DIARY-Political and General News Events from April 29

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TUESDAY, APRIL 29

MADRID - At the invitation of Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union, and Cooperation of the Kingdom of Spain Jose Manuel Albares, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia Battsetseg Batmunkh will pay an official visit to the Kingdom of Spain. (To April 30)

VOLGOGRAD, Russia - President of Russia Vladimir Putin and President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko will take part in commemorative events for the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War to be held in Volgograd.

NUUK, Greenland - Denmark's King Frederik will travel to Greenland, a semi-autonomous Danish island, to visit the town of Kapisillit. He will also join a hike around Nuuk and meet with the prime minister of Greenland. (To May 2)

RIO DE JANEIRO - China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi will travel to Brazil to attend the Meeting of BRICS Ministers of Foreign Affairs / International Relations and the 15th Meeting of BRICS National Security Advisers and High Representatives on National Security. The meetings will discuss BRICS cooperation, current international security situation and major international and regional issues. (To April 30)

MADRID - Spain's King Felipe chairs a meeting of Spain's National Security Council after huge power outage brought the Iberian Peninsula to a standstill on Monday - 0700 GMT

PARIS- French ministers including finance minister Eric Lombard and public accounts minister Amelie de Montchalin hold an event on the safety and regulation of e-commerce platforms at Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport. - 0730 GMT

ROME - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan visits Italy for talks with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. They hold a joint press conference. (1200 GMT). He also attends a business forum (1300 GMT) where opportunities in the defence, aviation, energy and automotive sectors will be discussed. - 0900 GMT

PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Belgium's Prime Minister Bart de Wever for a lunch meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris - 1100 GMT

KALKAR, Germany - German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius visits the ‘Locked Shields’ NATO cyber security exercise in Kalkar in western Germany. - 1100 GMT

WARSAW - Leaders from Poland, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia will take part in a meeting of the Three Seas Initiative in Warsaw. - 1100 GMT

ISRAEL / PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses ceremony on Memorial Day Eve in Jerusalem - 1330 GMT

LONDON - EU Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic visits Britain and meets Foreign Minister David Lammy and Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Meeting of foreign ministers from BRICS member countries. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov confirmed attendance.

MANILA - Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will travel to the Philippines for a two-day official visit (To April 30)

OSLO - Croatian President Zoran Milanovic visits Norway and meets with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere, King Harald and parliament speaker Masud Gharahkhani (To Apr. 30)

LONDON – 14th wedding anniversary of Prince William and Catherine Middleton.

KUALA LUMPUR - President of the Maldives Dr. Mohamed Muizzu will undertake an official visit to Malaysia on the invitation of His Excellency Anwar Ibrahim, Prime Minister of Malaysia (To April 30).

BRASILIA - China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi will travel to Brazil to attend the Meeting of BRICS Ministers of Foreign Affairs / International Relations and the 15th Meeting of BRICS National Security Advisers and High Representatives on National Security (To Apr. 30)

HANOI - Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and his spouse’s official visit to Vietnam (Final day)

RIO DE JANEIRO - Meeting of foreign ministers from BRICS member countries (Final day)

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. (Final day)

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30

AUBAGNE, France - French President Emmanuel Macron arrives to attend the Camerone ceremony which commemorates the Battle of Camerone, the founding battle of the Foreign Legion which pitted a company of the Foreign Legion against Mexican troops in 1863, at the Legion's headquarters where the Foreign Legion Command is based, in Aubagne - 0800 GMT

BANGKOK - Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra speaks at a dinner event on ''Mission Thailand, together with Finance Minister Pichai Chunhavajir and Commerce Minister Pichai Natipthaphan. - 1030 GMT

MANILA, Philippines - Philippine Secretary of National Defense Gilberto C. Teodoro, Jr. and Judith Collins KC MP, Minister of Defense of New Zealand, will hold a joint press conference - 0200 GMT

RIYADH - Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya will visit Saudi Arabia to discuss issues such as the situation in Gaza, Syria, Iran and the Red Sea, as well as strengthening coordination between Japan and Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries (To May 1).

