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** BELGRADE - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban arrives in Belgrade, meets with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic – 1000 GMT.
BERLIN - President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon will make a three-day visit to Germany. (To Sept. 30)
BERLIN - Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has left the island on a four-day official visit to Germany. (To Oct. 1)
MUNICH, Germany - 188th Munich Oktoberfest. (To Oct. 3) BEIJING - Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal is scheduled to embark on an official visit to the People's Republic of China (to Sept 30). VIENNA - IAEA 67th General Conference. (Final day)
COPENHAGEN - NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, will travel to Denmark. During the visit, Stoltenberg will participate in the Copenhagen Quantum 2023 Conference, where he will give a speech on the need to build a Transatlantic quantum community. He will also meet with the Prime Minister of Denmark, Mette Frederiksen, and Minister of Defence Troels Lund Poulsen, as well as other senior government officials.
BERLIN - German Economy Minister Robert Habeck gives a keynote speech at the German-Romanian Business Conference – 0740 GMT.
HELSINKI - Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas visits Finland and meets Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo and President Sauli Niinisto. Kallas will also participate in a panel discussion in Helsinki Security Forum – 1400 GMT.
BERLIN - German President Frank Walter Steinmeier receives President of Kazakhstan Kassim-Schomart Tokajew, President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Zhaparov, Tajikistan's President Emomali Rahmon, Turkmenistan's President Serdar Berdimuhamedow and Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev - 0645 GMT LUSAKA - Zambia's Finance Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane will on Friday present the 2024 national budget to parliament. - 1200 GMT ESWATINI - Eswatini holds parliamentary elections
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** PONTEVEDRA, Spain - EU vicepresident Margaritis Schinas closes La Toja Forum – 1030 GMT.
** MALDIVES - Maldivian Presidency Election (Second round).
SLOVAKIA - Slovakian National Council Election.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1GLOBAL - International day of older persons.
ABUJA - Nigeria to celebrate its 63rd year of independence.
CHINA – 74th founding anniversary of the People's Republic of China.
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** MADRID - International Climate and Energy Summit in Madrid.
PARIS - The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Forum on Green Finance and Investment (To Oct 3).
JAKARTA - Second ASEAN Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors’ Meeting and Related Meetings. (To Oct. 4)
GUINEA – 65th anniversary of independence from France.
GLOBAL - International Day of Non-violence.
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** PARIS - President of France Emmanuel Macron meets new Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo.
** BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz receives Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov with military honours outside Berlin's chancellery before they hold closed door talks and then speak to reporters – 1715 GMT.
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** GRANADA, Spain - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan holds a one-day visit to the Spain's Granada for the third summit of the European Political Committee (EPC).
GLOBAL - World Teachers' Day.
SAN FRANCISCO – 12th death anniversary of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.
MEXICO CITY - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits Mexico to discuss security and arms trafficking.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7MOSCOW - 17th anniversary of the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8PRAGUE - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and some of his ministers visit Prague for a joint session with the Czech government. (To Oct. 10)
LUXEMBOURG - Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies Election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, OCTOBER 9MARRAKESH, Morocco - Annual meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group and IMF, Fall meetings. (To Oct. 15)
GLOBAL - World Post Day.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10MONROVIA - Liberian Senate election.
GLOBAL - World mental health day.
GLOBAL - World Day against death penalty.
FIJI – 53rd anniversary of independence.
MONROVIA - Liberian House of Representatives Election.
MONROVIA - Liberian President Election.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12BERLIN - German President Frank Walter Steinmeier receives Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim ibn Hamad Al Thani in Berlin – 0700 GMT.
GIBRALTAR - Gibraltar Parliamentary election.
BRUSSELS - Defence ministers from NATO countries attend a two-day meeting in Brussels (To Oct. 13).
GLOBAL - World Sight Day.
BALI – 21st anniversary of Bali bombings.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim will present his government's 2024 budget in parliament.
GLOBAL - International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction.
SAN JOSE, Chile – 13th anniversary of rescue of 33 Chilean miners trapped in a collapsed Andean mine.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14AUSTRALIA – Australia Referendum Election.
WELLINGTON - New Zealand House of Representatives Election.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15BISHKEK - Presidents of Belarus and Russia, Alexander Lukashenko and Vladimir Putin, will meet in Kyrgyzstan.
ECUADOR - Ecuadorian Presidency Election.
WARSAW - Polish Referendum Election.
GLOBAL - United Nation's world hand-washing day.
GLOBAL - International day of rural women.
WARSAW - Polish Senate Election.
WARSAW - Polish Parliamentary Election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, OCTOBER 16BEIJING - Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin visits China. (To Oct. 19)
GLOBAL - World food day.
LUXEMBOURG - Eurogroup Meeting
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17GLOBAL - International day for the eradication of poverty.
LUXEMBOURG - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council Meeting.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18JERUSALEM – 12th anniversary of release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit after more than five years of being held incommunicado by Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19LUXEMBOURG - EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting. (To Oct 20)
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** WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Charles Michel, president of European Council, and Ursula von der Leyen, president of European Commission, at White House.
WASHINGTON DC – EU-U.S. summit.
TRIPOLI – 12th anniversary of capture and killing of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22SWITZERLAND - Swiss National Council Election.
BERN - Swiss Council of States Election.
BUENOS AIRES - Argentinian Presidency Election.
BUENOS AIRES - Argentinian Senate Election.
BUENOS AIRES - Argentinian Chamber of Deputies Election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, OCTOBER 23WASHINGTON DC - Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will travel to the United States. (To Oct 26)
GENEVA, Switzerland - The World Trade Organization (WTO) holds a meeting with ministers and deputy ministers.
LIBYA – 11th anniversary of declaration of Libya's Liberation.
VAN, Turkey – 11th anniversary of earthquake that killed more than 600 people and injured more than 4,000 others.
LUXEMBOURG - EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24STOCKHOLM - First day of French President Emanuel Macron's two-day state visit to Sweden. (To Oct. 25)
LUXEMBOURG - EU General Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Joe Biden hosts Anthony Albanese, prime minister of Australia, for a visit, which will include state dinner.
LUXEMBOURG - EU Tripartite Social Summit.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26BRUSSELS - European Council meeting. (To Oct. 27)
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4TEHRAN – 44th 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.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6MUNICH, Germany - Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway, and Crown Princess Mette-Marit will pay an official visit to Germany. (To Nov. 9)
GLOBAL – International day for preventing the exploitation of the environment in war and armed conflict.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9MADAGASCAR - Malagasy Presidency Election.
BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council (Budget) meeting.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12SAN FRANCISCO, United States - US hosts APEC leaders' meeting (to November 18) GLOBAL - World Pneumonia Day.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13YANGON, Myanmar – 12th anniversary of release of Myanmar's detained opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, from house arrest.
BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14GLOBAL – World Diabetes Day.
BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) meeting.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15GENEVA - State visit of French President Emmanuel Macron in Switzerland (to November 16). GLOBAL – World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day.
BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council (Development) Meeting. GLOBAL - International day for tolerance.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17GLOBAL - World Prematurity Day.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18VUKOVAR, Croatia – 32nd anniversary of the 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.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19GLOBAL - World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic victims.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22NETHERLANDS - Dutch Second Chamber Election.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25GLOBAL – International day for elimination of violence against women.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26MUMBAI, India - 15th 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.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) meeting.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29TEHRAN, Iran – 12th anniversary of an attack on the British Embassy by dozens of Iranian students and protesters angry over Britain's unilateral sanctions.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council (Cohesion) meeting.
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