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-------------------------------------------------------------------- This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events-------------------------------------------------------------------- THURSDAY, MAY 9
- WASHINGTON DC - German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius gives statement at Freedom Plaza in Washington DC. MOSCOW - President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev will make a working visit to Moscow (Final day)
ISLAMABAD - Foreign Minister of Uzbekistan Bakhtiyor Saidov to make official visit to Pakistan (Final day)
PARIS/BELGRADE/BUDAPEST - Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit France, Serbia and Hungary (To May 10)
MOSCOW - Lao President Thongloun Sisoulith, at the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin, will lead a high-level delegation to pay a working visit to Russia (To May 11) MALMÖ ARENA, SWEDEN - 2024 Eurovision Song Contest. (To May 11)
MADRID - Spain's Economy Minister Carlos Cuerpo, Central Bank Governor Pablo Hernandez de Cos and Spanish companies' CEOs speak at an event in Madrid (Final day)
BUDAPEST - Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Hungary (to May 10). ABU DHABI - Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan pays an official visit to the United Arab Emirates. (To May 10)
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin holds talks with his Cuban counterpart, Miguel Diaz-Canel, after both leaders attend the Victory Day parade in Red Square.
MOSOW - Russian president Vladimir Putin hosts President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith, for talks in Moscow. NEW DELHI - Maldives Minister of Foreign Affairs Moosa Zameer will be on an official visit to India. MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin holds talks with his Guinea-Bissau counterpart, Umaro Sissoco Embalo, in Moscow.
LABUAN BAJO, Indonesia - 42nd ASEAN Summit and Related Meetings (to May 11) WASHINGTON - Türkiye's President Tayyip Erdogan will visit the United States.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MAY 10
- OTTAWA - German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius will visit Canada for talks on Ukraine and NATO. He is then scheduled to talk to reporters - 1530 GMT. ROME - Prime Minister of Italy, Giorgia Meloni, meets with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani at Palazzo Chigi. – 1330 GMT ROME - Pope Francis attends the "General States of Births" conference in Rome on Italy's sliding birthrate. – 0630 GMT
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MAY 12LITHUANIA - Lithuanian Presidency Election. LITHUANIA – Referendum Election. GLOBAL - International Nurse's Day
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MAY 13
- BERLIN - German Finance Minister Christian Lindner speaks at the German Tax Consultants Congress - 0900 GMT.
- VILNIUS - Prime Ministers of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia meet in Vilnius to discuss security and defense, support for Ukraine, preparations for the NATO summit in Washington, as well as sanctions against Russia, progress of joint projects of the Baltic states in the field of energy and infrastructure, the EU agenda and other relevant trilateral cooperation issues - 1000 GMT.
- BRUSSELS - Euro zone finance ministers meet to discuss budgets, competitiveness and banking and capital markets union - 1300 GMT.
- STOCKHOLM - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is scheduled to hold talks with the leaders of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden on the first day of his two-day visit to Sweden - 1530 GMT. STOCKHOLM - Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson hosts a summit in Stockholm with the heads of government from the Nordic countries and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (To May 14)
BERLIN - German Economy Minister Robert Habeck discusses security policy issues - 1215 GMT. INDIA - Fourth phase of India's general election. ANKARA - Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visits Turkey Brussels - Eurogroup Meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MAY 14
- ANKARA - Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg will visit Turkey and meet with his counterpart, Hakan Fidan.
- ISTANBUL - Turkish Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek speaks at an online event on Turkey's economy and its new economic programme - 1030 GMT. COPENHAGEN - Copenhagen Democracy Summit. European Council President Charles Michel, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Alexei Navalny's Chief of Staff Leonid Volkov and former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are among the speakers at this year's Copenhagen Democracy Summit. (To May 15)
OSLO - Norway's Finance Minister, Trygve Slagsvold Vedum, presents the country's revised 2024 budget proposal - 0900 GMT. OSLO - Denmark's King Frederik and Queen Mary visit Norway at the invitation of Norway's King Harald and Queen Sonja. (To May 15) BEIJING – Pakistan Prime Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif will make an official visit to the People's Republic of China. BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MAY 15
- ANKARA - Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly will visit Turkey and meet with her Turkish counterpart, Hakan Fidan.
- JAKARTA - Indonesian Finance Minister Mulyani Indrawati delivers keynote speech in an event, which has a topic of post-election political and economic paths - 0100 GMT.
- BERLIN - German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach holds news conference on hospital reforms - 1030 GMT.
- BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz receives Swiss Confederation President Viola Amherd in Berlin - 1400 GMT. GLOBAL - U.N. International Day of Families. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MAY 16
- BERLIN - German Finance Minister Christian Lindner presents new forecasts for state tax income & new tax revenue estimates - 1300 GMT.
- BERLIN - German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius greets his Lithuanian counterpart, Laurynas Kasčiūnas, with military honours before holding talks in Berlin - 1430 GMT.
- BERLIN - German Finance Minister Christian Lindner speaks at event of the taxpayers association - 1600 GMT. BERLIN - German President Frank Walter Steinmeier receives Swiss Confederation President Viola Amherd in Berlin. – 0700 GMT BERLIN - German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius greets his Lithuanian counterpart, Laurynas Kasčiūnas, with military honours before holding talks in Berlin. – 1430 GMT LISBON – 12th Anniversary of 78 billion euro bail-out of Portugal by eurozone leaders. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MAY 17
- BERLIN - German Finance Minister Christian Lindner speaks at Greentech Festival - 1130 GMT.
- BERLIN - German President Frank Walter Steinmeier receives Moldovan President Maia Sandu in Berlin - 0800 GMT.
- BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz receives Moldovan President Maia Sandu in Berlin - 1130 GMT. TAPACHULA, MEXICO - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador meets with his Guatemalan counterpart Bernardo Arevalo to talk binational issues, in Tapachula. AREQUIPA, Peru - APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade Meeting. (To May 18) GLOBAL - World Telecommunication and Information Society Day - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, MAY 18 VERONA, ITALY - Pope Francis pays a visit to Verona. GLOBAL - International Museum Day - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MAY 19 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Dominican Senate Election. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Dominican Chamber of Deputies Election. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Dominican Presidency Election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MAY 20
- JAKARTA - Indonesia's government presents 2025's economic assumptions to parliament.
- MADRID - Spain's economy minister, Carlos Cuerpo, to speak at an event held by Cinco Dias newspaper - 1000 GMT.
INDIA - Fifth phase of India's general election.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MAY 21
- VADUZ, SWITZERLAND - Switzerland's finance minister, Karin Keller-Sutter, and Julius Baer's CEO will speak at the Finance Forum event in Liechtenstein. SEOUL - South Korea, Britain to host a summit on artificial intelligence in Seoul. (To May 22)
BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MAY 22GLOBAL - International Day for Biological Diversity.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MAY 23STRESA, ITALY - G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meet in Stresa, Italy, to debate global economic developments. (To May 25)
WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Joe Biden hosts Kenyan President William Ruto for state visit to mark 60th anniversary of U.S.-Kenya diplomatic relations.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, MAY 25INDIA - Sixth phase of India's general election.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MAY 26BERLIN - German President Frank Walter Steinmeier receives French President Emmanuel Macron at Bellevue castle with military honors in Berlin.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MAY 27BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MAY 28GRANSEE, GERMANY - French President Emmanuel Macron attends Franco-German Council of Ministers in Meseberg. BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence).
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MAY 29VANUATU - Referendum Election. MADAGASCAR - Malagasy National Assembly Election. SOUTH AFRICA - South African National Assembly Election.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MAY 30BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade).
PRAGUE - NATO Foreign Affairs ministers hold an informal meeting in Prague (To May 31)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MAY 31GLOBAL - World No Tobacco Day.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JUNE 1INDIA - Seventh and last phase of India's general election. ICELAND - Icelandic Presidency Election.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JUNE 2MEXICO - Mexican Senate Election. MEXICO – Mexican Chamber of Deputies Election. MEXICO - Mexican Presidency Election.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 6EUROPEAN UNION - European Parliament Election.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JUNE 9BELGIUM - Belgian Chamber of Representatives Election. BULGARIA - Bulgarian National Assembly Election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 10CAIRO - Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic travels to Egypt.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 13
- KAMPALA - Ugandan Finance Minister Matia Kasaija is due to present the 2024/25 budget at the parliament. BORGO EGNAZIA, Italy - Italy hosts G7 summit of world leaders. (To June 15)
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JUNE 18CZECH REPUBLIC - Argentina's President Javier Milei visits Prague.
LUXEMBOURG – EU General Affairs Council (Cohesion).
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 20LUXEMBOURG – Eurogroup meeting
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JUNE 21LUXEMBOURG – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JUNE 22Mauritania - Mauritanian Presidency election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 24LUXEMBOURG – EU Foreign Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JUNE 25LUXEMBOURG – EU General Affairs Council
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 27Brussels - European Council meeting (to June 28).
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JUNE 28Mongolia - Mongolian State Great Hural election.
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