News: DIARY-Political and General News Events from Nov. 24

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    FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24 
    

    ** CAIRO - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is set to meet with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and leaders of the League of Arab States to discuss the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

    ** MADRID - Spain's economy minister Nadia Calviño participates in the Council of the European Banking Federation - 0930 GMT.

    ** MADRID - Spain's economy minister Nadia Calviño chairs the meeting for Financial Stability Council (AMCESFI) - 1100 GMT.

    ** SAO PAULO - Brazilian Finance Minister Fernando Haddad makes a statement to the press in Sao Paulo - 1300 GMT.

    ** BAKU - President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev will pay a working visit to Azerbaijan. BAKU - President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev will pay a working visit to Azerbaijan.

    HELSINKI - Evika Siliņa, Prime Minister of Latvia will visit Finland. BEIJING - French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna visits China. She meets with her counterpart Wang Yi on November 24 with the pair due to hold a joint press conference. She is also due to meet Premier Li Qiang while in Beijing. (Final day) ST. JOHN'S, Canada - EU-Canada summit. (Final day) PARIS - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol pays state visit to France. (To Nov 26)

    HELSINKI - Prime Minister of Latvia Evika Siliņa will visit Finland at the invitation of Prime Minister Petteri Orpo.

    PRAGUE - Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala will host new Slovak Prime Minister Petr Fiala - 1300 GMT.

    BERLIN - German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius meets with his Czech counterpart, Jana Cernochova - 1435 GMT. DUBLIN - Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, British ministers attend British-Irish Council Summit - 1215 GMT

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    ** SEOUL - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa will meet China’s top diplomat Wang Yi in South Korea.

    ** S´AGARÓ, SPAIN - Spain´s economy minister Nadia Calvino to close financial conference in S’Agaró - 1230 GMT. GLOBAL – International day for Elimination of Violence Against Women.

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    SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26 
    

    ** BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA - South Korea's Foreign Minister Park Jin, and his Japanese counterpart Yoko Kamikawa meet in Busan, after North Korea launched spy satellite.

    ** BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA - South Korea's Foreign Minister Park Jin, China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Japan's foreign minister Yoko Kamikawa hold trilateral meeting.

    ** ASTANA / ASHGABAT - Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang to visit Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan. (To Nov 30)

    VIENNA - OPEC+, which groups the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies led by Russia, meet on Nov. 26 in Vienna to agree on their production policy amid heightened tension in the Middle East. MUMBAI, India - Fifteenth anniversary of a series of devastating attacks on the Indian city by militants. The attacks, which began on Nov. 26, 2008, lasted nearly three days, and left 174 people dead, including nine gunmen.

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    MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27 
    

    ** BERLIN - German economy minister Robert Habeck hosts a European summit in Berlin on bidirectional charging of electric vehicles - 1045 GMT.

    ** BUDAPEST - European Council chief Charles Michel will be travelling to Hungary for a bilateral meeting with Hunagarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in preparation of the European Council. TOKYO - President of Vietnam Vo Van Thuong will pay an official visit to Japan. (To Nov 30)

    HELSINKI - Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson will meet in Helsinki. BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg gives a press conference before a meeting of alliance foreign ministers in Brussels - 1100 GMT. MADRID - Spain's Finance Minister Maria Jesus Montero to speak at economy forum in Madrid - Forum Europa – 0800 GMT BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) meeting

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    TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28 
    

    ANKARA - Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi visits Turkey for talks with President Tayyip Erdogan, likely to be focused on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and situation in Gaza, as well as bilateral and regional issues. DUBLIN - British and Irish ministers hold twice annual meeting of the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference, with the lack of government in Northern Ireland set to again dominate the agenda - 1500 GMT BRUSSELS - NATO foreign ministers meet in Brussels. (To Nov. 29)

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    WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29 
    

    ** BERLIN - German Finance Minister Christian Lindner to propose supplementary 2023 budget, including suspension of debt brake. TEHRAN, Iran – Twelfth anniversary of an attack on the British Embassy by dozens of Iranian students and protesters angry over Britain's unilateral sanctions.

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    THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30 
    

    ** BERLIN - German Economy Minister Robert Habeck takes part in "tech for a sustainable future" being organized by Infineon - 1800 GMT. SKOPJE - North Macedonia chairs a meeting of foreign ministers of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) (To Dec. 1) HARARE - Zimbabwe Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube presents the 2024 national budget amid concerns over the impact of weak global economic growth, El Nino and depressed metal prices on the country's economy, which is largely driven by agricultural and mineral commodities - 1400 GMT. DUBAI - The United nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) takes place in Dubai (to December 12) BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council (Cohesion) meeting.

