DIARY-Political and General News Events from April 30

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----------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events ----------------------------------------------------------- TUESDAY, APRIL 30 ** MUSCAT - Greek Foreign Affairs Minister Giorgos Katrougalos visits Oman. ** BRATISLAVA - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu visits Slovakia for Visegard Group meeting (to April 30). ** MOSCOW - Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov meets his Cape Verde counterpart Luis Filipe Tavares in Moscow. - 0900 GMT ** PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron meets King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain - 1400 GMT ** LONDON - Labour's ruling National Executive Committee meets to decide on whether to include a referendum in its manifesto for the European parliamentary election. GLOBAL - World Immunization Week 2019 (final day). MAPUTO – Queen Letizia of Spain will visit to Mozambique (final day).

BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi speak to reporters after their closed door talks at Berlin's chancellery. - 1000 GMT

- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MAY 1 ** DOHA - Greek Foreign Affairs Minister Giorgos Katrougalos to visit Qatar.

** GLOBAL - World Asthma Day. ** VATICAN CITY – 8th anniversary of beatification ceremony of late Pope John Paul II.

BAMAKO/ NIAMEY/OUAGADOUGOU - German chancellor Angela Merkel to visit Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso (to May 3).

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THURSDAY, MAY 2 ** ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan – The day marks the 8th year since al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was killed in a U.S. special forces raid, ending a nearly 10-year worldwide hunt for the mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks. ** MANAMA - Greek Foreign Affairs Minister Giorgos Katrougalos visit to Bahrain. ** MEXICO CITY - Mexican foreign minister Marcelo Ebrard meets German counterpart Heiko Maas for 20-minute news conference - 1600 GMT

TASHKENT - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit Tashkent (to May 3).

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FRIDAY, MAY 3 ** GLOBAL - World Press Freedom Day.

** PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron meets Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi in Paris, gives joint statement to media. - 0930 GMT

WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Donald Trump receives Slovak Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini.

WARSAW - European Council President Donald Tusk to deliver a lecture at Warsaw University on Poland's Constitution Day - 1400 GMT. - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, MAY 5

SOFIA - Bulgarian president Rumen Radev welcomes Pope Francis to Sofia - 0800 GMT.

PARIS - G7 environment ministers meet in France ahead of August summit.

PANAMA - President election.

PANAMA - Panamanian National Assembly election.

SOFIA - Pope Francis to start three-day trip to Bulgaria and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (to May 7).

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MONDAY, MAY 6 ** WARSAW - Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili visits Poland (to May 8). ** VIENNA - IAEA, Board of Governors, Programme and Budget Committee

WARSAW - European Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans to visit Warsaw.

INDIA - Indian People's Assembly election.

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TUESDAY, MAY 7 WASHINGTON, D.C - Mexican foreign minister Marcelo Ebrard due to visit Washington for talks on bilateral issues, including trade and migration. PARIS - French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire hosts high level forum on debt, with IMF Christine Lagarde, Japan's Finance Minister Taro Aso - 0630 GMT.

BERLIN - Prince of Wales Charles and his wife Camilla to arrive in Berlin for a four-day visit to Germany where they will be received by President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (to May 10). SKOPJE - Pope Francis to visit North Macedonia.

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 8 ** GLOBAL - World Red Cross Red Crescent Day. BELIZE – Referendum election.

SOUTH AFRICA - South African National Assembly election. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MAY 9

LJUBLJANA - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will visit Slovenia (to May 10).

SIBIU, Romania - The informal European Council will bring together EU heads of state or government in Sibiu. - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, MAY 12 ** GLOBAL - International Nurses Day. LITHUANIA – President election.

INDIA - Indian People's Assembly election. - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, MAY 13

BRUSSELS - EU foreign affairs ministers to meet in Brussels.

PHILIPPINES - Philippine Senate election.

PHILIPPINES - Philippine House of Representatives election. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MAY 15 ** TEL AVIV, Israel - 2019 Eurovision Song Contest (to May 18). ** GLOBAL - U.N. International Day of Families. - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, MAY 16

** LISBON – 7th anniversary of 78 billion euro bail-out of Portugal by eurozone leaders.

BRUSSELS - The European Commission holds a conference on plans to strengthen the international role of the euro against the dollar's dominance. Among the speakers: ECB board members Peter Praet and Luis De Guindos, EU Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis and Spain's Finance Minister Nadia Calvino - 0700 GMT. BRUSSELS - Euro zone finance ministers meet in Brussels. BRUSSELS - Eurogroup meeting.

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FRIDAY, MAY 17 ** GLOBAL - World Telecommunication and Information Society Day.

BRUSSELS - European Union finance ministers meet in Brussels.

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AUSTRALIA - Australian Senate election. - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, MAY 19

SWITZERLAND - Referendum election.

INDIA - Indian People's Assembly election. - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, MAY 21 BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting. MALAWI – President election.

MALAWI - Malawian National Assembly election. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MAY 22 ** GLOBAL - International Day for Biological Diversity. - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, MAY 23

EUROPEAN UNION - European Parliament election.

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SATURDAY, MAY 25

TOKYO - U.S. President Donald Trump will travel to Japan for meetings with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and North Korea and trade seen high on the agenda (to May 28).

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SUNDAY, MAY 26

BELGIUM - Belgian Chamber of Representatives election. - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, MAY 27

MADAGASCAR – Referendum election.

NETHERLANDS - Dutch Second Chamber election.

MADAGASCAR - Malagasy National Assembly election. - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, MAY 28

BRUSSELS - EU ministers responsible for trade meet in Brussels.

RIGA - Launch of OECD Economic Surveys: Latvia

- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MAY 31 ** GLOBAL - World No Tobacco Day. - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, JUNE 3

LONDON - U.S. President Donald Trump will make a state visit to UK (to Jun.5)

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THURSDAY, JUNE 6

PARIS - U.S. President Donald Trump and his wife travel to France, where Trump will meet with French President Emmanuel Macron. - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, JUNE 9 ASTANA - Kazakhstan to hold early presidential election.

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SUNDAY, JUNE 16 GUATEMALA – President election. GUATEMALA - Guatemalan Congress of the Republic election.

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SATURDAY, JUNE 22 MAURITANIA - President election. - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, JUNE 25 VIENNA - 176th Meeting of the OPEC Conference - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26 VIENNA - 6th OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NOTE: The inclusion of diary items does not necessarily mean that Reuters will file a story based on the event.

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