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** TALLINN - Estonian Prime Minister Juri Ratas, Latvian Prime Minister Maris Kucinskis and Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis will meet European Council President Donald Tusk 1200 GMT.
Updated : Jan 31, 2017, 01:14 PM IST
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 31 ** TEL AVIV, Israel - Israeli Prime Minister speaks at Cyber tech conference in Tel Aviv - 0800 GMT. ** MADRID - Spain Economy and Industrial Minister Luis de Guindos to participate in Congress Economy Commission (to Feb. 1) - 0800 GMT. ** TALLINN - Estonian Prime Minister Juri Ratas, Latvian Prime Minister Maris Kucinskis and Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis will meet European Council President Donald Tusk 1200 GMT.
LJUBLJANA - Slovenian Economic Minister Zdravko Pocivalsek holds a press conference on tourism plans - 1300 GMT.
BELGRADE - Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras meets Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and other officials (to Feb. 1).
STOCKHOLM - German chancellor Angela Merkel will meet Sweden Prime Minister Stefan Lofven to discuss Brexit, migration and other EU-related issues.
TEHRAN - French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault is on a visit to Iran (Final Day).
KYIV - Denmark Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen is on a visit to Ukraine (Final Day).
MOSCOW - Eritrean Foreign Minister Osman Saleh Mohammed is on a official visit to Moscow (to Feb. 2).
TBILISI - Council of Europe (CoE) Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland is on a official visit to Georgia (Final Day).
ISLAMABAD - Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas is on a three-day visit to Pakistan (to Feb. 1).
BRUSSELS - Bulgarian President Rumen Radev will pay an official visit to Brussels to meet EU and NATO leaders (Final Day).
BANGUI/KAMPALA/PORT LOUIS - International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde is on a visit to Central African Republic, Uganda and Mauritius (to Feb. 1).
NEW YORK - Men's New York Fashion Week 2017 (to Feb. 2)
ADDIS ABABA - 2014 Summit of the African Union (Final Day).
VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival 2016 (to Feb. 9).
LOME, Togo - World Day of the African Culture (to Jan 25).
ADDIS ABABA - 2017 Summit of the African Union (Final Day).
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1
JOHANNESBURG - South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan will be opening a high-level conference on Africa's relationship with the Group of 20 - 0900 GMT.
BRUSSELS - European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs Pierre Moscovici discusses taxation policy and harmonization in the European Union - 1430 GMT.
ABU DHABI - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov holds joint news conference with UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah Bin Zayed and Arab league secretary general Ahmed Abu al Ghait.
SEOUL - U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis will pay an official visit to South Korea (to Feb. 3).
BRUSSELS - European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs Pierre Moscovici discusses taxation policy and harmonization in the European Union (EU) - 1430 GMT. ** BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN - Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi will meet Brunei Prime Minister Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah and other officials.
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THRUSDAY, FEBRUARY 2
ANKARA - German Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan.
BUDAPEST - Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Hungary for talks with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
GLOBAL - World Wetlands Day.
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3
TOKYO - U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis will pay an official visit to Japan (to Feb. 4).
VALLETTA - Meeting of EU Heads of State or Government.
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4
CANBERRA - South Sulawesi Governor Syahrul Yasin Limpo will visit Australia (to Feb. 8).
GLOBAL - World Cancer Day.
CARACAS - 25th anniversary of deadly Caracas riots.
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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5
Liechtenstein - Parliamentary Election.
SAPPORO, Japan - 2017 Sapporo Snow Festival (to Feb. 11).
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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6
BRUSSELS - Moldovan President Igor Dodon will pay an official visit to Brussels (to Feb. 7).
BRUSSELS - Meeting of Foreign Affairs Council.
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7
MOSCOW/BERLIN/HELSINKI - Uruguay President Tabare Vazquez and a group of businessmen will visit Russia, Germany and Finland (to Feb. 17).
BRUSSELS - Meeting of General Affairs Council.
GLOBAL - Safer Internet Day 2017 will be celebrated with a theme of 'Be the change: Unite for a better internet'.
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8
ASIA - Nirvana day, Buddhist festival marking the anniversary of Buddha's death
GLOBAL - International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation.
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9
NEW YORK - Women's New York Fashion Week 2017 (to Feb. 17).
BERLIN - 67th Berlin International Film Festival (to Feb. 19).
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10
WASHINGTON - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will meet U.S President Donald Trump to discuss bilateral issues.
MOSCOW - Slovenian President Borut Pahor will visit Russia to develop political and economic ties between the two countries.
DAVAO, Philippines - ASEAN Finance and Central Bank Deputies Meeting.