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    FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1 
    

    DUBAI - Pope Francis arrives in Dubai to take part to the UN COP 28 Climate Summit.

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    SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3 
    

    VENEZUELA - Venezuela Referendum Election.

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    MONDAY, DECEMBER 4 
    

    ** BERLIN - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier welcomes Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva with military honors in Berlin - 0815 GMT. BRUSSELS - EU Justice and Home Affairs Council. (Dec. 5)

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    TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5 
    

    TOKYO - Japan's top currency diplomat Masato Kanda speaks with IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva and Asian Development Bank President Masatsugu Asakawa at a session during the ASEAN+3 Economic Cooperation and Financial Stability Forum (AMRO Forum 2023) - 0130 GMT.

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    THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7 
    

    BEIJING - EU-China summit. (To Dec 8) Brussels - Eurogroup Meeting. BRUSSELS, Belgium - Euro zone finance ministers meet on draft budget plans for 2024 - 1400 GMT

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    FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting. BRUSSELS - European Union finance ministers meet to discuss changes to the EU's fiscal rules on debt and deficit reduction - 0800 GMT

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    SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10 
    

    EGYPT - Egyptian Presidency Election.

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    MONDAY, DECEMBER 11 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council

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    TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12 
    

    AMSTERDAM - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol pays state visit to Netherlands. (To Dec 13)

    BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council

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    WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13	 
    

    Brussels - EU-Western Balkans summit.

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    THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14 
    

    BRUSSELS - European Council (To Nov. 15)

    GENEVA - WTO general council meets in Geneva

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    FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU leaders attend a summit in Brussels.

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    SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17 
    

    SERBIA - Serbian National Assembly Election. CHILE - Chile Referendum Election.

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    WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20 
    

    DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO - Congo DRC National Assembly Election.

    DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO - Congo DRC Presidency Election.

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    MONDAY, JANUARY 1 
    

    TALLIN - 14th anniversary of adoption of the euro by Estonia.

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    THURSDAY, JANUARY 4 
    

    BURMA - 76th anniversary of Burma's independence.

    PALM SPRINGS, CA – 35th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival. (To Jan 15)

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    FRIDAY, JANUARY 5 
    

    SAUDI ARABIA - Stage of Dakar Rally 2024. (To Jan 19)

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    SUNDAY, JANUARY 7 
    

    BANGLADESH - Bangladeshi National Parliament Election. PHNOM PENH - The ruling Cambodian People's Party celebrates the 45th anniversary of the victory over the Khmer Rouge regime.

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    THURSDAY, JANUARY 11 
    

    SINT MAARTEN - Election for Staten (Sint Maarten Parliament). WASHINGTON/MOSCOW – 13th Anniversary of U.S.-Russia civilian nuclear cooperation agreement.

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    THURSDAY, JANUARY 12 
    

    HAITI - 14th anniversary of Haiti's magnitude 7 earthquake that destroyed much of the Haitian capital.

    BRUSSELS - European Motor Show Brussels 2023. (To Jan. 21)

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    FRIDAY, JANUARY 13 
    

    TAIWAN - Election for Taiwanese Presidency.

    TAIWAN - Taiwanese Election for Taiwanese Legislative Yuan.

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    SATURDAY, JANUARY 14 
    

    COMOROS - Election for Comoran Presidency. TUNISIA - 14th Anniversary of ousting of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.

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    MONDAY, JANUARY 15 
    

    BRUSSELS - Eurogroup meeting. DAVOS, Switzerland - World Economic Forum holds 2024 annual meeting in Davos. (To Jan. 19)

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    TUESDAY, JANUARY 16 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council.

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    MONDAY, JANUARY 22 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council.

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    WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24 
    

    CAPE TOWN - World Day for African and Afrodescendant Culture.

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    THURSDAY, JANUARY 25 
    

    EGYPT - 13th Anniversary of beginning of Egyptian revolution, a series of mass popular protests leading to the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak.

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    SUNDAY, JANUARY 28 
    

    FINLAND - Finland holds presidential election.

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    MONDAY, JANUARY 29 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council.

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    SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3 
    

    VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival 2024. (To Feb 13)

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