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---------------------------------------------------------------- This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events ---------------------------------------------------------------- TUESDAY, MAY 26 ** BRUSSELS - EU-Japan leaders' video conference meeting ** VIENNA - Austrian Finance Minister Gernot Bluemel and lawmakers debate the budget in the Parliament ** LIMA - Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra said on Monday (May 25) coronavirus infections had reached "a plateau" in the Andean country and that his nation should expect "a gradual... but slow decrease" of new cases. ** BUDAPEST - Hungarian Finance Minister Mihaly Varga to submit the 2021 budget draft to the parliament. - 0800 GMT ** BRUSSELS - Wolfgang Burtscher, director-general at the EU Commission's DG AGRI, debates with EU lawmakers on supporting farmers during the COVID-19 crisis and the EU's new Farm to Fork and Biodiversity strategies. - 0800 GMT

BRUSSELS - European affairs ministers hold talks via video conference - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MAY 27 ** BRUSSELS - EU Commission president von der Leyen presents a new budget proposal to EU lawmakers - 1130 GMT ** BRUSSELS - EU Commissioners Valdis Dombrovskis, Paolo Gentiloni and Nicolas Schmit speak to EU lawmakers on the country-specific recommendations of the 2020 European semester - 1445 GMT

BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel holds a video conference with Adrian Hasler, the prime minister of Liechtenstein, an alpine country located between Switzerland and Austria. - 1430 GMT BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel holds a news conference after online talks, on topics including the coronavirus pandemic, with the premiers of the country’s eastern federal states. - 1315 GMT

BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks at a think-tank event ahead of Germany's EU Council Presidency - 1730 GMT MIAMI, FL - Miami Beach International Fashion Week (to May 31). - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MAY 28 ** NEW DELHI – India's Financial Stability And Development Council meeting in New Delhi ** BEIJING - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will hold his once-a-year news conference following the close of the annual meeting of parliament - 0700 GMT ** BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a video conference of state leaders and organisations to discuss help for developing countries hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Merkel is also due to deliver a short speech. - 1200 GMT ** BRUSSELS - EU trade commissioner Phil Hogan speaks to EU lawmakers on the EU's response to the impact of the pandemic on trade - 1200 GMT ** MADRID - Spain's economy minister Nadia Calvino to appear at economic reconstruction commission in Parliament - 1300 GMT BRUSSELS - EU trade commissioner Phil Hogan speaks to EU lawmakers on the EU's response to the impact of the pandemic on trade - 1200 GMT - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, MAY 29 ** MADRID - Spain's energy minister Jose Manuel Rodriguez Uribes to address parliament's culture and sport commission - 0830 GMT BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel holds a video conference with Swiss President Simonetta Sommaruga. - 1000 GMT BRUSSELS - Video conference of EU foreign affairs ministers - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, MAY 31 NIUE - Assembly election. GLOBAL - World No Tobacco Day. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JUNE 2

BERLIN - Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and presidential office head Andriy Yermak will pay a visit to Berlin. - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3 BRUSSELS - The European Commission's climate chief, Frans Timmermans, presents an assessment of the EU member states' national energy and climate plans.

- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 4 ** BRUSSELS - Video conference of EU ministers of justice

** BRUSSELS - Video conference of EU transport ministers - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JUNE 5 SAINT KITTS and NEVIS - Kittitian and Nevisian National Assembly election. - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, JUNE 8 BRUSSELS - European foreign affairs minister meet in Brussels. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JUNE 9

MOSCOW - OPEC ministers meeting via video conference. - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10 MOSCOW - OPEC+ ministers meeting via video conference.

FREDRICK COUNTY, MARYLAND, UNITED STATES - U.S. President Donald Trump hosts G7 leaders at Camp David (to June 12) - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 11

** NAIROBI - Kenya's Finance Minister is scheduled to present the government's budget for the 2020/21 fiscal year to parliament - 1200 GMT FREDRICK COUNTY, MARYLAND, U.S. - U.S. President Donald Trump hosts G7 leaders at Camp David (to June 12). LUXEMBOURG - Eurogroup meeting. - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, JUNE 15 BRUSSELS - EU-UK officials meet to assess progress in Brexit talks ahead of EU summit - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, JUNE 18 BRUSSELS - European Council meeting (to June 19).

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Sri Lanka - Sri Lankan Parliament election. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JUNE 23 KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – APEC finance senior officials' meeting (to June 25). - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24 BRUSSELS - Vice president of the EU Commission, Frans Timmermans, presents the bloc's smart sector integration. Mongolia – Mongolian State Great Hural Election. - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, JUNE 27 Iceland – President election. - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, JUNE 29 LUXEMBOURG - European ministers for agriculture and fisheries meet for talks. (to June 30). - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JULY 5

Dominican Republic - Chamber of Deputies election. Dominican Republic - Senate election. Dominican Republic - President election. - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, JULY 7 Malawi - President's election. - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, JULY 18 RIYADH - Saudi Arabia hosts third meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bank governors in Riyadh.(to July 19). - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JULY 21

SAINT PETERSBURG, Russia - Russia hosts SCO and BRICS summits (to July 23). - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NOTE: The inclusion of diary items does not necessarily mean that Reuters will file a story based on the event.

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