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11
TEHRAN - Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven will pay an official visit to Iran (to Feb. 12).
ERZURUM, Turkey - 2017 Winter European Youth Olympic Festival (to Feb. 18).
VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival 2017 (to Feb. 28).
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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12
Turkmenistan - Presidential Election.
LONDON - EE British Academy Film Awards will take place at the Royal Opera House in London's Covent Garden.
LOS ANGELES - 59th Annual Grammy Awards
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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13
NEW YORK - 141th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show (to Feb 14).
BEIRUT - 9th anniversary of the death of Hezbollah commander Imad Moughniyah.
GLOBAL - World Radio Day.
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14
GLOBAL - St. Valentine's Day.
BEIRUT - 12th anniversary of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri.
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15 ** WASHINGTON - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet U.S. President Donald Trump for bilateral talks.
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16
BONN, Germany - South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se will visit Germany (to Feb. 19).
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17
PRISTINA - 9th anniversary of Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia.
LONDON - London Fashion Week Winter 2017 (to Feb. 21).
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SUNDAY, FEBUARY 19
Ecuador - Presidential and National Congress Election.
NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES - 2017 Writers Guild Awards New York Ceremony.
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MONDAY, FEBUARY 20
BRUSSELS - Eurogroup meeting to be held in Brussels.
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TUESDAY, FEBUARY 21
BRUSSELS - Meeting of Economic and Financial Affairs Council.
BERLIN - European Police Congress (To Feb. 22).
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22
LONDON - The BRIT Awards 2017
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23
NHA TRANG, Vietnam - APEC Finance and Central Bank Deputies Meeting (to Feb. 24).
VIENNA - VIENNA Opera Ball 2017
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24
RIO DE JANEIRO - Rio Carnival 2017.
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25
LOS ANGLES - Oscars Ceremony/ 89th Academy Awards.
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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27 ** GENEVA - 34th Session of the Human Rights Council (to Mar. 24).
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28
HANOI - Japanese Emperor Akihito will visit Vietnam (to Mar. 5).
NEW ORLEANS - Mardi Gras 2017
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1
JAKARTA - Saudi Arabian King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud will visit Indonesia to strengthen bilateral ties (to Mar. 9).
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THURSDAY, MARCH 2
VALLETTA - Meeting of Foreign Affairs Ministers (to Mar. 3).
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FRIDAY, MARCH 3
VALLETTA - Meeting of EU heads of state or government. ** GLOBAL - International Day for Ear and Hearing.
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SATURDAY, MARCH 4
NIUE - Niue Assembly Election.
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SUNDAY, MARCH 5 ** MOSCOW - 64th Death anniversary of Soviet leader Josef Stalin.
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MONDAY, MARCH 6
BRUSSELS - Meeting of Foreign Affairs Council.
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TUESDAY, MARCH 7
BRUSSELS - Meeting of General Affairs Council.
MICRONESIA - Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia Election.
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8
BRUSSELS - Tripartite Social Summit. ** GLOBAL - International Women's Day.
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THURSDAY, MARCH 9
BRUSSELS - Meeting of European Council (to Mar. 10). ** GENEVA - 87th Geneva International Motor Show (to Mar. 19).
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FRIDAY, MARCH 10 ** TIBET - 58th anniversary of Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, fleeing into exile after a failed uprising.
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SATURDAY, MARCH 11 ** SENDAI, Japan - 5th anniversary of Sendai earthquake and tsunami.
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TUESDAY, MARCH 14 ** GRAZ, Austria - Special Olympics Canada 2017 Winter Games (to Mar. 25).
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15 ** GLOBAL - World Day of Action against Seal Hunting. ** DAMASCUS - Syria marks the 6th anniversary of an increasingly bloody uprising against President Bashar al-Assad.
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THURSDAY, MARCH 16 ** HALABJA, Iraq - 28th anniversary of 5000 civilian Kurds being killed in Iraqi chemical weapons attack. ** DUBLIN, Ireland - St. Patrick's Festival (to Mar. 19).
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SUNDAY, MARCH 19 ** EGYPT - 5th anniversary of Egyptian referendum on constitutional reforms.
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22 ** GLOBAL - World Water Day.
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THURSDAY, MARCH 23 ** GLOBAL - World Meteorological Day.
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FRIDAY, MARCH 24 ** GLOBAL - World Tuberculosis Day.
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SATURDAY, MARCH 25 ** GUADALAJARA, Mexico - 45th Session of the Intergovernmental panel on Climate Change (IPCCIPCC)(to Mar. 31). ** DHUBAI - Dubai World Cup.
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