News: DIARY-Political and General News Events from October 2

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    TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2 
    
    • GENEVA - Western Balkans prime ministers meet at the World Economic Forum in Geneva for an in-depth discussion on how cooperation can be fostered for the benefit of a stable Balkan region. Press conference - 0930 GMT.

    MARRAKECH, Morocco - Arab OPEC ministers meet at a three-day conference in Morocco to discuss oil markets and the global industry (to Oct. 4).

    MUNICH – 185th Munich Oktoberfest (to Oct. 7).

    NEW YORK - Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov will visit New York to participate in the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly (Final Day).

    NEW Delhi – The United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres will visit India, the Secretary-General will meet with President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj (to Oct. 4).

    MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin holds talks with his Serbian counterpart Aleksander Vucic in Moscow.

    LUXEMBOURG - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting. GUINEA - 60th anniversary of independence from France.

    GLOBAL - International Day of Non-Violence.

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    WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3 
    
    • MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin meets OPEC Secretary-General Mohammad Barkindo on the sidelines of Moscow Energy Week.
    • MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meets Hungarian Forreign Minister Peter Szijjarto for talks in Moscow - 1430 GMT.
    • JERUSALEM - German Chancellor Angela Merkel will visit Israel (to Oct. 4).

    MOSCOW - Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz to visit Russia.

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    THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4 
    

    VIENNA - European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, Austrian President Alexander van der Bellen and Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz attend ceremony marking "100 Years of the Austrian Republic" in Vienna - 0815 GMT.

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    FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5 
    
    • MINDEN - German Defence Minister meets with British Secretary of State for Defence Rt Hon Gavin Williamson CBE in Germany - 0800 GMT.
    • BRUSSELS - EU trade ministers meets.

    PARIS - Spain King Felipe VI and his wife Queen Letizia visit Miro retrospective at Paris's Grand Palais with French President Emmanuel Macron.

    NEW DELHI - Russian President Vladimir Putin visits India, meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

    INNSBRUCK, Austria - Informal meeting of trade ministers. GLOBAL - World Teachers' Day.

    SAN FRANCISCO – 7th Death Anniversary of Apple co-founder.

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    SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6 
    

    Gabon - Gabonese National Assembly election.

    LATVIA - Latvian Parliament election.

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    SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7 
    

    BEIJING - Angolan President Joao Lourenco visits China and meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping (to Oct. 10)

    Brazil - Brazilian Federal Senate election. MOSCOW - 12th anniversary of the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya.

    Sao Tome and Principe - Sao Tomean National Assembly election.

    BRAZIL – President election.

    CAMEROON – President election.

    BOSNIA and HERZEGOVINA - President election.

    BOSNIA and HERZEGOVINA - Bosnia and Herzegovina House of People's election.

    BOSNIA and HERZEGOVINA - Bosnia and Herzegovina House of Representatives election.

    BRAZIL - Brazilian Chamber of Deputies election.

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    TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9 
    

    BUDAPEST - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan expected to visit Hungary.

    ZURICH - Polish President Andrzej Duda speaks on The Future of Europe - Foundations of Unity of the States of Europe - 1630 GMT.

    PARIS - Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will visit France (to Oct. 10).

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    WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10 
    

    GLOBAL - World Post Day.

    GLOBAL - World Mental Health Day.

    GLOBAL - World Day Against the Death Penalty.

    FIJI – 48th Anniversary of Independence.

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    THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11 
    

    GLOBAL - World Sight Day.

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    FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12 
    

    BALI NUSA DUA, Indonesia - 2018 Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Group (to Oct. 14)

    BALI - 16th anniversary of Bali bombings.

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    SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13 
    

    GLOBAL - International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction.

    SAN JOSE, Chile – 8th anniversary rescue of 33 Chilean miners trapped in a collapsed Andean mine.

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    SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14 
    

    LUXEMBOURG - Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies election.

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    MONDAY, OCTOBER 15 
    

    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.

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    TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16 
    

    LUXEMBOURG - EU General Affairs Council meeting.

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

    GLOBAL - World Food Day.

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    WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17 
    

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

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    THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18 
    

    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.

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    SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20 
    

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

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    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.

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    FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26 
    

    IRELAND – President election.

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    SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28 
    

    GEORGIA – President election.

    MALI - Malian National Assembly election.

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    TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30 
    
    • BERLIN - Ethiopian Premier Abiy Ahmed meets German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other government officials in Berlin.
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    WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31 
    

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

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    SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4 
    

    NEW CALEDONIA – Referendum election.

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    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.

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    WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7 
    

    MADAGASCAR – President election.

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    SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18 
    

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

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    SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25 
    

    MALI - Malian National Assembly election.

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