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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17

** NEW DELHI - At the special invitation of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President of Sri Lanka, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, is scheduled to depart for India to attend the AI Impact Summit 2026.

** NEW DELHI - Finland's Prime Minister Petteri Orpo visits India's New Delhi to attend India AI Impact Summit and meet with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Orpo will be accompanied by a business delegation of 22 Finnish companies. (To Feb. 20)

** BENGALURU, India - French Defence Minister Catherine Vautrin meets her Indian counterpart Rajnath Singh upon her arrival, at HAL Airport in Bengaluru - 0500 GMT

** WARSAW - Canada’s Minister of Energy Tim Hodgson speaks to reporters as he visits Poland as Warsaw plans to build its second nuclear power plant - 1015 GMT

** ADDIS ABABA - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan visits Ethiopia and holds talks with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in Addis Ababa. They attend a signing ceremony for agreements and hold a joint press conference. - 1100 GMT

VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival 2026 (Final day).

BERLIN – 76th Berlin International Film Festival. (To Feb. 22).

RIO DE JANEIRO - Rio Carnival 2026. (To Feb. 21)

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.

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WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 18

** NUUK, Greenland - Denmark's King Frederik visits Greenland. (To Feb. 20)

** OSLO - European Council President Antonio Costa holds a joint press briefing with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere during an official visit to Oslo - 1215 GMT

** OSLO - Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere and his Icelandic counterpart Kristrun Frostadottir hold a joint press briefing in Oslo after a meeting - 1230 GMT

COPENHAGEN - The ministers for Nordic cooperation meet in Copenhagen, Denmark. The meeting agenda includes the possible update of the Treaty of Co-operation between the Nordic countries, known as the Helsinki Treaty

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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).

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20

** KRAKOW, Poland - Defence ministers from France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, and Poland will meet in Krakow for a summit of the E5 group to discuss security and cooperation. The meeting comes as Europe faces evolving security challenges.

** STOCKHOLM - Slovakia's Defence Minister Robert Kalinak and Swedish counterpart Pal Jonson attend the rollout of the first Combat Vehicle 90 ordered by Slovakia at BAE Systems' factory in Ornskoldsvik in northern Sweden.

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21

** AGRA, India - Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic is scheduled to arrive in Agra.

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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.

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23

BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council.

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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.

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25

** JERUSALEM – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to pay a two-day visit to Israel (to Feb. 26).

** CAPE TOWN - South African Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana will present the 2026 budget to lawmakers - 1200 GMT

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26

BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council (Cohesion).

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27

CARACAS – 37th anniversary of deadly Caracas riots.

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28

LONDON - The BRIT Awards 2026

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MONDAY, MARCH 2

PARIS - OECD Financial Markets Week Spring 2026. (To March 6)

NICOSIA – EU Informal meeting of the General Affairs Council (To March 3)

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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.

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SUNDAY, MARCH 8

COLOMBIA - Colombian House of Representatives Election.

COLOMBIA - Colombian Senate Election.

SWITZERLAND - Switzerland Referendum Election.

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MONDAY, MARCH 9

BRUSSELS – Eurogroup Meeting.

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TUESDAY, MARCH 10

BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council

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SATURDAY, MARCH 14

CANBERRA - Prime Minister of Australia Anthony Albanese will welcome the King and Queen of Denmark to Australia. (To March 19).

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MONDAY, MARCH 16

BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council.

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TUESDAY, MARCH 17

BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council.

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18

LONDON - Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is set to make a state visit to the UK. (To March 19)

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THURSDAY, MARCH 19

BRUSSELS – EU European council (To March 20)

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SUNDAY, MARCH 22

ITALY - Italy Referendum Election.

SLOVENIA - Slovenian National Assembly Election.

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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)

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FRIDAY, MARCH 27

NICOSIA - EU informal meeting of economic and financial affairs ministers (To March 28)

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SUNDAY, MARCH 29

BRUSSELS – EU foreign affairs council (trade)

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TUESDAY, APRIL 7

METRO MANILA - ASEAN Finance Ministers Meeting (AFMM). (To April 10)

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SUNDAY, APRIL 12

HUNGARY - Hungarian National Assembly Election.

PERU - Peruvian Congress of the Republic Election.

PERU - Peruvian Presidency Election.

BENIN - Beninese Presidency Election.

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MONDAY, APRIL 13

WASHINGTON D.C. - Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group and IMF, Spring meetings. (To April 18)

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