CAYMAN ISLANDS - Cayman Legislative Assembly Election.

CAYMAN ISLANDS – Referendum Election.

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THURSDAY, MAY 1

GENEVA, Switzerland - WHO Press conference with Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General WHO on Wednesday, April 30 at 3 p.m - organised by ACANU. The meeting will take place in person at WHO. - 1300 GMT

VATICAN CITY – 14th anniversary of beatification ceremony of late Pope John Paul II.

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FRIDAY, MAY 2

PARIS, France - French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs JEAN-NOEL Barrot meets Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya in Paris - 1000 GMT

ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan – The day marks the 14th year since Al-Qaeda Chief Osama bin Laden was killed in a U.S. special forces raid, ending a near decade-long worldwide hunt for the mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks.

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SATURDAY, MAY 3

HANOI – President of Sri Lanka Anura Kumara Dissanayake is scheduled to leave for Vietnam on a state visit. (To May 6)

SINGAPORE - Singaporean Parliament Election.

AUSTRALIA - Australian Senate election

AUSTRALIA - Australian House of Representatives election.

GLOBAL - World Press Freedom Day.

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SUNDAY, MAY 4

JERUSALEM - Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides is set to visit Israel

ROMANIA - Romanian Presidency Election.

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TUESDAY, MAY 6

BERLIN - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier meets Estonia's President Alar Kalis for talks at Bellevue Castle in Berlin. - 1400 GMT

STOCKHOLM - Iceland's President Halla Tomasdottir and members of the Icelandic government on state visit to Sweden (To May 8)

GLOBAL - World Asthma Day.

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MONDAY, MAY 7

PARIS - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz travels to France to meet French President Emmanuel Macron on what is expected to be his first foreign visit after his nomination.

JEJU, South Korea – APEC Senior Finance Officials’ Meeting (SFOM) (to May 9).

COPENHAGEN - Around 40 climate ministers from around the world meet in Copenhagen ahead of the COP30 negotiations in Brazil later this year (To May 8)

WARSAW – EU Informal meeting of foreign affairs ministers – Gymnich. (to May 8)

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THURSDAY, MAY 8

BAKU - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit Azerbaijan.

GLOBAL - World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day.

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FRIDAY, MAY 9

MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic to hold talks in Moscow

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SUNDAY, MAY 11

ALBANIA - Albanian Parliament Election.

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MONDAY, MAY 12

NAIROBI - President of the Republic of Finland Alexander Stubb and his spouse Suzanne Innes-Stubb will pay a state visit to the Republic of Kenya. (To May 14)

BERLIN - Israel's President Isaac Herzog and his wife Michal Herzog visit Germany.

GLOBAL - International Nurse's Day.

BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting.

WARSAW – EU Informal meeting of energy ministers. (To May 13)

PHILIPPINES - Philippine Senate Election.

PHILIPPINES - Philippine House of Representatives Election.

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TUESDAY, MAY 13

RIYADH/DOHA/ABU DHABI - US President Donald Trump will visit the Middle East next month on a three-country tour, he will travel to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (To May 16)

BASEL, Switzerland - 2025 Eurovision Song Contest. (To May 17)

BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 14

ANTALYA, Turkey - NATO Foreign Ministers Informal Meeting to take place in Turkey (To May 15)

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THURSDAY, MAY 15

GLOBAL - U.N. International Day of Families.

JEJU, Republic of Korea – APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade meeting. (To May 16)

BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) meeting.

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FRIDAY, MAY 16

LISBON – 13th Anniversary of 78-billion-euro bail-out of Portugal by eurozone leaders.

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SATURDAY, MAY 17

GLOBAL - World Telecommunication and Information Society Day.

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SUNDAY, MAY 18

GLOBAL - International Museum Day.

