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- PRAGUE - President of the Swiss Confederation, Ignazio Cassis, will be received by his Czech counterpart in Prague, where he will also hold talks with Czech ministers for foreign affairs and European affairs on the Czech presidency of the EU Council.
- SOFIA - Saudi Arabia's foreign minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud will meet Bulgarian Foreign Minister Teodora Genchovska. The two will make statements to the media after the meeting – 0830 GMT
- TOKYO - Japan's Prime Minister Kishida Fumio is holding talks with Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha in Tokyo – 0900 GMT
- TOKYO - Japan's Prime Minister Kishida Fumio is holding talks with Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in Tokyo – 1100 GMT
- N'DJAMENA - Abe Selassie, Director of the IMF Africa Department will hold a press conference with Tahir Hamid Nguilin Minister of Finance and Budget of Chad – 1130 GMT
- SARAJEVO - British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss visits Bosnia, where she will meet the country's tripartite presidency and address Bosnia's armed forces.
- WASHINGTON DC - The United Nations Security Council holds a meeting on the situation in the Middle East and Libya – 1400 GMT
TOKYO - Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong will make a working visit to Tokyo. (To May 27)
TOKYO - The Prime Minister of Malaysia, Dato' Sri Ismail Sabri Yaakob will undertake an Official Working Visit to Japan. (To May 28)
BEIJING - The U.N. Human Rights chief, Michelle Bachelet, will visit China (To May 28)
KRISTIANSAND, Norway - German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock is in Norway for the two-day Council of the Baltic Sea States (final day)
SUVA - Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia Penny Wong is heading to Fiji on her first standalone visit as foreign minister.
HONIARA/ TARAWA/ APIA/ SUVA/ NUKU'ALOFA/ PORT VILA/ PORT MORESBY/ DILI - Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi will pay an official visit to the Solomon Islands, Kiribati, Samoa, Fiji, Tonga, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea and East Timor. (To June 4)
LONDON - Britain's Europe minister James Cleverly speaks on Northern Ireland Protocol – 0800 GMT
DAVOS, Switzerland - Iranian Foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian speaks at an event at the World Economic Forum – 1000 GMT
BISHKEK - Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks via video link at the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) forum held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
DAVOS - The President of the World Economic Forum, Borge Brende, gives his closing remarks as the World Economic Forum in Davos comes to an end. - 0945 GMT
DAVOS - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is set to give a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos. During his visit, Scholz will also meet with industry representatives. - 1100 GMT
BERLIN - Economy and Climate Minister Robert Habeck and Environment Minister Steffi Lemke to host their G7 colleagues in Berlin (To May 27)
BISHKEK - President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev will visit Kyrgyzstan.
BISHKEK - President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev will make official visit to Kyrgyzstan.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MAY 27
- PRAGUE - Jaroslav Naď Slovak defence minister meets Czech counterpart Jana Černochová in Prague to talk about cooperation and Ukraine – 1130 GMT
- LONDON - International Monetary Fund managing director Kristalina Georgieva virtually addresses Africa conference – 1500 GMT
PRAGUE - British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss will meet Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky in Prague and hold a news conference - 1150 GMT
PRAGUE - Slovak President Zuzana Caputova visits Prague to meet her Czech counterpart Milos Zeman.
BISHKEK - Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks via video link at Supreme Eurasian Economic Council meeting on the second day of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) forum held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MAY 29BOGOTA, Colombia - Presidential election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MAY 30
- LIBREVILLE/DAKAR/DOHA - Vice President of India Venkaiah Naidu will visit Gabon, Senegal and Qatar. (To June 7)
- SUVA - Wang Yi, foreign minister of the People's Republic of China meets Frank Bainimarama, prime minister of Fiji.
MADRID - Jens Stoltenberg Secretary General of NATO in Madrid to join Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and King Felipe in an event commemorating Spain's accession to the alliance in 1982.
BRUSSELS - EU special meeting of the European Council (to May 31)
GENEVA, Switzerland - Human Rights Council - Organizational meeting on the 50th session.
BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MAY 31
- BERLIN - Economic Council conference with keynote speeches by German Economy Minister Robert Habeck, RWE CEO Markus Krebber, Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury, Deutsche Bank CEO Christian Sewing, German Finance Minister Christian Lindner, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen – 0800 GMT
GLOBAL - World No Tobacco Day.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1RIGA - Greece's President Katerina Sakellaropoulou attends welcome ceremony; meets with President of Latvia Egils Levits and attend news conference – 1100 GMT
CAIRO - Minister of Finance and Treasury of Turkey Nureddin Nebati i will visit Egypt.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Referendum Election.
KATHMANDU - 21st anniversary of the massacre of Nepal's royal family, in which King Birendra, Queen Aishwarya and eight other members of the royal family were assassinated.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 2AMMAN - Jordan-EU Association Council.
BUENOS AIRES - Argentina Economy minister Martin Guzman speaks to business leaders on the country's economic plan.
LUXEMBOURG - EU General Affairs Council (Cohesion) meeting.
VIENNA - 29th OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting via videoconference.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JUNE 3BRUSSELS - EU trade ministers meet in Brussels.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JUNE 4CHILE – 11th 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 33rd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown in Beijing.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JUNE 5GLOBAL - World Environment Day.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 6SEOUL - South Korea marks the 67th anniversary of Memorial Day.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JUNE 7KINSHASA - Belgium's King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will take an official visit to Democratic Republic of Congo, leading a delegation that will also include Belgium's prime minister and other officials (to June 13).
