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    THURSDAY, MAR. 4 
    

    • DUBLIN - Irish Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe speaks at online event - 1400 GMT.
    • ATHENS - EU Migration Commissioner Margaritis Schinas visits Greece (to Mar.6) LONDON - OPEC + key ministers meet amid oil price recovery (to Mar.4).

    BERLIN – 71st Berlin International Film Festival (to Mar. 5). BRUNEI - ASEAN+3 Finance and Central Bank Task Force Meeting via videoconference (to Mar. 4). JERUSALEM - Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Austria's Chancellor Sebastian Kurz visit Israel in light of their alliance with Israel to produce second-generation vaccines against mutations of the coronavirus.

    BERLIN - German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas meets Serbian counterpart Nikola Selakovic at the foreign ministry in Berlin - 1500 GMT. PARIS - French Prime Minister Jean Castex holds news conference on latest COVID-19 restrictions - 1700 GMT.

    BRUSSELS - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks at inter-parliamentary committee meeting for international women's day with David Sassoli, president of the European Parliament - 0800 GMT.

    BRUSSELS - European Commission vice-president Valdis Dombrovskis and European commissioner for economy Paolo Gentiloni speak with European lawmakers on the Autumn Fiscal Package of the 2020 European Semester and on COVID-19 fiscal policy response - 0800 GMT. DHAKA - Minister of External Affairs of India Subrahmanyam Jaishankar will visit Dhaka to do the groundwork for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's trip to Bangladesh towards the end of the month.

    LISBON - Informal meeting of foreign affairs ministers – Gymnich (to Mar. 5).

    VIENNA - The 14th OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting via videoconference.

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    FRIDAY, MAR. 5 
    

    • GENEVA - Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), to give press conference on the latest developments in the COVID-19 pandemic. NICOSIA - EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell visits Cyprus as rival communities on the ethnically-split island prepare for another round of consultations to ease a logjam in reunification talks. BAGHDAD - Pope Francis meets Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi upon arrival at Baghdad airport.

    MOSCOW – 68th death anniversary of Soviet leader Josef Stalin.

    NICOSIA - EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell will visit Cyprus (to March 06).

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    SATURDAY, MAR. 6 
    

    KHARTOUM – Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi will visit Khartoum, Sudan. IVORY COAST - Ivory Coast holds legislative elections.

    SINGAPORE - First Finance and Central Bank Deputies’ Meeting.

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    SUNDAY, MAR. 7 
    

    BOLIVIA - Local elections in Bolivia

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    Monday, MAR. 8 
    

    GLOBAL - International Women's Day.

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    TUESDAY, MAR. 9 
    
    • BERLIN - German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas meets with counterpart from Bosnia and Herzegovina Bisera Turkovic - 1000 GMT. BRUSSELS - High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security, Josep Borrell, speaks on EU's humanitarian aid in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. BRUSSELS - European Commission vice-president Margrethe Vestager gives a press conference on "Europe’s Digital Decade: 2030 Digital Targets."
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    WEDNESDAY, MAR. 10 
    

    TIBET – 62nd anniversary of Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, fleeing into exile after a failed uprising.

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    THURSDAY, MAR. 11 
    

    • CAIRO - Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit Egypt.
    • TASHKENT – President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov will visit Uzbekistan (To Mar 12). SENDAI, Japan – 10th anniversary of Sendai earthquake and tsunami.

    BRUSSELS - EU Justice and Home Affairs Council (to Mar. 12)

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    FRIDAY, MAR. 12 
    

    BRUSSELS - Keynote speech by EU commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the German Symposium - 1000 GMT. DUBLIN, Ireland - St. Patrick's Festival (to Mar. 17)

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    SUNDAY, MAR. 14 
    

    STUTTGART, Germany - Baden Wuerttemberg state elections.

    MAINZ, Germany - The German state of Rhineland Palatinate (Rheinland Pfalz) holds state elections.

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    MONDAY, MAR. 15 
    

    • TOKYO – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin are to visit Japan. BRUSSELS - EU Informal videoconference of foreign affairs and home affairs ministers meeting. GLOBAL - World Day of Action against Seal Hunting. DAMASCUS - Syria marks the 10th anniversary of an uprising against President Bashar al-Assad.

