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MONDAY, APRIL 7


** WASHINGTON DC - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump on tariffs, and the conflict in Gaza.

** PODGORICA - European Union Foreign Minister Kaja Kallas visits Montenegro, where she will discuss the country's progress towards the EU integrration with top officials. - 0830 GMT

** WASHINGTON DC - U.S. Secretary of Defense Hegseth welcomes Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz to the Pentagon. - 1300 GMT

** ROME - Britain King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrive Monday in Rome for their first state visit to Italy (To Apr 10)

** ABU DHABI - Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus, Constantinos Kombos, will carry out a working visit to the United Arab Emirates (To Apr. 8)

** NEW YORK, U.S. - Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan, Jeenbek Kulubaev, will pay a working visit to the United Nations Headquarters in New York (To Apr. 8)


SAHARA DESERT, Morocco - Desert Marathon des Sables (to April 14).


CAIRO - French President Emmanuel Macron travels to Egypt (To April 8)

BEIJING - Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of the Kingdom of Thailand will visit China (to April 13).


LISBON - President of India Droupadi Murmu will embark on state visit to Portugal (to April 8).

KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia holds a meeting for ASEAN finance ministers and central bank governors. Malaysia is chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations regional bloc this year (To April 10)


GLOBAL - World Health Organisation observes World Health Day.


TALLINN - Polish President Andrzej Duda pays 3-day visit to Estonia. (To April 9).


CAIRO - French President Emmanuel Macron will visit Egypt. (To April 8)


LUXEMBOURG – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) meeting.


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TUESDAY, APRIL 8

** TIRANA - European Union Foreign Affairs Commissioner Kaja Kallas visits Albania, where she will meet top officials and speak at the first EU-Albania Security and Defence Dialogue.

** STOCKHOLM - Swedish Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard holds news conference with Finnish counterpart Elina Valtonen while attending a security conference in Stockholm. - 0950 GMT

** NEW DLEHI - Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister, and Minister of Defence of the UAE, will embark on a state visit to New Delhi, India (To Apr. 9)


** ISLAMABAD - Secretary-General of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), Dr. Asad Majeed Khan is scheduled to pay an official visit to Pakistan (To Apr. 10)

** ISLAMABAD - The Minister of Economy of Azerbaijan, Mikayil Jabbarov, will visit Pakistan.

TOKYO - Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Mark Rutte will visit Japan. He will meet with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (to April 9).

BERLIN - German Finance Minister Joerg Kukies speaks about the EU capital markets union at the event Economic Dialogue - 1400 GMT


LONDON - Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will visit London to discuss the proposed free trade agreement and bilateral investment treaty with the UK (To April 10)


WASHINGTON/MOSCOW – 14th 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).


GLOBAL - International Roma Nation Day.


LONDON - Hungarian foreign minister Peter Szijjarto discusses European security challenges at RUSI event in London.


OSLO - At the invitation of Their Majesties King Harald and Queen Sonja, the President of Iceland, Halla Tomasdottir, and her husband Bjorn Skulason will pay a state visit to Norway (To April 10)

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9


BRATISLAVA - President of India Droupadi Murmu will embark on state visit to Slovakia (to April 10)

GENEVA - WTO meeting on goods trade where Trump's tariffs are likely to be raised


HANOI - Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is set to meet Vietnam's leaders in Hanoi

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THURSDAY, APRIL 10


** KUALA LUMPUR - Trade ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations regional bloc hold a virtual meeting to discuss U.S. tariffs. - 0130 GMT

** BRUSSELS - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen receives the Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal in Brussels. - 1015 GMT


SMOLENSK, Russia/CRACOW, Poland - 15th Anniversary of the Smolensk Tragedy to be held in Smolensk, Russia, as well as in Poland.


AUGUSTA, United States - U.S. Masters Golf 2025 (to April 13)


CAPE TOWN - President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskiy will visit South Africa.


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FRIDAY, APRIL 11


FRANCE – 14th Anniversary of the French law banning the burqa and niqab.


ABIDJAN – 14th 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.


BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting.

WARSAW – EU informal meeting of economic and financial affairs ministers (to April 12)

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SATURDAY, APRIL 12


GLOBAL - International Day of Human Space Flight.


GABON - Gabonese Presidency Election.


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SUNDAY, APRIL 13


Ecuador - Ecuadorian Presidency Election.


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MONDAY, APRIL 14


LUXEMBOURG - EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.

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TUESDAY, APRIL 15


AMSTERDAM - At the invitation of His Majesty King Willem-Alexander, His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said of Oman will pay a state visit to the Netherlands. (To April 16)


BELFAST/NEW YORK – 112th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic.


