DIARY-Political and General News Events from January 28

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 28

** RIGA - Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braze will welcome a visit from Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis.

** RIYADH - Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan visits Saudi Arabia for talks.

** QUITO - Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez is set to meet with Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa.

** BRUSSELS - European Commission Executive Vice-President Raffaelle Fitto holds a debate with the European Parliament's regional development committee on the future of cohesion policy – 0800 GMT

** PARIS - The European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and French President Emmanuel Macron are set to meet on Tuesday – 0900 GMT

** PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron will meet with Denmark Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen – 1030 GMT

** PARIS - Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meet in Warsaw – 1100 GMT

ABU DHABI – Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar will have official visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) (To Jan. 29)

MUSCAT – Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar, will pay a state visit to the Sultanate of Oman.

BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council Meeting

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29

** HELSINKI - Finland's President Alexander Stubb and Interior Minister Mari Rantanen will visit a station along the Finnish border with Russia.

** BELGRADE - Steven Doughty, UK Minister for Europe arrives to Belgrade as part of a regional tour.

** BRUSEELS - European Parliament President Roberta Metsola receives His Majesty King Abdulla II of Jordan – 0945 GMT

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 30

** THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS - Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof to meet Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama in The Hague for talks on migration and EU accession – 1700 GMT.

BRUSSELS - Informal meeting of EU justice and home affairs ministers. (To Jan. 31)

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 31

** BELGRADE - Italy’s Prime Minsiter Giorgia Meloni visits Serbia.

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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2

NEW DELHI - Prince Edward, the youngest child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip of UK, will visit India

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3

** OSLO - Security conference in Oslo attended by NATO Military Chief as well as Finnish Chief of Defence, Ex-Finnish president Niinisto, Norway's Prime Minister, Foreign Minister and Defence Minister.

** GENEVA - WHO's 34-member Executive Board meets in Geneva to fix its next budget and discuss financial challenges facing the UN agency.

WARSAW - EU trade ministers hold informal meeting in Warsaw (to Feb. 4)

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4

KATHMANDU - Duchess Sophie and Prince Edward from the British Royal family will visit Nepal (To Feb. 8)

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUAY 5

** BEIJING - Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra visits China (To Feb. 8).

** SANTO DOMINGO - The U.S. Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, will visit the Dominican Republic (To Feb. 6).

BEIJING - Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari will visit China in the first week of February, where he will hold formal talks with his Chinese counterpart President Xi Jinping focusing on global and regional issues, including CPEC-2 (To Feb. 7)

ATHENS - Cypriot Energy Minister George Papanastasiou and North Macedonia Energy Minister Sanja Bozhinovska attend energy conference – 0800 GMT.

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7

ADAZI, Latvia - Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, Foreign Affairs Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard and Defence Minister Pal Jonson attend a handover ceremony at a NATO brigade in Latvia where a Swedish battalion replaces a Danish one – 0900 GMT.

TURKS and CAICOS ISLANDS - Turks and Caicos House of Assembly Election

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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9

ECUADOR - Ecuadorian Presidency Election

ECUADOR - Ecuadorian National Assembly

SWITZERLAND - Switzerland Referendum Election

LIECHTENSTEIN - Liechtenstein scheduled to hold parliamentary election

KOSOVO - Kosovo holds parliamentary elections

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11

ABU DHABI - Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to visit the United Arab Emirates (UAE) (To Feb.13)

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13

BRUSSELS - Defence ministers from the NATO alliance meet in Brussels. (To Feb. 14)

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17

BRUSSELS - Eurogroup meeting

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18

SINGAPORE - Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong Delivers Budget 2025.

HAMILTON - Bermuda holds general election

BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20

GUERTERSLOH, Germany - Moldovan President Maia Sandu receives the 2025 Reinhard Mohn prize for strengthening democracy in Germany – 1000 GMT

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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23

GERMANY - German Federal Diet Election

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24

GENEVA - 58th Session of the Human Rights Council (to Apr 4).

BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25

BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27

LISBON - French President Emmanuel Macron visits Portugal, meets top officials and addresses Portugal’s parliament.

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SUNDAY, MARCH 2

TAJIKISTAN - Tajikistani Assembly of Representatives election.

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MONDAY, MARCH 3

GLOBAL - International Day for Ear and Hearing.

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TUESDAY, MARCH 4

MICRONESIA - Micronesian Congress election.

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5

MOSCOW – 72nd Death anniversary of Soviet leader Josef Stalin.

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SATURDAY, MARCH 8

GLOBAL - International Women's Day.

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MONDAY, MARCH 10

TIBET - 66th anniversary of Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, fleeing into exile after a failed uprising.

BRUSSELS - Eurogroup meeting.

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TUESDAY, MARCH 11

SENDAI, Japan – 14th anniversary of Sendai earthquake and tsunami.

BRUSSELS - Economic and Financial Affairs Council.

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SATURDAY, MARCH 15

GLOBAL - World Day of Action against Seal Hunting.

DAMASCUS - Syria marks the 14th anniversary of an increasingly bloody uprising against President Bashar al-Assad.

DUBLIN, Ireland - St. Patrick's Festival (to Mar. 17).

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SUNDAY, MARCH 16

HALABJA, Iraq - 37th anniversary of 5,000 civilian Kurds being killed in Iraqi chemical weapons attack.

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MONDAY, MARCH 17

BRUSSELS - Foreign Affairs Council.

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TUESDAY, MARCH 18

BRUSSELS - General Affairs Council.

BRUSSELS - EU Energy Ministers meet.

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THURSDAY, MARCH 20

BRUSSELS - European Council (To Mar. 21)

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FRIDAY, MARCH 21

CURACAO - Curacaoan Estates election.

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SATURDAY, MARCH 22

GLOBAL - World Water Day.

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SUNDAY, MARCH 23

GLOBAL - World Meteorological Day.

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MONDAY, MARCH 24

GLOBAL - World Tuberculosis Day.

BRUSSELS - Informal meeting of health ministers (To Mar. 25)

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FRIDAY, MARCH 28

BRUSSELS - General Affairs Council (Cohesion)

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