News: DIARY-Political and General News Events from April 10

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    WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10 
    

    • VATICAN CITY - South Sudan President Salva Kiir, his first vice president and other opposition leaders are invited to attend a retreat at the Vatican.
    • WASHINGTON D.C, - Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen addresses U.S. think tank by videolink on the 40th anniversary of Taiwan Relations Act - 1230 GMT.
    • WASHINGTON D.C, - IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde moderates "Bretton Woods at 75 - Rethinking International Cooperation" discussion - 1530 GMT.
    • WASHINGTON D.C, - IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde moderates "Money and Payments in the Digital Age" discussion - 1800 GMT.
    • WASHINGTON D.C, - IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde participates in "Beyond Certainty: Leveraging Trade to Reduce Poverty" discussion - 1930 GMT.
    • STRASBOURG, France - Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze addresses the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg.

    BEIJING - Thai princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn visits China (final day). SAHARA DESERT, Morocco - Desert Marathon Des sables (to April 15). BEIRUT - Bulgarian President Rumen Radev visits Lebanon (final day).

    HANOI - Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte will pay an official visit to Vietnam (to April 11). WASHINGTON, D.C. - South Korean President Moon Jae-in will visit the United States (to April 11).

    BRUSSELS - British Prime Minister Theresa May gives a news conference after meeting fellow EU leaders for an extraordinary summit following the rejection of the Withdrawal Agreement by the House of Commons on March 29.

    BRUSSELS - European Union (EU) leaders meet for extraordinary summit to discuss Brexit - 1400 GMT.

    BRUSSELS - EU 27 leaders will meet to discuss the latest developments on Brexit - 1600 GMT. WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. President Donald Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in will meet in Washington.

    SMOLENSK, Russia/CRACOW, WARSAW - 9th Anniversary of the Smolensk Tragedy to be held in Smolensk, Russia, as well as in Poland. BELIZE – Referendum election.

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    THURSDAY, APRIL 11 
    
    • BEIRUT - Greek President Prokopios Pavlopoulos will visit Lebanon at the invitation of its President Michel Aoun (to April 12).
    • WASHINGTON D.C, - IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde moderates "Key Global Trends and Implications for the Fund's Policy Advice" discussion - 1815 GMT.
    • WASHINGTON D.C, - IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde participates in event, "One-on-One with Christine Lagarde, featuring Sir David Attenborough: Balancing Nature and the Global Economy." - 1600 GMT.
    • BERLIN, Germany - German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier is due to speak at a digital transformation congress in Berlin - 0800 GMT.

    PRAGUE, Czech Republic - Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic will pay a visit to Prague and meet with Czech President Milos Zeman. Grabar-Kitarovic and Zeman will give press statements after their meeting. WASHINGTON DC - IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde speaks to media at start of 2019 Spring Meetings - 1330 GMT WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Donald Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in hold talks at the White House.

    INDIA - Seven-phase general elections begin.

    AUGUSTA, United States - U.S. Masters Golf 2019 (to Apr. 14).

    FRANCE – 8th Anniversary of the French law banning the burqa and niqab.

    ABIDJAN – 8th 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.

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    FRIDAY, APRIL 12 
    

    • SANTIAGO - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will meet Chilean President Sebastian Pinera and Foreign Minister Roberto Ampuero to discuss economic ties, bilateral partnerships and security cooperation.
    • WARSAW - Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz will debate the future of Europe with German counterpart Heiko Maas at the Raffles European Hotel in Warsaw - 1330 GMT.
    • BERLIN, Germany - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko speak to reporters after their working lunch - 1200 GMT.
    • WASHINGTON D.C. - German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz speaks on "The transatlantic partnership – common values in a changing world" - 1600 GMT.
    • WASHINGTON D.C. - German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz holds a speech at the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington D.C. - 1630 GMT.

    LONDON - Deadline set by European Union for Britain to leave the bloc if Prime Minister Theresa May fails to convince MPs to back her Brexit deal with Brussels. GLOBAL - International Day of Human Space Flight.

    WASHINGTON, D.C. - 2019 Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group (to Apr. 14).

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    SATURDAY, APRIL 13 
    
    • ASUNCION - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with Paraguay's President Abdo Benitez and Foreign Minister Luis Alberto Castiglioni.
    • LIMA - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra and Foreign Minister Nestor Popolizio.
    • WASHINGTON D.C - IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde participates in International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) press briefing - 1645 GMT.

    JAKARTA - Indonesian presidential debate on economic issues – 1300 GMT.

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    SUNDAY, APRIL 14 
    
    • WASHINGTON D.C, - IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde participates in "Boosting Investment in People and Infrastructure" discussion - 1400 GMT.

    FINLAND - Finnish Parliament election.

