News: DIARY-Political and General News Events from Dec. 21

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21 

• JOHANNESBURG - South Africa Finance Minister Tito Mboweni speaks at an economic conference - 0630 GMT.

KUALA LUMPUR - South Korea Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha starts a two-day visit to Malaysia (to Dec. 21).

BELGRADE - Serbia Prime Minister Ana Brnabic meets Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Romanian Prime Minister Viorica Dancila to discuss regional cooperation.

BELGRADE - Serbia President Aleksandar Vucic meets Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.

VALLETTA - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu will pay an official visit to Malta (to Dec. 22).

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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