DIARY-Political and General News Events from April 30
KATOWICE, Poland - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk speak at the European Economic Congress. INDIA - Third phase of India general election.
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TUESDAY, APRIL 30 ** JERUSALEM - French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne meets his Israeli counterpart Israel Katz in Jerusalem. – 0900 GMT
** PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron meets Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi at the Elysee Palace in Paris. – 1100 GMT ** DUSHANBE - Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Olzhas Bektenov arrived in Tajikistan on Tuesday on an official visit. GLOBAL - World Immunization Week 2024 (Final Day). BEIJING - Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship of Argentina Diana Mondino will visit China (to May 1) BEIJING - Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bolivia Celinda Sosa Lunda will visit China (Final Day).
RIYADH - Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif to visit Saudi Arabia.(Final Day) BEIJING - Peruvian Foreign Affairs Minister Javier Gonzalez-Olaechea is set to embark on an official visit to Beijing, China (Final Day). HELSINKI - Nordic defence ministers meet in Faroe Islands. (Final Day) BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of the General Affairs Council. (Final Day) SEOUL - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will hold summit talks with Angola's President Joao Lourenco. – 0200 GMT - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MAY 1
** MELBOURNE - Australia and South Korea Foreign and Defence Ministers meeting in Melbourne. – 0000 GMT ** ANKARA - Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia, Retno Marsudi, will pay a visit to Türkiye (To May 3)
SLUBICE, Poland - German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski give a news conference as part of celebrations to mark the 20th anniversary of Poland's accession to the EU – 1030 GMT. VATICAN CITY – 13th anniversary of beatification ceremony of late Pope John Paul II. - - - - - - - - -
THURSDAY, MAY 2 BEIRUT - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides visit Beirut and will meet Prime Minister of Lebanon Najib Azmi Mikati and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri. PARIS - Minister of Foreign Affairs of Peru, Javier González-Olaechea to visit Paris for OECD meeting.(May 3) PARIS - OECD Ministerial Council Meeting 2024. (to May 3)
ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan – The day marks the 13th 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. - - - - - - - - -
FRIDAY, MAY 3 ** SANTIAGO – Chile's President Gabriel Boric and UN Secretary General António Guterres meet and hold news conference. – 2230 GMT
ROME - Swiss President Viola Amherd will travel to Rome this week to meet Italian President Sergio Mattarella and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. COPENHAGEN - African and Nordic foreign ministers hold press conference in Copenhagen – 1030 GMT. GLOBAL - World Press Freedom Day.
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** COLOMBO - Japanese Foreign minister Yoko Kamikawa to visit Sri Lanka. (To May 05) - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MAY 5
PARIS/BELGRADE/BUDAPEST - Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit France, Serbia and Hungary (To May 10) PANAMA - Panamanian Presidency Election.
PANAMA - Panamanian National Assembly Election. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MAY 6
** MADRID - Spain's Economy minister Carlos Cuerpo to speak at an event about White Paper on Cross-Border e-Business. – 1000 GMT OSLO - Moldova President Maia Sandu in Norway for state visit. BERLIN - German President Frank Walter Steinmeier receives Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Denis Becirovic with military honors in Berlin – 0830 GMT.
STOCKHOLM - Denmark's King Frederik and Queen Mary visit Sweden on their first official overseas visit since Frederik X ascended the throne in January. (To May 7) CHAD - Chadian Presidency Election.
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** GUATEMALA CITY - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Guatemalan President Bernardo Arevalo, as part of Los Angeles Declaration on Migration and Protection, in Guatemala City. KATOWICE, Poland - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk speak at the European Economic Congress.
INDIA - Third phase of India general election. BAKU - President of Bulgaria Rumen Radev is slated to pay a visit to Azerbaijan (to May 8).
BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council (Development) Meeting. GLOBAL - World Asthma Day.
MALMÖ ARENA, SWEDEN - 2024 Eurovision Song Contest. (To May 11) - - - - - - - - -
WEDNESDAY, MAY 8 BUDAPEST - Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Hungary (to May 10).
