DIARY-Political and General News Events from April 11
Political and General News Top Economic Events
Emerging Markets Economic Events Government Debt Auctions
U.S. Federal Reserve Today in Washington
----------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events ----------------------------------------------------------- THURSDAY, APRIL 11 SAHARA DESERT, Morocco - Desert Marathon Des sables (to April 15).
HANOI - Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte will pay an official visit to Vietnam (final day). WASHINGTON, D.C. - South Korean President Moon Jae-in will visit the United States (final day). BEIRUT - Greek President Prokopios Pavlopoulos will visit Lebanon at the invitation of its President Michel Aoun (to April 12). WASHINGTON D.C, - IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde moderates "Key Global Trends and Implications for the Fund's Policy Advice" discussion - 1815 GMT. WASHINGTON D.C, - IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde participates in event, "One-on-One with Christine Lagarde, featuring Sir David Attenborough: Balancing Nature and the Global Economy." - 1600 GMT. BERLIN, Germany - German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier is due to speak at a digital transformation congress in Berlin - 0800 GMT. PRAGUE, Czech Republic - Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic will pay a visit to Prague and meet with Czech President Milos Zeman. Grabar-Kitarovic and Zeman will give press statements after their meeting.
WASHINGTON DC - IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde speaks to media at start of 2019 Spring Meetings - 1330 GMT WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Donald Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in hold talks at the White House. INDIA - Seven-phase general elections begin. AUGUSTA, United States - U.S. Masters Golf 2019 (to April 14). FRANCE – 8th Anniversary of the French law banning the burqa and niqab. ABIDJAN – 8th Anniversary of the arrest of former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo by supporters of president-elect Alassane Ouattara with the help of French forces, thereby ending the 2010-2011 Ivorian crisis and civil war.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, APRIL 12 ** PARIS - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko will meet French President Emmanuel Macron in France. SANTIAGO - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will meet Chilean President Sebastian Pinera and Foreign Minister Roberto Ampuero to discuss economic ties, bilateral partnerships and security cooperation. WARSAW - Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz will debate the future of Europe with German counterpart Heiko Maas at the Raffles European Hotel in Warsaw - 1330 GMT. BERLIN, Germany - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko speak to reporters after their working lunch - 1200 GMT. WASHINGTON D.C. - German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz speaks on "The transatlantic partnership – common values in a changing world" - 1600 GMT. WASHINGTON D.C. - German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz holds a speech at the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington D.C. - 1630 GMT. LONDON - Deadline set by European Union for Britain to leave the bloc if Prime Minister Theresa May fails to convince MPs to back her Brexit deal with Brussels.
GLOBAL - International Day of Human Space Flight. WASHINGTON, D.C. - 2019 Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group (to April 14). - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, APRIL 13 ASUNCION - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with Paraguay's President Abdo Benitez and Foreign Minister Luis Alberto Castiglioni. LIMA - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra and Foreign Minister Nestor Popolizio. WASHINGTON D.C - IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde participates in International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) press briefing - 1645 GMT. JAKARTA - Indonesian presidential debate on economic issues – 1300 GMT.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 14 WASHINGTON D.C, - IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde participates in "Boosting Investment in People and Infrastructure" discussion - 1400 GMT. FINLAND - Finnish Parliament election. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 15 ** BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi for talks in Berlin - 1500 GMT. TOKYO - OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurria will hold a press conference to mark the release of the Economic Survey of Japan 2019 - 0130 GMT. TOKYO - Launch of OECD Economic Surveys: Japan
BELFAST/NEW YORK – 106th Anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. BOSTON - 2019 Boston Marathon. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, APRIL 16 ASHGABAT - South Korean President Moon Jae-in will visit Turkmenistan (to April 18). MOSCOW - Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi will visit Russia. BRATISLAVA - Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman will pay a working visit to Slovakia. BEIJING - Launch of OECD Economic Surveys: China
VATICAN CITY – 92st birthday of Pope Benedict. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17 VIENNA - 176th (Extraordinary) Meeting of the OPEC Conference.
