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- MADRID - European Commissioner for the Economy Paolo Gentiloni opens his visit to Madrid with a meeting with Spain's Inclusion minister José Luis Escrivá; afterwards he meets Spain's prime minister Pedro Sánchez, and then Spain's Economic Affairs minister Nadia Calviño.
- BRUSSELS - EU energy chief Kadri Simson takes part in event European Sustainable Energy Week.
- MADRID - EU economy chief Paolo Gentiloni on a two-day visit to Spain meets Spanish PM Sanchez and takes part in an event on monitoring recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
- BERLIN - German State Secretary Jochen Flasbarth, Canadian Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson and COP26 President Designate Alok Sharma speak to journalists about the launch of the $100 billion climate finance delivery plan - 1300 GMT.
- BRUSSELS - European Council President Charles Michel meets with Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton at the European Council in Brussels - 1230 GMT.
- DOHA - Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit Qatar (to Oct. 26).
- RIYADH - Concluding day of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's three-day visit to Saudi Arabia at the invitiation of the kingdom's crown prince Mohammed bin Salman. PRAGUE - Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu and a business delegation will visit Prague. (To Oct. 27) BERLIN - World Health Summit takes place in Berlin and online. Speakers include WHO head Tedros, EU Council President Charles Michel, WTO Director General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. (To Oct. 26)
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN - ASEAN Business and Investment Summit (ABIS). (final day) HELSINKI - North Atlantic Council, chaired by Jens Stoltenberg NATO Secretary General visits Helsinki, Finland (to Oct. 26).
BRUNEI - World leaders speak at ASEAN Business and Investment Summit ahead of the leaders' summit later this week. Speakers include Indonesian President Joko Widodo, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen. BRUSSELS - European Union Military Committee (EUMC), EU chiefs of defence meeting. (to Oct. 26) BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei - ASEAN Business and Investment Summit (ABIS) via videoconference – 0030 GMT. MADRID - Spain's Foreign Affairs minister José Manuel Albares, participates in Forum Europa organized by Economia Forum - 0700 GMT.
VIENNA - Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen receives the King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Abdullah II Ibn Al-Hussein for an official visit to Austria - 1100 GMT. HIMEJI, Japan - WHO and Japanese government hold regional meeting for COVID-19. STOCKHOLM/ HELSINKI - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to visit Sweden and Finland. (To Oct. 27)
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- PARIS - French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire and central bank head Francois Villeroy de Galhau to speak at an annual climate finance conference in Paris.
- BRUSSELS - Belgian Prime Minister Alexander de Croo hosts an event on Belgium's "Health & Biotech Valley" with the president of the EU Commission Ursula von der Leyen as well as GSK CEO, Emma Walmsley, Pfizer CEO Albert Burla, UCB CEO Jean-Christophe Tellier - 0730 GMT. BERLIN - Prime Minister of Finland Sanna Marin will visit Berlin. (To. Oct 27)
MOSCOW - Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Korea, Chung Eui-yong will visit Russia for a three-day trip and will hold talks with his counterpart, Sergey Lavrov. (To Oct. 28) LUXEMBOURG (CITY) - EU energy ministers attend an emergency meeting in Luxembourg to discuss their response to the spike in energy prices.
BRATISLAVA/PRAGUE - Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu visits Slovakia and the Czech Republic (to Oct. 29). BAKU - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will pay a working visit to Azerbaijan. BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN - ASEAN and related summit opens in Brunei. Leaders from the 10-member Association of the Southeast Asian Nations attend a regional summit (to Oct. 28).
OSLO - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will be in Tromsoe, northern Norway to meet his Norwegian and Finnish counterparts, as well as the Swedish deputy foreign minister for a meeting about regional cooperation among European Arctic countries - 0700 GMT.
OSLO - EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell and the foreign ministers of Russia and the Nordic countries are due to meet in the Arctic town of Tromsoe to discuss cooperation in the Barents Sea region.
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- BRUSSELS - EU enlargement chief Várhelyi receives Turkish Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Faruk Kaymakci.
- ATHENS/BELGRADE/TIRANA/ROME - Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit Greece, Serbia, Albania and Italy (to Oct. 29). DUBLIN – President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins will welcome the President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, on a State Visit to Ireland. (To. Oct. 29) DUBLIN - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier visits Ireland for three days (to Oct. 29). LONDON - British Finance Minister Rishi Sunak gives a half-yearly update on the public finances and economic outlook - 1130 GMT.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, OCT. 28ATHENS - German Chancellor Angela Merkel will visit Athens. (To Oct. 29) PARIS - OECD Pavillion at COP26. (To Nov. 12) BRUSSELS - EU-Republic of Moldova Association Council meeting.
