News: DIARY-Political and General News Events from Oct. 7

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    THURSDAY, OCT. 7 
    
    • BISHKEK - The EU Special Representative for Central Asia, Ambassador Terhi Hakala, and EU Special Representative for Human Rights Eamon Gilmore will visit Kyrgyzstan (to Oct 8)
    • TBILISI - Montenegrin President Milo Djukanovic will pay his first official visit to Georgia.
    • KYIV - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu will pay a working visit to Ukraine
    • BRUSSELS - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and the EU's climate policy chief Frans Timmermans speak at an event on the need to mobilize finance for green investments that will help Europe meet its climate change goals.

    LONDON - Energy Intelligence Forum virtual conference on oil and finance (final day).

    GENEVA - 48th regular session of the Human Rights Council (to Oct. 8).

    KYIV - Israeli President Isaac Herzog to pay first official visit to Ukraine (final day)

    NICOSIA - Poland's President Andrzej Duda visits Cyprus and holds talks with Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades.

    BEIRUT - Iranian foreign minister on a visit to Beirut.

    BANGKOK - Thai deputy prime minister Supattanapong Punmeechaow of economics speaks at business forum – 0600 GMT.

    ROME - Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel meets with Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi – 1130 GMT.

    KIGALI - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meets his Rwanda's counterpart Vincent Biruta – 0930 GMT.

    FRANCE - French renewable energy lobby SER holds its annual conference

    BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg gives news conference – 1015 GMT

    DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - World Green Economy Summit in Dubai.

    VATICAN CITY, Italy - German Chancellor Angela Merkel meets with Pope Francis at the Vatican

    LUXEMBOURG – EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting (to Oct. 8).

    MOSCOW - 15th anniversary of the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya.

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    FRIDAY, OCT. 8 
    
    • ABU DHABI - Chung Eui-yong Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Korea will visit the United Arab Emirates (UAE) (to Oct 11)
    • ATHENS - Ukrainian President Voldymyr Zelenskiy meets with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and President of Greece Katerina Sakellaropoulou – 0700 GMT

    LUXEMBOURG - EU home affairs ministers meet in Luxembourg – 0700 GMT

    MONTPELLIER, France - French president Emmanuel Macron chairs Africa-France summit with many African heads of states.

    MADRID, Spain - Spain´s Foreign Affairs minister José Manuel Albares, participates in Forum Europa organized by Economia Forum - 0700 GMT

    CZECHIA - Czech Chamber of Deputies Election.

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    SATURDAY, OCT. 9 
    

    NEW DELHI - Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen will visit India (to Oct 11)

    JERUSALEM - German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits Israel (to Oct 11)

    GLOBAL - World Post Day.

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    SUNDAY, OCT. 10  
    

    IRAQ - Election for Iraqi Council of Representatives.

    GLOBAL - World mental health day.

    GLOBAL - World day against death penalty.

    FIJI – 51st anniversary of independence.

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    MONDAY, OCT. 11 
    
    • KUNMING, China - China hosts United Nations Biodiversity Conference (to Oct 15)
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    TUESDAY, OCT. 12 
    

    NUR-SULTAN - The 6th meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia will be held in Nur-Sultan.

    ROME - Italy chairs an ad hoc G20 meeting for Afghanistan

    KYIV - EU-Ukraine summit.

    KRANJ, Slovenia - Informal meeting of EU health ministers (to Oct. 13)

    BALI - 19th anniversary of Bali bombings.

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    WEDNESDAY, OCT. 13 
    
    • WASHINGTON D.C - World Bank Group President David Malpass holds news conference during the World Bank / International Monetary Fund (IMF) annual meetings – 1215 GMT
    • WASHINGTON D.C - Group of Twenty (G20) Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors hold news conference – 1700 GMT
    • WASHINGTON D.C - IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva holds news conference – 1315 GMT

    DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Conference at Expo with UAE and foreign officials including central bank governor Khalid Muhammad Salem Balam Tameemi, finance minister Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum (to Oct 14).

    GLOBAL - International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction.

    SAN JOSE, Chile – 11th anniversary of rescue of 33 Chilean miners trapped in a collapsed Andean mine.

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    THURSDAY, OCT. 14 
    

    GLOBAL - World sight day.

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    FRIDAY, OCT. 15 
    
    • MINSK - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko meets Russian President Vladimir Putin in Minsk during a summit of CIS leaders.

    MARRAKESH, Morocco - Annual meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group and IMF, Fall meetings. (To Oct. 17)

    Washington, D.C – G20 Finance ministers and central bank governors meeting (to Oct. 16).

    GLOBAL - United Nation's world hand-washing day.

    GLOBAL - International day of rural women.

