DIARY-Political and General News Events from May 6

GLOBAL - International Nurse's Day - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MAY 13 ** STOCKHOLM - Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson hosts a summit in Stockholm with the heads of government from the Nordic countries and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (To May 14) ** BERLIN - German Economy Minister Robert Habeck discusses security policy issues - 1215 GMT. INDIA - Fourth phase of India's general election.

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MONDAY, MAY 6 ** VILNIUS/RIGA - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visits Lithuania and Latvia. He will talk with his three Baltic counterparts about topics that include security, defence and energy as well as Russia's war against Ukraine. A joint press conference will be held afterward - 0530 GMT.

** BRUSSELS - EU High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell and Commissioner Thierry Breton will participate alongside the Belgian Minister of Defence Ludivine Dedonder, as well as Ukrainian Minister for Strategic Industries Oleksandr Kamyshin - 0630 GMT. ** PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron and Chinese President Xi Jinping review troops and listen to national anthems at Paris' Hotel des Invalides - 1500 GMT.

** PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron and wife Brigitte welcome Chinese President Xi Jinping and wife Peng Liyuan at Elysee presidential palace - 1530 GMT. ** WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Middle East ally, Jordan's King Abdullah II, at White House with prospects for Gaza ceasefire appearing slim and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas and Israeli officials blaming each other for impasse - 1700 GMT.

** KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia king Sultan Ibrahim makes first overseas state visit to Singapore. PARIS/BELGRADE/BUDAPEST - Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit France, Serbia and Hungary (To May 10)

COPENHAGEN - Finland's Prime Minister Petteri Orpo and Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen will hold a press conference in Copenhagen. – 1000 GMT VIENNA - Minister of Finance of Austria Magnus Brunner holds a news conference on efforts to fight tax fraud. – 0830 GMT 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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** MOSCOW - Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov hosts his Sierra Leonean counterpart Timothy Kabba for talks in Moscow - 1100 GMT. ** LONDON - UK Finance minister Jeremy Hunt and his ministerial team take questions in parliament - 1330 GMT.

** BERLIN - German Economy Minister Robert Habeck speaks at event about "The EU of tomorrow" - 1600 GMT. ** BELGRADE - Chinese President Xi Jinping to visit Serbia on NATO bombing anniversary (To May 8)

** PARIS - Chinese President Xi Jinping and French President Emmanuel Macron travel to the Pyrenees in southern France - 0930 GMT. ** MOSCOW - Lao President Thongloun Sisoulith will, at the invitation from Russian President Vladimir Putin, lead a high-level delegation to pay a working visit to Russia (To May 11) LONDON - Indonesia's Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati speaks on the economic outlook at event in London. – 0900 GMT

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 ** MADRID - Spain's Economy Minister Carlos Cuerpo, Central Bank Governor Pablo Hernandez de Cos and Spanish companies' CEOs speak at an event in Madrid (To May 9)

** ROME - Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, meets with NATO Secretary-General, Jens Stoltenberg, in Rome - 0930 GMT. ** MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a summit of Eurasian Economic Union in Moscow. As an organisation the EAEU is an economic union of five post-Soviet states: Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.

** BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Finnish President Alexander Stubb speak to reporters at Berlin's chancellery - 1430 GMT. BERLIN - Finland's President Alexander Stubb visits Germany to meet German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. 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. - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, MAY 10 ROME - Pope Francis attends the "General States of Births" conference in Rome on Italy's sliding birthrate. – 0630 GMT - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, MAY 12 LITHUANIA - Lithuanian Presidency Election.

LITHUANIA – Referendum Election. GLOBAL - International Nurse's Day

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** STOCKHOLM - Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson hosts a summit in Stockholm with the heads of government from the Nordic countries and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (To May 14) ** BERLIN - German Economy Minister Robert Habeck discusses security policy issues - 1215 GMT.

INDIA - Fourth phase of India's general election. ANKARA - Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visits Turkey

Brussels - Eurogroup Meeting. - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, MAY 14 ** COPENHAGEN - Copenhagen Democracy Summit. European Council President Charles Michel, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Alexei Navalny's Chief of Staff Leonid Volkov and former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are among the speakers at this year's Copenhagen Democracy Summit.

** OSLO - Norway's finance minister Trygve Slagsvold Vedum presents the country's revised 2024 budget proposal - 0900 GMT. 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 ** TAPACHULA, MEXICO - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador meets with his Guatemalan counterpart Bernardo Arevalo to talk binational issues, in Tapachula.

AREQUIPA, Peru - APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade Meeting. (To May 18) GLOBAL - World Telecommunication and Information Society Day

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VERONA, ITALY - Pope Francis pays a visit to Verona. GLOBAL - International Museum Day

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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.

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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. - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, MAY 23 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.

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INDIA - Sixth phase of India's general election. - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, MAY 26 ** BERLIN - German President Frank Walter Steinmeier receives French President Emmanuel Macron at Bellevue castle with military honors in Berlin.

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BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MAY 28

** GRANSEE, GERMANY - French President Emmanuel Macron attends Franco-German Council of Ministers in Meseberg. BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence). - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MAY 29

VANUATU - Referendum Election. MADAGASCAR - Malagasy National Assembly Election. SOUTH AFRICA - South African National Assembly Election.

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BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade). PRAGUE - NATO Foreign Affairs ministers hold an informal meeting in Prague (To May 31) - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, MAY 31 GLOBAL - World No Tobacco Day.

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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

** CZECH REPUBLIC - Argentina's President Javier Milei visits Prague. 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

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