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—————————————————————– This newspaper is filed daily. ** Indicates new events —————————————————————– TUESDAY JAN. 11 ** PARIS – The World Economic Forum unveils the “Global Risks Report 2022” – 0900 GMT. BUCHAREST / MADRID – Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi will pay an official visit to Romania and Spain. (As of January 12) ABUJA / LUANDA – Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias is visiting Nigeria and Angola (as of January 12). BEIJING – Foreign ministers from four countries in the Middle East, including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain and the head of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) will visit China. (Through January 14) PALM SPRINGS, Calif. – 32nd Palm Springs International Film Festival (through January 18). TAIPEI CITY – Lithuanian Minister of Economy and Taiwanese Minister of Economic Planning hold joint press conference online.

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PARIS – French President Emmanuel Macron is organizing a working lunch with European Council President Charles Michel to discuss the main priorities of the six months of French presidency of the European Union. – 1200 GMT

BRATISLAVA – Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala will visit Slovakia and meet his Slovak counterpart Eduard Heger, as well as the country’s President Zuzana Čaputová. Heger and Fiala will give a press conference after a welcome ceremony and meeting – 10:00 GMT. WASHINGTON / MOSCOW – 11th anniversary of the US-Russia Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement. – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY JANUARY. 12

** BEIJING – At the invitation of Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu will visit China. BRUSSELS – NATO Ambassadors and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov will meet in Brussels – 09:00 GMT. ABU DHABI – UAE Energy Forum. Speakers at the UAE Energy Forum will include the UAE Minister of Energy, the Secretary General of OPEC and the CEO of Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation. BREST, France – Informal meeting of EU defense ministers (until January 13). HAITITI – 12th anniversary of the magnitude 7 earthquake in Haiti that destroyed much of the Haitian capital. – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY JANUARY. 13

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** BOGOTA – Colombian President Ivan Duque and Peruvian President Pedro Castilla will meet in the Colombian town of Villa de Leyva to sign cooperation agreements regarding security, trade and communications. ** BERLIN – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz holds a joint press conference with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte after their talks in Berlin. Rutte will be pre-received with military honors – 3:30 p.m. GMT. VIENNA – Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau chairs a meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, with concerns about security in Europe and Russia to be discussed at the meeting. LONDON – UK Foreign Minister Liz Truss is holding the first in-person talks of 2022 with European Commission Vice-President Maros Sefcovic on Brexit and the Northern Ireland Protocol. (As of January 14) PARIS – OECD Economic Survey: Slovakia BREST – EU Foreign Ministers meet in Brest for an informal meeting to discuss international affairs. The meeting is chaired by the High Representative and Vice-President of the European Commission, Josep Borrell (until January 14). MADRID – Spanish Minister of Economy Nadia Calvino speaks at the Forum Europe meeting organized by Nueva Economia – 08:00 GMT. – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY JANUARY. 14

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** BEIJING – At the invitation of Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian will visit China. BRUSSELS – European Motor Show Brussels 2022 (to January 23). TUNISIA – 12th anniversary of the ousting of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. – – – – – – – – –

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** ABU DHABI / RIYADH / CAIRO – South Korean President Moon Jae-in will visit three countries in the Middle East, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. (As of January 22) – – – – – – – – –

SUNDAY JAN. 16 BELGRADE – Referendum election in Serbia. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY JAN. 17 TIRANA – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visiting Albania. BRUSSELS – Meeting of euro zone finance ministers in Brussels BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting. ABU DHABI – World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2022 (until January 19). DAVOS, Switzerland – World Economic Forum 2022 Annual Meeting (until January 21). – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY JANUARY. 18 SKOPJE – Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov will visit Skopje. BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council. – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY JANUARY. 19 DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Abu Dhabi hosts a virtual forum to promote finance and sustainable investments. BRIDGETOWN – Barbados is holding general elections. PARIS – OECD Economic Studies: Switzerland STRASBOURG, France – French President Emmanuel Macron addresses the European Parliament in Strasbourg The French Presidency of the Council of the European Union. – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY JANUARY. 21 DAVOS, Switzerland – World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY JAN. 24 LIBYA – Election of the president. TRIPOLI – Election to the Libyan House of Representatives. BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council. LOME, Togo – World Day for African and Afro-descendant Culture. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY JANUARY. 25 BRUSSELS – General Affairs Council of the EU. 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 JANUARY. 26 STOCKHOLM – Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway pay an official visit to Sweden (until January 28). – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY JANUARY. 28 PARIS – OECD Economic Survey: Romania – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY JANV. 30 LISBON – Portugal is holding general elections. – – – – – – – – –

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MONDAY JAN. 31 PARIS – OECD Economic Survey: New Zealand LOS ANGELES – 64th Annual Grammy Awards – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, FEB. 2 GLOBAL – World Wetlands Day. – – – – – – – – – 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 for Female Genital Mutilation. COSTA RICA – Election to the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica. COSTA RICA – Presidential election. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, FEB. 8 GLOBAL – Safer Internet Day 2022 – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, FEB. 10 BERLIN – 72nd Berlin International Film Festival (until 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 Rafik al-Hariri. – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, FEB. 17 PRISTINA – 14th anniversary of Kosovo’s declaration of independence from Serbia. BRUSSELS – Brussels hosts the European Union – African Union summit. (As of Feb. 18) – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, FEB. 18 SINGAPORE – Singapore Finance Minister Lawrence Wong to present FY2022 budget – 0600 GMT – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, FEB. 21 BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, FEB. 22 BRUSSELS – General Affairs Council of the EU. – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, FEB. 25

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** PARIS – Euro zone finance ministers meet to discuss inflation, banking union, macroeconomic imbalances – 08:00 GMT. RIO DE JANEIRO – Rio Carnival 2022. (until March 5). – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY February 27 MALI – Presidential election in Mali. MALI – Malian National Assembly. – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY 3 MARCH BRUSSELS – Meeting of the EU Justice and Home Affairs Council. (Until March 4) – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY MARCH 9 SOUTH KOREA – South Korea is holding presidential elections. – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, MARCH 13 COLOMBIA – Election of the Colombian House of Representatives. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY MARCH 14, BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY 15 MARCH BRUSSELS – Meeting of the EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council. – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – NOTE: The inclusion of newspaper articles does not necessarily mean that Reuters will file a story based on the event.

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