News: DIARY-Political and General News Events from Sept 26

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    MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 
    

    ** TOKYO - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu will pay a visit to Japan to attend the state funeral for late Prime Minister Abe Shinzo and will also meet with Hayashi Yoshimasa, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan (to Sept. 27).

    ** PARIS - French finance minister Bruno Le Maire and budget minister Gabriel Attal give a news conference to present the government's 2023 budget bill – 0630 GMT.

    ** BERLIN - German finance minister Christian Lindner speaks at FAZ economic conference – 1715 GMT.

    ** MADRID - Josep Borrell, the head of EU foreign policy, gives a keynote speech in Madrid, Spain, for the 30th anniversary of the European Union Satellite Center – 0930 GMT.

    ** ABU DHABI – Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob will undertake a working visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) (to Sept. 29).

    ** TOKYO/MANILA - Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe visits Japan and Philippines (to Sept. 27). SAN JOSÉ - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will hold talks with the Costa Rican government as part of its third review of the country's economic reforms (to Oct. 4). NEW YORK CITY - The high-level General Debate at the UN General Assembly (final day). BRUSSELS - The NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, will meet with the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, at the Berlaymont building of the European Commission. BERLIN - German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, her Ghana counterpart Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, Nigeria's Oby Ezekwesili, co-founder of Transparency International, hold opening speeches at the "Strengthening Democracy - Towards Resilient Institutions and Societies in the G7 and Africa" conference in Berlin - 1400 GMT. NEW YORK CITY, NY - Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi addresses the United Nations General Assembly in New York - 1300 GMT. TOKYO - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris travels to Tokyo to attend the state funeral for Japanese former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe who was assassinated in July (to Sept. 27). VIENNA - IAEA 66th General Conference (to Sept. 30).

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    TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 
    

    ** TOKYO - Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi hold bilateral meetings with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.

    ** BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg participates in a meeting of the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists & Democrats in the European Parliament – 1630 GMT.

    ** TALLINN - Urmas Reinsalu Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Estonia and UK Minister of State for Europe Leo Docherty will give a joint press conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs after their meeting – 0630 GMT.

    ** MUSCAT - UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan will begin a two-day state visit to Oman. TOKYO - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Japan to attend the state funeral of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. NEW YORK CITY - U.N. Security Council to meet on Afghanistan – 1400 GMT.

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    WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 
    

    ** TAIPEI CITY - Taiwan's vice economy minister Wen-Sheng Tseng hold news conference on an upcoming Taiwan-EU investment forum – 0700 GMT.

    ** HANOI - Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz will pay an official friendship visit to Vietnam (to Oct. 2). BERLIN - German Chancellor Scholz meets with Germany's state governors in Berlin - 1400 GMT. GENEVA - UN Human Rights Council to discuss China-backed debate on colonialism. WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Joe Biden hosts leaders of Pacific Island nations at gathering in Washington (to Sept 29). GLOBAL - World Rabies Day.

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    THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 
    

    BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz receives French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne with military honours outside Berlin's chancellery before they meet behind closed doors and then speak to reporters - 1300 GMT. KUWAIT CITY - Kuwait holds parliamentary elections. SEOUL - President of South Korea Yoon Suk-yeol will meet with U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris in Seoul.

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    FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 
    

    CZECH REPUBLIC - Czech upper house election - second round (to Oct. 1). BRUSSELS - European Union energy ministers meet to discuss soaring prices.

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    SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1 
    

    GLOBAL - International day of older persons. ABUJA - Nigeria to celebrate its 62nd year of independence. CHINA – 73rd founding anniversary of the People's Republic of China. LATVIA - Latvian Parliament Election.

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    SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2 
    

    GUINEA – 64th anniversary of independence from France. GLOBAL - International day of non-violence. BRAZIL - Brazil Presidential Election. BRAZIL - Brazilian Federal Senate Election. BRAZIL - Brazilian Chamber of Deputies Election. BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - Bosnia and Herzegovina House of Representatives Election. BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - Chairman of the Presidency Election.

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    MONDAY, OCTOBER 3 
    

    LUXEMBOURG – Eurogroup meeting.