MOSCOW - Saudi King Salman's son Sultan bin Salman bin Adbulaziz Al Saud will visit Moscow. INDONESIA – President election. INDONESIA - Indonesian Regional Representative Council election. INDONESIA - Indonesian House of Representatives election. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, APRIL 18 ** BRATISLAVA - French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian will meet Central European ministers in Bratislava. TASHKENT - South Korean President Moon Jae-in will visit Uzbekistan (to April 21). INDIA - Indian People's Assembly election. MOSCOW - Estonia's President Kersti Kaljulaid will visit Moscow. VIENNA - OPEC and non-OPEC oil ministers' meet in Vienna.
ALGERIA – President election. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, APRIL 20
UNITED STATES - 9th anniversary of Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 21 ASTANA - South Korean President Moon Jae-in will visit Kazakhstan (to April 23). LONDON - Queen Elizabeth to celebrate her 93nd birthday. PARIS – 58th anniversary of the first manned mission to space. MACEDONIA – President election. COMOROS – President election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 22 TOKYO - Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi will visit Japan (to April 23). GLOBAL - Earth Day. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, APRIL 23
INDIA - Indian People's Assembly election. GLOBAL – U.N. World Book and Copyright Day. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24
LONDON - British Finance Minister Philip Hammond speaks to lawmakers on parliament's Treasury Committee about the Spring Statement budget update he announced in March - 1315 GMT. JAKARTA - 2nd APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) Meeting. GLOBAL - World Immunization Week 2019 (to Apr. 30).
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, APRIL 25
** BRATISLAVA - Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will meet Central European prime ministers in Bratislava. ** BRUSSELS - EU-Japan summit. GLOBAL - World Malaria Day. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 28
SEOUL - Chilean President Sebastian Pinera will make a state visit to South Korea (to April 29). PORT ARTHUR, Tasmania - 21th anniversary of Port Arthur Massacre in Tasmania. LONDON - 2019 London Marathon. BENIN - Beninese National Assembly election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 29 INDIA - Indian People's Assembly election. LONDON – 8th wedding anniversary of Prince William and Catherine Middleton. - - - - - - - - -
SUNDAY, MAY 5 PANAMA - President election.
PANAMA - Panamanian National Assembly election. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MAY 6
INDIA - Indian People's Assembly election. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MAY 8
SOUTH AFRICA - South African National Assembly election. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MAY 9 SIBIU, Romania - The informal European Council will bring together EU heads of state or government in Sibiu. - - - - - - - - -
SUNDAY, MAY 12 LITHUANIA – President election.
INDIA - Indian People's Assembly election. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MAY 13
PHILIPPINES - Philippine Senate election. PHILIPPINES - Philippine House of Representatives election. - - - - - - - - -
THURSDAY, MAY 16 BRUSSELS - Euro zone finance ministers meet in Brussels. BRUSSELS - Eurogroup meeting. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MAY 19
SWITZERLAND - Referendum election. INDIA - Indian People's Assembly election. - - - - - - - - -
TUESDAY, MAY 21 BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting. MALAWI – President election. MALAWI - Malawian National Assembly election. - - - - - - - - -
THURSDAY, MAY 23 EUROPEAN UNION - European Parliament election. - - - - - - - - -
SUNDAY, MAY 26 BELGIUM - Belgian Chamber of Representatives election. - - - - - - - - -
MONDAY, MAY 27 NETHERLANDS - Dutch Second Chamber election.
MADAGASCAR - Malagasy National Assembly election. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MAY 28
RIGA - Launch of OECD Economic Surveys: Latvia - - - - - - - - -
SUNDAY, JUNE 9 ASTANA - Kazakhstan to hold early presidential election. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NOTE: The inclusion of diary items does not necessarily mean that Reuters will file a story based on the event.
For Technical Issues Please contact Thomson Reuters Customer Support (TRCS) at https://customers.reuters.com/kccontactus/telephone.aspx
Google News