    BRUSSELS - Euro zone finance ministers meet - 1400 GMT. BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting.

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    TUESDAY, MAR. 16 
    

    BRUSSELS - Informal video conference of health ministers

    HALABJA, Iraq – 33rd anniversary of 5,000 civilian Kurds being killed in Iraqi chemical weapons attack.

    BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.

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    WEDNESDAY, MAR. 17 
    

    BRUSSELS - European Commission vice-president Margaritis Schinas gives a press conference on COVID-19.

    ITALY - Anniversary of the unification of Italy BRUSSELS - European Commission Pice-president Maros Sefcovic speaks to press regarding better regulation in the EU – 1100 GMT.

    BRUSSELS - European Commission Vice-President Margrethe Vestager gives a press conference on "Updating the new industrial strategy for Europe".

    NETHERLANDS - Dutch Second Chamber election.

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    THURSDAY, MAR. 18 
    

    BRUSSELS – EU Environment Council

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    FRIDAY, MAR. 19 
    

    CURACAO – Estates of Curacao election. EGYPT – 10th anniversary of Egyptian referendum on constitutional reforms.

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    MONDAY, MAR. 22 
    

    GLOBAL - World Water Day.

    BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.

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    TUESDAY, MAR. 23 
    

    GLOBAL - World Meteorological Day.

    BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council meeting.

    ISRAEL - Israeli Knesset election.

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    WEDNESDAY, MAR. 24 
    

    GLOBAL - World Tuberculosis Day.

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    THURSDAY, MAR. 25 
    

    BRUNEI - ASEAN+3 Finance and Central Bank Deputies Meeting via videoconference.

    BRUSSELS - European Council meeting (to Mar. 26).

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    FRIDAY, MAR. 26 
    

    DHAKA – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Bangladesh.

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    TUESDAY, MAR. 30 
    

    BRUNEI - 25th ASEAN Finance Ministers’ Meeting via videoconference. BRUNEI - 7th ASEAN Finance Ministers’ and Central Bank Governors’ Meeting via videoconference.

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    WEDNESDAY, MAR. 31 
    

    BRUSSELS - European Commission Pice-president Frans Timmermans gives a news conference on the EU's action plan for the development of organic production: on the way to 2030.

    CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE) – President election.

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    SUNDAY, APR. 4 
    

    SOFIA - Bulgarians vote in a parliamentary election

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    TUESDAY, APR. 6 
    

    GREENLAND - Greenland holds general election.

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    FRIDAY, APR. 9 
    

    SAMOA - Samoan Legislative Assembly election.

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    SUNDAY, APR. 11	 
    

    CHILE - Local and constitutional convention elections in Chile. ECUADOR - Ecuador holds second round of presidential elections for 2021-2025 term.

    PERU - Peru holds presidential elections.

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    THURSDAY, APR. 15 
    

    BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council (Cohesion) meeting.

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    FRIDAY, APR. 16 
    

    BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting. BRUSSELS – EU Informal meeting of economic and financial affairs ministers. (To Apr. 17)

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    MONDAY, APR. 19 
    

    BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.

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    TUESDAY, APR. 20 
    

    BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council meeting.

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    WEDNESDAY, APR. 21 
    

    BRUSSELS - European Commission digital chief Margrethe Vestager gives a press conference on artificial intelligence and on "A trusted and secure European e-ID."

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    THURSDAY, APR. 22 
    

    PORTUGAL - Informal meeting of energy ministers

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    FRIDAY, APR. 23 
    

    BRUSSELS – EU Informal meeting of environment ministers.

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    SUNDAY, APR. 25 
    

    ALBANIA - Parliament of Albania election.

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    TUESDAY, APR. 27 
    

    • BRUSSELS - European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and European Commissioner for Budget Johannes Hahn give a press conference on Next Generation EU funding strategy.
    • BRUSSELS - European Commission vice-president Margrethe Vestager gives a press conference on "Updating the new industrial strategy for Europe."
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    FRIDAY, APR. 30 
    

    BENIN - Benin holds presidential elections. CHAD - Chad holds presidential elections. TUESDAY, May. 4

    BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) meeting.

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