DIARY-Political and General News Events from May 7

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THURSDAY, MAY 7 ** LISBON - Portugal's defence minister Nuno Melo meets his Greek counterpart Nikos Dendias in Portugal. Statements will follow after the meeting. ** ROME - Italian Prime Minister ​Giorgia Meloni meets Hungarian prime minister-elect Peter Magyar — his first prime ministerial-level meeting since his party won a national election with a landslide on April 12. - 0800 GMT ** ROME - Meloni meets Libyan Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah ​at a time when Italy is looking to gas-rich Libya as an alternative source of supply given the turmoil in the Gulf. - 1000 GMT ** ‌STOCKHOLM - Ukrainian Defence ​Minister Mykhailo Fedorov and Swedish Defence Minister Pal Jonson hold a press conference in Stockholm. - 1300 GMT ** ATHENS - Greek finance minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis and chairman of the euro zone's finance ministers' group, deliver a speech in a conference organized by Greek Economic Chamber - 2030 GMT.

** VATICAN CITY - United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio has arrived at the Vatican to meet Pope Leo XIV. ANKARA - Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune will begin an official three-day visit to Türkiye on Wednesday at the invitation of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (To May 8). HELSINKI, Finland - Finland will host a three-day meeting for government representatives from Canada, the U.S. and Finland to advance the goals related to icebreaker construction and Arctic cooperation (Final day). BEIJING - Bangladeshi Foreign Minister ‌Khalilur Rahman will begin a three-day official visit to China. (Final day) NEW DELHI - State visit of To Lam, President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to India (Final day)

ROME - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to Rome amid growing US tensions with Italy and the Vatican (to May 8). SUVA, Fiji, - Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Pacific Island Affairs and Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy visit Fiji for talks with Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka, Foreign Minister Sakiasi Ditoka and other senior officials (Final day). YEREVAN - Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics will pay an official visit to Armenia to meet Armenian President Vahagn Khachaturyan, President of the Armenian National Assembly Alen Simonyan, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, as well as representatives of Armenian youth organizations (To May 8) GABORONE - Rwanda's President Paul Kagame will undertake a state visit to Botswana to advance bilateral relations. (Final day) ROME - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni meets Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk at Palazzo Chigi, in Rome. - 1330 GMT COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Vietnamese President To Lam will be on a two-day state visit ‌to Sri Lanka. He will hold discussions with President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and other Sri Lankan leaders. (To May 8) CEBU - ASEAN foreign and economic ministers hold a joint meeting ahead of the leaders' summit in the Philippines' central island of Cebu. TAIPEI - Paraguay President Santiago Pena is scheduled to lead a delegation to Taiwan for a state visit. (To May 10)

HELSINKI - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will meet Finnish President Alexander Stubb. WALES (part of the United Kingdom) - Welsh National Assembly election SCOTLAND (part ‌of the United Kingdom) - Scottish Parliament election - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, MAY 8 ROME - Italian Prime Minister Meloni meets U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio at Palazzo Chigi in Rome. Rubio will meet Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani beforehand. - 0930 GMT GLOBAL - World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day. MACTAN, Philippines - The Philippines hosts the annual ASEAN Summit of the regional bloc. (To May 9) NAPLES, ITALY - Pope Leo marks the first anniversary of his election with visits To Pompeii and Naples, beginning his Italy tour at the Marian pilgrimage shrine in Pompeii. - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, MAY 9 TALLINN - Prime Ministers of the Baltic States and Nordic countries (NB8) will meet in Estonia. MANILA - Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos holds a press conference at the conclusion of the 48th ASEAN Summit. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MAY 10

** NAIROBI - French President Emmanuel Macron will be in Kenya for a state visit, where he will meet President William Ruto ahead of the Africa–France summit in Nairobi. BRUSSELS - Informal meeting of ministers for European Affairs (To May 11) - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MAY 11

** NAIROBI - United Nations Secretary General António Guterres to visit Kenya. ** TOKYO - U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will meet Japanese Prime Minister, Central Bank Governor and Finance Minister during a visit to Tokyo. MANILA - President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. will host Paraguayan President Santiago Peña for ⁠an official visit to the ​Philippines BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council. NAIROBI - Kenya and France are hosting the "Africa Forward" Summit, the first time the meeting will be held ⁠outside a Francophone African country. The meeting will discuss the reform of the international financial architecture, energy transition, green industrialisation, blue economy, artificial intelligence, sustainable agriculture and health. - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, MAY 12 ** COPENHAGEN - Taiwan's President Lai-Ching-te speaks via video link during a democracy summit in Copenhagen. - 1130 GMT BRATISLAVA - Slovak President Peter Pellegrini will host Czech President Petr Pavel and Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen as part of the Slavkov format.

