DIARY-Political and General News Events from February 12

(To Feb. 21) - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14 GLOBAL - St. Valentine's Day BEIRUT – 21st anniversary of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16 BRUSSELS – Eurogroup Meeting.

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12 VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival 2026 (to Feb. 17). SYDNEY - Israel's president ​Isaac Herzog will make a five-day visit to Australia for talks ‌with federal ​leaders and will meet with survivors of the Bondi terror attack (Final day). HANOI - Canadian Minister of International Trade Maninder Sidhu will visit Vietnam. (Final day) BANGLADESH - Bangladesh Referendum Election. CAPE TOWN - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers an annual state of the nation address to parliament - 1700 GMT. BERLIN – 76th Berlin International Film Festival. (To Feb. 22). BEIRUT - ‌18th anniversary of the death of Hezbollah commander Imad Moughniyah. VIENNA - VIENNA Opera Ball 2026 BRUSSELS - NATO defence ministers will meet in the Brussels headquarters. The meeting will be chaired by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. BANGLADESH - Bangladeshi National Parliament Election - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13

BERLIN/BRATISLAVA/BUDAPEST - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to Germany to participate in the 62nd Munich Security Conference. Secretary Rubio will travel then to Slovakia and Hungary to strengthen US relations with the two countries. (To ‌Feb. 16) BOHOL, Philippines - ASEAN Finance and Central Bank Deputies Meeting (AFCDM) - WG Meeting. BERLIN - Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif is scheduled to visit Germany, where he will participate in the Munich Security Conference. (To Feb. ‌15) GLOBAL - World Radio Day RIO DE JANEIRO - Rio Carnival 2026. (To Feb. 21) - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14 GLOBAL - St. Valentine's Day BEIRUT – 21st anniversary of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16

BRUSSELS – Eurogroup Meeting. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17 ** Abu Dhabi - Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis meets the UAE's President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. NEW DELHI - French President Emmanuel Macron will visit India. (To Feb. 19) PRISTINA – 18th anniversary of Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia NEW ORLEANS - Mardi Gras 2026 BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19 NEW DELHI - Brazil's President Luiz ⁠Inacio Lula ​da Silva's visits to India to significantly strengthen bilateral ties ⁠amid a rapidly changing global order. (To Feb. 21) LONDON - London Fashion Week Winter 2026. (To Feb. 23). - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 22

** SEOUL - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva visits South Korea to have a summit with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung. (To Feb. 24) LONDON – EE British ⁠Academy Film Awards 2026 LAOS - Laotian National Assembly Election. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23 BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24 WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Donald Trump will deliver his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in Washington. BRUSSELS - EU General ​Affairs Council. - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26 BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council (Cohesion). - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27 CARACAS – 37th anniversary of deadly Caracas riots. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28 LONDON - The BRIT Awards 2026 - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, MARCH 2 NICOSIA – EU Informal meeting of the General Affairs ⁠Council (To March 3) - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 3 ** 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 THURSDAY, ⁠MARCH ​5 BRUSSELS – EU Justice and Home Affairs Council. (To March 6) NEPAL - Nepalese House of Representatives Election. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 8 COLOMBIA - Colombian House of Representatives Election. COLOMBIA - Colombian Senate Election. SWITZERLAND - Switzerland Referendum Election. - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, MARCH 9 BRUSSELS – Eurogroup Meeting. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 10 BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, MARCH 14 CANBERRA - Prime Minister of Australia Anthony Albanese will welcome the King and Queen of Denmark to Australia. (To March 19). - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 16 BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council. - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, MARCH 17 BRUSSELS - EU ⁠General Affairs Council. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18 LONDON - Nigeria's President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is set to make a state visit to the UK. (To March 19) - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 19 BRUSSELS – EU European council (To March 20) - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 22 ITALY - Italy Referendum Election. SLOVENIA - ⁠Slovenian National Assembly Election. - - - - - - - - - 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) - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 27 NICOSIA - EU informal meeting of economic and financial affairs ministers (To March 28) - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, MARCH 29 BRUSSELS – EU foreign affairs council (trade) - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 12 HUNGARY - Hungarian National Assembly Election. PERU - Peruvian Congress of the Republic Election. PERU - Peruvian ‌Presidency Election. BENIN - Beninese Presidency 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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