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    SATURDAY, OCT. 16 
    

    GLOBAL - World food day.

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    SUNDAY, OCT. 17 
    
    • LUANDA - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan starts two-day visit to Angola (to Oct 18)

    CAPE VERDE - Cape Verde holds presidential election

    GLOBAL - International day for the eradication of poverty.

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    MONDAY, OCT. 18 
    

    JERUSALEM – 10th anniversary of release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit after more than five years of being held incommunicado by Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

    LUXEMBOURG - EU Foreign Affairs Council.

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    TUESDAY, OCT. 19 
    

    BRUNEI - ASEAN+3 Finance and Central Deputies Meeting (AFCDM + 3) via Video Conference (to Oct. 21).

    LUXEMBOURG - EU General Affairs Council.

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    WEDNESDAY, OCT. 20 
    

    TRIPOLI – 10th anniversary of capture and killing of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

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    THURSDAY, OCT. 21 
    

    BRUSSELS - European Council (to Oct. 22).

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    FRIDAY, OCT. 22 
    

    MOSCOW - Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett visit to Russia.

    WELLINGTON - APEC 2021 Finance Ministers Meeting.

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    SATURDAY, OCT. 23 
    

    LIBYA – 10th anniversary of declaration of Libya's Liberation.

    VAN, Turkey – 10th anniversary of earthquake that killed more than 600 people and injured more than 4,000 others.

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    SUNDAY, OCT. 24 
    

    BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN - ASEAN Business and Investment Summit (ABIS). (To Oct. 25)

    Uzbekistan - Uzbekistan presidential elections.

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    TUESDAY, OCT. 26 
    

    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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    THURSDAY, OCT. 28 
    

    Brussels - Informal conference of EU economy and finance ministers.

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    FRIDAY, OCT. 29 
    

    KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia's finance minister will present the 2022 budget which is expected to prioritize economic recovery and post-pandemic reforms.

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    SATURDAY, OCT. 30 
    

    ROME - Italy hosts major G20 summit in Rome (to October 31).

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    MONDAY, NOV. 1 
    

    SOUTH AFRICA - South Africa holds local government elections.

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    TUESDAY, NOV. 2 
    

    NEW YORK - New Yorkers vote for mayor.

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    THURSDAY, NOV. 4 
    

    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.

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    SATURDAY, NOV. 6 
    

    GLOBAL – International day for preventing the exploitation of the environment in war and armed conflict.

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    SUNDAY, NOV. 7 
    

    MANAGUA, Nicaragua – Presidential election.

    MANAGUA, Nicaragua - Nicaraguan National Assembly election.

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    MONDAY, NOV. 8 
    

    BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting.

    WELLINGTON - Ministers of Asia-Pacific countries meet at the APEC Summit in New Zealand. (To Nov. 14)

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    TUESDAY, NOV. 9 
    

    BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.

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    THURSDAY, NOV. 11 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) meeting.

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    FRIDAY, NOV. 12 
    

    TRIPOLI - French president Emmanuel Macron hosts international summit on Libya

    BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council (Budget) meeting.

    BRUSSELS - World Pneumonia Day.

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    SATURDAY, NOV. 13 
    

    YANGON, Myanmar – 10th anniversary of release of Myanmar's detained opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, from house arrest.

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    SUNDAY, NOV. 14 
    

    BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Argentinian Senate election.

    BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Argentinian Chamber of Deputies election.

    GLOBAL – World Diabetes Day.

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    MONDAY, NOV. 15 
    

    BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council.

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    TUESDAY, NOV. 16 
    

    BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) meeting.

    GLOBAL - International day for tolerance.

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    WEDNESDAY, NOV. 17 
    

    GLOBAL – World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day.

    GLOBAL - World Prematurity Day.

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    THURSDAY, NOV. 18 
    

    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.

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    FRIDAY, NOV. 19 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council (Development) meeting

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    SUNDAY, NOV. 21 
    

    VENEZUELA - Venezuela holds regional and local elections

    SANTIAGO, Chile – Presidential election.

    SANTIAGO, Chile – Chilean Chamber of Deputies election.

    SANTIAGO, Chile – Chilean Senate election.

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    TUESDAY, NOV. 23 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council.

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    THURSDAY, NOV. 25 
    

    GLOBAL – International day for the elimination of violence against women.

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    FRIDAY, NOV. 26 
    

    MUMBAI, 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.

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    SUNDAY, NOV. 28 
    

    TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Presidential election.

    TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Honduran National Congress election.

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    MONDAY, NOV. 29 
    

    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.

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    TUESDAY, NOV. 30 
    

    GENEVA, Switzerland - World Trade Organization holds ministerial meeting (to Dec 3)

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