DIARY-Political and General News Events from February 28

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28

TOKYO - Poland's Minister of Foreign Affairs Radoslaw Sikorski meets with businessmen on visit to Japan (to March 3)

LILONGWE, MALAWI - Malawi's finance minister Simplex Chithyola Banda will present the annual budget speech amid protests in the Southern African country over rising cost of living and goods – 1200 GMT

VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival 2025 (to Mar. 4)

BAKU/TASHKENT - Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif will undertake five-day visit of Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan (final day)

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

HANOI - Prime Minister of New Zealand Christopher Luxon will pay an official visit to Vietnam and attend the second ASEAN Future Forum 2025. (final day)

JOHOR, MALAYSIA - Malaysia holds a meeting for economic ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations regional bloc in southern Johor state (final day).

NEW DELHI - The European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will visit New Delhi accompanied by the College of Commissioners to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Indian government (final day).

LISBON - French President Emmanuel Macron visits Portugal, meets top officials and addresses Portugal’s parliament (final day)

TOKYO - Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia Battsetseg Batmunkh will visit Japan. (To March 5)

WASHINGTON DC - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is set to meet U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington.

ATHENS - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio meets Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis in Washington – 1600 GMT

GENEVA - Palestinian minister for foreign affairs Varsen Aghabekian will brief media in Geneva – 1300 GMT

SAKAEO, THAILAND - Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra visits the Thai-Cambodian border in Aranyaprathet of Sakaeo province.

SANTIAGO - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier arrives in Chile as part of a South America travel

RIO DE JANEIRO - Rio Carnival 2025 (to Mar. 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

ASUNCION - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier arrives in Paraguay as part of a South America travel to meet with Paraguay President Santiago Pena.

TOKYO - President of Italy, Sergio Mattarella, will visit Japan (to Mar. 7)

GLOBAL - International Day for Ear and Hearing

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TUESDAY, MARCH 4

GENEVA - Meeting on WTO budget

HELSINKI - Danish King Frederik X and Queen Mary will arrive on a state visit to Finland from March 4 to 5, joined by Denmark's defence minister Troels Lund Poulsen and foreign minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen among others (to Mar. 5).

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 Mar. 5)

NEW ORLEANS - Mardi Gras 2025

MICRONESIA - Micronesian Congress election.

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5

SANTIAGO - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier arrives in Chile as part of a South America visit

BRUSSELS – EU Justice and Home Affairs Council (Home Affairs) meeting.

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

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THURSDAY, MARCH 6

BRUSSELS - Special European Council meeting.

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FRIDAY, MARCH 7

BRUSSELS - EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting

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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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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12

QUEBEC CITY, Canada - G7 foreign ministers gather in Quebec for meeting. (To Mar 14)

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THURSDAY, MARCH 13

VALENCIA, Spain - Spanish Economy Minister Carlos Cuerpo invited EU finance ministers to discuss competitiveness

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 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.

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 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

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

GLOBAL - World Tuberculosis Day.

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

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FRIDAY, MARCH 28

BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council (Cohesion)

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MONDAY, MARCH 31

KHUJAND, Tajikistan - Presidents of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan to meet in Khujand for historic trilateral summit.

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

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2

WARSAW – EU informal meeting of defense ministers (to Apr. 3)

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THURSDAY, APRIL 3

SAMARKAND - First EU-Central Asia summit (to Apr. 4)

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FRIDAY, APRIL 11

BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting.

WARSAW – EU informal meeting of economic and financial affairs ministers (to Apr. 12)

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SATURDAY, APRIL 12

GABON - Gabonese Presidency Election.

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SUNDAY, APRIL 13

Ecuador - Ecuadorian Presidency Election.

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MONDAY, APRIL 14

LUXEMBOURG - EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.

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TUESDAY, APRIL 18

WASHINGTON DC - G20 finance ministers and central bank governors.

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23

WASHINGTON DC - G20 finance and central bank ministerial meeting (to Apr. 24)

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FRIDAY, APRIL 25

WASHINGTON DC - World financial leaders gather for the IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings (to April 26)

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SUNDAY, APRIL 27

VENEZUELA - Venezuelan National Assembly Election.

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MONDAY, APRIL 28

NEW YORK, United States - Economic and Social Council, Annual Economic and Social Council forum on financing for development follow-up, including the special high-level meeting of the Council with the World Bank, IMF, WTO and UNCTAD. (To Apr. 29)

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30

CAYMAN ISLANDS - Cayman Legislative Assembly Election.

CAYMAN ISLANDS – Referendum Election.

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