News: DIARY-Political and General News Events from October 18

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

    Oct 18 (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  
    
    ----------------------------------------------------------- 
    		
    THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18 
    
    • PANAMA CITY - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visits Panama.
    • BRUSSELS - French President Emmanuel Macron to address a news conference after EU summit - 1330 GMT.
    • BRUSSELS - British Prime Minister Theresa May to speak at a news conference after EU leaders summit - 1330 GMT.
    • BEIJING - Portuguese Minister of Foreign Affairs Augusto Santos Silva will pay an official visit to China (to Oct. 23).

    VIENNA - Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong arrives in Austria on Wednesday for an official visit, and will travel on to Belgium for a biennial summit of leaders from Asia and Europe (to Oct. 19).

    BRUSSELS – Greece Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will visit Brussels on Wednesday for the proceedings of the ASEM (Asia-Europe Meeting) and European Council meeting (to Oct. 19).

    BELGRADE - Austrian President Alexander van der Bellen visits Serbia and meets with Serbia President Aleksandar Vucic (Final Day).

    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).

    CHISINAU - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan pays a two-day visit to Moldova (Final Day).

    BRUSSELS - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang working visit to Belgium and the 12th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) summit (to Oct. 19).

    SINGAPORE - ASEAN Defence Ministers gather for a meeting in Singapore (to Oct. 20).

    LONDON - Latvia Finance Minister Dana Reizniece Ozola, Lituania Finance Minister Migle Tuskiene, Estonia Deputy Secretary-General for Financial Policy Marten Ross and European Commission Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability Valdis Dombrovskis, will speak at EBRD event on capital markets - 1330 GMT.

    BRUSSELS - European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker meets Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe - 1600 GMT.

    BRUSSELS - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev meets German Chancellor Angela Merkel and President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker on the sidelines of the "Asia-Europe" forum (to Oct. 19).

    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 
    
    • LJUBLJANA - Hungarian President Janos Ader visits Slovenia will meet his counterpart Borut Pahor.
    • MEXICO CITY - United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will meet with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto and Foreign Secretary Luis Videgaray Caso in Mexico City.

    NEW DELHI - Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will visit India and meet Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (to Oct. 20).

    BRUSSELS - EU-Republic of Korea summit

    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.

    - - - - - - - - -  
    MONDAY, OCTOBER 22 
    
    • JAKARTA - Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir to visit Indonesia (to Oct. 23).
    - - - - - - - - -  
    TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23 
    

    OUAGADOUGOU/ YAMOUSSOUKRO/ ABUJA - Governor General of Canada, Julie Payette will visit Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, and Nigeria (to Oct. 30).

    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.

    - - - - - - - - -  
    WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24 
    

    MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte.

    BANGKOK - Malaysia Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad visits Thailand and is scheduled to meeting his Thai counterpart Prayuth Chan-ocha (to Oct. 25).

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

    OTTAWA - The Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, will visit Canada. 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 – Referendum election.

    IRELAND – President election.

    - - - - - - - - -  
    	 
    SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27 
    

    GABON - Gabonese National Assembly election.

    - - - - - - - - -  
    SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28 
    

    BRAZIL – President election.

    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 - Eurogroup meeting.

    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 
    

    BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.

    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.

    - - - - - - - - -  
    SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11 
    

    PARIS - Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit France.

    - - - - - - - - -  
    MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12 
    

    BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council meeting

    BERLIN - German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz speaks to the foreign press association on a range of issues - 1300 GMT.

    - - - - - - - - -  
    WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14 
    

    FIJI - Fijian Parliament election.

    - - - - - - - - -  
    THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15 
    

    TASHKENT - Kyrgyzstan Economy Minister Oleg Pankratov visits Uzbekistan.

    - - - - - - - - -  
    FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16 
    

    BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council (Budget) meeting

    - - - - - - - - -  
    SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18 
    

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

    - - - - - - - - -  
    MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19 
    

    BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting

    - - - - - - - - -  
    TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20 
    

    BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) meeting

    - - - - - - - - -  
    THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22 
    

    HAVANA - Spain Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez Official visits to Cuba (to Nov. 23).

    - - - - - - - - -  
    FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23 
    

    COPENHAGEN - Hungary Foreign and Trade minister Peter Szijjarto visits Denmark.

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

    MALI - Malian National Assembly election.

    - - - - - - - - -  
    MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26 
    

    BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Development) meeting

    - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 
    										 
    NOTE: The inclusion of diary items does not necessarily mean 
    

    that Reuters will file a story based on the event.

    Support (TRCS) at http//customers.reuters.com/kccontactus/telephone.aspx

    (([email protected]))

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