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MONDAY, JAN. 24 ** SOFIA – Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov welcomes Prime Minister of North Macedonia Dimitar Kovacevski during his first visit to Bulgaria. Kovacevski and his cabinet will hold a joint session with the Bulgarian government to resolve disputes that led to Bulgaria’s veto on North Macedonia’s path to EU membership. ** GENEVA – Meeting between Svenja Schulze, Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany, and Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of WHO, followed by a press conference. – 07:45 GMT ** BRUSSELS – NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will meet UK Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Commonwealth and Development Elizabeth Truss at NATO Headquarters.

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BRUSSELS – NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg receives the Foreign Ministers of Finland, Pekka Haavisto, and Sweden, Ann Linde. A joint press conference at NATO Headquarters is scheduled after the meeting. – 15:00 GMT

UNITED NATIONS – German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock delivers a keynote address at the annual United Nations event in conjunction with B’nai B’rith International International Holocaust Remembrance Day. – 4:00 p.m. GMT

PARIS – OECD Economic Studies: Mexico LIBYA – Election of the Libyan House of Representatives. BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council. LOME, Togo – World Day for African and Afro-descendant Culture. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, JAN. 25 ** RIYADH – Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha begins a two-day visit to Saudi Arabia (till January 26). ** BRUSSELS – European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen receives German Economy Minister Robert Habeck ** BRUSSELS – European Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson attends Council meeting North Atlantic on energy security in Brussels and receives German Economy Minister Robert Habeck** BINTAN, Indonesia – Indonesian President Joko Widodo and Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong are due to meet in Bintan, Riau Islands in Indonesia, for their annual retreat after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic. Bilateral talks are expected to cover trade, investment, health and security. ** BRUSSELS – Exchange of views between the EU Foreign Affairs Committee and French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on the priorities of the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union – 09:30 GMT ** BRUSSELS – Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic meets European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen – 14:30 GMT ** BERLIN – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz receives French President Emmanuel Macron in Berlin to discuss Russia, according to a German government spokesperson, – 16:45 GMT NUSANTARA – Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will travel to Indonesia for the Singapore-Indonesia leaders’ retreat. BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council. EGYPT – 11th anniversary of the start of the Egyptian Revolution, a series of mass popular protests leading to the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak. – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, JAN. 26 ** BERLIN – German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht receives British Defense Minister Ben Wallace in Berlin. ** BRUSSELS – EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell co-chairs a ministerial meeting of the G5 Sahel group in Brussels STOCKHOLM – Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway are on an official visit to Sweden ( until January 28). – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, JAN. 27 KUALA LUMPUR – The Defense Ministers of Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines will meet to discuss efforts to strengthen the trilateral cooperation agreement to strengthen security in the Sulu Sea, Sulawesi and the East Coast from Sabah. – – – – – – – – –

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FRIDAY, JAN. 28 ** BERLIN – EU Financial Services Commissioner Mairead McGuinness meets German Finance Minister Christian Lindner in Berlin PARIS – OECD Economic Survey: Romania – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, JAN. 30 ** MAPUTO – EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell visits Mozambique. LISBON – Portugal is holding legislative elections. – – – – – – – – –

MONDAY, JAN. 31 PARIS – OECD Economic Survey: New Zealand LOS ANGELES – 64th Annual Grammy Awards – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY 2 FEB. 1

** NEW DELHI – Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to present her third annual budget to parliament – 05:30 GMT MOSCOW – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban visits Russia.

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WEDNESDAY FEB. 2 VIENNA – 25th OPEC and non-OPEC ministerial meeting by videoconference. GLOBAL – World Wetlands Day. – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY FEB. 3 BEIJING — Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan will pay a three-day visit to China to attend the opening ceremony of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics at the invitation of Chinese leaders (till Feb. 5). LILLE, France – Informal EU meeting of justice and interior ministers (till February 4)

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FRIDAY FEB. 4 WORLD – World Cancer Day. – – – – – – – – – SATURDAY, FEB. 5 SAPPORO, Japan – Sapporo Snow Festival 2022 (until February 12). – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, FEB. 6 GLOBAL – International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation. COSTA RICA – Election to the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica. COSTA RICA – Presidential election. – – – – – – – – –

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KYIV – Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg plans to visit Ukraine (until February 8) – – – – – – – – –

TUESDAY FEB. 8 GLOBAL – Safer Internet Day 2022 – – – – – – – – –

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GRENOBLE, France – Informal Meeting of EU Health Ministers (till February 10)

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THURSDAY FEB. 10** DUBAI – Queen Elizabeth’s grandson Prince William is visiting the United Arab Emirates on a trip to coincide with Britain’s National Day being held at Expo 2020 Dubai. BERLIN – 72nd Berlin International Film Festival (till February 20). – – – – – – – – – SATURDAY, FEB. 12 VENICE, Italy – Carnival of Venice 2022 (until March 1). – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, FEB. 13 MARSEILLE, France – EU trade ministers meet in Marseille (until February 14)

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BERLIN – German presidential election at the Reichstag in Berlin

BEIRUT – 14th anniversary of the death of Hezbollah commander Imad Moughniyah. WORLD – World Radio Day. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY FEB. 14 WORLD – Valentine’s Day. BEIRUT – 17th anniversary of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic al-Hariri. – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY FEB. 17 JAKARTA – G20 finance ministers and central bank governors meet in Indonesia (till Feb 18)

PRISTINA – 14th anniversary of Kosovo’s declaration of independence from Serbia. BRUSSELS – Brussels hosts the European Union – African Union summit. (Until February 18) – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, FEB. 18 SINGAPORE – Singapore’s Finance Minister, Lawrence Wong, to present the budget for the financial year 2022 – 0600 GMT – – – – – – – – – MONDAY 2 FEB. 21 BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY FEB. 22 BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council. – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, FEB. 25

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PARIS – EU Informal meeting of economy and finance ministers (till 26 February). RIO DE JANEIRO – Rio Carnival 2022. (until March 5). – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY February 27 MALI – Presidential election in Mali. MALI – Election to the Malian National Assembly. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, MARCH 1

WASHINGTON DC – US President Joe Biden delivers his State of the Union address to Congress. – – – – – – – – –

THURSDAY 3 MARCH ARLES, France – Informal meeting of the General Affairs Council of the EU (till 4 March) BRUSSELS – Meeting of the Justice and Home Affairs Council of the EU. (Until March 4) – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY MARCH 9 SOUTH KOREA – South Korea is holding a presidential election. – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY MARCH 13 COLOMBIA – Election to the Colombian House of Representatives. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY 14 MARCH BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY 15 MARCH BRUSSELS – Meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council of the EU.

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AMSTERDAM – The Netherlands is holding municipal elections. – – – – – – – – –

MONDAY 21 MARCH BRUSSELS – Meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs (Defence) Council.

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TUESDAY 22 MARCH BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council. – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY MARCH 24 ** BRUSSELS – Brussels is hosting the summit of European Union leaders. BRUSSELS – Meeting of the European Council (till March 25).

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