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    MONDAY, APRIL 15 
    
    • TOKYO - OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurria will hold a press conference to mark the release of the Economic Survey of Japan 2019 - 0130 GMT.

    TOKYO - Launch of OECD Economic Survey Japan BELFAST/NEW YORK – 106th Anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic.

    BOSTON - 2019 Boston Marathon.

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    TUESDAY, APRIL 16 
    

    ASHGABAT - South Korean President Moon Jae-in will visit Turkmenistan (to April 18).

    MOSCOW - Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi will visit Russia.

    BRATISLAVA - Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman will pay a working visit to Slovakia. BEIJING - Launch of OECD Economic Survey China VATICAN CITY – 92st birthday of Pope Benedict.

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    WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17 
    
    • VIENNA - 176th (Extraordinary) Meeting of the OPEC Conference. MOSCOW - Saudi King Salman's son Sultan bin Salman bin Adbulaziz Al Saud will visit Moscow.

    INDONESIA – President election.

    INDONESIA - Indonesian Regional Representative Council election.

    INDONESIA - Indonesian House of Representatives election.

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    THURSDAY, APRIL 18 
    

    TASHKENT - South Korean President Moon Jae-in will visit Uzbekistan (to April 21).

    INDIA - Indian People's Assembly election.

    MOSCOW - Estonia's President Kersti Kaljulaid will visit Moscow.

    VIENNA - OPEC and non-OPEC oil ministers' meet in Vienna. ALGERIA – President election.

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    SATURDAY, APRIL 20 
    

    UNITED STATES - 9th anniversary of Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill.

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    SUNDAY, APRIL 21 
    

    ASTANA - South Korean President Moon Jae-in will visit Kazakhstan (to April 23).

    LONDON - Queen Elizabeth to celebrate her 93nd birthday.

    PARIS – 58th anniversary of the first manned mission to space.

    MACEDONIA – President election.

    COMOROS – President election.

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    MONDAY, APRIL 22 
    
    • TOKYO - Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi will visit Japan (to April 23).

    GLOBAL - Earth Day.

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    TUESDAY, APRIL 23 
    

    INDIA - Indian People's Assembly election.

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

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    WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24 
    

    • LONDON - British Finance Minister Philip Hammond speaks to lawmakers on parliament's Treasury Committee about the Spring Statement budget update he announced in March - 1315 GMT.

    JAKARTA - 2nd APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) Meeting. GLOBAL - World Immunization Week 2019 (to Apr. 30).

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    THURSDAY, APRIL 25 
    

    GLOBAL - World Malaria Day.

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    SUNDAY, APRIL 28 
    

    SEOUL - Chilean President Sebastian Pinera will make a state visit to South Korea (to April 29). PORT ARTHUR, Tasmania - 21th anniversary of Port Arthur Massacre in Tasmania.

    LONDON - 2019 London Marathon.

    BENIN - Beninese National Assembly election.

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    MONDAY, APRIL 29 
    

    INDIA - Indian People's Assembly election.

    LONDON – 8th wedding anniversary of Prince William and Catherine Middleton.

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    SUNDAY, MAY 5 
    

    PANAMA - President election. PANAMA - Panamanian National Assembly election.

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    MONDAY, MAY 6 
    

    INDIA - Indian People's Assembly election.

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    WEDNESDAY, MAY 8 
    

    SOUTH AFRICA - South African National Assembly election.

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    THURSDAY, MAY 9 
    

    SIBIU, Romania - The informal European Council will bring together EU heads of state or government in Sibiu.

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    SUNDAY, MAY 12 
    

    LITHUANIA – President election. INDIA - Indian People's Assembly election.

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    MONDAY, MAY 13 
    

    PHILIPPINES - Philippine Senate election. PHILIPPINES - Philippine House of Representatives election.

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    THURSDAY, MAY 16 
    

    BRUSSELS - Euro zone finance ministers meet in Brussels.

    BRUSSELS - Eurogroup meeting.

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    SUNDAY, MAY 19 
    

    SWITZERLAND - Referendum election. INDIA - Indian People's Assembly election.

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    TUESDAY, MAY 21 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting.

    MALAWI – President election. MALAWI - Malawian National Assembly election.

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    THURSDAY, MAY 23 
    

    EUROPEAN UNION - European Parliament election.

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    SUNDAY, MAY 26 
    

    BELGIUM - Belgian Chamber of Representatives election.

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    MONDAY, MAY 27 
    

    NETHERLANDS - Dutch Second Chamber election. MADAGASCAR - Malagasy National Assembly election.

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    TUESDAY, MAY 28 
    

    RIGA - Launch of OECD Economic Survey Latvia

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    SUNDAY, JUNE 9 
    

    ASTANA - Kazakhstan to hold early presidential election.

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