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    Political and General News Top Economic Events Emerging Markets Economic Events Government Debt Auctions U.S. Federal Reserve Today in Washington

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    WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19 
    
    • BRUSSELS - French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire holds a news conference in Brussels after meetings with EU economic commissioners Pierre Moscovici and Valdis Dombrovskis and competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager - 1530 GMT.
    • WASHINGTON D.C. - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets Norwegian Foreign Minister Ine Marie Eriksen Soreide in Washington - 1600 GMT.
    • WASHINGTON D.C. - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Omani foreign minister Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah confer in Washington at the State Department - 1900 GMT.

    TUNIS - Senegalese President Macky Sall will be on official visit to Tunisia (Final Day).

    TUNIS - Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea Lee Nak-yeon visits Tunisia (to Dec. 20)

    BEIJING - Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti Emir's special envoy, first deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister, will visit China (to Dec. 20).

    ANKARA - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani pays a two-day visit to Turkey to meet with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan (to Dec. 20).

    ABIDJAN - Rwandan President Paul Kagame visits Ivory Coast and meets with President Alassane Ouattara (to Dec. 20).

    MADAGASCAR – President's election.

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    THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20 
    
    • WASHINGTON D.C. - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Philippines Foreign Minister Teodoro Tocsin Jr meet in Washington at the State Department - 1845 GMT
    • South Korea's Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha starts a two-day visit to Malaysia (to Dec. 21).

    LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May holds bilateral meeting with Polish counterpart Mateusz Morawiecki in Downing Street - 1030 GMT.

    BRUSSELS - EU-Egypt Association Council meeting. TOGO - Togolese National Assembly election.

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    FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21 
    

    NEW DELHI - Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit India (to Dec. 24). MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meets Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki to discuss Middle Eastern peace settlement.

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    SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22 
    

    N'DJAMENA - French President Emmanuel Macron visits Chad to meet French troops stationed there as part of the 3,000-strong Barkhane contingent fighting insurgents in the Sahel (to Dec. 23).

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    SUNDAY, DECEMBER 23 
    

    DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO - President election.

    DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO - Congolese National Assembly election.

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    TUESDAY, DECEMBER 25 
    

    MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin meets Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko in Moscow.

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    THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27 
    
    • NEW DELHI - Bhutan Prime Minister Lotay Tshering will visit India.
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    SUNDAY, DECEMBER 30 
    

    BANGALADESH - Bangladeshi National Parliament election.

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    TUESDAY, JANUARY 1 
    

    TALLINN – 8th anniversary of adoption of the euro by Estonia. MALTA - Malta takes over the presidency of the EU from Luxembourg.

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    THURSDAY, JANUARY 3 
    

    PALM SPRINGS, Ca - 30th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (to Jan. 14).

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    FRIDAY, JANUARY 4 
    

    BURMA – 71st anniversary of Burma's independence.

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    MONDAY, JANUARY 7 
    

    NEW DELHI - Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg on a two-day visit to India (to Jan. 8) LONDON - Costa Book Category Awards winners to be announced. PHNOM PENH - The ruling Cambodian People's Party celebrates the 40th anniversary of the victory over the Khmer Rouge regime.

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    TUESDAY, JANUARY 8 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU Ministers of EU Affairs meet for General Affairs Council.

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    THURSDAY, JANUARY 11 
    

    WASHINGTON/MOSCOW – 8th Anniversary of U.S.-Russia civilian nuclear cooperation agreement.

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    SATURDAY, JANUARY 12 
    

    HAITI - 9th anniversary of Haiti's magnitude 7 earthquake that destroyed much of the Haitian capital.

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    MONDAY, JANUARY 14 
    

    ABU DHABI - International Water Summit 2019 (to Jan. 17).

    ABU DHABI - World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2019 (to Jan. 17).

    TUNISIA – 8th Anniversary of ousting of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.

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    SATURDAY, JANUARY 19 
    

    BRUSSELS - European Motor Show Brussels 2019 (to Jan. 27).

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    TUESDAY, JANUARY 22 
    

    DAVOS, Switzerland - World Economic Forum 2014 Annual Meeting (to Jan 25).

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    MONDAY, JANUARY 21 
    

    BRUSSELS - Euro zone finance ministers meet in Brussels.

    BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Ministers meet in Brussels.

    MOSCOW - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit Moscow to hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

    BUCHAREST - European Affairs Ministers meet in Romania (to Jan. 23).

    BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting.

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    FRIDAY, JANUARY 25 
    

    EGYPT – Eighth Anniversary of beginning of Egyptian revolution, which marked a series of mass popular protests leading to the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak.

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    SATURDAY, JANUARY 26 
    

    NEW DELHI - India celebrates its Republic Day with a grand parade exhibiting its military might and national culture with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa as the chief guest - 0230 GMT

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    TUESDAY, JANUARY 29 
    

    LONDON - Costa Book of the Year will be announced.

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