News: DIARY-Political and General News Events from October 15

  1. 68,069 Posts.
    lightbulb Created with Sketch. 460

    Oct 15 (Reuters) - For other diaries, please see:

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

    ----------------------------------------------------------- 
     This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events  
    
    ----------------------------------------------------------- 
    		
    MONDAY, OCTOBER 15 
    
    • MOSCOW - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will visit Russia to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin (to Oct. 17).
    • THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang visits the Netherlands and meets with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and King Willem-Alexander (to Oct. 16).
    • PARIS - South Korean President Moon Jae-in on a state visit to France (to Oct. 16).
    • ADDIS ABABA - The president of Eritrea, Isaias Afwerki, visits Ethiopia (to Oct. 15).
    • ADDIS ABABA - President of Slovenia, Borut Pahor visits Ethiopia (to Oct. 17).
    • MOSCOW - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi visits Russia to hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin (to Oct. 17).

    BEIJING - Norway King Harald V will pay a state visit China at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping (to Oct. 20).

    Dushanbe/ Amsterdam/ City of Brussels - Chinese premier Li Keqiang to visit Tajikistan, Netherlands and Belgium to attend SCO meeting, ASEM summit (to Oct. 19).

    BELGRADE - Transport Ministers of China and 16 European countries, including Serbia, are scheduled to meet in Belgrade (to Oct. 17).

    WARSAW - Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis visits Warsaw to meet his Polish counterpart Mateusz Morawiecki.

    LUXEMBOURG - EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.

    PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea - Senior Finance Officials' Meeting (SFOM)

    GLOBAL - United Nation's World Hand-Washing day.

    GLOBAL - International Day of Rural Women.

    - - - - - - - - -  
    TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16 
    
    • BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel meets Norway Prime Minister Erna Stolberg. Joint news conference post meeting - 1100 GMT.
    • BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping holds a welcome ceremony for King Harald V of Norway in Beijing, followed by a meeting and signing ceremony - 0900 GMT.
    • MADRID - Spain King Felipe meets Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the Zarzuela Palace in Madrid - 1530 GMT.
    • MADRID - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meet in Madrid. They will release a statement to the media at the end of their meeting - 1630 GMT.

    HELSINKI - Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev will pay an official visit to Finland (to Oct 17).

    LUXEMBOURG - EU General Affairs Council meeting.

    PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea - Finance and Central Banks Deputies Meeting.

    GLOBAL - World Food Day.

    - - - - - - - - -  
    WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17 
    
    • HANOI - U.S Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis visits Vietnam.

    PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea - Finance Ministers Meeting. GLOBAL - International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.

    - - - - - - - - -  
    THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18 
    

    BRUSSELS - Euro Summit TASHKENT – Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Uzbekistan (to Oct. 19). BRUSSELS- Asia-Europe Meeting (to Oct. 19). JERUSALEM – 7th anniversary of release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit after more than five years of being held incommunicado by Hamas in the Gaza Strip. BHUTAN - Bhutanese National Assembly election.

    - - - - - - - - -  
    FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU and Asian leaders meet for a summit aimed at strengthening the relationship between the two continents - 0630 GMT.

    SYDNEY - Fiji Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama visits Australia (to Oct. 20).

    - - - - - - - - -  
    SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20 
    

    TRIPOLI – 7th anniversary of capture and killing of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. AFGHANISTAN - Afghan House of People election.

    - - - - - - - - -  
    TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23 
    

    LIBYA – 7th anniversary of declaration of Libya's Liberation.

    VAN, Turkey – 7th anniversary of earthquake that killed more than 600 people and injured more than 4,000 others.

    - - - - - - - - -  
    THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25 
    

    • ANKARA - German Economy and Energy Minister Peter Altmaier visits Turkey (to Oct. 26).

    OTTAWA - Canada will host a two-day meeting of trade ministers in Ottawa to discuss how to reform the troubled World Trade Organisation as it faces a serious crisis (to Oct. 26).

    BEIJING - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit China at the invitation of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (to Oct. 27).

    - - - - - - - - -  
    FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26 
    

    IRELAND – President election.

    - - - - - - - - -  
    SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28 
    
    • TOKYO - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will pay a two-day visit to Japan (to Oct. 29).

    GEORGIA – President election.

    MALI - Malian National Assembly election.

    - - - - - - - - -  
    TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30 
    

    NEW DELHI – Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte will pay an official visit to India.

    BERLIN - Ethiopian Premier Abiy Ahmed meets German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other government officials in Berlin.

    - - - - - - - - -  
    WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31 
    

    MOSCOW - Moldovan President Igor Dodon visits Russia and meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin. (to Nov. 1).

    - - - - - - - - -  
    SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4 
    

    NEW CALEDONIA – Referendum election.

    - - - - - - - - -  
    MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5 
    

    BRUSSELS - Euro Zone Finance Ministers meet to discuss deeper integration of the region, including a euro zone budget, new powers for bailout fund and setting up a deposit guarantee scheme - 1400 GMT.

    - - - - - - - - -  
    TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6 
    

    GUAM - Non-Voting Delegate To Us House Of Representatives election.

    United States - US House of Representatives election.

    Guam - Legislature of Guam election.

    United States - US Senate election.

    - - - - - - - - -  
    WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7 
    

    MADAGASCAR – President election.

    - - - - - - - - -  
    MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12 
    
    • BERLIN - German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz speaks to the foreign press association on a range of issues - 1300 GMT.
    - - - - - - - - -  
    SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18 
    

    GUINEA-BISSAU - Bissau-Guinean People's National Assembly election.

    - - - - - - - - -  
    SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25 
    

    MALI - Malian National Assembly election.

    - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 
    										 
    NOTE: The inclusion of diary items does not necessarily mean that Reuters will file a story 
    

    based on the event.

    http//customers.reuters.com/kccontactus/telephone.aspx

    (([email protected]))

 
arrow-down-2 Created with Sketch. arrow-down-2 Created with Sketch.