Political and General News Events from April 4

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** BERLIN – Singapore Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan will visit Germany (to Apr. 5). ** LUXEMBOURG – EU Commissioners Paolo Gentiloni and EU Commissioner Trade Valdis Dombrovskis attend bi-annual meeting the the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) in Luxembourg. ** LUXEMBOURG – EU Commissioner Margrethe Vestager addresses Luxembourg’s parliament. ** MOSCOW – Russian and Ukrainian officials resume peace talks via videoconference. ** MOSCOW – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov holds talks with Arab League representatives in Moscow to discuss the situation in Ukraine. – 1500 GMT ASHGABAT – Indian President Ram Nath Kovind will be on an official visit to Turkmenistan (Final Day). ATHENS – Dutch Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra meets Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias in Athens BUENOS AIRES – Chile’s president Gabriel Boric arrives in Argentina for his first trip abroad after being sworn in. Boric will meet president Alberto Fernandez and human right organizations. BERLIN – German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock meets counterpart of Singapore – 1400 GMT BEIJING – Panamanian Foreign Minister Erika Mouynes will visit China. GLOBAL – International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action. BRUSSELS – Euro zone finance ministers meet on G20, banking union – 1300 GMT LUXEMBOURG – Eurogroup meeting. NEW DELHI – At the invitation of Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, Naftali Bennett, Prime Minister of the State of Israel, will pay a visit to India. (To April 5) AMSTERDAM – Indian President Ram Nath Kovind to visit the Netherlands (to Apr. 7). – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, APRIL 5 ** BRUSSELS – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Belgium to attend the NATO Foreign Ministerial (To Apr. 7). ATHENS – Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias will meet his counterparts from Israel and Cyprus, Yair Lapid and Ioannis Kasoulides in Athens.

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BERLIN – Moldova support conference with Foreign Ministers of Germany, Romania and France – 0700 GMT

BRUSSELS – NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg gives news conference as alliance foreign ministers prepare to gather in Brussels for a meeting to discuss the alliance’s response to the Ukraine crisis.

LUXEMBOURG – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting. – – – – – – – – –

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6

** FRANKFURT – EU Commissioner Mairead McGuinness speaks in joint conference of the European Central Bank (ECB) and the European Commission on European financial integration: ‘An EU financial system for the future’. ** ATHENS – Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, ECB’s Philipp R. Lane, Greek Central Banker Stournaras, EU’S Commission vice-president Valdis Dombrovskis, EU’s Commissioner for Energy are among speakers in Delphi Economic forum that will take place in Central Greece. (To April 9). ** STRASBOURG, France – EU Council President Charles Michel and EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen participate in European Parliament plenary debate on the conclusions of the last EU leaders, including the latest developments of the war in Ukraine and the EU sanctions against Russia and their implementation. – 0700 GMT BRUSSELS – Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan meets with the European Council President Charles Michel and Azerbaijani President” Ilham Aliyev.

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BERLIN – German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier welcomes Czech counterpart Petr Fiala at Bellevue Castle in Berlin – 0800 GMT

DUBLIN – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to address joint sitting of both Irish houses of parliament – 0900 GMT.

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THURSDAY, APRIL 7 ** BRUSSELS – EU Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi receives Georgia’s Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani. ** PRAGUE – EU Commissioner Ylva Johansson visits Prague, meets government officials (To April 08) ** STOCKHOLM – EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen visits Sweden. BRUSSELS – NATO foreign ministers gather in Brussels for a meeting to discuss the alliance’s response to the Ukraine crisis.

ATHENS – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to address Greek parliament via teleconference. – 0900 GMT

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GLOBAL – World Health Organisation observes World Health Day. NAIROBI – Kenya’s Finance Minister Ukur Yatani is scheduled to present the government’s spending plan for the 2022/23 (July-June) fiscal year to parliament – 1100 GMT – – – – – – – – –

FRIDAY, APRIL 8

** Helsinki – German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier visits Finland and holds talks with his Finnish counterpart Sauli Niinisto and Prime Minister Sanna Marin. SOFIA – European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen visits Bulgaria in relation to the EU’s coronavirus recovery plan.

LONDON – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz travels to London to meet British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

WASHINGTON/MOSCOW – 11th anniversary of signing a bilateral treaty between Russia and the United States on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, START-2 (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty).

