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Wall Street JournalCORRECTED-DIARY-Political and General News Events from August 30
Corrects Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's meeting date to Sept. 5, from Sept. 2
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 30
** PRAGUE - GLOBSEC Forum. (To Sep 1)
** MANILA - The defence ministers of the Philippines and Vietnam hold a joint briefing following their meeting in Manila. – 0500 GMT
** ARLINGTON, United states - U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin welcomes Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov to the Pentagon. – 1330 GMT
** LJUBLJANA - Turkey’s foreign minister Hakan Fidan and Algeria's foreign minister Ahmed Attaf visits Slovenia.
DILI - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visits East Timor to attend celebrations marking the 25th anniversary of the country's referendum and independence. (To Aug 31)
NEW DELHI - Alberto Van Klaveren, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Chile visits India (to August 31).
VENICE, Italy – 81st Venice International Film Festival (To Sept 7)
BELGRADE - French President Emmanuel Macron to visit Serbia. (Final Day)
BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of defence ministers.
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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1
MEXICO CITY - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador delivers his final state of the union address at Zocalo Square, in downtown Mexico City.
NORTH OSSETIA, Russia - 20th Anniversary of the terrorist attack at Beslan School.
AZERBAIJAN - Azerbaijani National Assembly Election.
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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2
KUALA LUMPUR – New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon to visit Malaysia.
BIEIJING - President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa is set to undertake a State Visit to the People's Republic of China (to September 5).
BUDAPEST - EU Informal meeting of the General Affairs Council. (To Sept. 3)
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
** ULAANBAATAR - Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Mongolia.
JAKARTA - Pope Francis visits Indonesia's capital Jakarta amid Southeast Asia tour (to September 6)
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
ISTANBUL - Egyptian President, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, pays his first visit to Turkey.
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5
** ROME - Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni meets with Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev at Palazzo Chigi. – 1300 GMT
** OSLO - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg visits Norway.
TORONTO, Canada - Toronto International Film Festival 2024. (To Sept. 15)
MUNICH, Germany – 52nd anniversary of the attack on Israeli Olympic team by Palestinian gunmen, killing 11 Israelis.
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6
GENEVA, Switzerland - 57th Session UN Human Rights Council. (To Oct. 9)
PORT MORESBY - Pope Francis will tour Papua New Guinea from Sept. 6-9, where he will visit the country's capital Port Moresby and western township Vanimo (To Sep. 9)
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7
** BEIJING – Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez visits China. (to Sep 12)
** DUBLIN - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer visits Dublin.
ALGERIA - Algerian Presidency Election.
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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9
BEIJING - Prime Minister of Norway Jonas Gahr Store visits China. (To Sept 11)
GENEVA, Switzerland - 57th Session UN Human Rights Council. (To Oct. 9)
JAKARTA - Pope Francis visits Timor's capital Dili amid Southeast Asia tour (to September 11).
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TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 10
JORDAN - Jordanian House of Deputies Election.
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11
UNITED STATES – 23rd anniversary of 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon.
SINGAPORE - Pope Francis visits Singapore (to September 13)
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12
TOKYO - Canada-Japan LNG Partnership Forum will be held at the Embassy of Canada - 0300 GMT.
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13
BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting.
BUDAPEST - EU Informal meeting of economic and financial affairs ministers. (To Sept. 14)
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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15
VIENTIANE - 56th ASEAN Economic Minister Meeting. (To Sept. 22)
GLOBAL - International Day of Democracy.
GUATEMALA – 203rd anniversary of Independence.
EL SALVADOR – 203rd anniversary of Independence.
COSTA RICA – 203rd anniversary of Independence.
HONDURAS – 203rd anniversary of Independence.
NICARAGUA – 203rd anniversary of Independence.
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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16
VIENNA - IAEA 68th General Conference. (To Sept. 20)
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19
BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of transport ministers. (To Sept. 20)
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20
CZECH REPUBLIC - Czech Senate Election.
