DIARY-Political and General News Events from February 14

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14

MUNICH - U.S. Vice President JD Vance Vance is due to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy – 0730 GMT

KUALA LUMPUR - Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba, Bruno Eduardo Rodriguez Parrilla will be undertaking an official visit to Malaysia (To February 15)

PARIS/BERLIN - The Vice President of the United States, JD Vance, will visit France and Germany on his first official trip to Europe (final day)

BEIJING - Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown visits China to help improve ties ranging from trade, climate and investment to tourism and infrastructure. (final day)

LONDON/DUBLIN/BERLIN/WASHINGTON D.C./CAPE TOWN - China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi will tour the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, the United States and South Africa (To February 21)

WASHINGTON D C - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Washington DC to meet U.S. President Donald Trump (final day)

BERLIN – 75th Berlin International Film Festival (To February 23)

BRUSSELS - Defence ministers from the NATO alliance meet in Brussels (final day)

WARSAW - U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth visits Poland (to Feb 15).

MUNICH - NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte gives doorstep on sidelines of Munich Security Conference. - 1200 GMT

GLOBAL - St. Valentine's Day

BEIRUT - Twentieth anniversary of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15

JERUSALEM/RIYADH/ABU DHABI - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to the Middle East, making stops in Israel, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. (To Feb 18)

NEW YORK - Seventy-seventh Writers Guild of America Awards ceremony

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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16

DUBLIN - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visits Ireland. Wang will have a working breakfast with his Irish counterpart Simon Harris to discuss Irish-China and broader EU-China relations and will also meet Prime Minister Micheal Martin. (To Feb 17)

COMOROS - Comoran Assembly of the Union election.

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17

COLOMBO - Sri Lanka's President Anura Kumara Dissanayake presents his newly elected government's first full-year budget as the country gradually pulls ahead from its worst financial crisis in decades.

PRISTINA - Seventeenth anniversary of Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia

WARSAW – EU Informal meeting of the General Affairs Council (To February 18)

BRUSSELS - Eurogroup meeting

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18

GENEVA - WTO main decision body meets, to discuss trade tensions

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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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19

CAPE TOWN - South African Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana will present the 2025 budget in parliament – 1200 GMT

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20

TASHKENT - Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Kobakhidze will visit Uzbekistan (To February 22)

LONDON - London Fashion Week Winter 2025 (To February 24)

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

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22

VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival 2025 (To March 4)

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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 April 4)

BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25

BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26

CAPE TOWN - G20 Finance and Central Bank Ministerial Meeting. (To February 27)

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27

VIENNA - VIENNA Opera Ball 2025

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

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28

RIO DE JANEIRO - Rio Carnival 2025 (To March 8)

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SATURDAY, MARCH 1

LONDON - The BRIT Awards 2025

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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

NICOSIA- Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands will arrive in Cyprus for a two-day state visit at the invitation of President Nikos Christodoulides. (To March 5)

NEW ORLEANS - Mardi Gras 2025

MICRONESIA - Micronesian Congress election.

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5

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

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THURSDAY, MARCH 6

BRUSSELS - EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting. (To March 7)

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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

GREENLAND - Greenland Diet Election.

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

BRUSSELS - Economic and Financial Affairs Council.

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THURSDAY, MARCH 13

CAPE TOWN - EU-South Africa summit.

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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 March 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.

BRUSSELS - EU Energy Ministers meet

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TUESDAY, MARCH 18

BRUSSELS - General Affairs Council.

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19

EGYPT – Fourteenth anniversary of Egyptian referendum on constitutional reforms

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THURSDAY, MARCH 20

BRUSSELS - European Council (To March 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

TOKYO - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will make a state visit to Japan. (To March 27)

GLOBAL - World Tuberculosis Day.

BRUSSELS - Informal meeting of health ministers (To March 25)

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FRIDAY, MARCH 28

BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council (Cohesion)

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MONDAY, MARCH 31

FRANCE - Denmark's King Frederik X and Queen Mary on State visit to France (to April 02)

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