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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27

BAKU - Prime Minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed Ali visits Azerbaijan.

PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron meets Slovenia's Prime Minister Robert Golob at the Elysee Palace in Paris - 1200 GMT

GENEVA -Geneva International Auto Show 2026 (To Mar 3).

WASHINGTON DC - Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis meets U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and addresses Atlantic Council think tank. He attends signing of a deal between ONEX Shipyards with Hanwha Power Systems. (Final Day)

ASTANA - President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić will make an official visit to Kazakhstan's capital, Astana. (Final Day)

NEW DELHI/CANBERRA/TOKYO - Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney arrived in Mumbai on his first official visit to India. He will later travel to Australia and Japan. (to March 7)

CARACAS – 37th anniversary of deadly Caracas riots.

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28

JERUSALEM - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will visit Israel to meet Prime Minister Netanyahu and discuss the Iranian threat as US regional forces prepare for full deployment by mid-March.

LONDON - The BRIT Awards 2026

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SUNDAY, MARCH 1

SINGAPORE/MANILA - South Korean president Lee Jae Myung will undertake a four-day state visit to Singapore and the Philippines (To Mar 4)

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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

MOSCOW - Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to visit Russia. (To Mar 5)

GLOBAL - International Day for Ear and Hearing.

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

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4

LOUISIANA - The President of Hungary Tamás Sulyok is making his way to Louisiana and plans to talk to local residents and offer any support to the small rural community.

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THURSDAY, MARCH 5

MOSCOW – 73rd Death anniversary of Soviet leader Josef Stalin.

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

NEPAL - Nepalese House of Representatives Election.

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SUNDAY, MARCH 8

GLOBAL - International Women's Day.

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

WARSAW - Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia will pay a state visit to Poland and will be hosted by President Karol Nawrocki. The visit, from March 10-12, will focus on bilateral cooperation in security, defence, business, and culture.

RIGA – President of Latvia Edgars Rinkevics will receive Czech President Petr Pavel and First Lady Eva Pavlova on a state visit (to March 11).

TIBET - 67th anniversary of Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, fleeing into exile after a failed uprising.

BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11

SENDAI, Japan – 15th anniversary of Sendai earthquake and tsunami.

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

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SATURDAY, MARCH 14

DUBLIN - St. Patrick’s Festival (To Mar 17)

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

GLOBAL - World Day of Action against Seal Hunting.

SYRIA - Syria marks the 5th anniversary of an increasingly bloody uprising against President Bashar al-Assad.

KAZAKHSTAN – Kazakhstan Referendum Election.

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MONDAY, MARCH 16

HALABJA, Iraq - 38th anniversary of 5,000 civilian Kurds being killed in Iraqi chemical weapons attack.

BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council.

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TUESDAY, MARCH 17

ITALY - Italy celebrates the 165th Anniversary of the Unification of Italy.

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 – Euro Summit.

EGYPT – 15th anniversary of Egyptian referendum on constitutional reforms.

BRUSSELS – EU European council (To March 20)

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SUNDAY, MARCH 22

GLOBAL - World Water Day.

ITALY - Italy Referendum Election.

SLOVENIA - Slovenian National Assembly Election.

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MONDAY, MARCH 23

GLOBAL - World Meteorological Day.

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TUESDAY, MARCH 24

GLOBAL - World Tuberculosis Day.

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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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SATURDAY, MARCH 28

DUBAI - HORSE RACING - 2026 Dubai World Cup.

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SUNDAY, MARCH 29

BRUSSELS – EU foreign affairs council (trade)

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TUESDAY, MARCH 31

BEIJING - U.S. President Donald Trump will travel to China for a highly anticipated meeting between leaders of the two countries, a trip confirmed by a White House official as the Supreme Court overturned Trump's sweeping tariffs against imported goods. (To April 2)

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SATURDAY, APRIL 4

MALDIVES - Maldives Referendum Election.

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TUESDAY, APRIL 7

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

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FRIDAY, APRIL 10

DJIBOUTI - Djiboutian Presidency Election.

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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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THURSDAY, APRIL 16

LEFKOSIA - EU Informal meeting of tourism ministers. (To April 17)

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SUNDAY, APRIL 19

BULGARIA - Bulgarian National Assembly Election.

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TUESDAY, APRIL 21

LUXEMBOURG – EU Foreign Affairs Council.

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