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21
SRI LANKA - Sri Lankan Presidency Election.
MUNICH, Germany - 189th Munich Oktoberfest. (To Oct. 6)
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24
VIENTIANE - 42nd ASEAN Minister on Energy Meeting. (To Sept. 27)
BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council meeting.
BISSAU - Guinea-Bissau marks 51st anniversary of Independence from Portugal.
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26
LUXEMBOURG CITY - Pope Francis visits Luxembourg before travelling on to Belgium for a multi-day visit - 0800 GMT.
BRUSSELS - Pope Francis visits Belgium (To Sep. 29)
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28
GLOBAL - World Rabies Day.
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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29
BERLIN – BMW Berlin Marathon.
AUSTRIA - Austrian National Council Election.
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1
GLOBAL - International day of older persons.
ABUJA - Nigeria to celebrate its 64th year of independence.
CHINA – 75th founding anniversary of the People's Republic of China.
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2
GUINEA – 66th anniversary of independence from France.
GLOBAL - International Day of Non-violence.
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5
GLOBAL - World Teachers' Day.
SAN FRANCISCO – 13th death anniversary of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.
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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6
TUNISIA - Tunisian Presidency Election.
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MONDAY, OCTOBER 7
MOSCOW - 18th anniversary of the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya.
LUXEMBOURG- Eurogroup Meeting.
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8
LUXEMBOURG – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9
BUDAPEST – EU Informal meeting of employment, social policy and health ministers (to October 10).
GLOBAL - World Post Day.
MOZAMBIQUE - Mozambican Presidency Election.
MOZAMBIQUE - Mozambican Assembly Election.
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10
GLOBAL - World mental health day.
GLOBAL - World Day against death penalty.
GLOBAL - World Sight Day.
FIJI – 54th anniversary of independence.
LUXEMBOURG – EU Justice and Home Affairs Council (to October 11)
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12
BALI – 22nd anniversary of Bali bombings.
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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13
GLOBAL - International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction.
SAN JOSE, Chile – 14th anniversary of rescue of 33 Chilean miners trapped in a collapsed Andean mine.
Lithuania - Lithuanian Parliament Election.
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MONDAY, OCTOBER 14
LUXEMBOURG – EU Foreign Affairs Council
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan is set to host the Shanghai Cooperation organisation (SCO) Council of Heads of Government (CHG) meeting (to October 16).
GLOBAL - United Nation's world hand-washing day.
GLOBAL - International day of rural women.
LUXEMBOURG – EU General Affairs Council
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16
GLOBAL - World food day.
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17
BRUSSELS - New NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte chairs his first NATO defence ministers' meeting in Brussels (to October 18).
GLOBAL - International day for the eradication of poverty.
BRUSSELS -European Council (to October 18)
BUDAPEST – EU Informal meeting of trade ministers (to October 18)
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18
LIMA – APEC Finance Ministerial Meeting (FMM) (to October 21)
JERUSALEM – 13th anniversary of release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit after more than five years of being held incommunicado by Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20
MOLDOVA – Moldovan Referendum election.
MOLDOVA - Moldovan Presidency.
TRIPOLI – 13th anniversary of capture and killing of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23
LIBYA – 12th anniversary of declaration of Libya's Liberation.
VAN, Turkey – 12th anniversary of earthquake that killed more than 600 people and injured more than 4,000 others.
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24
MONTSERRAT - Montserratian Legislative Council election.
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26
GEORGIA - Georgian Parliament election.
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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27
Bulgaria - Bulgarian National Assembly election.
URUGUAY - Uruguayan Chamber of Representatives election.
URUGUAY - Uruguayan Chamber of Senators election.
URUGUAY – Referendum election.
URUGUAY - Uruguayan Presidency election.
LITHUANIA - Lithuanian Parliament election.
UZBEKISTAN - Uzbekistani Legislative Chamber election.
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