NORTH MACEDONIA - North Macedonian Assembly Election. GLOBAL - World Red Cross Red and Crescent Day.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MAY 9 LABUAN BAJO, Indonesia - 42nd ASEAN Summit and Related Meetings (to May 11)
WASHINGTON - Türkiye's President Tayyip Erdogan will visit the United States. - - - - - - - - -
SUNDAY, MAY 12 LITHUANIA - Lithuanian Presidency Election.
LITHUANIA – Referendum Election. GLOBAL - International Nurse's Day
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INDIA - Fourth phase of India's general election. ANKARA - Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visits Turkey
Brussels - Eurogroup Meeting. - - - - - - - - -
TUESDAY, MAY 14 OSLO - Denmark's King Frederik and Queen Mary visit Norway at the invitation of Norway's King Harald and Queen Sonja. (To May 15)
BEIJING – Pakistan Prime Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif will make an official visit to the People's Republic of China. BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - -
WEDNESDAY, MAY 15 GLOBAL - U.N. International Day of Families.
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LISBON – 12th Anniversary of 78 billion euro bail-out of Portugal by eurozone leaders. - - - - - - - - -
FRIDAY, MAY 17 AREQUIPA, Peru - APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade Meeting. (To May 18)
GLOBAL - World Telecommunication and Information Society Day - - - - - - - - -
SATURDAY, MAY 18 VERONA, ITALY - Pope Francis pays a visit to Verona.
GLOBAL - International Museum Day - - - - - - - - -
SUNDAY, MAY 19 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Dominican Senate Election.
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Dominican Chamber of Deputies Election. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Dominican Presidency Election. - - - - - - - - -
MONDAY, MAY 20 INDIA - Fifth phase of India's general election. - - - - - - - - -
TUESDAY, MAY 21 SEOUL - South Korea, Britain to host a summit on artificial intelligence in Seoul. (To May 22) BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - -
WEDNESDAY, MAY 22 GLOBAL - International Day for Biological Diversity.
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STRESA, ITALY - G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meet in Stresa, Italy, to debate global economic developments. (To May 25) WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Joe Biden hosts Kenyan President William Ruto for state visit to mark 60th anniversary of U.S.-Kenya diplomatic relations. - - - - - - - - -
SATURDAY, MAY 25 INDIA - Sixth phase of India's general election. - - - - - - - - -
MONDAY, MAY 27 BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council. - - - - - - - - -
TUESDAY, MAY 28 BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence). - - - - - - - - -
WEDNESDAY, MAY 29 VANUATU - Referendum Election.
MADAGASCAR - Malagasy National Assembly Election. SOUTH AFRICA - South African National Assembly Election. - - - - - - - - -
THURSDAY, MAY 30 BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade). PRAGUE - NATO Foreign Affairs ministers hold an informal meeting in Prague (To May 31)
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GLOBAL - World No Tobacco Day. - - - - - - - - -
SATURDAY, JUNE 1 INDIA - Seventh and last phase of India's general election.
ICELAND - Icelandic Presidency Election. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JUNE 2
MEXICO - Mexican Senate Election. MEXICO – Mexican Chamber of Deputies Election.
MEXICO - Mexican Presidency Election. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 6
EUROPEAN UNION - European Parliament Election. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JUNE 9
BELGIUM - Belgian Chamber of Representatives Election. BULGARIA - Bulgarian National Assembly Election. - - - - - - - - -
MONDAY, JUNE 10 CAIRO - Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic travels to Egypt. - - - - - - - - -
THURSDAY, JUNE 13 BORGO EGNAZIA, Italy - Italy hosts G7 summit of world leaders. (To June 15) - - - - - - - - -
TUESDAY, JUNE 18 LUXEMBOURG – EU General Affairs Council (Cohesion). - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 20 LUXEMBOURG – Eurogroup meeting
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LUXEMBOURG – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JUNE 22
Mauritania - Mauritanian Presidency election. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 24 LUXEMBOURG – EU Foreign Affairs Council.
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LUXEMBOURG – EU General Affairs Council - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 27 Brussels - European Council meeting (to June 28). - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JUNE 28
Mongolia - Mongolian State Great Hural 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
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