GLOBAL - International Nurse's Day BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) BAHAMAS - Bahaman house of assembly election. BRUSSELS - Informal meeting of EU energy ministers (To May 13) - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MAY 13

** BUCHAREST - The B9 group of NATO ⁠eastern-flank states is holding a summit in Romanian capital Bucharest. BUCHAREST - Norway's Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide attends security conference in Romania. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MAY 14

VILNIUS - Finland's President Alexander Stubb and his spouse Suzanne Innes-Stubb will pay a state visit to Lithuania and will meet the President of Lithuania, Gitanas Nausėda. (To May 15). BEIJING - United States President Donald Trump will travel to Beijing for a highly anticipated meeting between leaders of the two countries. (To May 15) NEW DELHI - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is planning to visit New Delhi (To May 15) - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MAY 15

ROME/STOCKHOLM/AMSTERDAM/OSLO - Prime Minister of India ​Narendra Modi to visit Europe (To May 20) GLOBAL - U.N. International Day of Families - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, MAY 16 LISBON – 15th Anniversary of 78-billion-euro bail-out of Portugal by eurozone leaders - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MAY 17 GLOBAL - World Telecommunication and Information Society Day CABO VERDE - Cabo Verdean National Assembly election - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MAY 18 BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council (Development) meeting GLOBAL - International Museum Day PARIS - France hosts a meeting of G7 finance ministers and central bankers in Paris (To May 19) - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, MAY 19 PARIS, France - France hosts ⁠a meeting of G7 finance ministers and central bankers in Paris. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MAY 20 Suzhou, People's Republic of China - APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade Meeting (To May 23) - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, MAY 22 MEXICO CITY - EU-Mexico summit

ASHGABAT - Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin will visit Turkmenistan to participate in a meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Independent States. GLOBAL - International Day for Biological Diversity BRUSSELS - Eurogroup meeting BRUSSELS - Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) LEFKOSIA, Cyprus - Informal meeting of EU economic and financial affairs ministers (To May 23) - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, MAY 24 CYPRUS - Cypriot House of Representatives election ACERRA, Italy - Pope Leo visits Acerra in southern Italy's so-called "Land of Fires," an area long plagued by ⁠illegal toxic ​waste dumping and burning. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MAY 26

TOKYO - President of Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., will make a state visit to Japan (To May 29) BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MAY 27 GYMNICH, Germany - EU Informal meeting of foreign affairs ministers (To May 28) - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MAY 31 GLOBAL - World No Tobacco Day Colombia - Colombian Presidency election - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 1

KATHMANDU - 25th anniversary of the assassination of Nepal King Birendra, Queen Aishwarya and eight other members of the royal family SANTO DOMINGO - Suriname's President, Jennifer Geerlings-Simons will make a two-day visit to the Dominican Republic (To June 2) GENEVA - International Labour Conference, 114th session (To June 12) ETHIOPIA - Ethiopian House of People's Representatives Election. - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3 SYDNEY - Sydney Film Festival 2026 (to June 14) - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, JUNE 4 CHILE – 15th anniversary of Chile's Puyehue volcano eruption, causing air traffic cancellations across South America, New Zealand, Australia. LUXEMBOURG - EU Justice and Home Affairs Council. (To June 5) - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, JUNE 5 TIVAT - EU-Western Balkans summit

GLOBAL - World Environment Day - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JUNE 6

SEOUL - South Korea marks the 71st anniversary of Memorial Day - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JUNE 7

ARMENIA - Armenian National Assembly Election. VIENNA – OPEC ⁠66th JMMC Meeting. LEFKOSIA – EU Informal meeting of defence ministers (To June 8) - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9 TALLINN - The Prime Ministers of the Baltic States and Nordic countries (NB8) will meet in Estonia. - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10 BERLIN - International Air Show (to June 14) - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, JUNE 11 NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenya's Finance Minister John Mbadi to present the 2026/27(July-June) fiscal budget to parliament. - 1100 GMT

LUXEMBOURG – Eurogroup Meeting. - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, JUNE 12 GLOBAL - World Day against Child Labour

LUXEMBOURG – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JUNE 14 GLOBAL - World Blood Donor Day

GAZA - 19th ⁠anniversary of Hamas takeover of the Gaza strip from Fatah GLOBAL - World Elder Abuse Awareness Day

SWITZERLAND – Referendum Election. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 15

LUXEMBOURG - EU Foreign Affairs ⁠Council. ATHENS - Greece hosts defence conference in Athens (To June 16) EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France - G7 summit starts in Evian-les-Bains, France (To June 17) - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, JUNE 16 LUXEMBOURG – EU General Affairs Council. - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17 GLOBAL - United Nation's World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, JUNE 18 BRUSSELS - European Council (To June 19) - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JUNE 20

GLOBAL - World Refugee Day - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JUNE 21 GLOBAL - International Yoga Day - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24 BERLIN - 78th anniversary of beginning of The Berlin Blockade. Communist forces cut off all land and water routes between West Germany and West Berlin, prompting the United States to organise a massive airlift MACAO SAR, People's Republic of China - APEC Tourism Ministerial Meeting (To June 28)

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LOS ANGELES - 17th death anniversary of pop star Michael Jackson - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JUNE 26

GLOBAL - International Day against Drug Abuse ‌and Illicit Trafficking - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 29

PYEONGTAEK - South Korea observes the 24th anniversary of an inter-Korean ‌sea clash BEJING/TAIPEI - 16th Anniversary of signing of a landmark trade deal between China and Taiwan - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, JULY 2 ALGERIA - Algerian National People's Assembly. - - - - - - - - -

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