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WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 18

MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will hold talks with his Cuban counterpart Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla in Moscow.

NEW DELHI - Pedro Sánchez, President of Spain, is paying an official visit to India. (To Feb. 19)

NEW DELHI - Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visits New Delhi to attend India AI Impact Summit and meet India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Mitsotakis will also meet senior executives from Google DeepMind, Microsoft, and OpenAI. (To Feb 19th)

WASHINGTON, D.C. - President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev will pay a working visit to Washington, D.C. (To Feb. 19)

NEW DELHI - Finland's Prime Minister Petteri Orpo visits India's New Delhi to attend India AI Impact Summit and meet with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Orpo will be accompanied by a business delegation of 22 Finnish companies. (To Feb. 20)

BERLIN – 76th Berlin International Film Festival. (To Feb. 22).

RIO DE JANEIRO - Rio Carnival 2026. (To Feb. 21)

NEW DELHI - French President Emmanuel Macron will visit India. (To Feb. 19)

NUUK, Greenland - Denmark's King Frederik visits Greenland. (To Feb. 20)

OSLO - European Council President Antonio Costa holds a joint press briefing with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere during an official visit to Oslo - 1215 GMT

OSLO - Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere and his Icelandic counterpart Kristrun Frostadottir hold a joint press briefing in Oslo after a meeting - 1230 GMT

COPENHAGEN - The ministers for Nordic cooperation meet in Copenhagen, Denmark. The meeting agenda includes the possible update of the Treaty of Co-operation between the Nordic countries, known as the Helsinki Treaty

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19

NEW DELHI - French President Emmanuel Macron attends the opening ceremony of the AI Impact summit in New Delhi.

NEW DELHI - Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's visits to India to significantly strengthen bilateral ties amid a rapidly changing global order. (To Feb. 21)

LONDON - London Fashion Week Winter 2026. (To Feb. 23).

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20

KRAKOW, Poland - Defence ministers from France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, and Poland will meet in Krakow for a summit of the E5 group to discuss security and cooperation. The meeting comes as Europe faces evolving security challenges.

STOCKHOLM - Slovakia's Defence Minister Robert Kalinak and Swedish counterpart Pal Jonson attend the rollout of the first Combat Vehicle 90 ordered by Slovakia at BAE Systems' factory in Ornskoldsvik in northern Sweden.

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21

AGRA, India - Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic is scheduled to arrive in Agra.

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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 22

SEOUL - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva visits South Korea to have a summit with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung. (To Feb. 24)

LONDON – EE British Academy Film Awards 2026

LAOS - Laotian National Assembly Election.

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23

PARIS - President of the Republic of Finland Alexander Stubb will pay a working visit to Paris and will meet with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace.

BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council.

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24

WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Donald Trump will deliver his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in Washington.

BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council.

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25

JERUSALEM – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to pay a two-day visit to Israel (to Feb. 26).

CAPE TOWN - South African Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana will present the 2026 budget to lawmakers - 1200 GMT

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26

BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council (Cohesion).

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27

CARACAS – 37th anniversary of deadly Caracas riots.

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28

LONDON - The BRIT Awards 2026

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MONDAY, MARCH 2

PARIS - OECD Financial Markets Week Spring 2026. (To March 6)

NICOSIA – EU Informal meeting of the General Affairs Council (To March 3)

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TUESDAY, MARCH 3

LUXEMBOURG - European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen speaks at EIB Forum conference – 1025 GMT

LUXEMBOURG - European Economic Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis speaks at EIB Forum conference – 1545 GMT

LUXEMBOURG - European Council President Antonio Costa speaks at EIB Forum conference – 0830 GMT

THURSDAY, MARCH 5

BRUSSELS – EU Justice and Home Affairs Council. (To March 6)

NEPAL - Nepalese House of Representatives Election.

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SUNDAY, MARCH 8

COLOMBIA - Colombian House of Representatives Election.

COLOMBIA - Colombian Senate Election.

SWITZERLAND - Switzerland Referendum Election.

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MONDAY, MARCH 9

BRUSSELS – Eurogroup Meeting.

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TUESDAY, MARCH 10

BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11

NICOSIA – EU Informal meeting of defence ministers. (To March 12)

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SATURDAY, MARCH 14

CANBERRA - Prime Minister of Australia Anthony Albanese will welcome the King and Queen of Denmark to Australia. (To March 19).

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SUNDAY, MARCH 15

KAZAKHSTAN – Kazakhstan Referendum Election.

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MONDAY, MARCH 16

BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council.

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TUESDAY, MARCH 17

BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council.

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18

LONDON - Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is set to make a state visit to the UK. (To March 19)

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THURSDAY, MARCH 19

BRUSSELS – EU European council (To March 20)

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SUNDAY, MARCH 22

ITALY - Italy Referendum Election.

SLOVENIA - Slovenian National Assembly Election.

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THURSDAY, MARCH 26

PARIS - G7 foreign ministers meet at Vaux-de-Cernay near Paris. (to March 27)

YAOUNDE - WTO ministerial meeting in Cameroon. (To March 29)

BRUSSELS – EU foreign affairs council (trade)

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FRIDAY, MARCH 27

NICOSIA - EU informal meeting of economic and financial affairs ministers (To March 28)

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SUNDAY, MARCH 29

BRUSSELS – EU foreign affairs council (trade)

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TUESDAY, APRIL 7

METRO MANILA - ASEAN Finance Ministers Meeting (AFMM). (To April 10)

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SUNDAY, APRIL 12

HUNGARY - Hungarian National Assembly Election.

PERU - Peruvian Congress of the Republic Election.

PERU - Peruvian Presidency Election.

BENIN - Beninese Presidency Election.

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MONDAY, APRIL 13

WASHINGTON D.C. - Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group and IMF, Spring meetings. (To April 18)

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