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8PARIS - OECD 2022 Ministerial Council Meeting (MCM) (To June 10)
MADRID - Spain´s economy minister Nadia Calviño participates in a two-day forum organized by Expansion paper (To June 9)
SYDNEY - Sydney Film Festival 2020 (to June 19)
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 9LUXEMBOURG – EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting. (To June 10)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JUNE 10SHANGHAI - Shanghai International Film Festival 2020 (to June 19)
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JUNE 12GENEVA, Switzerland - Opening of WTO's 164 member states Ministerial Conference in Geneva (To June 15)
PARIS, France - Election for National Assembly of France.
GLOBAL - World Day against Child Labour (ILO)
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 13GENEVA, Switzerland - 50th regular session of the Human Rights Council (to July 8)
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JUNE 14KAMPALA - Uganda's Finance Minister, Matia Kasaija, presents the 2022/23 (July-June) budget speech to parliament.
DODOMA - Tanzania's finance minister, Mwigulu Nchemba, presents the 2022/23 (July-June) fiscal budget to parliament – 1300 GMT
GLOBAL - World Blood Donor Day.
GAZA - 15th anniversary of Hamas takeover of the Gaza strip from Fatah.
GLOBAL - World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD).
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 16LUXEMBOURG - Euro zone finance ministers meet on ERM2, digital euro, fiscal rules reform, banking union – 1300 GMT
LUXEMBOURG - Eurogroup meeting.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JUNE 17LUXEMBOURG - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council.
GLOBAL - United Nation's World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JUNE 19PARIS, France - Election for National Assembly of France.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 20YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesia to have G20 health ministers meeting (to June 21).
GLOBAL - World Refugee Day.
LUXEMBOURG - EU Foreign Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JUNE 21ZURICH - Switzerland and Singapore host fintech confereence. The Forum will be opened by Swiss Finance Minister Ueli Maurer and Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister, Heng Swee Keat (to June 23).
PHNOM PENH - 16th ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting. (To June 22)
LUXEMBOURG - EU General Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22BERLIN - International Air Show (to June 25).
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 23BRUSSELS - European Council meeting (to June 24).
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JUNE 24BERLIN - 74th 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 organise a massive airlift.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JUNE 25VIENNA – IAEA International Symposium on Uranium Raw Material for the Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Exploration, Mining, Production, Supply and Demand, Economics and Environmental Issues (to June 29).
LOS ANGELES - 13th death anniversary of pop star Michael Jackson.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JUNE 26GLOBAL - International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.
BERLIN - G7 summit, Schloss Elmau (to June 28)
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29MADRID - NATO Summit is be held in Madrid (to June 30)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JULY 1CHINA – 101st founding anniversary of the Communist Party of China.
SONKAJARVI - Wife-Carrying World Championship 2020 (to July 2)
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JULY 2GLOBAL - World UFO day on anniversary of the Roswell incident.
SIENA - July annual horse race "Palio di Siena".
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JULY 3KINSHASA - Pope Francis visits Congo (To July 4)
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JULY 4UNITED STATES - Independence Day.
GLOBAL - International Day of Cooperatives.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JULY 5JUBA - Pope Francis visits South Sudan, where violence and hunger stalk world's youngest nation (to Jul. 6).
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JULY 7KATHMANDU - 75th birthday of Nepal's deposed King Gyanendra.
LONDON - 17th anniversary of the attacks on London's transport network, killing more than 50 and injuring 700.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JULY 9TEHRAN - 22nd anniversary of attack on Tehran University dormitory in 1999.
JERUSALEM/RAMALLAH - Palestine marks 17th anniversary of a World Court ruling that Israel's walls and fences in the West Bank were illegal.
SOUTH SUDAN – 11th Anniversary of South Sudan becoming an Independent State.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JULY 11GLOBAL - United Nations World Population Day.
MUMBAI - 15th anniversary of deadly bomb attacks on Mumbai's commuter rail network.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JULY 14PARIS - Bastille Day.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JULY 17GLOBAL - World Day for International Justice, which commemorates the adoption of the founding treaty of the International Criminal Court, the Rome Statute, on July 17.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JULY 18HAMPSHIRE - Farnborough International Airshow 2022 (to Jul 22)
GLOBAL - Nelson Mandela International Day.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JULY 20CYPRUS - Cyprus marks the anniversary of the Turkish invasion in 1974.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JULY 21KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fl – 22nd anniversary of conclusion of NASA's space shuttle program after successful completion of mission STS-135.
GLOBAL - International Yoga Day.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JULY 22OSLO – 11th Anniversary of Norway bombing and mass shooting at youth summer camp on the nearby Utoya Island where 77 people killed.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JULY 24OTTAWA - Pope Francis to visit Canada (to July 30)
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JULY 28GLOBAL - World Hepatitis Day.
GLOBAL – 108th anniversary of the beginning of World War 1.
PERU - 201st Anniversary of Independence.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JULY 29BAYREUTH, Germany - Annual Bayreuth festival 2022 (to Aug. 9)
SUNDAY, JULY 31
KINSHASA, Congo - Election for Congolese National Assembly
DAKAR, Senegal - Election for Senegalese National Assembly
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