee.

    BERLIN - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will give a speech before Germany's Bundestag lower house of parliament via video link – 0800 GMT

    ITALY - Anniversary of the unification of Italy

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    FRIDAY, MARCH 18 
    

    BRATISLAVA - Czech Republic Defence Minister Jana Cernochova meets her Slovak counterpart Jaroslav Nad in Slovakia's capital Bratislava

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    SATURDAY, MARCH 19 
    

    BELMOPAN - Britain's Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge to visit Belize (to March 21)

    EGYPT – 11th anniversary of Egyptian referendum on constitutional reforms.

    DILI, Timor-Leste – Presidential election.

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    SUNDAY, MARCH 20 
    

    PHNOM PENH - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visits Phnom Penh and meets his Cambodian counterpart Hun Sen. (To March 21)

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    MONDAY, MARCH 21 
    

    BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) meeting.

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    TUESDAY, MARCH 22 
    

    KINGSTON - Britain's Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge to visit Jamaica (to March 24)

    GLOBAL - World Water Day.

    BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council meeting.

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    WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23 
    

    DUBLIN - The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall are to visit the Republic of Ireland (to Mar. 25) GLOBAL - World Meteorological Day.

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    THURSDAY, MARCH 24 
    

    NASSAU - Britain's Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge to visit The Bahamas (to March 26)

    BANGKOK - Thai Finance Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith gives a speech on the future of Thailand and digital assets at a seminar – 0130 GMT

    GLOBAL - World Tuberculosis Day.

    BRUSSELS - Brussels hosts summit of European Union leaders (To Mar 25)

    BRUSSELS - European Council meeting (to March 25).

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    FRIDAY, MARCH 25 
    

    PARIS - Finland Finance Minister Annika Saarikko will represent Finland at the informal meeting of finance ministers (Ecofin) in Paris.

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    THURSDAY, MARCH 31 
    

    VIENNA - 27th OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting via videoconference.

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    SATURDAY, APRIL 2 
    

    VALLETTA - Pope Francis to visit Malta (to April 3)

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    SUNDAY , APRIL 3 
    

    BUDAPEST, Hungary – Referendum Election.

    COSTA RICA – President election.

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    MONDAY, APRIL 4 
    

    BRUSSELS - Euro zone finance ministers meet on G20, banking union – 1300 GMT

    LUXEMBOURG – Eurogroup meeting.

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    TUESDAY, APRIL 5 
    

    LUXEMBOURG – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.

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    THURSDAY, APRIL 7 
    

    NAIROBI - Kenya's Finance Minister Ukur Yatani is scheduled to present the government's spending plan for the 2022/23 (July-June) fiscal year to parliament - 1100 GMT

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    SUNDAY, APRIL 10 
    

    PARIS, France - Presidential election (First round)

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    MONDAY APRIL 11 
    

    LUXEMBOURG – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.

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    TUESDAY, APRIL 12 
    

    LUXEMBOURG - EU General Affairs Council meeting.

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    THURSDAY, APRIL 21 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager speaks on artificial intelligence at a Politico event - 0700 GMT.

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    SUNDAY, APRIL 24 
    

    LJUBLJANA, Slovenia - Slovenian National Assembly election.

    PARIS, France - Presidential election (Second round)

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    MONDAY, APRIL 25 
    

    NEW YORK, United States - Economic and Social Council, Annual Economic and Social Council forum on financing for development follow-up including the special high-level meeting of the Council with the World Bank, IMF, WTO and UNCTAD. (to Apr. 28)

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    SUNDAY, MAY  1 
    

    VATICAN CITY – 11th anniversary of beatification ceremony of late Pope John Paul II.

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    MONDAY, MAY 2 
    

    ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan – The day marks the 11th year since al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was killed in a U.S. special forces raid, ending a nearly 10-year worldwide hunt for the mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks.

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    TUESDAY, MAY  3 
    

    GLOBAL - World Asthma Day.

    GLOBAL - World Press Freedom Day.

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    SUNDAY, MAY 8 
    

    GLOBAL - World Red Cross Red Crescent Day.

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    MONDAY, MAY 9 
    

    MANILA, Philippines - Presidential election.

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    WEDNESDAY, MAY 11 
    

    TURIN, Italy, - 2022 Eurovision Song Contest (To May 14).

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    THURSDAY, MAY 12 
    

    GLOBAL - International Nurse's Day.

    WEISSENHAUS, Germany - EU Foreign Minister meeting in Weissenhaus,Schleswig-Holstein (To May 14)

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    SUNDAY, MAY 15 
    

    GLOBAL - U.N. International Day of Families.

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    MONDAY, MAY 16 
    

    LISBON – 10th Anniversary of 78 billion euro bail-out of Portugal by eurozone leaders.

    BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.

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    TUESDAY, MAY 17 
    

    GLOBAL - World Telecommunication and Information Society Day.

    BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) meeting.

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    WEDNESDAY, MAY 18 
    

    BONN, Germany - Germany hosts the finance ministers and central bank chiefs of the Group of 7 (G7) (to May 20)

    GLOBAL - International Museum Day.

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    FRIDAY, MAY 20 
    

    BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Development) meeting

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    SUNDAY, MAY 22 
    

    GLOBAL - International Day for Biological Diversity.

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    MONDAY, MAY 23 
    

    BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting.

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    TUESDAY, MAY 24 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.

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    SUNDAY, MAY 29 
    

    BOGOTA, Colombia - Presidential election.

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    MONDAY, MAY 30 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting.

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    TUESDAY, MAY 31 
    

    GLOBAL - World No Tobacco Day.

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