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GLOBAL – International Roma Nation Day. – – – – – – – – –

SUNDAY, APRIL 10 SMOLENSK, Russia/CRACOW, Poland – 12th Anniversary of the Smolensk Tragedy to be held in Smolensk, Russia, as well as in Poland. PARIS, France – Presidential election (First round) – – – – – – – – – MONDAY APRIL 11 BERLIN – German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier welcomes Albanian Prime Minister Ed Rama at Bellevue Castle in Berlin – 1300 GMT

FRANCE – 11th Anniversary of the French law banning the burqa and niqab.

ABIDJAN – 11th anniversary of the arrest of former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo by supporters of president-elect Alassane Ouattara with the help of French forces, thereby ending the 2010-2011 Ivorian crisis and civil war.

LUXEMBOURG – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, APRIL 12 GLOBAL – International Day of Human Space Flight. LUXEMBOURG – EU General Affairs Council meeting. – – – – – – – – –

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FRIDAY, APRIL 15

BELFAST/NEW YORK – 109th Anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic.

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SATURDAY, APRIL 16

VATICAN CITY – 95th birthday of Pope Benedict. – – – – – – – – –

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20 OSLO – Finnish President Sauli Niinisto on official visit to Norway (to April 22).

UNITED STATES – 12th anniversary of Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill. – – – – – – – – –

THURSDAY, APRIL 21 LONDON – Queen Elizabeth to celebrate her 96th birthday.

PARIS – 61th anniversary of the first manned mission to space. BRUSSELS – EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager speaks on artificial intelligence at a Politico event – 0700 GMT. – – – – – – – – –

FRIDAY, APRIL 22

GLOBAL – Earth Day.

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GLOBAL – U.N. World Book and Copyright Day. – – – – – – – – –

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SUNDAY, APRIL 24 LJUBLJANA, Slovenia – Slovenian National Assembly election. PARIS, France – Presidential election (Second round) – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, APRIL 25 GLOBAL – World Malaria Day. NEW YORK, United States – Economic and Social Council, Annual Economic and Social Council forum on financing for development follow-up including the special high-level meeting of the Council with the World Bank, IMF, WTO and UNCTAD. (to Apr. 28) – – – – – – – – –

THURSDAY, APRIL 28

PORT ARTHUR, Tasmania – 24th anniversary of Port Arthur Massacre in Tasmania. – – – – – – – – –

FRIDAY, APRIL 29

LONDON – 11th wedding anniversary of Prince William and Catherine Middleton. – – – – – – – – –

SUNDAY, MAY 1 VATICAN CITY – 11th anniversary of beatification ceremony of late Pope John Paul II. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, MAY 2 ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan – The day marks the 11th year since al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was killed in a U.S. special forces raid, ending a nearly 10-year worldwide hunt for the mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, MAY 3 GLOBAL – World Asthma Day. GLOBAL – World Press Freedom Day. – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, MAY 8 GLOBAL – World Red Cross Red Crescent Day. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, MAY 9 MANILA, Philippines – Presidential election. – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, MAY 11 TURIN, Italy, – 2022 Eurovision Song Contest (To May 14). – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, MAY 12 GLOBAL – International Nurse’s Day. WEISSENHAUS, Germany – EU Foreign Minister meeting in Weissenhaus,Schleswig-Holstein (To May 14) – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, MAY 15 GLOBAL – U.N. International Day of Families. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, MAY 16 LISBON – 10th Anniversary of 78 billion euro bail-out of Portugal by eurozone leaders. BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, MAY 17 GLOBAL – World Telecommunication and Information Society Day. BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) meeting. – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, MAY 18 BONN, Germany – Germany hosts the finance ministers and central bank chiefs of the Group of 7 (G7) (to May 20) GLOBAL – International Museum Day. – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, MAY 20 BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Development) meeting – – – – – – – – – SATURDAY, MAY 21

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BANGKOK – APEC holds Ministers Responsible for Trade (MRT) Meeting. (To May 22) – – – – – – – – –

SUNDAY, MAY 22 GLOBAL – International Day for Biological Diversity. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, MAY 23 BRUSSELS – Euro zone finance ministers meet on fiscal rules reform, banking union – 1300 GMT BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, MAY 24 BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting. – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, MAY 26 BISHKEK – President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev will make official visit to Kyrgyzstan. – – – – – – – – –

SUNDAY, MAY 29 BOGOTA, Colombia – Presidential election. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, MAY 30 BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council meeting. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, MAY 31 GLOBAL – World No Tobacco Day. – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, JUNE 3 ** BRUSSELS – EU trade ministers meet in Brussels. – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – NOTE: The inclusion of diary items does not necessarily mean that Reuters will file a story based on the event.

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