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    TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4 
    

    GENEVA - Ukraine debate at UN Human Rights Council . LUXEMBOURG - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.

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    WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5 
    

    GLOBAL - World Teachers' Day. SAN FRANCISCO – 11th death anniversary of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. MADRID - Spain´s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez meets German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at German-Spanish summit in Madrid.

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    THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6 
    

    ** PRAGUE - EU leaders meet at informal summit in Prague (to Oct. 7).

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    FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7 
    

    MOSCOW - 16th anniversary of the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya.

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    SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9 
    

    GLOBAL - World Post Day. AUSTRIA - 2022 Austrian presidential election.

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    MONDAY, OCTOBER 10 
    

    GLOBAL - World mental health day. GLOBAL - World day against death penalty. FIJI – 52nd anniversary of independence. CANBERRA - Australia's energy minister Chris Bowen speaks at Australian Financial Review Climate and Energy Summit.

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    TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11 
    

    PRAGUE - EU Informal meeting of energy ministers (to Oct. 12). STOCKHOLM - Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima on a three-day state visit to Sweden (to Oct. 13).

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    WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12 
    

    BALI - 20th anniversary of Bali bombings. BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg gives a press conference ahead of a NATO Defence Ministers meeting in Brussels.

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    THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13 
    

    ** MANILA - Philippines finance minister Benjamin Diokno delivers keynote speech at a convention for thrift banks – 1800 GMT. GLOBAL - World Sight Day. GLOBAL - International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction. SAN JOSE, Chile – 12th anniversary of rescue of 33 Chilean miners trapped in a collapsed Andean mine. BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg gives a press conference as defence ministers from the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation gather in Brussels (to Oct. 14). LUXEMBOURG - EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting (to Oct. 14).

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    SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15 
    

    GLOBAL - United Nation's world hand-washing day. GLOBAL - International day of rural women.

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    SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16 
    

    GLOBAL - World food day. BEIJING - China to hold 20th Communist party congress starting on Oct. 16. BERLIN - World Health Organization hold 2022 Summit in Berlin (to Oct. 18).

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    MONDAY, OCTOBER 17 
    

    GLOBAL - International day for the eradication of poverty. LUXEMBOURG - EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.

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    TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18 
    

    JERUSALEM – 11th 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 General Affairs Council meeting.

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    WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19 
    

    BANGKOK - Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Finance ministers meeting (to Oct. 21).

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    THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20 
    

    TRIPOLI – 11th anniversary of capture and killing of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. BRUSSELS - European Council meeting (to Oct. 21).

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    FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU leaders meet in Brussels.

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    SUNDAY, OCTOBER 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. SLOVENIA - Slovenia holds presidential elections.

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    MONDAY, OCTOBER 24 
    

    TAIPEI CITY - Taiwan hosts the U.S. National Endowment for Democracy's World Movement for Democracy summit (to Oct. 27).

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    WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26 
    

    ** PRETORIA - South Africa's finance minister Enoch Godongwana will present medium term budget policy statement, which updates economic forecasts, adjusts the budget and makes emergency changes to spending – 1200 GMT.

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    FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28 
    

    ** KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia's finance minister will announce budget plans for 2023 amid higher subsidy bills and rising prices that are hurting fiscal strength.

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    SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30 
    

    PRAGUE - EU Informal meeting of trade ministers (to Oct. 31).

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    THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3 
    

    MUNSTER, Germany - G7 foreign ministers to meet in Munster (to Nov. 4).

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    MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7 
    

    BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting.

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    TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8 
    

    WASHINGTON, D.C. - US House of Representatives election. WASHINGTON, D.C. - US Senate election. BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.

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    FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11 
    

    PHNOM PENH - Leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN) bloc and counterparts from other related countries attend the 40th and 41st regional summit (to Nov. 13). BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council (budget) meeting.

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    MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.

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    TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15 
    

    BALI - Indonesia set to host the G20 Summit on the resort island of Bali (to November 16). BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council (defence) meeting.

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    FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting.

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