DIARY-Political and General News Events from Oct. 30

** Indicates new events -------------------------------------------------------------------- MONDAY, OCTOBER 30 ** SKOPJE - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen visits North Macedonia as part of her tour of the Western Balkan countries, where she will meet top officials to discuss the country’s progress toward the EU integration - 0800 GMT.

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U.S. Federal Reserve Today in Washington -------------------------------------------------------------------- This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events -------------------------------------------------------------------- MONDAY, OCTOBER 30

** SKOPJE - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen visits North Macedonia as part of her tour of the Western Balkan countries, where she will meet top officials to discuss the country's progress toward the EU integration - 0800 GMT. ** PRISTINA - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen visits Kosovo as the part of her tour of the Western Balkan countries, where she will meet president and prime minister - 1300 GMT.

** VALLETTA - Maltese Finance Minister Clyde Caruana presents the government's 2024 Budget speech at Parliament House in Valletta - 1730 GMT. WASHINGTON DC - Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nepal Narayan Prakash Saud is leaving Kathmandu for an official visit to the United States of America. (To Nov. 5) KATHMANDU - United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres arrives in Nepal for a four-day visit. (To Nov. 1)

VIENTIANE - Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin will pay an official visit to Laos. OSLO - Nordic Council meets in Oslo. (To Nov. 2) SINGAPORE - Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar bin Ibrahim will be in Singapore for the Singapore-Malaysia Leaders' Retreat – 0430 GMT. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31

** BELGRADE - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen visits Serbia as part of her tour of the Western Balkan countries, where she will meet the president and the prime minister. ** BERLIN - German Economy Minister Robert Habeck will attend an industry meeting and meet with, among others, the head of German Industry Association (BDI) Siegfried Russwurm - 0730 GMT.

** PODGORICA - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen visits Montenegro as part of her tour of the Western Balkan countries, where she will meet top officials - 0800 GMT. ACCRA - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visits Accra during a trip to Africa. OSLO - Norway Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson meet the press on sidelines of their own bilateral meeting – 1600 GMT. OSLO - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks in Oslo, as part of the annual meeting of the Nordic Council. He will address the Norwegian Parliament and hold a press conference – 1230 GMT. NAIROBI - Britain's King Charles and Queen Camilla will travel to Kenya for a state visit. (To Nov. 3) - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1 ** SARAJEVO - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen visits Bosnia and Herzegovina as part of her tour of the Western Balkan countries, where she will meet the presidency members and the prime minister.

** LONDON - US Vice President Kamala Harris speech on Artificial Intelligence. ASTANA - French President Emmanuel Macron will travel to Kazakhstan. - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2 ASTANA - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan visits Kazakhstan to attend the Organisation of Turkic States (OTS) summit. (To Nov. 3) HANOI - European Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Vietnam's Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh speak at the Green Economy Forum in Hanoi, an event organised by the European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam – 0100 GMT. - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3 JOHANNESBURG - South Africa hosts US-Africa trade summit. (To Nov. 4) KUALA LUMPUR - Japan Prime Minsiter Fumio Kishida will visit Malaysia and meet his counterpart Prime Minsiter Anwar Ibrahim. - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4 BEIJING - Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will visit China to meet with President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang in a bid to stabilise relations with the country's biggest trading partner. (To Nov. 7) TEHRAN – Forth-fourth anniversary of U.S. embassy takeover. In 1979, Iranian militants seized the U.S. embassy in Tehran and captured 90 hostages; 52 were held captive for 444 days. - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6 SEVILLA, SPAIN - Informal meeting of European ministers responsible for space (To Nov. 7) COPENHAGEN - The Spanish King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano visit Denmark accompanied by the Spanish minister for foreign affairs (To Nov. 8) MUNICH, Germany - Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway, and Crown Princess Mette-Marit will pay an official visit to Germany. (To Nov. 9) GLOBAL – International day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7

TOKYO - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa hosts her G7 counterparts in Tokyo (to November 8). - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8

TASHKENT - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will travel to Uzbekistan to attend a summit of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO). (To Nov. 9) BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9

** BUDAPEST - Hungary Economy Minister Marton Nagy to speak about the Hungarian economic outlook at a conference - 0900 GMT. MADAGASCAR - Malagasy presidential election. BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10 BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council (Budget) meeting. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12 SAN FRANCISCO, United States - US hosts APEC leaders' meeting (to Nov. 18)

GLOBAL - World Pneumonia Day. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13 YANGON, Myanmar – 12th anniversary of release of Myanmar's detained opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, from house arrest. BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14

GLOBAL – World Diabetes Day. BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) meeting. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15 ** ACCRA - Ghana's finance minister Ken Ofori-Atta to present 2024 budget in parliament.

GENEVA - State visit of French President Emmanuel Macron in Switzerland (to Nov. 16). GLOBAL – World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day. BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16

BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council (Development) meeting. GLOBAL - International day for tolerance. - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17 GLOBAL - World Prematurity Day. - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18 VUKOVAR, Croatia – Thirty-second anniversary of the Vukovar massacre. On Nov. 18, 1991, Serb militia and Yugoslav army troops who refused to accept Croatia's independence captured the once prosperous, ethnically mixed town on the banks of the Danube, after reducing it to rubble in a brutal three-month siege. - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19 ARGENTINA - Argentina to hold second round of general elections. GLOBAL - World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20 MARSHALL ISLANDS – Referendum Election. MARSHALL ISLANDS - Marshallese Parliament Election. - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21 BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council (Development) meeting. - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22 NETHERLANDS - Dutch Second Chamber election. - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25 GLOBAL – International day for Elimination of Violence Against Women. - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26 MUMBAI, India - Fifteenth anniversary of a series of devastating attacks on the Indian city by militants. The attacks, which began on Nov. 26, 2008, lasted nearly three days, and left 174 people dead, including nine gunmen. - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27 BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) meeting. - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28 BRUSSELS - NATO foreign ministers meet in Brussels. (To Nov. 29) - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29 TEHRAN, Iran – Twelfth anniversary of an attack on the British Embassy by dozens of Iranian students and protesters angry over Britain's unilateral sanctions. - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30 DUBAI - The United nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) takes place in Dubai (to December 12)

BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council (Cohesion) meeting. - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, DECEMBER 4 BRUSSELS - EU Justice and Home Affairs Council. (Dec. 5) - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7 BRUSSELS, Belgium - Euro zone finance ministers meet on draft budget plans for 2024 - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8 BRUSSELS - European Union finance ministers meet to discuss changes to the EU's fiscal rules on debt and deficit reduction - 0800 GMT - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10

EGYPT - Egyptian Presidency Election. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, DECEMBER 11

BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12 BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14

BRUSSELS - European Council (To Nov. 15) GENEVA - WTO general council meets in Geneva - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15

BRUSSELS - EU leaders attend a summit in Brussels. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17 CHILE - Chile Referendum Election. - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20 DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO - Congo DRC National Assembly Election. DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO - Congo DRC Presidency Election.

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