PORTUGAL - Portuguese Assembly of the Republic Election

POLAND - Polish Presidency Election

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MONDAY, MAY 19

LONDON - EU-UK summit

LONDON - European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen visits London for a summit on closer post-Brexit cooperation with Britain.

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TUESDAY, MAY 20

BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council and Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) meeting

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THURSDAY, MAY 22

GLOBAL - International Day for Biological Diversity.

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SUNDAY, MAY 25

SURINAME - Surinamese National Assembly Election

VENEZUELA - Venezuelan National Assembly Election

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MONDAY, MAY 26

BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council (Development) Meeting.

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TUESDAY, MAY 27

BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council meeting.

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SATURDAY, MAY 31

GLOBAL - World No Tobacco Day.

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SUNDAY, JUNE 1

KATHMANDU - 24th anniversary of Nepal King Birendra, Queen Aishwarya and eight other members of the royal family assassinated in royal family massacre.

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MONDAY, JUNE 2

WARSAW - EU-US Justice and Home Affairs ministerial meeting. (To June 3)

GENEVA – ILO, International Labour Conference, 113th session. (To June 13)

VILNIUS - Leaders from NATO's eastern flank arrive in Vilnius for a meeting ahead of the Hague NATO summit later in June, including the Bucharest Nine - Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Slovakia - and the Nordics - Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.

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TUESDAY, JUNE 3

South Korea - South Korean Presidency election

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4

CHILE – 14th anniversary of Chile's Puyehue volcano eruption, causing air traffic cancellations across South America, New Zealand, Australia.

SYDNEY - Sydney Film Festival 2025 (to June 15)

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THURSDAY, JUNE 5

GLOBAL - World Environment Day.

BURUNDI - Burundian National Assembly election

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FRIDAY, JUNE 6

SEOUL - South Korea marks the 70th anniversary of Memorial Day.

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SATURDAY, JUNE 7

MONACO - Monaco welcomes French President Emmanuel Macron for a state visit (to June 8)

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SUNDAY, JUNE 8

ITALY – Referendum election.

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MONDAY, JUNE 9

SPAIN – 33rd European Biomass Conference and Exhibition (to Jun 12).

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JUNE 12

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JUNE 14

GLOBAL - World Blood Donor Day.

GAZA - 18th anniversary of Hamas takeover of the Gaza strip from Fatah.

GLOBAL - World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD).

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SUNDAY, JUNE 15

KANANASKIS, Canada - Canada hosts the G7 Leaders' Summit in the Rocky Mountain resort town of Kananaskis, Alberta (To June 17)

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MONDAY, JUNE 16

LUXEMBOURG - EU energy and environment ministers meet in Luxembourg. (To June 17)

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TUESDAY, JUNE 17

GLOBAL - United Nation's World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought

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THURSDAY, JUNE 19

LUXEMBOURG - Eurogroup meeting

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FRIDAY, JUNE 20

GLOBAL - World Refugee Day

LUXEMBOURG – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting

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SATURDAY, JUNE 21

GLOBAL - International Yoga Day

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MONDAY, JUNE 23

LUXEMBOURG – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting

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TUESDAY, JUNE 24

BERLIN - 77th anniversary of beginning of The Berlin Blockade. Communist forces cut off all land and water routes between West Germany and West Berlin, prompting the United States to organise a massive airlift.

LUXEMBOURG – EU General Affairs Council meeting

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Leaders of NATO countries gather in The Hague, Netherlands, for the annual NATO summit. (To June 26)

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25

LOS ANGELES - 16th death anniversary of pop star Michael Jackson.

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THURSDAY, JUNE 26

GLOBAL - International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.

BRUSSELS - European Council meeting (to June 27)

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SUNDAY, JUNE 29

PYEONGTAEK - South Korea observes the 23rd anniversary of an inter-Korean sea clash.

BEJING/TAIPEI - 15th Anniversary of signing of a landmark trade deal between China and Taiwan.

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