Brussels - Informal conference of EU economy and finance ministers.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, OCT. 29VATICAN CITY – President South Korea Moon Jae-in will embark on a nine-day trip to Europe that will include a Vatican meeting with Pope Francis. ROME - Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu addresses the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China summit in Rome - 1000 GMT. LUSAKA - Zambia Finance Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane to present 2022 national budget - 1200 GMT. VATICAN CITY – U.S. President Joe Biden will meet with Pope Francis at the Vatican during a trip to Europe for two high-profile global summits.
KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia's finance minister will present the 2022 budget which is expected to prioritize economic recovery and post-pandemic reforms.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, OCT. 30ROME - Italy hosts major G20 summit in Rome (to Oct. 31).
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, OCT. 31TOKYO - Japan holds lower house election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, NOV. 1GLASGOW, Scotland - French President Emmanuel Macron attends to opening of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow.
SOUTH AFRICA - South Africa holds local government elections.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, NOV. 2OSLO - International Energy Forum conference Oslo (to Nov. 3).
NEW YORK - New Yorkers vote for mayor.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, NOV. 3DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - King of the Netherland Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima will attend the Netherlands' National Day at Expo 2020 Dubai.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, NOV. 4VIENNA, Austria - 22nd OPEC and non-OPEC ministerial meeting.
TEHRAN – 42nd anniversary of U.S. embassy takeover. In 1979, Iranian militants seized the U.S. embassy in Tehran and captured 90 hostages; 52 were held captive for 444 days.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, NOV. 6GLOBAL – International day for preventing the exploitation of the environment in war and armed conflict.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, NOV. 7MANAGUA, Nicaragua – Presidential election.
MANAGUA, Nicaragua - Nicaraguan National Assembly election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, NOV. 8BRUSSELS - Euro zone finance ministers to discuss inflation, fiscal strategy, digital euro, solvency of firms, banking union - 1400 GMT.
BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting.
WELLINGTON - Ministers of Asia-Pacific countries meet at the APEC Summit in New Zealand. (To Nov. 14)
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, NOV. 9BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, NOV. 10BERLIN - Denmark's Queen Margrethe II and Crown Prince Frederik visit Germany. (To Nov. 13)
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, NOV. 11BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) meeting.
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- ISTANBUL - Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev will meet with Turkish President Recep Erdogan in Istanbul.
TRIPOLI - French president Emmanuel Macron hosts international summit on Libya
BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council (Budget) meeting.
BRUSSELS - World Pneumonia Day.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, NOV. 13YANGON, Myanmar – 10th anniversary of release of Myanmar's detained opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, from house arrest.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, NOV. 14SOFIA - Bulgaria holds parliamentary and presidential election.
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Argentinian Senate election.
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Argentinian Chamber of Deputies election.
GLOBAL – World Diabetes Day.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, NOV. 15BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, NOV. 16BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) meeting.
GLOBAL - International day for tolerance.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, NOV. 17GLOBAL – World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day.
GLOBAL - World Prematurity Day.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, NOV. 18BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council (Cohesion) meeting.
VUKOVAR, Croatia – 30th anniversary of Vukovar massacre. On Nov. 18, 1991, Serb militia and Yugoslav army troops who refused to accept Croatia's Independence captured the once prosperous, ethnically mixed town on the banks of the Danube, after reducing it to a rubble in a brutal three-month siege.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, NOV. 19BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council (Development) meeting
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, NOV. 21VENEZUELA - Venezuela holds regional and local elections
SANTIAGO, Chile – Presidential election.
SANTIAGO, Chile – Chilean Chamber of Deputies election.
SANTIAGO, Chile – Chilean Senate election.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, NOV. 23BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, NOV. 25BRUSSELS - Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) via video conference. (Nov. 26)
GLOBAL – International day for the elimination of violence against women.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, NOV. 26MUMBAI, India - 13th 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.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, NOV. 28TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Presidential election.
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Honduran National Congress election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, NOV. 29GENEVA - WHO holds special assembly of health ministers on reform, potential pandemic treaty (to Dec.1). BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) meeting.
TEHRAN, Iran – 10th anniversary of an attack on the British Embassy by dozens of Iranian students and protesters angry over Britain's unilateral sanctions.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, NOV. 30GENEVA, Switzerland - World Trade Organization holds ministerial meeting (to Dec 3)
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, DEC. 4BANJUL, Gambia - Presidential elections.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, DEC. 6BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, DEC.7BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, DEC. 9BRUSSELS - EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting (to Dec 10).
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, DEC. 11PALESTINE - Palestinians to hold local election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, DEC. 13BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, DEC. 14BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, DEC. 16BRUSSELS - European Council meeting (to Dec 17).
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, DEC. 19HONG KONG - Hong Kong Legislative Council election.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, DEC. 24TRIPOLI, Libya - Presidential elections.
TRIPOLI, Libya - Referendum election.
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