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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16


GENEVA - The WTO will release its global trade outlook for 2025 - 1200 GMT


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TUESDAY, APRIL 18


WASHINGTON DC - G20 finance ministers and central bank governors.


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SUNDAY, APRIL 20


UNITED STATES - 15th anniversary of Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill.


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MONDAY, APRIL 21


PARIS – 64th anniversary of the first manned mission to space.

BOSTON - 2025 Boston Marathon.


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TUESDAY, APRIL 22


WARSAW - Norwegian Crown Prince Haakon will come on a two-day visit to Poland


GLOBAL - Earth Day.


DHAKA – Pakistan Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar is scheduled to undertake his first ever three-day high-level visit to Bangladesh. (To April 24).


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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23


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


WASHINGTON DC - G20 finance and central bank ministerial meeting (to April 24)

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THURSDAY, APRIL 24


GLOBAL - World Immunization Week 2025 (to April 30).


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FRIDAY, APRIL 25


GLOBAL - World Malaria Day.


WASHINGTON DC - World financial leaders gather for the IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings (to April 26)


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SATURDAY, APRIL 26


ISLAMABAD - Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev is scheduled to visit Pakistan (to April 27)


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SUNDAY, APRIL 27


LONDON - 2025 London Marathon.


VENEZUELA - Venezuelan National Assembly Election.


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MONDAY, APRIL 28


CANADA - Canadian House of Commons Election.


PORT ARTHUR, Tasmania – 27th anniversary of Port Arthur Massacre in Tasmania.


TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO - Trinidad and Tobago House of Representatives Election.


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 April 29)


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TUESDAY, APRIL 29


LONDON – 14th wedding anniversary of Prince William and Catherine Middleton.


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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30


CAYMAN ISLANDS - Cayman Legislative Assembly Election.


CAYMAN ISLANDS – Referendum Election.


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THURSDAY, MAY 1


VATICAN CITY – 14th anniversary of beatification ceremony of late Pope John Paul II.


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FRIDAY, MAY 2


ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan – The day marks the 14th year since Al-Qaeda Chief Osama bin Laden was killed in a U.S. special forces raid, ending a near decade-long worldwide hunt for the mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks.


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SATURDAY, MAY 3


GLOBAL - World Press Freedom Day.


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SUNDAY, MAY 4


ROMANIA - Romanian Presidency Election.


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TUESDAY, MAY 6


STOCKHOLM - Iceland's President Halla Tomasdottir and members of the Icelandic government on state visit to Sweden (To May 8)


GLOBAL - World Asthma Day.


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MONDAY, MAY 7


COPENHAGEN - Around 40 climate ministers from around the world meet in Copenhagen ahead of the COP30 negotiations in Brazil later this year (To May 8)


WARSAW – EU Informal meeting of foreign affairs ministers – Gymnich. (to May 8)


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THURSDAY, MAY 8


GLOBAL - World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day.


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FRIDAY, MAY 9


MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic to hold talks in Moscow


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SUNDAY, MAY 11


ALBANIA - Albanian Parliament Election.


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MONDAY, MAY 12


GLOBAL - International Nurse's Day.


BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting.


WARSAW – EU Informal meeting of energy ministers. (To May 13)


PHILIPPINES - Philippine Senate Election.


PHILIPPINES - Philippine House of Representatives Election.


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TUESDAY, MAY 13


BASEL, Switzerland - 2025 Eurovision Song Contest. (To May 17)


BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.


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THURSDAY, MAY 15


GLOBAL - U.N. International Day of Families.


JEJU, Republic of Korea – APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade meeting. (To May 16)


BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) meeting.


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FRIDAY, MAY 16


LISBON – 13th Anniversary of 78-billion-euro bail-out of Portugal by eurozone leaders.


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SATURDAY, MAY 17


GLOBAL - World Telecommunication and Information Society Day.


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SUNDAY, MAY 18


GLOBAL - International Museum Day.


PORTUGAL - Portuguese Assembly of the Republic Election


POLAND - Polish Presidency Election


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MONDAY, MAY 19


LONDON - EU-UK summit


LONDON - European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen visits London for a summit on closer post-Brexit cooperation with Britain.



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TUESDAY, MAY 20


BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council and Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) meeting



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THURSDAY, MAY 22


GLOBAL - International Day for Biological Diversity.


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SUNDAY, MAY 25


SURINAME - Surinamese National Assembly Election


VENEZUELA - Venezuelan National Assembly Election


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MONDAY, MAY 26


BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council (Development) Meeting.


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TUESDAY, MAY 27


BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council meeting.


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SATURDAY, MAY 31


GLOBAL - World No Tobacco Day.


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